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946986

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Diabetes
	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 his Department issues to help people better understand their diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	167325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>'Healthier You: The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme' started in 2016 and currently covers three quarters of the population of England. At the end of May 2018, nearly 215,000 people had been referred into the service, with over 95,000 taking up the offer of a programme.</p><p>By 2020, the programme will support 100,000 people at risk of diabetes each year across England. Those referred will get tailored, personalised help to reduce their risk including education on healthy eating and lifestyle and bespoke physical exercise programmes.</p><p>NHS England has invested £10.5 million transformation funding in 2018/19 (and a similar amount in 2017/18) to provide approximately 96,000 additional structured education places in 137 clinical commissioning groups.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

820900

	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	Chemotherapy: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals have met the national cancer waiting time standard for commencing chemotherapy treatment within 31 days of a clinical decision having been made in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	122318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>132 out of 139 National Health Service trusts reporting activity in November 2017 (latest data available) met the 98% standard of delivering an anti-cancer drug regimen within one month of a decision to treat.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England publishes quarterly performance data on cancer waiting times standards, along with monthly provisional statistics which can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/01/2018 11:55:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

835963

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Childcare Vouchers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employees of his Department make use of the childcare voucher scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	126318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>140 employees use the Department’s childcare voucher scheme as of 31 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/02/2018 16:12:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

997157

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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	Breast Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital trusts (a) collect and (b) submit data on the number of people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer to the cancer outcomes and services data set.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	184978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>140 hospital trusts submitted data for 2016 secondary breast cancer diagnoses through the Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset or Cancer Waiting Times data collection mechanisms. The total number submitted was 11,608, which is an increase on 2014 and 2015. This is accepted as being significantly below the estimated number of secondary breast cancers.</p><p> </p><p>The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) has published a number of guidance documents including flowcharts and clearer data definitions, providing specific advice on how to record cancer patients who are on a non-primary pathway. NCRAS is visiting trusts to support the use of this guidance.</p><p> </p><p>NCRAS is working closely with cancer charities to improve data collection and submission by hospital trusts, looking at how they can help improve completion rates and thus gain a better picture of the burden of recurrence and metastatic disease across the health service.</p><p> </p><p>To further support this work NCRAS has been sharing provider-level data on the completeness of recurrence reporting with individual NHS trusts since July 2016. These data are publicly available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/topic_specific_work/recurrence" target="_blank">http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/topic_specific_work/recurrence</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 184979 question first answered 06/11/2018 15:35:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

997158

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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	Breast 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 his Department is taking to ensure hospital trusts meet the requirement to (a) collect and (b) submit data on secondary breast cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	184979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>140 hospital trusts submitted data for 2016 secondary breast cancer diagnoses through the Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset or Cancer Waiting Times data collection mechanisms. The total number submitted was 11,608, which is an increase on 2014 and 2015. This is accepted as being significantly below the estimated number of secondary breast cancers.</p><p> </p><p>The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) has published a number of guidance documents including flowcharts and clearer data definitions, providing specific advice on how to record cancer patients who are on a non-primary pathway. NCRAS is visiting trusts to support the use of this guidance.</p><p> </p><p>NCRAS is working closely with cancer charities to improve data collection and submission by hospital trusts, looking at how they can help improve completion rates and thus gain a better picture of the burden of recurrence and metastatic disease across the health service.</p><p> </p><p>To further support this work NCRAS has been sharing provider-level data on the completeness of recurrence reporting with individual NHS trusts since July 2016. These data are publicly available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/topic_specific_work/recurrence" target="_blank">http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/topic_specific_work/recurrence</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 184978 question first answered 06/11/2018 15:35:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

987953

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	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	Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities have suicide prevention plans in place; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those plans are effective.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	179115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>149 local authorities have a multi-agency suicide prevention plan in place. The remaining three local authorities are in the process of developing their plans, and Public Health England is supporting these final local authorities to have their plans in place as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working in collaboration with the local government sector to support areas to implement and embed their suicide prevention plans within their communities. The process started this month and will help to identify areas for improvement for local plans and areas of best practice which can be shared across the local government sector. This process will also be used to inform a programme of mutual support over the next two to three years to enable local areas to learn from each other and to further develop their plans.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 18/10/2018 11:34:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

928189

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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	Social Services: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to announce the funding available for adult social care spending in (1) 2019–20, and (2) 2020–21.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL8841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>2019-20 falls within the current Spending Review period, announced in 2015. Over the course of the Spending Review, the Government has given councils access to up to £9.4 billion more dedicated funding Government for social care over the three years from 2017/18 to 2019/20. In 2019/20, approximately £1.835 billion is provided by the Improved Better Care Fund and access to approximately £1.8 billion is provided by the Adult Social Care Precept.</p><p>Individual councils are responsible for setting their budgets and dedicating funding to specific services, and in doing this will assess what is required to meet the social care need of their local populations, and more widely to fulfil their statutory duties under the Care Act 2014.</p><p>The funding settlement for years beyond 2019-20 is a matter to be confirmed at the next Spending Review, alongside the rest of the local government settlement, which will take place next year.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 03/07/2018 11:18:39 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

971518

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	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 England: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS England trusts use the Lorenzo software system.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	172627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>21 National Health Service trusts use the Lorenzo Software system. These are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust</p><p>- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust</p><p>- Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>- Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust</p><p>- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- North Bristol NHS Trust</p><p>- North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust</p><p>- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p><p>- Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/09/2018 09:42:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

922498

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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	22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
	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 steps he has taken to improve (a) awareness of and (b) diagnosis of 22Q11 deletion syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	152852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>22q11.2 deletion syndrome is a disorder that involves many different areas of the body and the severity can vary among patients. 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is an integral part of the immunodeficiency section of the training curriculum for paediatric and adult immunologists. In addition, cardiac aspects of 22q deletion syndrome are specifically included in the curriculum for paediatric cardiology.</p><p> </p><p>There are 32 immunology centres accredited or working towards accreditation with the Quality in Primary Immunodeficiency Services programme including a number of paediatric immunology centres located across the United Kingdom, which provide services for patients affected by the disease. Such accreditation processes means that specialist expertise can be more readily available across the country and provide access to the services need in the diagnosis of this disease.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/06/2018 14:49:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

921846

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	Personal Health Budgets
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients are currently in receipt of an NHS personal health budget; and what was the total cost of that scheme for each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
	uin	HL8535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>28,040 individuals were in receipt of a personal health budget as of 2017-18 Q4.</p><p>In terms of the total cost of personal health budgets for each of the last three years, these figures are not held centrally, as it is clinical commissioning groups who have the duty to commission and deliver personal health budgets.</p><p>Personal health budgets use existing National Health Service money that would already have been spent on an individual, in a different way that meets the individual’s identified health needs. Evidence suggests that at worst, personal health budgets are cost-neutral, whilst demonstrating an ability to improve outcomes and enhance quality of life.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/06/2018 12:45:29 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg