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850759

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which artificial intelligence applications his Department uses; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential introduction of further such applications.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	129994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not currently use any artificial intelligence applications. As with other emerging technologies, we will keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/03/2018 17:35:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

849993

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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 Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 potential merits of the UK remaining part of the European Health Insurance Card after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the benefits of the existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements such as the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), in ensuring United Kingdom-insured residents have access to healthcare in the European Union/European Economic Area countries and Switzerland. The UK Government has therefore made clear in the course of the negotiations that it wishes to see the existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements, including the EHIC scheme, continued after the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/03/2018 16:00:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

847712

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will include Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) in the 100K genome project and establish links to the MCAS Research Centre at the University of Bonn Institute of Genetics.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	129388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) does not currently have a specific disease category within the 100,000 Genomes Project but patients with MCAS in the context of other medical disorders or congenital malformations suggestive of a genetic cause are eligible. In addition, a proposal for inclusion of familial MCAS in the project is currently under peer review and will be considered by the Genomics England Science Advisory Committee at their next meeting.</p><p> </p><p>Genomics England will seek to establish links between the relevant Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership (GeCIP) domains and the MCAS Research Centre at the University Of Bonn Institute Of Genetics.</p><p> </p><p>More about GeCIP can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/about-gecip/" target="_blank">https://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/about-gecip/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/03/2018 16:19:20 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

846969

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
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 effect of the liquidation of Carillion on the completion of building work at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital; and will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	129143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract between the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust and the PFI Project Company is still in place, which means that the Company is still contractually obliged to manage the project and find a construction firm or subcontractor who can continue the building work.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Liverpool Hospital scheme is very well advanced. The PFI Project Company is continuing its discussions with PwC (on behalf of the official receiver), their lenders and with other service and construction companies to assess how best to continue delivering the contract.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 129142 question first answered 01/03/2018 14:53:17 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

846981

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what short-term steps his Department is taking to tackle the shortage of consultants.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	129155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The most recent NHS Digital workforce statistics (for October 2017) show the number of consultants working in the National Health Service has increased by 28% since May 2010, with numbers at record levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Government currently funds over 6,000 medical school places in England each year. In addition, the Government has also committed to funding 1,500 more medical school places from 2019 at medical schools in England for domestic students to ensure we can train more doctors to meet the future need of our citizens as part of the historic medical expansion.</p><p> </p><p>‘Facing the Facts – Shaping the Future – a draft health and care workforce strategy for England to 2027’ sets out actions being taken to ensure sufficient supply of doctors across all grades and specialties. This includes working with a range of Royal Colleges and provider organisations to identify and support senior medical staff recruitment from European Economic Area (EEA) and non-EEA countries, and reforming postgraduate medical education to better support the development of the doctors of tomorrow.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement provides Health Education England with support which includes looking at geographical variations in the number of doctors per head of population and correlating this to outcomes for selected specialties, and more efficient utilisation of consultants through e-rostering and job planning.</p><p> </p><p>Locally, responsibility for staffing levels, including the consultant workforce, rests with individual NHS trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 28/02/2018 14:46:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

847008

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Defibrillators: Public Buildings
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 an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulations requiring all public buildings to have access to a defibrillator.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	129182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that better provision of defibrillators and increasing the number of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation could help save more lives of those who have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting. We therefore encourage organisations to consider purchasing a defibrillator as part of their first-aid equipment, particularly for places where there are high concentrations of people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe that a regulatory approach is the best solution for this issue. In order to further support the National Health Service and local communities, the Government has provided £2 million to make public access defibrillators more widely available and to increase the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 01/03/2018 14:42:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

846093

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Screening
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 that the NHS has the capacity to offer people with suspected pancreatic cancer an FDG-PET/CT scan, as recommended in the recent NICE guideline, Pancreatic cancer in adults: diagnosis and management.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	128797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, NHS England completed a Phase I procurement of positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT) services. This procurement secured a £87 million investment in PET-CT services and installation of new scanners in over 30 sites across England. NHS England is currently in the process of procuring services for Phase II of this programme which were not part of the first phase of procurement. Two of the aims of this procurement are to secure services that are high-quality and offer value for money and ensure there is sufficient capacity to meet future needs.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England already commissions the use of fludeoxyglucose (FDG) PET-CT in the management of both metastatic and recurrent pancreatic disease. Work is underway by the Cancer Diagnostics Clinical Reference Group to review alignment of our current clinical commissioning policy and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on pancreatic cancer; this work is expected to be completed by the Cancer Diagnostics Clinical Reference Group by the end of March 2018. Should there be a need to review our clinical commissioning policy for FDG PET-CT for pancreatic cancer as a result of the guideline, this would be subject to NHS England’s standard operating protocols and procedures.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/02/2018 14:52:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

846145

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
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 amend the draft Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 to include the regulation of cryopreservation of (a) complete bodies and (b) heads.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance to medical staff dealing with hospital deaths where the deceased has requested to be preserved using cryogenics. There are no current plans to amend the Human Tissue Act or bring forward legislative proposals in this area.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 128838 128840 question first answered 28/02/2018 14:53:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

846253

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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: Minimum Wage
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 total sleep-in back pay liability for care providers in Leigh constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	128928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley) on 26 February 2018 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=128962" target="_blank">128962</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 128859 128861 128999 129004 question first answered 01/03/2018 14:34:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

845561

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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 Health Services: Children and 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, with reference to paragraph 5, of his Department's paper, Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper, how his Department will ensure that experts and stakeholders are involved in the development and evaluation of different models of delivering Mental Health Support Teams.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	128533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Development of the Green Paper included extensive engagement with experts and many stakeholders through webinars, meetings and a day long focus group with children and young people. We are also using the public online consultation to gather views on how best to implement the proposals, what selection criteria to use for the trailblazer areas which will test roll-out of the proposals and which examples of best practice we should draw on for implementing the Mental Health Support Teams.</p><p> </p><p>During the consultation period, we are also working directly with stakeholders and delivery partners to inform the trailblazer programme and decisions on which delivery models we should test. We will continue to engage experts and stakeholders as we develop the detail around the teams and how they will be rolled-out. We have held various face to face events to ensure that we capture the views of those with relevant experience in this field and those who we hope will benefit from the proposals. This includes four stakeholder roundtables across the country, a parliamentarians’ roundtable and a series of focus groups with children and young people, parents/carers and professionals.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/02/2018 13:04:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas