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1148725

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Out of Area Treatment: Wales
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 discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Welsh Assembly Government on waiting times for people living in Wales and receiving healthcare in England.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Jane Dodds
uin	270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Departmental Ministers meet with a variety of members from the devolved administrations on a regular basis, and discuss a range of operational issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2019 10:44:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4718 label Biography information for Jane Dodds

1148733

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Out of Area Treatment: Wales
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 from Welsh postcode areas have been treated at (a) Countess of Chester Hospital, (b) Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and (c) Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Jane Dodds
uin	271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 282 question first answered 17/10/2019 10:47:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4718 label Biography information for Jane Dodds

1148327

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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
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 support local authorities in managing the increase in mental ill health.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	294743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) provides a variety of resources to support local authorities in managing the increase in mental ill health.</p><p>PHE also provides local government with data on mental health to local authority level via our National Mental Health Intelligence Service. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>A dedicated profiling tool on our PHE fingertips platform is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/" target="_blank">http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/</a></p><p>PHE published a suite of evidence for local areas and local government in August 2017 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-concordat-for-better-mental-health-consensus-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-concordat-for-better-mental-health-consensus-statement</a></p><p>This includes work on Commissioning Cost Effective Interventions at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-services-cost-effective-commissioning" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-services-cost-effective-commissioning</a></p><p>These resources give local authorities the evidence they need to take action for mental health promotion and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>PHE provides support to local areas through its Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health and through the work of the nine PHE local centres who support local authorities in their local areas. To date, over 70 national organisations and 70 local authorities have signed up to the Prevention Concordat programme. The target is to achieve full sign up of all local areas by the end of 2020/21. This work helps support local government in their strategic planning and delivery of mental health work as part of their overall work on improving the health and wellbeing of their local population.</p><p>On 7 October 2019, PHE also launched a new national resource for the public to help them look after their own mental health and support others, Every Mind Matters. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/</a></p><p> </p><p>We are supporting the recruitment of mental health social workers in local authorities and the NHS through the Think Ahead initiative. In addition, the New Roles in mental health social work group, led by Health Education England and Skills for Care, is working to develop the future social work and social care workforce with local authorities.</p><p>NHS England has developed community mental health services framework which aims to deliver greater integration with other services that impact on mental health and wellbeing outcomes - including primary care, general practitioners, social care, education, housing and third sector services. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/the-community-mental-health-framework-for-adults-and-older-adults/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/the-community-mental-health-framework-for-adults-and-older-adults/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/10/2019 14:46:00 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1148334

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Vasa Praevia
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 number of cases of Vasa Praevia in expectant mothers in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	294749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>A count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a primary diagnosis or all diagnoses of labour and delivery complicated by vasa praevia, for 2018/19 - activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector can be found in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary diagnosis</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Diagnoses</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/10/2019 15:03:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1148335

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Vasa Praevia: 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 plans he has to introduce routine screening in pregnancy for Vasa Praevia.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	294750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom National Screening Committee in 2017 considered an evidence review of screening for Vasa Praevia (VP). The review did not find sufficient evidence to support a change in the overall recommendation for VP screening. The 2017 review can be seen at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://legacyscreening.phe.org.uk/vasapraevia" target="_blank">https://legacyscreening.phe.org.uk/vasapraevia</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/10/2019 10:48:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1148342

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Breast 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 recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending provision of genetic testing to all people diagnosed with breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	294698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out the ambition to extend the use of molecular diagnostics and, over the next 10 years, to routinely offer genomic testing to all people with cancer for whom it would be of clinical benefit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 14:50:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1148346

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust: Experian
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 number of individuals being subject to credit checking by Experian at Greenwich and Lewisham NHS trust.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	294721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>No individuals have been subject to credit checking by Experian at Greenwich and Lewisham NHS Trust. Rather the Trust has conducted checks on the residency status of patients as they are required to do by law.</p><p>Credit checking describes accessing someone’s credit history for the purpose of assessing their suitability for credit. A person’s credit history is the factual record of credit they have used over the last six years.</p><p>The residency check, on the other hand, looks at many sources to see whether someone has a digital footprint in the United Kingdom as a proxy for whether they are likely to be resident. A residency check has no impact on credit scores or reports but simply cross-references the information provided with Experian’s existing records, to confirm that further enquires may be required by the Trust to establish a person’s eligibility to NHS funded care.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 13:57:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1148347

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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 Professions: Pay
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 (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) allied healthcare professions in the NHS receive an annual salary of less than £30,000.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	294722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data in the format requested and due to time constraints was unable to obtain data.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 13:45:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1148348

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Hospital Wards: 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, what recent assessment he has made of NHS trusts' compliance with NHS Improvement guidance on safe staffing levels for children and young people’s wards.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	294723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that every trust has the support it requires, including the guidance and tools, to determine the right level and skill mix of staff at the right time.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific assessment of National Health Service trusts' compliance with NHS Improvement guidance on safe staffing levels for children and young people’s wards.</p><p>However, systematic reviews of all relevant children’s services consider a broad range of aspects of care and include National Quality Board guidance on safe staffing. Any matters pertaining to workforce as a result of these reviews would be referred to the NHS England and NHS Improvement nursing clinical workforce team, who would then provide targeted support.</p><p>In addition, NHS trusts are required to specify the degree of their compliance with Developing Workforce Safeguards, which explains the principles behind safe staffing.</p><p>Developing Workforce Safeguards can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/developing-workforce-safeguards/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/developing-workforce-safeguards/</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, appropriate staffing levels are a core element of the Care Quality Commission’s registration regime, which is underpinned by legislation. CQC inspectors assess against the key lines of enquiry on safe staffing in their framework.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/10/2019 14:54:33 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1148349

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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 Services: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his department has issued to British citizens living in the EU on how to access heathcare after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	294724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Everyone living in the European Union is strongly encouraged to think about their own healthcare needs and circumstances and consider the steps they need to take to be assured of continuing healthcare coverage.</p><p>I laid a Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-09-26/HCWS1832/" target="_blank">HCWS1832</a>) on 26 September 2019, which sets out the current status of arrangements with Member States and outlines in detail the support which the UK Government will provide should the United Kingdom leave the EU without a deal.</p><p>The Government has produced detailed advice for each country which can be accessed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/uk-nationals-living-eu" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/uk-nationals-living-eu</a></p><p>We will provide more information as the situation develops so people are clear on what they will need in each country. People can also sign up to email alerts to check these country guides regularly as the situation may change as the UK gets closer to leaving the EU.</p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority has sent a letter to S1 holders living in EU and European Free Trade Association Member States, encouraging individuals to consider their circumstances and options and to take the necessary steps to ensure they have appropriate coverage in place. A copy of the letter is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-takes-steps-to-protect-healthcare-access-for-uk-nationals-living-in-the-eu-after-31-october" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-takes-steps-to-protect-healthcare-access-for-uk-nationals-living-in-the-eu-after-31-october</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/10/2019 13:53:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth