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1728434

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Pharmacy: 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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of medication costs on community pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion Preseli
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department undertakes a quarterly assessment of the adequacy of drug prices paid to community pharmacies through the medicine margin survey. The survey samples independent pharmacy contractors’ sales invoices for the medicines they dispense, and compares the amount paid with the amount reimbursed by the National Health Service. This has found that more than the amount agreed as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework has been delivered in total across the previous four financial years. Suppliers of appliances can optionally apply for an annual price increase on the NHS Drug Tariff. Fees in the tariff are routinely reviewed and updated when appropriate.</p><p>Medicine costs are considered as part of ongoing broader assessments of the financial health of the sector. However, if the selling price of a product goes above the reimbursement price in a given month, pharmacy contractors can request an increase to the reimbursement price from the Department via Community Pharmacy England. Where an increase is granted, this new price is known as a concessionary price. This ensures that that the reimbursement prices set are reflective of real time market selling prices, and means that pharmacy contractors are paid fairly for the medicines they dispense.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 5097 5099 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:48:02 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1728435

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Pharmacy: Drugs
	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 community pharmacies with increases in the cost of medications.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion Preseli
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department undertakes a quarterly assessment of the adequacy of drug prices paid to community pharmacies through the medicine margin survey. The survey samples independent pharmacy contractors’ sales invoices for the medicines they dispense, and compares the amount paid with the amount reimbursed by the National Health Service. This has found that more than the amount agreed as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework has been delivered in total across the previous four financial years. Suppliers of appliances can optionally apply for an annual price increase on the NHS Drug Tariff. Fees in the tariff are routinely reviewed and updated when appropriate.</p><p>Medicine costs are considered as part of ongoing broader assessments of the financial health of the sector. However, if the selling price of a product goes above the reimbursement price in a given month, pharmacy contractors can request an increase to the reimbursement price from the Department via Community Pharmacy England. Where an increase is granted, this new price is known as a concessionary price. This ensures that that the reimbursement prices set are reflective of real time market selling prices, and means that pharmacy contractors are paid fairly for the medicines they dispense.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 5097 5098 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:48:02 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1728445

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Migraines: 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 he is taking to ensure the adequacy of access to (a) specialist care and (b) NICE-approved treatments for patients with migraine.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for allocating funding to the integrated care boards (ICBs), which are in turn responsible for commissioning specialist migraine services that meet the needs of their populations, subject to local prioritisation and funding.</p><p>The process of commissioning services should take into account best practice guidance, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance on the diagnosis and management of headaches in over 12-year-olds, which was updated in December 2021. The NICE’s guideline provides recommendations on principles of care for people with a migraine, which may include a multidisciplinary approach to care, based on clinical need, and involving access to a range of health professionals, including specialist neurology nurses, neurologists, and pain management specialists. Whilst NICE guidelines are not mandatory, the Government expects the healthcare system to take them fully into account when designing services.</p><p>Through its Technology Appraisals Programme, the NICE has recommended a number of calcitonin gene-related peptide inhibitors for the treatment of migraines, and these have been made routinely available to eligible National Health Service patients in England. Commissioners have a statutory responsibility to make funding available for a drug or treatment recommended by the NICE’s Technology Appraisals Programme within 90 days of publication of guidance, unless specified in the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 16/09/2024 15:55:53 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728480

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Pilgrim Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
	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 reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, which includes that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.</p><p>As a first step, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed the Professor Lord Darzi to lead an independent investigation of NHS performance. The investigation’s findings were published on 12 September 2024, and will feed into the Government’s work on a 10-year plan to radically reform the NHS and build a health service that is fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 4971 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:13:57 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728514

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Peterborough City Hospital: Accident and Emergency Department
	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 reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Peterborough City Hospital.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, which includes that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours.</p><p>As a first step, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed the Professor Lord Darzi to lead an independent investigation of NHS performance. The investigation’s findings were published on 12 September 2024, and will feed into the Government’s work on a 10-year plan to radically reform the NHS and build a health service that is fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth grouped question UIN 4969 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:13:57 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728516

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Alan Milburn
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Mr Alan Milburn is a Ministerial or departmental adviser; and what meetings Mr Milburn has had with Ministers since the general election.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Whilst Alan Milburn is neither a Ministerial nor Departmental adviser, he is a Privy Councillor and a former Secretary of State for Health. As my rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, stated in Parliament on 9 September 2024, details of meetings will be published on GOV.UK in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 18/09/2024 15:21:25 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728524

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	HIV Infection
	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 plans to publish a new HIV Action Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
	tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
	uin	5148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>HIV is a key priority for the Government, and we have commissioned officials for advice on how to progress the development of a new HIV Action Plan to end new HIV transmissions within England by 2030, with a strong focus on tackling inequalities, HIV care access and outcomes, and preventive HIV care, which we aim to publish by summer 2025.</p><p>We will continue working with local government and other partners, together with the UK Health Security Agency and NSH England, to support local planning, commissioning, and delivery of high quality and effective public services over the long term.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 5149 5150 5152 question first answered 18/09/2024 16:55:33 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1728525

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	HIV Infection
	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 implications for his policies of levels of inequality in HIV (a) care access and (b) outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
	tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
	uin	5149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>HIV is a key priority for the Government, and we have commissioned officials for advice on how to progress the development of a new HIV Action Plan to end new HIV transmissions within England by 2030, with a strong focus on tackling inequalities, HIV care access and outcomes, and preventive HIV care, which we aim to publish by summer 2025.</p><p>We will continue working with local government and other partners, together with the UK Health Security Agency and NSH England, to support local planning, commissioning, and delivery of high quality and effective public services over the long term.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 5148 5150 5152 question first answered 18/09/2024 16:55:33 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1728526

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	HIV Infection
	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 support local commissioning areas to (a) identify and (b) address HIV inequalities.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
	tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
	uin	5150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>HIV is a key priority for the Government, and we have commissioned officials for advice on how to progress the development of a new HIV Action Plan to end new HIV transmissions within England by 2030, with a strong focus on tackling inequalities, HIV care access and outcomes, and preventive HIV care, which we aim to publish by summer 2025.</p><p>We will continue working with local government and other partners, together with the UK Health Security Agency and NSH England, to support local planning, commissioning, and delivery of high quality and effective public services over the long term.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 5148 5149 5152 question first answered 18/09/2024 16:55:33 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1728527

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	HIV Infection: Genito-urinary Medicine
	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 expand access to preventative HIV care beyond sexual health services.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
	tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
	uin	5151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring equality and equity of access to HIV prevention and treatment for all. We recognise that testing is the best way to determine your HIV status, and to ensure people can take appropriate measures to protect themselves and others from transmitting or acquiring HIV.</p><p>We are making excellent progress with the blood borne virus opt-out testing programme in the highest HIV prevalence areas, helping us reach those who do not typically engage with sexual health services. In its first 28 months, the programme has identified 1,360 undiagnosed or untreated HIV cases, and over 5,000 cases of untreated or undiagnosed hepatitis B and hepatitis C.</p><p>The Department has commissioned officials for advice on how to progress the development of a new HIV Action Plan, including content and scope, which we aim to publish by summer 2025.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 18/09/2024 16:57:10 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi