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1083523

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Smoking: 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 NHS rollout of lung cancer scanning programmes, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of smoking cessation methods.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	229719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The evidence is clear that expert face-to-face support from a local stop smoking service, combined with stop smoking aids, is the most effective quitting method. People who get this support are up to four times as likely to stop smoking successfully as those who try to quit unaided. This evidence can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ncsct.co.uk/publication_Stop_smoking_services_impact_on_quitting.php" target="_blank">http://www.ncsct.co.uk/publication_Stop_smoking_services_impact_on_quitting.php</a></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England are responsible for commissioning stop smoking services that meet the identified need in their areas and are targeted at the people who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England published the Standard Protocol for the Targeted Lung Health Check programme which says participants will be asked about their smoking habits when they attend a lung health check, and offered smoking cessation advice and treatment. This programme can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/targeted-screening-for-lung-cancer/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/targeted-screening-for-lung-cancer/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/03/2019 12:27:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1083525

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
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 steps he has taken to widen access to blood glucose monitoring technology for diabetes patients.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	229721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Glucose monitoring technology, such as continuous glucose monitoring or blood glucose test strips, will continue to be available to those meeting the relevant clinical criteria.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2018, NHS England announced that it will ensure that flash glucose monitoring is available on prescription for all patients who qualify for it in line with current recommendations. From April 2019, all qualifying patients will be able to receive it from their local general practitioner or diabetes team.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/03/2019 12:24:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1083566

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	NHS: Standards
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 improve levels of patient satisfaction with the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	229607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service is committed to providing safe, high quality, and compassionate care and this Government is supporting them in doing so by providing the single biggest cash increase made in the organisation’s history. By 2023/24 the NHS budget will increase by £33.9 billion in cash terms – which means that the NHS now has unprecedented certainty to plan for the next decade, ensuring that patients will be supported with world-class care at every stage of their life.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan acknowledges public concern about funding, staffing, increasing inequalities and pressures from a growing and ageing population and looks at opportunities offered by the prospect of continuing medical advance and better outcomes of care.</p><p> </p><p>Working with frontline health and care staff, patients and their families and other experts, the Plan proposes further redesign of the way patient care is delivered, making the NHS better able to deliver first-class care for major health problems, such as cancer and heart disease, and to improve the lives of older people.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/03/2019 16:36:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1083578

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Public Consultation
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 consultations by his Department (a) are open, (b) are closed awaiting a Government response and (c) have been initiated since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	229748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>All public Government consultations are uploaded onto GOV.UK where one can filter consultations by many criteria, including department, official document status and date of publication.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/03/2019 10:49:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1083618

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	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 effect of the reduction in Category M prices and the single activity fee on the financial sustainability of community pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	229774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The overall funding for the community pharmacy contractual framework (CPCF) has not been reduced since 2017/18 and remains at £2.592 billion for 2018/19. The Department ensures delivery of this amount by adjusting the fees paid for services and the reimbursement paid for products throughout the year. Where there is over or under payment we make appropriate adjustment to either fees or product reimbursement (typically those in Category M) to address the difference. The impact assessment for the current CPCF funding is at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-pharmacy-reforms" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-pharmacy-reforms</a></p><p> </p><p>The current recovery of excess medicine margin at £10 million per month, as agreed by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, ceases at the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/03/2019 13:25:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1083624

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement
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 guidance entitled Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts by his Department as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	229776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Procurement rules require the Department to exclude any supplier for non-payment of taxes if the breach is established by a court ruling. Information is not collated centrally on companies excluded from bidding for Departmental contracts as a result of prosecutions or convictions in relation to the payment of taxes. Officials are not aware of any such cases.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/03/2019 12:30:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1083653

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Dermatology
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 effect on patient care of reforms to dermatology services at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; and what plans his Department has to improve the effectiveness and availability of dermatology services throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	229669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The commissioning and configuration of dermatology services in England is a local matter. The local National Health Service is best placed to make decisions that ensure services meet the needs of resident populations in the most appropriate way. Health is a devolved matter, and as such, dermatology services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of patients with dermatological disorders are managed in primary and community care. Whilst some patients may be referred for outpatient care, data collection here is not mandated, and is therefore partial and incomplete. Furthermore, the data that is available reports episodes of care, which are not a count of patients, as the same patient may have multiple episodes of care for the same reason.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 229670 question first answered 15/03/2019 12:23:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1083654

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Dermatology
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 patients with (a) psoriasis, (b) atopic dermatitis and (c) hidradenitis suppurativa were seen by a dermatologist in 2018 in (i) Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and (ii) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	229670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The commissioning and configuration of dermatology services in England is a local matter. The local National Health Service is best placed to make decisions that ensure services meet the needs of resident populations in the most appropriate way. Health is a devolved matter, and as such, dermatology services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of patients with dermatological disorders are managed in primary and community care. Whilst some patients may be referred for outpatient care, data collection here is not mandated, and is therefore partial and incomplete. Furthermore, the data that is available reports episodes of care, which are not a count of patients, as the same patient may have multiple episodes of care for the same reason.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 229669 question first answered 15/03/2019 12:23:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1083655

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for Getting It Right First Time units to visit (a) Northern Lincolnshire and (b) Goole NHS Trust in relation to (i) gastroenterology and (ii) dermatology.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	229671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>A timeframe for the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme to begin work with Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust regarding its gastroenterology and dermatology specialties has yet to be established. The GIRFT team has been in touch with the Trust about this work and it has agreed that the Trust will notify the team when it is ready to commence.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/03/2019 13:31:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers

1083656

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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 savings accrued to the public purse by North Lincolnshire Care Commissioning Group as a result of the implementation of Yorkshire and Humber AHSN’s improved faecal calprotectin pathway for diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Martin Vickers
uin	229672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends faecal calprotectin testing as an option to help doctors distinguish between inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and non-IBDs, such as irritable bowel syndrome.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE IBD Quality Standard states that general practitioners (GP) and GP practices should ensure that testing is offered and clinical commissioning groups should ensure the diagnostic services are in place to support this.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has produced a consensus guidance document that supports implementation of the NICE guidance. Both the guidance and statement can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/dg11/resources/endorsed-resource-the-use-of-faecal-calprotectin-in-primary-care-as-a-decision-diagnostic-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease-and-irritable-bowel-syndrome-4595859613" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/dg11/resources/endorsed-resource-the-use-of-faecal-calprotectin-in-primary-care-as-a-decision-diagnostic-for-inflammatory-bowel-disease-and-irritable-bowel-syndrome-4595859613</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/03/2019 13:37:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3957 label Biography information for Martin Vickers