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1698336

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2024, how frequently the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Start of for Life and Primary Car meet to discuss arrangements under section 7A for cancer screening; and on what date they last discussed that matter.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	20269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Arrangements under the section 7A agreement are negotiated at an official level. Health ministers are sighted in these arrangements, and have the opportunity to steer the process, usually feeding in through their private offices.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/04/2024 08:57:14 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1698337

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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	Cancer and Public Health
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 then Answer of 30 January 2024 to Question 11063 on Cancer and Public Health, whether the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care participates in NHS Public Health Functions Agreement accountability meetings.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	20270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>NHS England is currently held to account for the delivery of National Health Service public health functions through Director General-led accountability meetings, supplemented with an annual ministerial accountability meeting.</p><p>The annual ministerial NHS public health functions accountability meeting with NHS England is chaired by the minister with responsibility for public health. Other Department ministers with responsibility for relevant programmes are invited to attend, or to feed views into the discussion via the lead minister.</p><p>As the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care, I now have responsibility for screening, and engage with the national screening programme performance outside these meetings.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/04/2024 08:51:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1698338

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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	Cancer and Public Health
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 30 January 2024 to Question 11063 on Cancer and Public Health, what steps the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care can take in the event that key deliverables on cancer screening under section 7A are not being delivered.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	20271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>As the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care, I have the ability to request improvement plans, trajectories, and regular meetings with NHS England, where key deliverables on any screening programme are not met.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/04/2024 08:59:18 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1698339

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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 steps her Department plans to take to increase breast screening uptake; how much funding she plans to make available for the breast screening uptake improvement plan developed by NHS England; and what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the breast screening programme.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	20272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving uptake in the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHS BSP), and is working with NHS England on the development of the breast screening improvement plan.</p><p>At this time, NHS England has not requested any additional funding to support the delivery of the breast screening improvement plan. Assessment of the effectiveness of the NHS BSP is made through the regular accountability meetings, under the Public Health Functions Section 7A Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/04/2024 09:00:04 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1695653

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
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	Abiraterone
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason abiraterone is not available for free through the NHS in England.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	18415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service in England funds abiraterone for eligible NHS patients in line with recommendations published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). It has been recommended by the NICE for the treatment of metastatic hormone-relapsed prostate cancer before chemotherapy is indicated, and for castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer previously treated with a docetaxel-containing regimen.</p><p>NHS England is in the process of considering a clinical policy proposal for the use of abiraterone as an off-label treatment option for patients newly diagnosed with high risk, non-metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, or in whom prostate cancer has relapsed after at least 12 months without treatment. The policy proposal was sent out to stakeholder testing between the 30 November and 14 December 2023, and will now be considered by NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group, who make recommendations on NHS England’s approach to commissioning services, treatments, and technologies, and considers which of these should be prioritised for investment.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/03/2024 11:29:52 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1684903

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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	Respiratory Diseases: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage people to attend lung screening appointments.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	11305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>By the end of March 2024, 48% of the eligible population of West Yorkshire will have been reached by targeted lung health checks. This figure includes the impact of the national programme overseen by NHS England and the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial, which operates in the City of Leeds and has been funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.</p><p> </p><p>The national requirement is that a full population rollout programme should be in place by 2028/29 and a local programme of expansion has already been developed to cover the remaining population within this timescale. This will include populations who will have aged into eligibility for targeted lung health checks whilst the initial programme has been developed across West Yorkshire. The rollout strategy for targeted lung health checks has been based around managing health inequalities and improving clinical outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 11306 question first answered 31/01/2024 11:49:25 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1684904

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
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	Respiratory Diseases: Yorkshire
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 she has made of the proportion of people living in Yorkshire being reached by the targeted lung health checks.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	11306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>By the end of March 2024, 48% of the eligible population of West Yorkshire will have been reached by targeted lung health checks. This figure includes the impact of the national programme overseen by NHS England and the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial, which operates in the City of Leeds and has been funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.</p><p> </p><p>The national requirement is that a full population rollout programme should be in place by 2028/29 and a local programme of expansion has already been developed to cover the remaining population within this timescale. This will include populations who will have aged into eligibility for targeted lung health checks whilst the initial programme has been developed across West Yorkshire. The rollout strategy for targeted lung health checks has been based around managing health inequalities and improving clinical outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 11305 question first answered 31/01/2024 11:49:25 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1360980

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the progress of the covid-19 vaccine rollout.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	903661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2021 answer text <p>Due to our successful COVID-19 vaccination programme we have now delivered over 83 million doses to people in England, including 3.6 million booster and third doses to the most vulnerable since September.</p><p>This has reduced the link between case numbers and hospitalisation, preventing the National Health Service from becoming overwhelmed and provided additional protection ahead of the winter.</p><p>Over 24.3million infections have been prevented and more than 127,000 lives saved to date.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 19/10/2021 16:39:19 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1306459

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
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	Tobacco
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 bring forward proposals in the Green Paper, Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s, in the upcoming Tobacco Control Plan.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	175805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>A new Tobacco Control plan is due to be published later this year and will set out further ambitions to deliver a smoke free country by 2030. Policies for the new plan are currently under development. We will consider all proposals from the 2019 Green Paper, including those on e-cigarettes and addressing smoking in particular vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 175806 question first answered 13/04/2021 09:04:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1306460

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
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	Tobacco
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 publish his timeframe for the policy development and publishing of the Tobacco Control Plan.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	175806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>A new Tobacco Control plan is due to be published later this year and will set out further ambitions to deliver a smoke free country by 2030. Policies for the new plan are currently under development. We will consider all proposals from the 2019 Green Paper, including those on e-cigarettes and addressing smoking in particular vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 175805 question first answered 13/04/2021 09:04:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney