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1131779

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	Sexually Transmitted Infections
	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 correlation between reductions in public health funding and increases in rates of syphilis and gonorrhoea.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	263881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Increases in rates of syphilis and gonorrhoea are likely to be due to a number of factors. These include increases in both the number of people attending sexual health services and the number of tests for sexually transmitted infections. Public Health England has advised that other factors include, better detection of infections and behavioural changes such as an increase in partner numbers and condomless anal intercourse, as well as, for some men who have sex with men, ‘chemsex’ and group sex facilitated by geosocial networking applications.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/06/2019 15:30:37 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1131780

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	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, if he will produce a national sexual health strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	263882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The development of a national sexual health strategy is a key recommendation in the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on sexual health, which was published on 2 June 2019. The Government is currently considering the report’s recommendations and will publish a formal response shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/06/2019 15:33:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1130375

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Public Health: 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 his Department has made of the effect of trends in the level of public health spending on the local authority public health services.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	261268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities will receive over £3.1 billion in 2019/20 for use on public health, including for sexual health. It is for local authorities themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties. This funding is in addition to what the National Health Service spends on preventative interventions such as immunisation and screening, including over £1.2 billion on national public health functions in 2018/19.</p><p>Local authorities report their spending on public health against a series of spend categories, including for sexual and reproductive health. The spend data is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Public Health England monitors and publishes data on trends for the wide range of indicators of public health set out in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. Most are stable or improving. That framework can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 261269 question first answered 11/06/2019 15:45:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1130376

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	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 assessment his Department has made of the effect of trends in the level of public health funding of on the provision of local authority sexual health services.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	261269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities will receive over £3.1 billion in 2019/20 for use on public health, including for sexual health. It is for local authorities themselves to determine how best to use these resources based on their assessment of local need and with regard to their statutory duties. This funding is in addition to what the National Health Service spends on preventative interventions such as immunisation and screening, including over £1.2 billion on national public health functions in 2018/19.</p><p>Local authorities report their spending on public health against a series of spend categories, including for sexual and reproductive health. The spend data is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Public Health England monitors and publishes data on trends for the wide range of indicators of public health set out in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. Most are stable or improving. That framework can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 261268 question first answered 11/06/2019 15:45:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1130377

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	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 plans his Department has to ensure the maintenance of the provision of local authority sexual health services.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	261270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have been mandated to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services and are best placed to understand and meet the public health needs of their local communities.</p><p> </p><p>Data published by Public Health England show that more people are accessing sexual health services, with attendances increasing by 7% between 2017 and 2018. This continues the trend of increases in attendances seen over the past five years. To help manage the overall increase in demand, local authorities are increasingly commissioning online services to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. These services also have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinic services. The data can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sexually-transmitted-infections-stis-annual-data-tables</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 15:43:23 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1124316

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Pathology: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure pathology service standards are protected in the event of a successful private bidder experiencing financial or leadership difficulties.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	250020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>As part of the pathology networking programme, NHS Improvement has issued a number of toolkits and guidance documents to support the clinical and commercial relationships that trusts enter into, whether they are between public sector organisations or with commercial organisations. This guidance has been drawn from lessons learnt by the sector from successful and unsuccessful networking programmes across England. It will be expected that all hospital trusts ensure adequate performance and review policies and commercial contract terms to provide assurance that the provider will take action in the event of any difficulty.</p><p>In addition to this, NHS Improvement will be reissuing the Pathology Quality Assurance Dashboard (PQAD) (as recommended following the 2012 Barnes review into the King's Mill quality failure). This dashboard, aimed toward trust executives and boards, seeks to demonstrate the clinical, operational and commercial performance. The National Pathology Optimisation and Delivery Group is the oversight board for the pathology networking programme and includes members of the pathology community, arm’s length bodies and commissioners. It will be developing a governance role to ensure the network formation and PQAD are fit for purpose to enable individual trusts to identify issues early and in advance of them impacting upon patient care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/05/2019 11:09:28 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1124317

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Pathology: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department and NHS England have to consult with the public on (a) plans to merge pathology services in South East London hospitals into a single network and (b) plans to tender that contract to private companies.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	250021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The South East London pathology network will reduce costs and boost quality of pathology service provision through collaboration and networking. This is part of a national strategy to network all National Health Service pathology services in England, due to the significant benefits identified in the 2016 Carter review.</p><p>Due to the significant benefits to quality and cost of service, all NHS trusts are expected to network as per the direction set out by NHS Improvement in September 2017. NHS Improvement has set out guidance that includes a range of acceptable operating models for networks, including enabling them to work with any qualified provider. It is for individual Trust boards to assess and select the model that best serves their patients and that organisation. Informing this decision, NHS organisations have policies to ensure consultation around change with the community that they serve. The decision about consultation in this instance will sit with the South East London hospitals involved. Neither the Department or NHS England have plans to consult on this specific network.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/05/2019 11:08:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1124318

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Pathology: Greater London
	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 any (a) impact and (b) risk assessments his Department has carried out on the proposed pathology network for South East London NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	250022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The South East London pathology network will reduce costs and boost quality of pathology service provision through collaboration and networking. This is part of a national strategy to network all National Health Service pathology services in England, due to the significant benefits identified in the 2016 Carter review.</p><p>All trusts involved in pathology network creation will need to submit clear business cases to support any proposed changes. NHS Improvement and the Department will review these cases with subject matter experts, to ensure changes will be of benefit to the NHS and deliver the services that patients expect and need. These business cases will contain commercially sensitive information and so will not be made public.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/05/2019 11:03:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1124319

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Pathology
	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 pathology networks on (a) patient care and (b) NHS England’s finances.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	250023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>By 2021, all pathology services across England will be part of a pathology network. Pathology networks will mean quicker test turnaround times, improved access to more complex tests at a lower overall cost and better career opportunities for healthcare scientists and clinicians. This will improve the quality of the service offered to patients and benefit patient care. NHS Improvement estimates have suggested a single network is predicting to make savings of £26 million during the next five years, while others forecasting their average cost per test drop by a fifth, and overall the National Health Service hopes to save £200 million through the project by 2021.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/05/2019 11:07:21 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1121376

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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	Social Workers: Agency Workers
	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 had made of the trends in the level of agency social workers in English councils.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	244169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The adult social care workforce is vital and local authorities, like any employer, need to ensure they have the right numbers of staff with the right skills.</p><p>Between 2012/13 and 2017/18, the number of agency social workers increased from 2% to 6.8% (330 – 1,100 jobs)</p><p>Across Government, we are continuing our ambitious programme to deliver improvements to the status and standing of the social work profession and increase numbers, including providing funding for the social work bursary and providing support to social workers who have left the profession and want to return through a Return to Practice programme.</p><p>In the last year for which we have data, the level of agency social workers has fallen by 0.6% (90 jobs). This decrease corresponds with a rise in the number of social workers employed by local authorities, by 800 jobs since September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/04/2019 08:47:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes