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1137796

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	Abortion
	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 estimate he has made of the number of women who have had abortions mandated by (a) a medical practitioner and (b) the courts against their wises in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	275177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of women who have been required to have an abortion against their wishes is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/07/2019 12:37:20 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1137518

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Eating Disorders: Mental 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, if he will publish a timeline for the implementation of the piloting of 4-week waiting time targets for adults with eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	274503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>For adults with an eating disorder, the NHS Long Term Plan has made a renewed commitment that mental health services will grow faster than the overall National Health Service budget, with additional investment worth at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24. This includes investment in community-based adult eating disorder services as part of the Plan’s commitment to transform community-based care for adults with mental health needs.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is also investing over £30 million in services every year to meet and maintain ambitious waiting targets, with 70 community treatment teams now covering the whole of the country so that more children and young people can get eating disorder care closer to home and out of hospital.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a broader programme of work on community based mental health care for adults, alongside work to explore the effectiveness of different approaches to integrated delivery with primary care and starting this summer, NHS England will test four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health teams with selected local areas to build understanding of how best to introduce ambitious but achievable improvements to access, quality of care and outcomes. In doing so, NHS England will also consider the interfaces with specialist community mental health services, particularly where there is an existing evidence base for rapid direct access (such as eating disorders).</p><p> </p><p>Learning from these test sites about the required inputs to increase access and reduce waits will inform future policy discussions about a suitable timeframe for implementation of any future access and waiting time targets, for core community provision or for specialist provision.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 274504 question first answered 15/07/2019 13:25:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1137519

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Eating Disorders: Mental 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 assessment he has made of the merits of allocating additional funding for the treatment of eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	274504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>For adults with an eating disorder, the NHS Long Term Plan has made a renewed commitment that mental health services will grow faster than the overall National Health Service budget, with additional investment worth at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24. This includes investment in community-based adult eating disorder services as part of the Plan’s commitment to transform community-based care for adults with mental health needs.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is also investing over £30 million in services every year to meet and maintain ambitious waiting targets, with 70 community treatment teams now covering the whole of the country so that more children and young people can get eating disorder care closer to home and out of hospital.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a broader programme of work on community based mental health care for adults, alongside work to explore the effectiveness of different approaches to integrated delivery with primary care and starting this summer, NHS England will test four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health teams with selected local areas to build understanding of how best to introduce ambitious but achievable improvements to access, quality of care and outcomes. In doing so, NHS England will also consider the interfaces with specialist community mental health services, particularly where there is an existing evidence base for rapid direct access (such as eating disorders).</p><p> </p><p>Learning from these test sites about the required inputs to increase access and reduce waits will inform future policy discussions about a suitable timeframe for implementation of any future access and waiting time targets, for core community provision or for specialist provision.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 274503 question first answered 15/07/2019 13:25:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1134213

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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 he has taken to increase the number of families using healthy start vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	268453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working to ensure that eligible families are aware of the Healthy Start scheme and how this will benefit them. The scheme is promoted through the Healthy Start and Start4Life websites, reminding families to take up the vouchers. In addition, the Healthy Start Issuing Unit is proactive in identifying and making contact with families who may be eligible for Healthy Start.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/07/2019 11:32:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1127624

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	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 undertake a review of the list of medical conditions for which patients are exempt from prescription charges to provide a list that is reflective of current health conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	256296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to review the current system of medical exemptions from prescription charges. Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people access National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions.</p><p>To support those with the greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, the cost of prescription pre-payment certificates has been frozen for another year. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 29/05/2019 11:22:03 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1104985

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	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 adding asthma to the list of medical exemptions for prescription charges.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	236484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/03/2019 16:14:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1063978

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of veterans who have served in the armed forces that were in receipt of mental health services in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	223166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows counts of referrals received, entering treatment and finishing a course of treatment of patients who recorded as being an ex-British Armed Forces member for Quarter 4 2017/18, Quarter 1 2018/19 and Quarter 2 2018/9, England level from the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) dataset.</p><p> </p><p>The number of Ex-British Armed Forces veterans in contact with mental health services and the number of Ex-British Armed Forces veterans in hospital at the end of November 2018 from the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS) is also attached.</p><p> </p><p>The IAPT dataset has collected information on veterans accessing this service since 2012. IAPT is run by the National Health Service in England and offers National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-approved therapies for treating people with anxiety and depression.</p><p> </p><p>The IAPT dataset records whether a referral is for a patient who has been a member of the British Armed Forces. It is not possible to identify the type of Armed Forces Service that the patient belonged to, or whether the patient was a regular or reserve veteran.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/02/2019 16:10:05 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price attachment 1 file name PQ223166 table formatted.docx title PQ223166 attached document
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1063621

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	Non-ionizing Radiation
	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 implications for his policies of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment report on the health effects of UV radiation; and whether he plans to implement the recommendations in that report.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	222608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2009 the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) provided advice on the health effects from ultraviolet (UV) radiation in their 13th report. This related to the effects form sunbed use because of the evidence accumulating about the particular associations with artificial tanning devices. The committee has not produced any additional advice or recommendations on the general risks of UV exposure since their statement in 1992 about the general impacts of UV exposure. As a result, the Sunbeds Regulation Act 2010 was implemented to prohibit under-18s from using sunbeds. Local authorities are responsible for enforcing the regulations and carry out inspections. The Department and the Health and Safety Executive have published guidance to support the enforcement and safe use of sunbeds, and Public Health England (PHE) continues to monitor the evidence on the impacts of the use of sunbeds.</p><p> </p><p>PHE discourages the use of sunbeds for cosmetic tanning and provides information to increase awareness of the health risks of excessive exposure to UV radiation and advice for people to protect themselves. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ultraviolet-radiation-and-sunscreen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ultraviolet-radiation-and-sunscreen</a></p><p> </p><p>An awareness campaign on the signs of skin cancer has also been carried out by PHE and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>PHE provides independent and expert advices on a range of topics, including UV radiation and staying safe in the sun. Further information can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/spring-sun-advice-from-public-health-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/spring-sun-advice-from-public-health-england</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2019 15:44:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1060731

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Health Services: Disadvantaged
	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 February 2019 to Question 213320, when areas with high health inequalities will receive an increase in funding; and whether that increase in funding will require a change to the funding formula for General Practice.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	220849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England set clinical commissioning group (CCG) funding allocations. This year, NHS England’s independent advisory committee, the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation, recommended a new approach to health inequalities which was reflected in the CCG allocations published on 10 January 2019. The 2019/20 component of the increase for areas with high health inequalities, which is already included in the aforementioned CCG allocations, will be available from the start of the financial year.</p><p>The core allocations formula for primary medical care accounts for greater needs for healthcare in more deprived parts of England, and a further adjustment reflects NHS England’s objectives to tackle health inequalities and address unmet need for health services. This adjustment, which targets 15% of the total primary medical care allocation, is based on data on premature mortality at a small area level, aggregated up to CCG level, and thus takes account of inequalities within as well as between CCGs.</p><p>In addition, the new five-year framework for general practitioner contract reform sets out the requirements for a Directed Enhanced Service (DES) for Primary Care Networks, which includes addressing Inequalities as one of seven national service specifications. The timetable for introducing the Network Contract DES is set out in section 4.15 of the five-year framework. Details specifically relating to the Inequalities service specification can be found in section 6.32 and 6.33. The framework is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gp-contract-2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/gp-contract-2019.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/02/2019 11:52:25 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1050016

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	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	Health Services: Disadvantaged
	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 link between areas of deprivation and health service usage.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	213320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government seeks to ensure everyone has the same opportunity for a long, healthy life. There are currently inequalities in the use of health services with the most deprived parts of the population having more avoidable hospital admissions and greater use of accident and emergency services. This is why the Department’s prevention vision puts prevention at the heart of the nation’s health, shifting the focus from treatment of individual conditions to improving long term health for all and putting more resource into primary and community care.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how the National Health Service will develop over the coming years and take stronger action surrounding health inequalities. NHS England has committed to ensuring a higher share of funding goes towards geographies with high health inequalities. This funding is estimated to be worth over £1 billion by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/02/2019 17:31:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins