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1000301

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	NHS: Bullying and Harassment
	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 tackle allegations of bullying and harassment of staff in the NHS and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	187299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting National Health Service organisations in their responsibility for tackling allegations of bullying and harassment of staff in the NHS, having committed to this in its manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>The national Social Partnership Forum (SPF) chaired by Departmental ministers, has been leading a ‘Collective Call to Action’ campaign aimed at achieving leadership and cultural change to tackle bullying; supporting staff to respectfully challenge problem behaviours; and encouraging organisations to publish their plans and progress so staff, patients and the public can hold them to account.</p><p> </p><p>This will build on the wide range of advice, guidance and good practice available to employers which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs" target="_blank">https://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 12/11/2018 17:17:59 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1010674

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Social 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 guidance he has issued to local authorities on social care charges for vulnerable people receiving benefits; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	193381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>To help local authorities design reasonable and fair policies, the Department has issued the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014 and statutory guidance in the Care and Support Statutory (CASS) Guidance. The CASS Guidance is issued under section 78 of the Care Act and local authorities must have regard to it.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations and Guidance do not require local authorities to charge. They seek to ensure that, where local authorities do charge, this will be based on fairer, well-designed charging policies and ensure in particular that service users on low incomes are protected from charging and that any charges levied on disability benefits are subject to an assessment of disability costs, to ensure their reasonableness.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 193382 question first answered 23/11/2018 14:02:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1010679

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Social 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, if he will review the level of charges for social care payable by vulnerable people on benefits; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	193382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>To help local authorities design reasonable and fair policies, the Department has issued the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014 and statutory guidance in the Care and Support Statutory (CASS) Guidance. The CASS Guidance is issued under section 78 of the Care Act and local authorities must have regard to it.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations and Guidance do not require local authorities to charge. They seek to ensure that, where local authorities do charge, this will be based on fairer, well-designed charging policies and ensure in particular that service users on low incomes are protected from charging and that any charges levied on disability benefits are subject to an assessment of disability costs, to ensure their reasonableness.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 193381 question first answered 23/11/2018 14:02:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1016218

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Dementia: Research
	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 he has made of the adequacy of the level of spending on research into the causes and treatment of dementia; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	196678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The usual practice of NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics such as dementia. Research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including dementia. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p><p>NIHR funding for dementia research was £43.0 million in 2017/18, having grown from £27 million in 2013/14. Overall public funding for dementia research continues to run well ahead of the Government’s 2020 Dementia Challenge commitment to maintain funding at £60 million a year. The other main public funders of dementia research are the Medical Research Council, which in 2017/18 spent £36.3 million, and the Economic and Social Research Council, which spent £3.2 million, to bring total Government spending on dementia research to £82.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/12/2018 17:33:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1047724

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	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	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, whether he has made an estimate of the number of missed breast cancer screening appointments by women whose employers have not allowed them to attend during working hours; and if will he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	212317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is not collected.</p><p>The NHS Breast Screening Programme offers all women in England who are aged from 50 up until their 71st birthday and registered with a general practitioner or resident in an area are automatically invited for screening every three years. Although in some areas women may be invited from the age of 47 as part of the age extension trial.</p><p>A timed appointment at a specific screening location and date is offered. If the appointment scheduled is inconvenient, women can telephone to reschedule their appointment. Otherwise, if they do not attend, they will be sent a further timed appointment to attend for screening.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/01/2019 17:24:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1123438

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2019
	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	Care Homes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department provides to care homes on the use of funded nursing care payments for the fee charged to self-funded residents; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	247980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Guidance regarding the NHS-funded Nursing Care rate and a care home resident’s overall care fees, can be found in the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care.</p><p>This makes clear that the care home provider should set an overall fee level for the provision of care and accommodation, which should include any registered nursing care provided by them. If an individual is eligible for NHS-funded Nursing Care the clinical commissioning group will pay the NHS-funded Nursing Care rate direct to the care home, unless there is an agreement in place for this to be paid via a third party (e.g. a local authority). The balance of the fee will then be paid by the individual, their representative or the local authority unless other contracting arrangements have been agreed.</p><p>Contracts between individuals and/or local authorities, with providers, should have terms and conditions which are transparent and fair, including setting out what happens if a resident is admitted to hospital or what happens if a resident dies.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/05/2019 16:01:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1150062

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on awarding social care contracts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Commissioning social care is a matter for local authorities who are best placed to understand the needs of local people and communities, and how to meet them</p><p>The Department supports local authorities to commission social care by funding a number of sector-led improvement activities. These are delivered in partnership with the Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and offer all local areas support in meeting the challenges of adult social care delivery</p><p>We also fund the Social Care Institute for Excellence and Think Local, Act Personal to create best practice digital guidance about commissioning and to promote the principles of co-production and personalisation within social care commissioning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/10/2019 14:16:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1150064

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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: 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 guidance her Department issues to local authorities on the level of fees charged by social care providers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Care Act 2014 placed duties on local authorities to shape their local markets so that there is an adequate supply of provision which ensures all adult social care service users have a choice of high-quality services. In the case of state-funded care, local authorities negotiate with care providers to achieve a balance of quality, effectiveness and value for money for the public purse.</p><p>The level of fees charged to people who fund their own care is a private contractual matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/10/2019 14:17:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1150875

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to review the adequacy of mental health services provided by (a) local authorities and (b) mental health trusts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	2667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how we will reform services over the next ten years, including mental health services. The NHS Long Term Plan Implementation Framework requires sustainability and transformation partnership (STP) areas and integrated care systems to develop five-year plans (‘system plans’) this year, setting out how they will deliver the Long Term Plan commitments up to 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement regions will play the primary role in supporting systems with the development of their five-year plans. These regions, working with national colleagues, will assure the robustness of local plans against the Long Term Plan’s mental health ambitions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/10/2019 14:30:09 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

843668

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	Lung Cancer: Diagnosis
	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 the Government is taking to improve the early diagnosis of lung cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	128009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has made £200 million transformation funding available over two years to drive earlier diagnosis and support people living with and beyond cancer.</p><p> </p><p>A number of initiatives are in place to improve early diagnosis of cancer, including lung cancer:</p><p> </p><p>- NHE England is implementing the nationally agreed rapid assessment and diagnostic pathways for lung, prostate and colorectal cancers, ensuring that patients get timely access to the latest diagnosis and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>- Public Health England ran a national Be Clear On Cancer respiratory symptoms campaign from April to August 2017, focusing on the symptoms of persistent cough and breathlessness. The campaign covered lung cancer along with other conditions such as heart disease and other lung disease. Further information is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/16-be-clear-on-cancer/overview" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/16-be-clear-on-cancer/overview</a></p><p> </p><p>- NHS England is also trialling new ways of diagnosing cancers faster and earlier, including through pilot programmes offering low dose computed tomography scanning based on an assessment of lung cancer risk in clinical commissioning groups with low lung cancer survival rates.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/02/2018 11:41:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker