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1038941

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing the cost of hormone replacement therapy for patients who pay multiple prescription charges for medication with more than one ingredient.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	207273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Unless a valid exemption has been declared the statutory applicable charge of £8.80 is payable for each prescription item, such as a quantity of a drug, dispensed in the community in England. The Government has no plans to change this position in respect of combination packs of hormone replacement therapy medication comprised of multiple drugs. Accordingly, no recent discussions about this matter have taken place at Cabinet level.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:04:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1038946

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Pancreatic Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a target for increasing the early stage diagnosis rate for pancreatic cancer in the lifetime of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	207163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets an ambition for three out of four cancers to be diagnosed at an early stage by 2028, compared to around one in two currently. This ambition applies to all cancers, including pancreatic cancer, not just the 10 currently in the Public Health Outcomes Framework early diagnosis metric. NHS England is keen to work with the charities representing some of the cancers not currently included in this metric on how best to measure progress towards the ambition moving forwards.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:00:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1038952

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Finance
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 publish correspondence with (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Improvement on any (i) assessment and (b) analysis that indicates a funding shortfall of more than £1 billion in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	207213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>We have had no correspondence with NHS England or NHS Improvement regarding the Nuffield Trust’s analysis, dated 26 October 2018. We do not agree there is a shortfall in 2019-20, and the aforementioned analysis concludes that once recurrent efficiencies are factored in, there is financial headroom within the National Health Service long term settlement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 15/01/2019 12:30:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1038961

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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 111
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 calls to 111 were abandoned in each month in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	207217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The volume of NHS 111 calls which were abandoned after at least 30 seconds connection time to the NHS 111 service from January to December 2018 is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Volume of calls abandoned after at least 30 seconds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>75,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>88,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>113,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>45,718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>43,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>46,702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>62,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>41,646</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>37,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>44,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>50,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>57,375</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England, NHS 111 minimum data set</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 16:30:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038962

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Private Patients
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 income from private patients at each NHS Trust for each of the last ten years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	207218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The question is interpreted as requesting detail regarding the level of income generated from the treatment of private patients by each National Health Service trust. This is presented in the attached tables for the financial years 2010-11 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2010-11 the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts did not report ‘income from private patients’ as a specific line item and thus comparable information for prior years is unable to be provided.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 11:58:47 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name PQ207218 - Data tables.docx title PQ207218 attached document
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038963

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Nurses
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 nurses employed in the NHS per head of population for each of the last ten years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	207219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>However, the following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England in the last 10 years as at September each year, full time equivalent:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>September-2008</p></td><td><p>281,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2009</p></td><td><p>278,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2010</p></td><td><p>279,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2011</p></td><td><p>277,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2012</p></td><td><p>271,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2013</p></td><td><p>274,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2014</p></td><td><p>278,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2015</p></td><td><p>281,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2016</p></td><td><p>284,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2017</p></td><td><p>283,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2018</p></td><td><p>285,674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 16:12:05 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038964

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Vacancies
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 vacancies in the NHS by 2030 based upon workforce assumptions in the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	207220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the data requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will support the National Health Service to ensure that the right staff, with the right skills and experience, are available to deliver the high-quality care the public expects. This includes building on the work already underway to recruit, train and retain more staff to address shortages. This will involve more training places with increased flexibility, including for those high priority areas such as mental health and primary care, as well as new or expanded roles with greater opportunities for career progression for existing staff.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure a detailed plan that everyone in the NHS can get behind, the Secretary of State has commissioned Baroness Harding to lead a rapid and inclusive programme of work to set out a detailed workforce implementation plan to be published in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 16:10:46 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1038977

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Training
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 involve people with learning disabilities and autism in the development of mandatory training for NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	207283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>We will shortly consult on proposals for mandatory learning disability and autism training to ensure that staff working in health and social care understand the needs of people with learning disabilities and autism and have the skills to provide them with the most effective care and support. Officials have worked with people with lived experience of learning disabilities and autism to develop the consultation proposals.</p><p> </p><p>We want to hear a range of views, including those from people with a learning disability or autism and their families, and in line with Cabinet Office principles on consultation, we will tailor the consultation to meet the needs and preferences of different groups, including the provision of consultation documents in alternative formats.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will consider the role of people with a learning disability or autism in the development and deployment of training as they can bring a unique and valuable perspective as users of health and care services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 207284 question first answered 17/01/2019 12:30:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1038978

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether mandatory training for NHS staff on learning disability and autism will involve people with learning disabilities and autism.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	207284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>We will shortly consult on proposals for mandatory learning disability and autism training to ensure that staff working in health and social care understand the needs of people with learning disabilities and autism and have the skills to provide them with the most effective care and support. Officials have worked with people with lived experience of learning disabilities and autism to develop the consultation proposals.</p><p> </p><p>We want to hear a range of views, including those from people with a learning disability or autism and their families, and in line with Cabinet Office principles on consultation, we will tailor the consultation to meet the needs and preferences of different groups, including the provision of consultation documents in alternative formats.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will consider the role of people with a learning disability or autism in the development and deployment of training as they can bring a unique and valuable perspective as users of health and care services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 207283 question first answered 17/01/2019 12:30:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1038979

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: Standards
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 reduce waiting times for (a) NHS treatment in A&E, (b) routine operations, and (c) cancer care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	207285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Long Term Plan, launched by the National Health Service on 7 January 2018, will transform patient care and make sure every penny of taxpayers’ money is spent wisely. This is supported by the Government’s investment of £20.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24. The additional funding will allow the NHS to get back on the path to delivering core performance standards. More than that, it will also drive the reforms that deliver a better and more sustainable NHS with improved care for patients.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England’s ‘Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20’ sets out deliverables against key performance areas and the Government has charged the NHS to deliver these actions set– in full – as key steps towards fully recovering performance against core access standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also supported the NHS with an additional £1.6 billion for 2018/19 to improve emergency and elective performance. In addition, more than £420 million has been provided specifically for this winter.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 12:10:50 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill