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1142061

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Air Ambulance Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £10 million air ambulance capital fund has been awarded to air ambulance charities after the bidding process.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	282349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Autumn 2018 Budget, £10 million capital funding was allocated for air ambulance services in England. A call for bids for charities to apply for funding was launched by the Department and 14 applications were received. Nine applications were successful, and these air ambulance charities will receive a share of £10 million funding as per the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglian Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£790,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,397,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London's Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,393,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,818,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£267,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£226,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAGPAS Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,340,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£1,266,022</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 282350 282351 question first answered 04/09/2019 16:16:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1142062

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Air Ambulance Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which air ambulance charities were successful in their bid for air ambulance capital funding; and how much funding each such charity was awarded.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	282350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Autumn 2018 Budget, £10 million capital funding was allocated for air ambulance services in England. A call for bids for charities to apply for funding was launched by the Department and 14 applications were received. Nine applications were successful, and these air ambulance charities will receive a share of £10 million funding as per the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglian Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£790,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,397,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London's Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,393,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,818,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£267,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£226,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAGPAS Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,340,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£1,266,022</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 282349 282351 question first answered 04/09/2019 16:17:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1142063

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Air Ambulance Services: Finance
	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 applications from air ambulance charities his Department received for the air ambulance capital fund.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	282351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Autumn 2018 Budget, £10 million capital funding was allocated for air ambulance services in England. A call for bids for charities to apply for funding was launched by the Department and 14 applications were received. Nine applications were successful, and these air ambulance charities will receive a share of £10 million funding as per the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglian Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£790,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,397,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London's Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,393,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,818,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£267,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£226,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAGPAS Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,340,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£1,266,022</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 282349 282350 question first answered 04/09/2019 16:17:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1142067

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
	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 adequacy of the level of compensation available under the Vaccine Damage Payment scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	282354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme is not a compensation scheme. There is no assessment of what losses were actually suffered by the claimant. It provides a one off tax-free lump sum payment (currently £120,000) to successful claimants and is one part of the wide range of support and help available to severely disabled people in the United Kingdom.</p><p>There are no plans to change the level of payment provided as part of the Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 14:57:43 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1139309

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Asthma: Death
	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 has taken to implement the recommendations of the 2014 report entitled, National Review of Asthma Deaths.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	277744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department collaborated with the Royal College of Physicians on the National Review of Asthma Deaths and welcomed this report. Since its publication, significant improvements have been made in asthma care.</p><p>Respiratory disease, including asthma, is a clinical priority within the NHS Long Term Plan, which aims to improve outcomes for patients through earlier diagnosis and increased access to treatments. The Respiratory Delivery Board will take forward respiratory proposals set out in the Plan by working with key partners.</p><p>The National Health Service is supporting the national asthma audit programme which provides data on a range of indicators to show improvements and opportunities in asthma outcomes. NHS RightCare will be publishing an asthma toolkit later this year to support local commissioners and systems in delivering quality care. A best practice tariff for asthma, which aims to reduce variation in asthma care, is also in development.</p><p>The current quality outcomes framework (QOF) indicators for asthma are in consultation and changes for the annual review indicators may include data on asthma control; exacerbations; and written personalised action plans.</p><p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, pharmacies in primary care networks will undertake medicine reviews for asthma patients. This will include education on inhaler use and uptake of dry powder and smart inhalers where clinically appropriate.</p><p>Finally, the NHS Long Term Plan commits to offering stop smoking interventions to all inpatients, pregnant women and high-risk outpatient specialties by the end of 2023/24. Recording of smoking status is part of the proposed QOF indicator for asthma.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:14:55 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1139310

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Asthma: Death
	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 has taken in response to the publication of three Regulation 28 (Prevention of Future Death) Reports on asthma deaths since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	277745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service is working closely with voluntary sector partners to improve patient outcomes for those with severe asthma and a National Health Service Cardiovascular Disease-Respiratory national programme has been developed in line with recommendations from the Taskforce for Lung Health.</p><p>Both respiratory disease and the health of children and young people are priority areas in the NHS Long Term Plan, which aims to improve respiratory care through earlier diagnosis and increased access to treatments. The Respiratory Delivery Board will take forward respiratory proposals set out in the Plan, while the Children’s Transformation Board will oversee work to review national asthma policy and existing clinical guidelines.</p><p>The current quality outcomes framework indicators for asthma are in consultation and changes for the annual review indicators may include data on asthma control; exacerbations; and written personalised action plans. NHS RightCare will be publishing an asthma toolkit later this year to support local commissioners and systems in delivering quality care. A best practice tariff for asthma, which aims to reduce variation in asthma care, is also in development.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:13:24 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1139311

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Asthma: 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, with reference to the publication of three regulation 28 (Prevention of Future Death) Reports on asthma deaths, what steps he is taking to ensure that severe asthma sufferers are referred to specialist services.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	277746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>It is expected that National Health Service patients with severe asthma are referred to their specialist asthma service where they will receive appropriate investigation and treatment. All specialised providers are required to develop a networked model of care as the vehicle for delivering an optimal pathway and maximising patient outcomes and experience. All specialised services report against national quality metrics for severe asthma services on an annual basis. Commissioner action is initiated with individual hospitals to address significant issues.</p><p>The NHS England Specialised Commissioning team is running a severe asthma collaborative project to improve patient experience, outcomes and safety through improved access to specialist multidisciplinary teams (MDT) for assessment and review.</p><p>All patients newly diagnosed with severe asthma will receive an MDT review of their care by a specialist asthma MDT, hosted by one of the 14 designated severe asthma centres in England. Patients requiring acute admission will be cared for within a commissioned severe asthma centre where clinically appropriate.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:15:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1139312

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Asthma: 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 steps he is taking to ensure compliance with NICE guidelines on Quality Statement 4 of Quality Standard 25 on Asthma in relation to the a person having a follow-up appointment with their GP within two working days of treatment in an emergency care setting for an asthma attack.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	277747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The 2019 general practitioner Contract commits primary care to seven national service specifications. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan commitments, the Structured Medications Review and Optimisation Specification will have a dedicated focus on priority groups, including people with asthma, to improve medicines optimisation and safety.</p><p>NHS RightCare will be publishing an asthma toolkit outlining the optimal pathway for patient care later in 2019. The toolkit has been developed in consultation with clinicians, voluntary sector organisations and patient groups with the aim of supporting local commissioners and systems to deliver quality care for people with asthma.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:10:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1139313

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	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	Asthma: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257660 on Asthma: Health Services, what processes he plans to put in place to ensure appropriate referrals of NHS patients to specialist centres for severe asthma services.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	277748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>It is expected that National Health Service patients with severe asthma are referred to their specialist asthma service where they will receive appropriate investigation and treatment. All specialised providers are required to develop a networked model of care as the vehicle for delivering an optimal pathway and maximising patient outcomes and experience. All specialised services report against national quality metrics for severe asthma services on an annual basis. Commissioner action is initiated with individual hospitals to address significant issues.</p><p>The NHS England Specialised Commissioning team is running a severe asthma collaborative project to improve patient experience, outcomes and safety through improved access to specialist multidisciplinary teams for assessment and review.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 277729 question first answered 26/07/2019 11:22:50 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1135584

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	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 improve the take-up rate of Healthy Start vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	270796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>We are developing a digital approach to Healthy Start, which should make it easier for families to apply for, receive and use Healthy Start benefits. As part of the digitisation process, we are developing and testing an online application form to replace the current paper form.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/07/2019 14:50:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis