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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-10-29more like thismore than 2018-10-29
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132264 on Antibiotics: Drug Resistance, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including (a) the latest electronic technology to reduce hospital infections and (b) other best practice on hand hygiene compliance in the prevention strand of the new antimicrobial resistance strategy. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 185000 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-11-06more like thismore than 2018-11-06
answer text <p>Infection prevention and control will remain a key pillar of the United Kingdom’s upcoming five-year national action plan on antimicrobial resistance.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement, who lead on infection prevention and control, has included a hand hygiene monitoring and compliance workstream in its current work programme.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement has undertaken a rapid review of evidence on the use of electronic monitoring devices across the National Health Service to determine hand hygiene compliance. The technology used in some trusts is currently reliant on local data infrastructure and many existing systems would not be able to support it.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-11-06T15:31:20.87Zmore like thismore than 2018-11-06T15:31:20.87Z
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
861115
registered interest true more like this
date less than 2018-03-13more like thismore than 2018-03-13
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish a new five year AMR Strategy, and whether that strategy will include best practice on infection prevention and control, including hand hygiene compliance. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 132264 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-16more like thismore than 2018-03-16
answer text <p>The current five year United Kingdom Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) strategy was published at the end of 2013. Work is underway to consider the priorities and focus for a refreshed strategy and national action plan for publication at the end of 2018. The refreshed strategy will continue to focus on preventing infections as one of its key pillars.</p><p> </p><p>The current AMR programme has an ambition to halve healthcare associated Gram–negative blood stream infections by 2020/2021. NHS Improvement leads this work and has included hand hygiene in its work programme for 2018/19 in support of the ambition. As part of our work on the refreshed strategy, we will consider how to make best use of evidence-based and cost-effective technology.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with our partners across the health and social care system, including the Care Quality Commission, to ensure that consideration of best practice in hand hygiene policies remains a focus of inspections in acute trusts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
grouped question UIN 132266 more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-16T11:42:43.93Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-16T11:42:43.93Z
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
861117
registered interest true more like this
date less than 2018-03-13more like thismore than 2018-03-13
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve hand hygiene compliance in hospitals to tackle antimicrobial resistance; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using health technology to improve such compliance. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 132266 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-16more like thismore than 2018-03-16
answer text <p>The current five year United Kingdom Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) strategy was published at the end of 2013. Work is underway to consider the priorities and focus for a refreshed strategy and national action plan for publication at the end of 2018. The refreshed strategy will continue to focus on preventing infections as one of its key pillars.</p><p> </p><p>The current AMR programme has an ambition to halve healthcare associated Gram–negative blood stream infections by 2020/2021. NHS Improvement leads this work and has included hand hygiene in its work programme for 2018/19 in support of the ambition. As part of our work on the refreshed strategy, we will consider how to make best use of evidence-based and cost-effective technology.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with our partners across the health and social care system, including the Care Quality Commission, to ensure that consideration of best practice in hand hygiene policies remains a focus of inspections in acute trusts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Winchester more like this
answering member printed Steve Brine more like this
grouped question UIN 132264 more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-16T11:42:43.977Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-16T11:42:43.977Z
answering member
4067
label Biography information for Steve Brine more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
714582
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-03-28more like thismore than 2017-03-28
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Innovation Fund to be open to research applications for the repurposing of antibiotics. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 69526 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-04-05more like thismore than 2017-04-05
answer text <p>The Government has committed £50 million towards setting up a Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Innovation Fund to increase global investment in AMR. The fund aims to leverage substantial new international investment in AMR research and development for new and repurposed antimicrobials and alternative medicines, rapid diagnostic tests, vaccines and other important technologies, interventions and therapies.</p><p>Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer for England and United Kingdom Government adviser, has appointed an expert advisory board to make recommendations on the scope and focus of the investment.</p><p>These discussions are ongoing.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-04-05T10:00:27.467Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-05T10:00:27.467Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
714584
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-03-28more like thismore than 2017-03-28
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the first pilots of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Innovation Fund on reimbursement models to incentivise the development of new classes of antibiotics to begin. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 69527 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-04-05more like thismore than 2017-04-05
answer text <p>The Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Innovation Fund is a £50 million investment over five years to tackle AMR, with the aim of attracting significant additional investment internationally to stimulate global research. It is not looking at reimbursement models to incentivise the development of new classes of antibiotics or planning to fund pilots at this stage.</p><p>Domestically, the Department is working with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry to develop a new reimbursement model for antimicrobials, and has secured broad agreement to principles that would permit a model to ‘de-link’ company revenues from sales. The aim of this work is to support good antimicrobial stewardship. Discussions with a number of leading pharmaceutical companies have highlighted challenges in evaluating antimicrobial medicines, and the Department is working closely with industry partners to address these.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-04-05T10:24:11.15Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-05T10:24:11.15Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
709358
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-03-08more like thismore than 2017-03-08
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Pharmacy: Internet more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the study published by Oxford Academic on 17 February 2017 on inappropriate checks undertaken by online pharmacies, if he will discuss with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency means to prevent the online sale of antibiotics and other medicines without appropriate checks. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 66981 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-16more like thismore than 2017-03-16
answer text <p>Standards for United Kingdom online pharmacy services are the responsibility of the relevant professional regulatory bodies. These are the General Pharmaceutical Council and the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is working with the General Medical Council, the General Pharmaceutical Council and the Care Quality Commission to monitor issues arising from online services. The four regulatory bodies issued a joint statement on 3 March stressing that providers and healthcare professionals working for online services must provide safe and effective care, including following professional guidelines on this matter. The Department is aware and supportive of this important work.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-16T15:44:08.577Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-16T15:44:08.577Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
705629
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-02-27more like thismore than 2017-02-27
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Pharmacy: Internet more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to regulate the online sale of (a) antibiotics and (b) other medicine. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 65574 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-07more like thismore than 2017-03-07
answer text <p>In the United Kingdom, there are legal controls on the retail sale, supply and advertising of medicines which are set out in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. These apply without distinction to medicines advertised, sold or supplied through the internet.</p><p> </p><p>This means that Prescription Only (POM) and Pharmacy medicines (P) can only be sold or supplied at registered pharmacy premises by, or under the supervision of, a pharmacist. Furthermore, POMs can only be sold or supplied in accordance with a prescription from a doctor, dentist or relevant healthcare professional. POMs cannot be advertised to the general public.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of antibiotics are only available as POM for supply only under the supervision of a suitably qualified healthcare professional.</p><p> </p><p>Websites offering to supply POMs without a relevant prescription are in breach of UK legal requirements and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency will investigate and take appropriate action including criminal investigation and prosecution.</p>
answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-07T10:37:42.757Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-07T10:37:42.757Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
669001
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-01-06more like thismore than 2017-01-06
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Antibiotics: Drug Resistance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to set up a National Antibiotic Register for recording all hospital and community patients who have an antibiotic resistant infection. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 58778 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-01-16more like thismore than 2017-01-16
answer text <p>Such a system already exists. Hospital microbiology laboratories routinely record the results of testing bacteria isolated from infections for susceptibility or resistance to antibiotics. These data are voluntarily submitted to a national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) database called Second Generation Surveillance System (SGSS) maintained by Public Health England. Currently, 98% of hospital laboratories submit their AMR data to SGSS.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-01-16T16:56:07.117Zmore like thismore than 2017-01-16T16:56:07.117Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
669006
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-01-06more like thismore than 2017-01-06
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Antibiotics: Drug Resistance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to record on death certificates antibiotic resistant infection as the patient's cause of death. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 58772 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-01-16more like thismore than 2017-01-16
answer text <p>There is currently provision for recording resistant infections on death certificates. For example, guidance on recording deaths from MRSA was issued in 2005 by the then Chief Medical Officer. However, it is often the case that by the time someone dies they may have a number of diseases and complications of illness or treatment. It is, therefore, a matter of clinical judgment to decide whether a condition present at or just before death was a primary or secondary cause of a patient’s death.</p><p> </p><p>The World Health Organization is currently working on a revision (ICD 11) of its diagnostic coding system ICD 10. This is due in 2018 and will have a more comprehensive coverage of types of antimicrobial resistance.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Warrington South more like this
answering member printed David Mowat more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-01-16T16:27:56.803Zmore like thismore than 2017-01-16T16:27:56.803Z
answering member
4080
label Biography information for David Mowat more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
669007
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-01-06more like thismore than 2017-01-06
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Antibiotics: Drug Resistance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all blood assay results showing infection or resistance to antibiotics go onto a national register. more like this
tabling member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Hollinrake remove filter
uin 58773 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-01-16more like thismore than 2017-01-16
answer text <p>Hospital microbiology laboratories routinely record the results of testing bacteria isolated from blood for susceptibility or resistance to antibiotics. Since 1989, Public Health England (and its predecessors, the Public Health Laboratory Service and the Health Protection Agency) have requested that laboratories submit their stored data on resistance in bacteria isolated from blood to a national database called Second Generation Surveillance System (SGSS). Currently, 98% of hospital laboratories submit their antimicrobial resistance data.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon more like this
answering member printed Nicola Blackwood more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-01-16T16:55:14.16Zmore like thismore than 2017-01-16T16:55:14.16Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this