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registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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	Mental Health: Children
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 his Department has to work with NSPCC to reduce the rate of children experiencing suicidal thoughts.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	157837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Responding to suicide and self-harm in children and young people is a key priority in the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. The Department works with a range of stakeholders on suicide prevention, including voluntary and charitable sector organisations, through the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group. The Department welcomes the opportunity to work with any organisation, including the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), on suicide prevention issues.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government supports the NSPCC through an £8 million grant over four years (up to 2020), as a contribution to funding both ChildLine and the NSPCC’s National Helpline (for anyone with concerns or worries about a child).</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/07/2018 14:06:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

900196

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on local social care providers who are unable to fund historic back-pay liabilities for sleep-in shifts.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the pressure that sleep-in backpay liabilities are placing on social care providers and is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector.</p><p>The Government has been working closely with representatives of the social care sector in order to ensure that we have a clear understanding of any impact the sector may face.</p><p>Any intervention to support the sector would need to be proportionate and necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 141873 question first answered 11/05/2018 10:35:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

900197

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Care Workers: Pay
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a fund to pay the historic back pay for sleep-in shifts directly to care workers.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the pressure that sleep-in backpay liabilities are placing on social care providers and is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector.</p><p>The Government has been working closely with representatives of the social care sector in order to ensure that we have a clear understanding of any impact the sector may face.</p><p>Any intervention to support the sector would need to be proportionate and necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 141872 question first answered 11/05/2018 10:35:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

900199

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Ophthalmic Services
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 plans to take to meet demand for ophthalmology treatment in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning the primary care National Health Service sight testing service. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning secondary care ophthalmic services. CCGs are also able to commission eye care services in the community which go beyond the standard NHS sight test, where they judge them to be needed in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are required, for all services they commission, to assess the health needs of their local population and are held locally to account to the population they serve through the health and wellbeing boards. In taking any decision about the health of the local population, the CCG has to ensure that services meet the needs of the local population.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/05/2018 11:33:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

900205

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	HIV Infection
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 plans to promote the U=U campaign to reduce self-stigma of people who have HIV.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	141875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The U=U campaign is one component of HIV Prevention England activities undertaken on behalf of Public Health England (PHE). PHE funds HIV Prevention England, a consortium led by the Terrence Higgins Trust, to undertake national HIV prevention campaigns which aim to promote a variety of prevention approaches including combatting HIV stigma and discrimination, increasing condom use and access to HIV testing and raising awareness of treatment options that prevent either acquisition or transmission of infection.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/05/2018 10:32:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

834223

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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	General Practitioners: 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 is he taking to ensure that General Practitioners who host medical students on placements receive adequate funding for doing so.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	125856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department and Health Education England (HEE) are currently working together to develop a consistent and transparent payment mechanism for placements in primary care settings.</p><p> </p><p>Further information around the proposed funding arrangements for 2018-19 will be confirmed in March 2018 as part of the HEE budget setting process.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2018 16:46:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

822999

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Veterinary Medicine: Migrant Workers
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 help ensure that slaughterhouse vets who are non-UK EU citizens can continue to work here after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	122682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Veterinarians play a vital role in safeguarding United Kingdom public health, maintaining animal health and welfare and enabling trade. We value their work, and we want to ensure that they can continue to make an important contribution. Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and officials at the Food Standards Agency have been talking to representatives of the profession to ensure that those who do such an essential job continue to feel valued and to play the important role they do in assuring the public of the very high standards of food hygiene.</p><p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency are working on a number of contingencies to ensure that we maintain the excellent standards of food safety that the UK currently enjoys, and maintain an effective workforce.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/01/2018 14:07:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse