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1546939

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Children
	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 his Department has taken to help reduce the level of respiratory syncytial virus infections in (a) children and (b) babies.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	99898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency publishes weekly surveillance reports on the levels of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in England and on bronchiolitis as a condition associated with RSV in young children. This surveillance has led to the activation of the National Health Service monoclonal antibody prevention programme for infants at highest risk from RSV infection. We have also highlighted the signs and symptoms of RSV and the steps which can be taken to reduce infections, including reducing risks to babies, through social media, online content and national and regional media.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 99900 question first answered 07/12/2022 12:24:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1546941

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Respiratory Syncytial Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help reduce the level of respiratory syncytial virus infections.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	99900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency publishes weekly surveillance reports on the levels of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in England and on bronchiolitis as a condition associated with RSV in young children. This surveillance has led to the activation of the National Health Service monoclonal antibody prevention programme for infants at highest risk from RSV infection. We have also highlighted the signs and symptoms of RSV and the steps which can be taken to reduce infections, including reducing risks to babies, through social media, online content and national and regional media.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 99898 question first answered 07/12/2022 12:24:38 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1466469

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: 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 recent steps he taken to ensure patient safety in the context of recent pressures on the urgent and emergency care system.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	9986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement monitor patient safety and work with systems to manage any potential risks. In 2022/23, an additional £50 million has been invested in NHS 111 to support increased call taking capacity and ensure that patients can access urgent care when necessary. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with integrated care boards to improve patient flow and reduce ambulance handover delays, maximising Same Day Emergency Care services and access to Urgent Treatment Centres as an alternative to accident and emergency where appropriate.</p><p>In Slough, funding for 17 intermediate adult social care beds has been extended to June 2022 and an additional 20 bed community ward at Heathlands Heathwood Hospital has been created. An immediate ambulance handover policy is also in place at hospitals in Slough and capacity to accept paramedic handovers increased by 30%.</p><p>In the South East, Urgent Treatment Centres and Same Day Emergency Care provision is being developed to ensure alternatives to emergency departments are available at acute sites. This is addition to engaging system partners to alleviate pressures through urgent community response, developing virtual wards, enhanced health care in care homes and bringing together local health systems to reduce length of stay and increase discharges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 9987 question first answered 16/06/2022 15:31:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 4675 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1466478

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: South East
	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 help ensure emergency and urgent care capacity demands are met in (a) Slough and (b) South East.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	9987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement monitor patient safety and work with systems to manage any potential risks. In 2022/23, an additional £50 million has been invested in NHS 111 to support increased call taking capacity and ensure that patients can access urgent care when necessary. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with integrated care boards to improve patient flow and reduce ambulance handover delays, maximising Same Day Emergency Care services and access to Urgent Treatment Centres as an alternative to accident and emergency where appropriate.</p><p>In Slough, funding for 17 intermediate adult social care beds has been extended to June 2022 and an additional 20 bed community ward at Heathlands Heathwood Hospital has been created. An immediate ambulance handover policy is also in place at hospitals in Slough and capacity to accept paramedic handovers increased by 30%.</p><p>In the South East, Urgent Treatment Centres and Same Day Emergency Care provision is being developed to ensure alternatives to emergency departments are available at acute sites. This is addition to engaging system partners to alleviate pressures through urgent community response, developing virtual wards, enhanced health care in care homes and bringing together local health systems to reduce length of stay and increase discharges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 9986 question first answered 16/06/2022 15:31:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1546761

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
	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 assessment of the primary factors driving growth in measured spend covered by the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	99838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>As part of the consultation process undertaken in 2020 and 2022, we updated the Branded medicines: statutory scheme. Impact assessments were conducted to understand the drivers of changes to measured sales in the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access (VPAS).</p><p> </p><p>The 2020 and 2022 assessments are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/871361/final-impact-assessment-statutory-scheme-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/871361/final-impact-assessment-statutory-scheme-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1079733/Statutory_Scheme_impact_assessment_medicine_pricing_v3.0_FINALdated_May_2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1079733/Statutory_Scheme_impact_assessment_medicine_pricing_v3.0_FINALdated_May_2022.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Under the rules of VPAS, there is no requirement for regular assessment of whether scheme members’ profits exceed the margin of tolerance. Under the 2014 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme where such a requirement was in place, no companies were found to have exceeded the margin of tolerance in 2017 or 2018.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 99839 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:20:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1546762

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
	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 member companies of the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access have reported profits in excess of the margin of tolerance in each of the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	99839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>As part of the consultation process undertaken in 2020 and 2022, we updated the Branded medicines: statutory scheme. Impact assessments were conducted to understand the drivers of changes to measured sales in the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access (VPAS).</p><p> </p><p>The 2020 and 2022 assessments are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/871361/final-impact-assessment-statutory-scheme-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/871361/final-impact-assessment-statutory-scheme-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1079733/Statutory_Scheme_impact_assessment_medicine_pricing_v3.0_FINALdated_May_2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1079733/Statutory_Scheme_impact_assessment_medicine_pricing_v3.0_FINALdated_May_2022.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Under the rules of VPAS, there is no requirement for regular assessment of whether scheme members’ profits exceed the margin of tolerance. Under the 2014 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme where such a requirement was in place, no companies were found to have exceeded the margin of tolerance in 2017 or 2018.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 99838 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:20:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1546994

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will have the results of the Digital Health Technology Standards Audit.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	99835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The deadline for the return of the Audit’s templates to NHS England is 16 December 2022. Following analysis of the results, National Health Service organisations which have confirmed technologies not assessed against the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) or have not undertaken DCB:0160 documentation, will be required to submit remedial action plans. NHS England intends to share these actions plans with the Department with a summary of the response rate and quality of returns. While NHS England has no plans to publish the results of the Audit, it will publish a directory of products which meet DTAC standards.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 99836 question first answered 08/12/2022 14:30:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1546996

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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: ICT
	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 publish the results of the Digital Health Technology Standards Audit.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	99836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The deadline for the return of the Audit’s templates to NHS England is 16 December 2022. Following analysis of the results, National Health Service organisations which have confirmed technologies not assessed against the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) or have not undertaken DCB:0160 documentation, will be required to submit remedial action plans. NHS England intends to share these actions plans with the Department with a summary of the response rate and quality of returns. While NHS England has no plans to publish the results of the Audit, it will publish a directory of products which meet DTAC standards.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 99835 question first answered 08/12/2022 14:30:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1546872

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Cancer: Waiting Lists
	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 help reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Gosport
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
	uin	99808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including cancer services. The plan states the ambition that the number of people waiting more than 62 days to start treatment following suspected cancer will return to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity, including cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 99809 question first answered 06/12/2022 17:17:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1546873

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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	Cancer: Medical Treatments
	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 will take to increase cancer treatment capacity in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Gosport
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
	uin	99809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ sets out how the National Health Service will recover and expand elective services over the next three years, including cancer services. The plan states the ambition that the number of people waiting more than 62 days to start treatment following suspected cancer will return to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity, including cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 99808 question first answered 06/12/2022 17:17:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage