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1147137

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date	30/09/2019
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will compensate (a) victims of and (b) family members affected by the contaminated blood scandal.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	292334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) was established in 2017 to provide dedicated financial support to people infected by HIV and/or hepatitis C through treatment with National Health Service-supplied blood or blood products, and their affected families. This scheme is currently administered by NHS Business Services Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced a £30 million uplift to the financial support available to registered EIBSS beneficiaries on 30 April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The discretionary and non-discretionary payments made to beneficiaries and are on an ex-gratia basis; any award of compensation will depend on a determination of legal liability, to which the Infected Blood Inquiry’s determinations and recommendations may be relevant.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to working with counterpart schemes in the devolved administrations to look at the issue of parity of support across the United Kingdom and are engaging in discussions on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/10/2019 14:26:06 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1143239

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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: Imports
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 preparations his Department has made to ensure the supply of medicines will be maintained from the EU to the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	284724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>As part of a responsible Government, the Department is doing everything appropriate to prepare for European Union exit. We want to reassure patients that our plans should ensure the supply of medicines and medical products remains uninterrupted when we leave the EU.</p><p>The Department, in consultation with the devolved administrations, has been working with trade bodies, product suppliers, and the health and care system in England to make detailed plans that should ensure continuation of the supply of medicines to the whole of the United Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 June, we wrote to suppliers of medicines to the UK from or via the EU or European Economic Area setting out our continuing multi-layered approach to support continuity of supply of medicines and medical products from 31 October.</p><p> </p><p>Further details can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 18:48:47 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1136736

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Facial Palsy: 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, if he will review the way that facial palsy treatment is (a) assessed and (b) funded.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	272915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>It is for the local clinical commissioning groups to commission high-quality services that meet the needs of their local population. Decisions about treatment, including for palsy, should always be based on patients’ clinical needs and informed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>NICE clinical guidelines make many recommendations spanning all stages of care from diagnosis to treatment of a condition. Health professionals and organisations are expected to take the guidance fully into account when deciding what treatments to give people.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE guidelines on the management of Bell’s Palsy can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://cks.nice.org.uk/bells-palsy#!scenario" target="_blank">https://cks.nice.org.uk/bells-palsy#!scenario</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/07/2019 13:35:36 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1129191

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Prescription Drugs
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 prescriptions of (a) individual benzodiazepine drugs and (b) individual antidepressants were dispensed in the community in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	259400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of prescription items from the Prescription Cost Analysis system for benzodiazepines and antidepressants written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, for the year 2018 can be found in the attached tables.</p><p>The data available is at prescription item level by presentation. Prescriptions are prescribed either by a paper prescription form or via an Electronic Prescription Service message. Each single item written on the form is counted as a prescription item. No information is available for those prescriptions written but not dispensed.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:51:00 question first ministerially corrected 12/06/2019 14:34:05 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name PQ259400 table formatted.docx title Prescription data benzodiazipines & antidepressant previous answer version 122124 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones