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1063846

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	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on including awareness-raising of the risks of pre-natal exposure to alcohol in the Government's alcohol strategy.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	909317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Through the NHS Maternity Transformation Programme, Public Health England is leading work to raise awareness of the risks of pre-natal exposure to alcohol. A reduction in the proportion of women drinking alcohol during pregnancy has been identified as a public health priority for the five-year programme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/02/2019 16:51:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1063847

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	Self-harm and Suicide: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to prevent self-harm and suicide among children.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	909318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Although suicides among children are relatively rare, I am concerned about increases in suicide and self-harm amongst teenagers. As Suicide Prevention Minister I am personally committed to do whatever we can to prevent suicides in children.</p><p>We have challenged social media companies to step up and protect children from harmful suicidal and self-harm content and cyberbullying.</p><p>The NHS long-term plan commits to increasing funding for children and young people’s mental health services which will ensure children can access the right support, including crisis care provision.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/02/2019 16:51:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1063848

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	General Practitioners: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve IT systems in GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	909322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>By 2021 we want every patient in England to be able to access GP services digitally, with practices able to offer online or video consultations and clinicians and patients able to securely access crucial, life-saving information in real time. A new GP IT Futures framework will encourage the best technology companies to invest in the NHS.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/02/2019 16:44:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1063849

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	Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the (a) value for money and (b) clinical outcomes of NHS treatments for musculoskeletal conditions.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	David Tredinnick
uin	909323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence independently develops evidence based guidance on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of NHS treatment and care, including for musculoskeletal conditions, and recommends treatments that have been shown to improve patient outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/02/2019 16:35:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	335 label Biography information for David Tredinnick

1063927

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	Social Services
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 plans to publish the social care Green Paper within the current Parliamentary Session.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	223077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Social Care Green Paper remains a priority for this Government and we will be publishing a Green Paper setting out proposals for reform at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/02/2019 14:54:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1063971

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	Health and Care Professions Council: 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 equity of the announcement by the Health and Care Professions Council of its plan to increase its registration fees by 18 per cent from October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	223143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the equity of the announcement by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) of its plan to increase its registration fees. The HCPC is independent of Government and funded by registrants’ fees on a costs recovery basis.</p><p> </p><p>Following public consultation, the HCPC is planning to raise its annual fees by £16. If adopted, the HCPC’s annual registration fee will rise from £90 to £106 a year from October 2019. The HCPC registration fees will remain the lowest of any of the United Kingdom-wide health and care regulators. Registration fees are tax-deductible and this fee rise will amount to just over £1 a month extra for most of the HCPC’s registrants.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 14:50:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1064020

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	Secure Psychiatric Units: Private Companies
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 14 February 2019 to Question 219481 on Secure Psychiatric Units, how many secure unit hospital services in England are run by private health care companies.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	223218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Adult secure learning disability and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) services are provided by a range of organisations, including National Health Service and independent sector providers. The term ‘independent sector’ covers both private and charitable organisations.</p><p> </p><p>All high secure services in England, including those for people with learning disabilities, are provided by NHS providers. There are currently six independent sector providers of adult medium and low secure learning disability and/or ASD services in England, delivering services through 14 units.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/02/2019 17:43:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1064035

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	Drugs: Death
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 Department's policies on reducing drug-related deaths of the report entitled, Drug-related deaths in England: local authorities and how they are responding, published by the National AIDs Trust in January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	223233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made of the National AIDS Trust report. However officials will consider its findings in the development of future drugs policy. The Government is concerned by the number of drug-related deaths and is supporting local areas to develop a more joined up approach to commissioning and delivering the range of services that are essential to supporting recovery and preventing drug-related deaths.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/02/2019 17:35:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1064036

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	Drugs: Death
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 ensure the adequacy of funding for (a) opioid substitution therapy and (b) other health programmes to reduce drug-related deaths.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	223234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities will receive over £3 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public 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.</p><p>Over the five years of the current spending review period we are making over £16 billion of grant funding available to local authorities in England exclusively for use on improving health.</p><p>As part of the Drug Strategy we are supporting programmes which have a positive impact on young people and adults, giving them the confidence, resilience and risk management skills to resist drug use. This includes supporting schools and educators to take action to prevent substance misuse, including by expanding the Alcohol and Drugs Education and Prevention Information Service, which provides practical advice and tools, and developing the ‘Rise Above’ digital hub. This uses interactive and engaging content to help build young people’s (11-16 years old) resilience and empower them to make positive choices for their health.</p><p>Public Health England has issued advice on providing naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote, and published updated clinical guidelines for drug treatment. It has also worked with a network of treatment providers to establish good practice guidance on managing drug-related death risk factors and to improve partnership between treatment providers and other healthcare services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 223236 question first answered 25/02/2019 17:31:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1064037

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	Drugs: Death
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 his Department has made of the effect of his Department’s transfer of the pooled treatment budget to the Public Health Grant in 2013 on the adequacy of funding for drug addiction treatments.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	223235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>No assessment had been made. Local authorities will receive over £3 billion in 2019/20 ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health. Our priority is to make sure the system continues to support high quality public health services and outcomes. Local authorities are best placed to make spending decisions based on the needs of their communities.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/02/2019 17:37:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson