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1054562

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date	04/02/2019
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	Radiology: Training
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 end of NHS student bursaries for radiography courses on (a) the number of diagnostic tests undertaken and (b) trends in the level of the workforce recruitment and retention in radiotherapy.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	216168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the National Health Service will have the staff it needs.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p><p> </p><p>Radiotherapy degree courses are three years in length, therefore students affected by the changes to the education funding system from 2017 will not have completed courses funded by loans to enable an assessment of the effect of the removal of bursaries on this profession.</p><p> </p><p>The Cancer Workforce Plan Phase 1, included a target of upskilling 300 more radiographers in image interpretation and reporting by 2021. Currently, 88 individuals have started training programmes towards this, 62 will start in January, and a further 150 during 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Phase 2 of the Cancer Workforce Plan will follow the Workforce Implementation Plan published later in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 216167 question first answered 07/02/2019 17:28:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1054714

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Ketamine
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 increase awareness of the risks of ketamine amongst the adult population.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	216130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England delivers FRANK, the Government’s drug information and advisory website and is available to view at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.talktofrank.com/" target="_blank">https://www.talktofrank.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>The FRANK site offers information about ketamine, covering the risks of use, the law on using it and advice on what to do if you are concerned about your own drug use, or another person’s usage. It also sign-posts users to relevant support services and provides a 24 hour free-to-use confidential help line, text and email message services and online chat.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 17:30:14 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1054717

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Social Services: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for adult social care in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	216297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The majority of local authority expenditure on adult social care is funded from non-ringfenced council tax and business rates. Local authorities have discretion in allocating this funding across their responsibilities. The following table shows allocations for dedicated adult social care funding streams for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million (nominal/cash terms)</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult Social Care support grant</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Precept (as published by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the Local Government Finance Settlement)</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winter Funding 2018/19</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Budget 2018</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Improved Better Care Fund</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>18.2</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td><td><p>51.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total net adult social care expenditure for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for the last five years is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>47.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>51.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>50.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Net Current Expenditure, Barnsley Council with Adult Social Services Responsibility, excluding Better Care Fund, from NHS Digital Personal Social Services-Expenditure / Adult Social Care-Finance Report collections (cash prices)</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>All figures rounded to one decimal point</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/02/2019 13:38:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1054725

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Self-harm and Suicide: 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 steps his Department is taking to lower the risk of self-harm and suicide among unaccompanied and separated children in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing suicides across society and in vulnerable groups. We published the first Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Workplan last month which sets out an ambitious programme for suicide prevention across national and local government at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-cross-government-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-cross-government-plan</a></p><p>Where there is evidence of suicide risk in particular vulnerable groups, the Department would be happy to consider this evidence along with the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group, which advises the Government on suicide prevention policy.</p><p>Public Health England has published a Mental Health Guide for healthcare practitioners to highlight risks in migrant populations in the UK at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-migrant-health-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-migrant-health-guide</a></p><p>This guide advises health practitioners that migrant populations may experience mental health issues as a result of their experiences.</p><p>The Government established the Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody, which is a partnership between the Ministry of Justice, Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care to prevent deaths in all custodial and detention settings, including immigration removal centres.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/02/2019 17:22:10 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1054726

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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 Illness: Young People
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in effectively detecting effects of psychological trauma in young people from a refugee background.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in regard to its use for young people from a refugee background.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/02/2019 15:41:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1054735

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Cervical Cancer
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 make it his policy that cervical cancer patients receive treatment within 20 days of diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	216141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan published in January 2019 sets out the Government’s ambitions to see 55,000 more people surviving cancer for five years in England each year from 2028 and three quarters of all cancers detected at an early stage by 2028. To achieve these targets, we will need to make significant progress on survival across all cancers, including cervical cancer.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will shortly be introducing a Faster Diagnostic Standard of 28 days for all cancer patients which, when taken together with the 62-day referral to treatment standard, will mean that all patients should expect to start their treatment within 34 days of diagnosis. This is a maximum, and trusts should continue to treat patients more quickly particularly where there is a strong clinical need.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 15:14:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1054740

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Hospitals: Food
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 secure the supply of food to hospitals in the event that UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	216144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The supply of food and specialised nutritional products, particularly those provided to patients and those in care, is being addressed as part of the Department’s preparedness planning for the continuity of supply and service delivery post-European Union Exit. The Department has been working in collaboration with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p><p>The majority of food supplied to the health and social care sector in the United Kingdom is sourced from the UK. There are certain products that are routinely sourced from other EU countries, although alternative sources and suitable substitutes exist for these foodstuffs.</p><p>Specialist nutritional products are an important part of patient care throughout the health and social care sector. In recognition of this we have made this a specific area of focus within our preparedness arrangements. We are working closely with industry and with organisations such as Public Health England and the British Specialist Nutrition Association to identify the arrangements being made by suppliers and to develop contingency measures that will ensure seamless supply.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/02/2019 17:36:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1054755

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
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 received representations on patient anxieties about access to medicines including for epilepsy and depression; and what plans the Government has for communication on the availability of such medicines.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	216146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Medicines shortages are an ongoing issue that the Department manages constantly. The Department receives a wide range of representations regarding the availability of medicines on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Medicines Supply Team has well established procedures to deal with medicine shortages and works closely with all stakeholders to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when they do arise.</p><p> </p><p>Every shortage is different. The decision to communicate, and type of communication, will depend on a number of factors. We work closely with all stakeholders in these situations to provide advice on management options and to consider how best to communicate a supply problem to those affected. Where necessary, we will engage with relevant patient groups regarding specific medicine shortages, including, for example, several epilepsy patient groups.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 17:29:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1054779

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	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 estimate his Department has made of the estimated cost of (a) stockpiling emergency trauma packs (b) importing those packs in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	216107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>National contingency arrangements for accessing emergency trauma packs already exist. Our exit from the European Union does not require any changes to be made to these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/02/2019 13:41:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1054780

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	Radioisotopes
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 taking to ensure a secure supply of radioisotopes used for cancer treatment in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	216108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2018, the Department wrote to all pharmaceutical companies that supply prescription-only and pharmacy medicines to the United Kingdom that come from, or via, the European Union / Economic European Area asking them to ensure a minimum of six weeks’ additional supply in the UK, over and above existing business-as-usual buffer stocks, by 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise, however, that certain medicines with short shelf lives, including medical radioisotopes, cannot be reasonably stockpiled. Where these medicines are imported from the EU or EEA, we have asked that suppliers ensure in advance plans to air freight these medicines from the EU in the event of a ‘no deal’ exit.</p><p> </p><p>While stockpiling medicines and alternative air freight remains a critical part of our ‘no deal’ medicine supply contingency plans, we are also supplementing these with additional actions.</p><p> </p><p>We have further secured sufficient roll-on, roll-off freight capacity on alternative routes to enable these vital products to continue to move freely in to the UK. Medicines and other medical products will be prioritised on these routes to ensure that the flow of all these products will continue unimpeded in a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/02/2019 13:07:11 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake