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1141337

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure breast cancer screening is a prioritised by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	281059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Following the Independent Breast Screening Review, the Government has committed to making sure that the breast screening offer to women is clear, reflected in public-facing materials, and implemented consistently across all breast screening services, including in the policy and related programme guidance and training.</p><p>The breast screening service specification 2019/20 will set out the national standards for every breast screening provider service for the whole of England. This service specification is based on recommendations from the UK National Screening Committee and reflect clinical advice from Public Health England. The standards are used in contracts that are held locally between NHS England regions and breast screening providers.</p><p>Further, NHS England asked Professor Sir Mike Richards to lead a review of the current screening programmes, including breast cancer screening. The review will provide recommendations to improve uptake of screening, improve delivery, learn lessons from recent screening incidents, and modernise and expand diagnostic capacity. This review will report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 14:28:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1136997

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Agoraphobia: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to help people with agoraphobia to live independently.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	273491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>There are a range of options available to help people manage their agoraphobia. The National Health Service website provides information and advice on a range of mental health matters, including panic disorder, and provides access to digital applications through the NHS Apps Library that can support people.</p><p>Lifestyle changes and self-help techniques may help, including taking regular exercise, eating more healthily, and avoiding alcohol, drugs and drinks that contain caffeine. Medication may be recommended by a general practitioner if these are not effective.</p><p>Through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme, people with agoraphobia can also refer themselves directly for psychological therapies, including cognitive behavioural therapy.</p><p>In severe cases of agoraphobia, medication may be used in combination with other types of treatment, such as psychological therapies and relaxation therapy.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/07/2019 13:28:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1109346

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will take steps to ensure that care staff are not paid below the National Minimum Wage for sleep-in pay.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	240646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Commissioners of adult social care were given market shaping duties by the Care Act 2014 and must work with providers to determine a fair rate of pay for fair work based on local market conditions. The current legal position is reflected in updated guidance published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which seeks to provide clarity to care providers, commissioners and workers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/04/2019 15:31:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1108768

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timescale is for the publication of the social care Green Paper.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	239308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Green Paper remains a priority for this Government and we will publish at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/04/2019 11:16:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1107757

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Halton Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide funding for a new Halton Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	238680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust’s bid for a ‘Hospital and Wellbeing Campus in Halton’ was unsuccessful in the latest round of sustainability and transformation partnerships (STP) capital allocations. This latest round of bids was heavily over-subscribed against the remaining funding.</p><p> </p><p>This was the last planned round of STP capital allocations in advance of the Spending Review and any further funding rounds will be dependent on the outcome of Spending Review later this year, which will set departments’ overall capital budgets in future years.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/04/2019 16:46:38 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1105757

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Brain Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the funding allocated by his Department to specialist training in neuro-oncology.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	237796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the National Health Service will have the staff it needs so that the NHS workforce has the time it needs to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding Chair of NHS Improvement, working closely with Sir David Behan, Chair of Health Education England, to oversee the delivery of a workforce implementation plan. This will include proposals to grow the workforce, consideration of additional staff and skills required, building a supportive working culture in the NHS and how to ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff. This will include consideration of the workforce aspects of clinical priorities, including cancer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/04/2019 16:43:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1037808

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Skin Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that strategies to (a) tackle and (b) prevent skin cancers are based on the most up to date research.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	206461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how the National Health Service plans to improve outcomes against all cancers. The Long Term Plan was developed together with stakeholders across the health and care sector, and is based on the latest evidence.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is carrying out research to investigate the contribution of ultraviolet light (UV) to skin cancer in a comprehensive way, which aims to minimise the detrimental effects of UV while maximising the potential benefits of UV in vitamin D production and potentially in mitigating high blood pressure. Through public events, PHE informs the public of the risk and potential benefits of sunshine and practical measures to take to prevent skin cancer.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/01/2019 13:08:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

931522

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of public opinion towards the NHS Business Services Authority’s penalty charge scheme for dentistry.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	157862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>No such assessment has been carried out by the Department. Many patients are exempt from National Health Service patient charges. The dentist, when collecting the charge on behalf of the NHS, is dependent if evidence is not provided on the patient’s statement that he or she is exempt. Retrospective checks on eligibility are undertaken to protect the overall NHS budget to which patient charges make an important contribution.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) carries this checking and penalty service out on behalf of NHS England. It includes an appeals process.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS BSA and NHS England however recognise there is concern that some patients may not be clear on whether they are exempt from charges. The NHS BSA is working to further improve information available. This includes steps to promote easy read patient information amongst vulnerable patient groups, creating an online eligibility checker and developing a national awareness campaign.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 02/07/2018 14:17:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

931524

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the effectiveness of the NHS Business Services Authority’s approach to issuing penalty charges, (b) trends in the number of appeals against those charges which are upheld; and how lessons are learned from such upheld appeals.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	157863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. The attached table shows a breakdown of successful and unsuccessful appeals against the Benefit Exemption Checking Service (BECS) only.</p><p> </p><p>A table showing the total number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) issued for the BECS, the Prescription Exemption Checking Service and the Dental Exemption Checking Service (DECS) is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority continuously review contact from patients who feel they have incorrectly received a PCN. This allows valuable insight and understanding into customer behaviour including exceptional circumstances provided by patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 02/07/2018 14:16:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ157863 attached tables.docx title PQ157863 attached document
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

905555

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Babies: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Health Service Investigation Branch plans to being its investigation into avoidable baby deaths.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	144994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In November 2017, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced that, from April 2018, the Health Service Investigation Branch (HSIB) would investigate each case of early neonatal death, term intrapartum stillbirth and severe brain injury in babies, as well as each case of maternal death in England. This remit and the definition of qualifying maternity cases was set out in the Secretary of State’s directions, NHS Trust Development Authority (HSIB Maternity Investigations) Directions 2018, published on 26 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The new investigative approach began in a single region in April 2018 and will roll out to all areas of England during 2018/19. Rollout will be complete by the end of March 2019. It is estimated that there are approximately 1,000 cases of birth-related deaths or serious brain injuries in babies in England every year. The expectation is that the learning from investigations will spur system improvements leading to fewer deaths and injuries in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The HSIB has been allocated £8 million of additional funding to implement the new maternity investigation programme in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>The HSIB will produce an investigation report for each maternity investigation it undertakes and will make recommendations to the relevant National Health Service trust or foundation trust.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for individual trusts to put into place actions to address the recommendations of individual reports and ensure that the learning from HSIB investigations is put into practice so that avoidable harms are reduced. The Care Quality Commission, which monitors, inspects and regulates NHS providers does, in carrying out its functions, take into account a variety of data and intelligence sources. The HSIB maternity investigation recommendations and the actions NHS trusts and foundation trusts have taken in response could form part of these data sources and be taken into account where relevant.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 144995 144996 question first answered 21/05/2018 14:01:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury