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895490

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Incontinence
	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 monitor the implementation of NHS England’s Excellence in Continence Care guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	140146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England published the Excellence in Continence Care guidance in 2015 in order to help support best practice in continence care, and the Department would expect local commissioners to both draw on the guidance and monitor progress in improving continence care.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/05/2018 12:33:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

895494

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Incontinence: 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 assessment his Department has made of the availability of Level 1 paediatric continence services for (a) school nurses, (b) health visitors and (c) GPs to provide preventative early treatment for (i) bladder and (ii) bowel problems in children.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	140147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning continence services and work with local partners to ensure the appropriate level of services are provided dependent upon local need.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs may choose to commission the health visiting and school nursing service to deliver continence services. Public Health England (PHE) has developed commissioning guidance to support local public health delivery; the guidance also clarifies the commissioning responsibilities for continence services. Further information is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning</a></p><p> </p><p>Continence services are not included in the public health grant and PHE has not undertaken a national assessment of continence services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/05/2018 12:51:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

895498

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Incontinence
	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 his Department has made of the effect of the Paediatric Continence Commissioning Guide published in 2014 and accredited by NICE.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	140148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>No national assessment of the effect of the guidance has been made. The paediatric continence commissioning guide sets out a clear set of specifications for commissioners to follow, including for paediatric incontinence services. The Department expects local commissioners to draw on the guide in commissioning services and to keep their incontinence services under review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/05/2018 12:27:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

895563

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Incontinence: 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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on paediatric continence services of the transfer of public health commissioning responsibilities from NHS England to local authorities in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	140149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/05/2018 12:28:50 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

914701

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
	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 potential merits of requiring the labelling of alcoholic drinks to include information on calorie content, Chief Medical Officer low-risk drinking guidelines or other health information.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	148863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England’s evidence review on the public health burden of alcohol found that alcohol health warning labels on alcoholic products can raise awareness of the messages they contain and inclusion of nutritional information, guidelines and health warnings may increase the effectiveness of the effects a label has on a person’s drinking. The review was published in December 2016 and is available online at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with the alcohol industry and other partners to build on the actions to date on consumer information; enabling people to make decisions about when and how much they drink and helping to reduce alcohol-related health harms.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/06/2018 16:00:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

927752

	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	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 his Department is monitoring the (a) number, (b) nature and (c) outcomes of calls to the breast cancer screening helpline; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	155842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has provided regular updates to Ministers on the helpline and the latest number of calls to the helpline at 20 June 2018 is 53,167. Some calls have required a range of different follow-up actions including conversations with clinical specialists, details of previous screens to be checked and arrangements for a further screen to be made.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2018 13:37:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

927753

	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	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, what qualifications are required of the staff answering calls to the breast cancer screening helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	155843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The staff who answer the initial calls to the helpline are part of a call handling service with specific training for this issue. When specialist input is required, the call-handler arranges for a follow-up call from a professionally qualified person who is usually a nurse.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2018 13:38:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

927754

	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	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, what assistance his Department has provided for the relatives of women who died after not being called for mammograms under the national screening programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	155844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Some relatives of women who have died have contacted Public Health England and they have been offered advice and support. A clinical assessment of the women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and did not receive a final invitation for screening between 2009 and 2018 has commenced and for the women who have died, the next of kin will be contacted and offered the chance to have the outcome of the assessment explained.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2018 13:40:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

927755

	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	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, what support has been provided for women contacting the breast cancer screening helpline who should have been offered screening appointments under the national mammogram programme but were not and have since developed breast cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	155845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The women who have contacted the helpline are offered a range of information and support, including access to a conversation with a health professional that can provide further advice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2018 13:41:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

927756

	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	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, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the computer failure in the breast cancer screening programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	155846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>On 2 May my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care reported to Parliament a serious failure in the national breast screening programme in England and announced an independent review to investigate and report on the circumstances of the breast screening failure, which will include establishing the timeline of relevant events from 2009 to 2018 of the Age X trial and the national programme, including their administration and governance. The review will also assess the governance, assurance and accountability processes.</p><p> </p><p>Lynda Thomas, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, and Professor Martin Gore, consultant medical oncologist and professor of cancer medicine at the Royal Marsden, have been appointed as independent chairs and Peter Wyman from the Care Quality Commission has been appointed as the Vice Chair.</p><p> </p><p>The terms of reference have been published with the Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-06-04/HCWS731/" target="_blank">HCWCS731</a>) on 4 June 2018, and the review is due to report in November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/06/2018 13:31:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire