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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

1148784

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 Hereford County Hospital in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Jane Dodds
uin	282
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 271 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

1148830

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	General Practitioners: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures are in place to record the number of patients offered (a) evening and (b) weekend appointments at GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of patients offered evening and weekend appointments is not collected or held centrally.</p><p>Data on extended access appointments is collated by an internal monitoring survey by quarterly submissions from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). CCGs collect data on the number of appointments available, booked and ‘Did Not Attends’ for each day of the reporting month and what practices offer online consultations. This does not include data on the number of patients offered evening and weekend appointments.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/10/2019 10:50:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1148842

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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the (i) Royal College of Physicians, (ii) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, (iii) Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and (iv) Faculty of Public Health to discuss their call for the NHS overseas visitors charging regime to be suspended; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Neither my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care nor the Ministers in the Department have had meetings with the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists or the Faculty of Public Health specifically about their call for the suspension of the National Health Service overseas visitors charging regime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2019 10:43:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148843

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	NHS Trusts: Managers
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 Overseas Visitor Managers are employed by NHS Trusts in (a) England (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Information about the number of Overseas Visitor Managers employed by National Health Service trusts in England is not held by the Department nor by NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>The number of Overseas Visitor Managers employed by NHS trusts in Scotland and Wales is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2019 11:10:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148858

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	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, with reference to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 284706, what advice the Government has issued to UK citizens travelling in the EU that require treatments not routinely covered by travel insurance policies after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government has proposed to all Member States that we should maintain existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements until 31 December 2020 if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal. This includes the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) which can support UK residents with long term conditions travelling to the EU who may require needs arising treatment.</p><p>The Government understands the concerns of patients with long term conditions and is working to secure the continuation of reciprocal healthcare arrangements, so UK and EU nationals have access to medical treatment in the same way they do now.</p><p>Guidance for travelling to the EU after EU exit is available on gov.uk, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-residents-visiting-the-eueea-and-switzerland-healthcare" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-residents-visiting-the-eueea-and-switzerland-healthcare</a></p><p>The UK Government is advising people with pre-existing or long term medical conditions to also check the Money and Pensions Advice Service which has information on their website for people about their options for purchasing travel insurance. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/travel-insurance-for-over-65s-and-medical-conditions" target="_blank">www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/travel-insurance-for-over-65s-and-medical-conditions</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2019 09:40:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1148860

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	NHS: Drugs
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 he is taking to ensure that there will be no shortage of the medicines and consumables needed for dialysis or transplantation following the UK’s departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is doing everything appropriate to prepare for leaving the European Union. We want to reassure patients that our plans should ensure the uninterrupted supply of medicines and medical products once we have left the EU.</p><p>The Department, as part of our EU exit preparations, continues to implement a multi-layered approach to mitigate potential disruption to supply, which includes medicines and consumables needed for dialysis or transplantation. This approach consists of stockpiling where possible, securing freight capacity, changing or clarifying regulatory requirements, procuring additional warehousing, working closely with industry to improve trader readiness and putting in place the National Supply Disruption Response to manage potential shortages. 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><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2019 09:44:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1148874

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	Mental Health Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government will publish a full workforce strategy to (a) address shortages in the mental health workforce and (b) support the implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	22
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The interim NHS People Plan was published on 3 June 2019 and sets out the action we will take now and over the long term to address workforce shortages, strengthen education and training, and improve culture and leadership in the National Health Service. The interim NHS People Plan recognises that urgent action must be taken to increase the numbers of mental health nurses and to strengthen the training and skill mix for those working in mental health.</p><p>Mental health matters as much as physical health and the Government is prioritising resources to deliver real improvements for those who access services and work in that sector.</p><p>The final NHS People Plan is due to be published in the next few months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2019 11:11:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1148900

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	Preventive Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish the Green Paper on prevention.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>We published our prevention Green Paper ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’, on 22 July. The consultation ended on 14 October and we are currently analysing the responses.</p><p>A copy of the prevention Green Paper can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/advancing-our-health-prevention-in-the-2020s" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/advancing-our-health-prevention-in-the-2020s</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/10/2019 10:56:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe