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	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	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: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government is making on its proposals to reform the social care system.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	125344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper by summer 2018 setting out its proposals for reform.</p><p> </p><p>In developing the Green Paper, it is right that we take the time needed to debate the many complex issues and listen to the perspectives of experts and care users, building consensus around reforms which can succeed. This is why we are undertaking a process of initial engagement through which the Government is working with experts, stakeholders and users to shape the reforms that will be proposed in the Green Paper.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/02/2018 11:17:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

823445

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 he has made of the availability of stocks of flu vaccines in (a) York and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	122923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Flu vaccines for people aged 18 years and older are procured directly from manufacturers and suppliers by providers. The procurement and distribution of flu vaccines for the children’s aspect of the national flu programme is managed by Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p>Flu vaccine remains available to order from manufacturers and suppliers across England for both the adult and the children’s aspects of the national flu immunisation programme.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are continuously monitoring the flu vaccine supply landscape to enable timely and appropriate action to be taken in the event that demand begins to outweigh the amount of flu vaccine that is currently available to patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 122924 question first answered 24/01/2018 11:59:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

823446

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 his Department has to increase the supply of flu vaccines to areas in the event that there are shortfalls of such vaccines during Winter 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	122924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Flu vaccines for people aged 18 years and older are procured directly from manufacturers and suppliers by providers. The procurement and distribution of flu vaccines for the children’s aspect of the national flu programme is managed by Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p>Flu vaccine remains available to order from manufacturers and suppliers across England for both the adult and the children’s aspects of the national flu immunisation programme.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are continuously monitoring the flu vaccine supply landscape to enable timely and appropriate action to be taken in the event that demand begins to outweigh the amount of flu vaccine that is currently available to patients.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 122923 question first answered 24/01/2018 11:59:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

819992

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Pharmacy
	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 introduce a national minor ailments scheme as part of the Pharmacy Integration Fund, and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	122064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Minor ailment services are commissioned locally by the National Health Service according to need. The purpose of the Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF) is to try out and evaluate new ways of integrating pharmacists and community pharmacy into the wider health care system. National commissioning of NHS pharmaceutical services is arranged through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework. In December 2017, under the PhIF, NHS England commenced a pilot urgent minor illness care pathway of direct referral from NHS 111 to community pharmacy. The outcome of this pilot will inform future commissioning decisions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:11:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

820698

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Antenatal Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which clinical commissioning groups do not provide NHS antenatal classes.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The information about which clinical commissioning groups provide National Health Service antenatal classes is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Quality Standards (QS22) for antenatal care states that services should be commissioned from, and coordinated across, all relevant agencies encompassing the antenatal care part of the maternity pathway.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 16/01/2018 12:10:30 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

820695

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Cervical 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 the take-up rate for cervical screening in (a) England, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) York was in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme measures coverage rather than uptake rate. NHS England is responsible for monitoring the coverage rates for cervical screening in all age groups and is committed to improving coverage and reducing variation between all age groups.</p><p> </p><p>Data are provided by NHS Digital and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7035/Cervical-screening-programme-coverage" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7035/Cervical-screening-programme-coverage</a></p><p> </p><p>General practitioner/clinical commissioning group level coverage is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24229" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB24229</a></p><p> </p><p>The percentage of coverage for each area requested as at the end of 2016-17 is: England 72.0%; North Yorkshire 78.1%; York 73.0%.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/01/2018 11:48:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

822900

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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
	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 he has to make available data for each condition on delayed transfers of care for the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	122583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on the number of delayed transfers of care. The latest data is for November 2017 and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/</a></p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to collect patient condition specific data about delayed transfers of care.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 122581 question first answered 18/01/2018 14:31:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

822898

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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
	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 he has to make available data about delayed transfers of care involving people with dementia for the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	122581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on the number of delayed transfers of care. The latest data is for November 2017 and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/</a></p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to collect patient condition specific data about delayed transfers of care.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 122583 question first answered 18/01/2018 14:31:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

822897

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of care packages that were commissioned by Local Authorities in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	122580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people receiving care packages for the period 2010/11 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>During year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,574,590</p></td><td><p>1,462,290</p></td><td><p>1,327,910</p></td><td><p>1,273,280</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The method of collecting data around users of social care changed in 2014/15. The table below provides the figures for 2014/15 onwards which are published by NHS Digital.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>During year</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed Short Term Care Episodes</p></td><td><p>253,000</p></td><td><p>245,270</p></td><td><p>241,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Term Care Users</p></td><td><p>885,000</p></td><td><p>873,000</p></td><td><p>868,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures above show that there has been a reduction in local authority social care user numbers over the time period requested.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have shifted their focus towards preventing people needing formal packages of care hence the drop in user numbers.</p><p> </p><p>All councils have statutory duties to look after their vulnerable elderly and disabled people. The Care Act 2014 introduced national eligibility criteria for access to adult social care that local authorities are required to meet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2018 14:01:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

822899

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman’s report, Ignoring the alarms: how eating disorder services are failing patients, HC 634, published on 6 December 2017, when (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) NHS Improvement plan to make a formal response to the recommendations of that report.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	122582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes seriously the report of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) ‘Ignoring the alarms: how NHS eating disorder services are failing patients’.</p><p> </p><p>Following on from the publication of the report the Department will work with partner organisations and arm’s length bodies, including NHS England, and NHS Improvement to consider how the recommendations can be taken into account as part of the planned improvements to mental health and eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is considering the recommendations within the PHSO’s report and will be responding fully in due course to both the PHSO and the family of the patient concerned. The response will outline a proposed set of actions around reviewing provision of adult eating disorder services and the question of parity of adult services with children and young people services. Their formal response to the recommendations of the report will include our plans to review existing levels of geographical variation and the scope to address as part of future improvements to adult eating disorder services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/01/2018 15:32:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley