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1017449

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans for blood glucose testing strips and needles to remain available by prescription.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	197624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for NHS England, working in partnership with NHS Clinical Commissioners to support clinical commissioning groups to use their prescribing resources effectively in the interests of their local population.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has launched a public consultation on proposals to update and review commissioning guidance on eight products, which includes blood glucose testing strips for type 2 diabetes and needles for pre-filled and re-useable insulin pens. The consultation runs from 28 November 2018 until 28 February 2019. Details of how to respond and attend the public consultation events can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/items-routinely-prescribed-update/" target="_blank">https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/items-routinely-prescribed-update/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/12/2018 16:40:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1017453

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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	Zholia Alemi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to WPQ 195560, by what method of communication patients or family members who have a concern about contact with Zholia Alemi or the care received by her have been advised to contact the local NHS service where they were treated.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	197656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) has provided on its website information for patients who are concerned about contact with Zholia Alemi. Patients and family members are advised to speak to the general practitioner surgery, hospital or clinic where they were treated. The GMC’s contact centre is available to people seeking further information.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 05/12/2018 16:35:05 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1017456

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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
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 all meetings his Department has had with external stakeholders on the long-term plan for the the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	197628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns which are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p>Ministers in the Department regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues. Information on meetings which have been declined could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197629 197630 197631 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1017457

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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
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 details of all the meetings he has chaired on the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	197629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns which are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p>Ministers in the Department regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues. Information on meetings which have been declined could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197628 197630 197631 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1017459

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which meeting requests his Department has declined in relation to the NHS Long Term Plan in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	197630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns which are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p>Ministers in the Department regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues. Information on meetings which have been declined could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197628 197629 197631 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1017460

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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
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 details of the meetings he has held with private (a) health companies and (b) organisations in relation to the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	197631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>All external meetings that Ministers have attended are published as part of the Department’s quarterly transparency returns which are available on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2017</a></p><p>Ministers in the Department regularly meet with stakeholders to discuss a variety of issues. Information on meetings which have been declined could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197628 197629 197630 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:36:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1017489

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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	Social Services: Finance
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 took to offer financial assistance to providers of overnight social care to adults in advance of the judgment of Royal Mencap v Blake-Tomlinson in July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	197610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department continuously reviews the pressures facing the social care sector and works to ensure stability; not just for vulnerable service users, but also for the many thousands of low paid workers within the sector.</p><p> </p><p>Before the Court of Appeals judgment in Royal Mencap v Blake-Tomlinson the Government worked closely with stakeholders from the social care sector to ensure we had a clear understanding of the impact the sector could face due to historic liabilities for National Minimum Wage back pay. During this time the Government explored options to minimise any impact on the social care sector.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spring Budget 2017 the Government provided an additional £2 billion to councils for social care. The pressure arising from enforcement of National Minimum Wage for sleep-in shifts was one of the costs the Government took account of in deciding to provide this sum of additional funding.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/12/2018 14:04:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1017516

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Chief Scientific Advisers
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 meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	197602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Between 1 September and 30 November 2018 my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has had eight formal meetings the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) Professor Chris Whitty, and the CSA has seven meetings with other Health Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/12/2018 14:06:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1017187

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Bisphosphonates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NICE has made in updating its guidance on the use of adjuvant bisphosphonates.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated its guidance on ‘Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management’ in July 2018. The use of adjuvant bisphosphonates was one of the key areas that was covered in the update. NICE’s updated recommendations can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng101/chapter/Recommendations#bisphosphonate-therapy" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng101/chapter/Recommendations#bisphosphonate-therapy</a></p><p> </p><p>The guideline recommends bisphosphonates as adjuvant therapy for postmenopausal women with node positive invasive breast cancer and for postmenopausal women with node negative breast cancer.</p><p> </p><p>NICE also updated its guidance on the use of bisphosphonates for treating osteoporosis in February 2018. The updated guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta464" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta464</a></p><p> </p><p>NICE recommends oral bisphosphonates for treating osteoporosis in adults if the person is eligible for risk assessment and the 10 year probability of osteoporotic fragility fracture is at least 1%.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/12/2018 16:24:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 90056 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1017201

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Medical Equipment: UK Notified Bodies
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 UK-based notified bodies for medical devices have registered under the EU Medical Devices Regulations 2017; how many of those bodies were registered under previous regulations; what assessment he has made of the effect on the NHS in the event that insufficient notified bodies register; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	197371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>There are currently four United Kingdom-based notified bodies designated under the Directive 93/42/EC on medical devices and Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic medical devices. Of these four UK notified bodies, one is also designated Directive 90/385/EEC on active implantable medical devices. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the designating authority in the UK and is responsible for designating and monitoring the performance of UK notified bodies. This includes undertaking regular audits of their activities.</p><p> </p><p>New European Union Regulations for medical devices (Regulation 2017/745) and in vitro diagnostic medical devices (Regulation 2017/746) entered into force in May 2017, with Regulation 2017/745 fully applying from May 2020 and Regulation 2017/746 fully applying from May 2022. Each notified body will need to apply for separate designation under these Regulations. No notified body in the UK, or across the EU, is currently designated under either Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The new Regulations substantially strengthen the regulatory framework for medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices and the MHRA recognises the importance of having competent notified bodies in place in sufficient time to ensure continuity of supply of products to the UK market.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, the MHRA has been engaging with UK notified bodies on an ongoing basis to ensure that sufficient resources are in place and to ensure notified bodies are prepared for the designation process. The MHRA is also providing expert auditors to support the process of joint assessment of notified bodies under the new legislation across the EU to support the consistent application of the new Regulations across all EU Member States.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/12/2018 17:25:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon