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846817

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date	22/02/2018
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	Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what dates the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention met in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL5779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Meetings of the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention held over the last five years are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Type of meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>30 January 2013</p></td><td><p>Full Committee Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 May 2013</p></td><td><p>Country Recommendations Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 November 2013</p></td><td><p>Prevention Guidelines Meeting (Methodology)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 December 2013</p></td><td><p>Prevention Guidelines Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4 March 2014</p></td><td><p>Treatment Guidelines Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 June 2014</p></td><td><p>Country Recommendations Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12 January 2015</p></td><td><p>Prevention Guidelines Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 March 2015</p></td><td><p>Treatment Guidelines Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 June 2015</p></td><td><p>Full Committee Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 November 2015</p></td><td><p>Prevention Guidelines Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7 June 2016</p></td><td><p>Country Recommendations Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 September 2016</p></td><td><p>Country Recommendations Working Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 November 2016</p></td><td><p>Prevention Guidelines Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2017</p></td><td><p>10 August 2017</p></td><td><p>Country Recommendations Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 September 2017</p></td><td><p>Personal protection issues Meeting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2 February 2018</p></td><td><p>Prevention Guidelines Meeting</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 08/03/2018 15:05:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

846822

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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 Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards implementing the provisions of the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017, specifically in relation to remuneration in respect of special medicinal products.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL5784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government ran two public consultations implementing the powers in the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017. We consulted on changes to the statutory scheme regulations for branded medicines and on new regulations for the provision of information about health service products. We are finalising both sets of regulations which will be laid and enter into force in spring 2018.</p><p>The information Regulations include requirements in relation to special medicinal products which will ensure that the Government obtains information from all manufacturers and importers. This information will make the reimbursement arrangements for the most commonly used special medicinal products more robust.</p><p>Separately, the Government is considering how to implement its powers in the 2017 Act on the way it reimburses special medicinal products. Any proposals will be subject to consultation with relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5785 HL5786 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:03:49 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

846823

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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 Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultations they have held with interested parties regarding implementation of the provisions of the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 relating to special medicinal products.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL5785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government ran two public consultations implementing the powers in the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017. We consulted on changes to the statutory scheme regulations for branded medicines and on new regulations for the provision of information about health service products. We are finalising both sets of regulations which will be laid and enter into force in spring 2018.</p><p>The information Regulations include requirements in relation to special medicinal products which will ensure that the Government obtains information from all manufacturers and importers. This information will make the reimbursement arrangements for the most commonly used special medicinal products more robust.</p><p>Separately, the Government is considering how to implement its powers in the 2017 Act on the way it reimburses special medicinal products. Any proposals will be subject to consultation with relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5784 HL5786 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:03:49 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

846824

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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 Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when proposals on the legal requirements for the provision of information relating to the sale and purchase of health service products used in the NHS under the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 will be brought forward.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL5786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government ran two public consultations implementing the powers in the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017. We consulted on changes to the statutory scheme regulations for branded medicines and on new regulations for the provision of information about health service products. We are finalising both sets of regulations which will be laid and enter into force in spring 2018.</p><p>The information Regulations include requirements in relation to special medicinal products which will ensure that the Government obtains information from all manufacturers and importers. This information will make the reimbursement arrangements for the most commonly used special medicinal products more robust.</p><p>Separately, the Government is considering how to implement its powers in the 2017 Act on the way it reimburses special medicinal products. Any proposals will be subject to consultation with relevant stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5784 HL5785 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:03:49 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

846832

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Measles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of measles there were in England in (1) 2016, and (2) 2017; whether there was a drop in vaccination rates in the UK in 2017; what action they are taking to maintain World Health Organisation measles elimination status; and how they are working with European partners to tackle the recent surge in measles cases in Europe.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL5794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The total number of measles cases in England was 531 in 2016 and figures for 2017 will be published in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Annual vaccine coverage statistics for England for 2016/17 indicate uptake of the first dose measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at two years of age was 91.6%, a 0.3% decrease from 2015/16; the first dose MMR at five years of age reached the 95% World Health Organization (WHO) target, a 0.2% increase from 2015/16; and the second dose MMR at five years was 87.6%, a 0.6% decrease from 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>In adopting the European Vaccine Action Plan 2015–2020, the United Kingdom, along with all 53 Member States of the WHO European Region, has committed to eliminating measles and rubella as one of the Region’s priority immunisation goals. In 2017, Public Health England convened a multi-stakeholder measles and rubella elimination group, to develop a UK-wide strategy with key recommendations for action, to ensure elimination will be sustained.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 08/03/2018 15:06:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

846869

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Postnatal Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the provision of postnatal check-ups by GP practices.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	129043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data relating to the take up of postnatal check-ups in general practitioner (GP) practices.</p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission’s 2017 survey of women’s experiences of maternity care, found that 92% of the 17,570 respondents said the midwife had told them that they would need to arrange a postnatal check-up of their own health with their GP around six to eight weeks after the birth.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/03/2018 15:30:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

846873

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Nurses: 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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on the number of people enrolling for postgraduate nursing degrees of (a) removing the bursary for postgraduate nursing students and (b) the debt that such people will have incurred from undergraduate degree loans.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	129047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to make a full assessment of the effect of moving pre-registration postgraduate healthcare students onto the standard loan system on student enrolment before the close of the application cycle.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2016 the Government published a revised economic impact assessment alongside the response to its consultation: Reforming healthcare education funding: creating a sustainable future workforce.</p><p> </p><p>A revised version of the original Equality Analysis, published in February 2018 to accompany the reforms to pre-registration postgraduate healthcare funding, can be found with the aforementioned documents at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded</a></p><p> </p><p>Following implementation of the policy, the Department will look for suitable opportunities, including through existing stakeholder forums, to monitor developments.</p><p> </p><p>In order to meet the growing need to increase the future supply of registered nurses, additional clinical placement funding was announced by the Department in August and October 2017. This will enable around 5,000 more nursing students to enter training each year from September 2018; an historic 25% increase.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/02/2018 17:44:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

846874

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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 Services: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the total spending on mental health (a) prescriptions, (b) packages and (c) other services by Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	129048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The expenditure made by Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on mental health services for 2015/16 and 2016/17 is made available by NHS England in the Mental Health Five Year Forward View Dashboard, at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/taskforce/imp/mh-dashboard" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/taskforce/imp/mh-dashboard</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows the total spend on mental health by Sunderland CCG in was £67,892,000 in 2015/16, and £71,772,000 in 2016/17. Information on 2017/18 expenditure is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The total spending on mental health prescriptions dispensed in the community by Sunderland CCG for the years requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Mental health prescriptions dispensed in the community by Sunderland CCG in 2015/16, 2016/17, and 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Drug Group</p></td><td><p>Net Ingredient Cost (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>Mental Health Drugs</p></td><td><p>3,620,562.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Mental Health Drugs</p></td><td><p>3,262,792.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 - December 2017</p></td><td><p>Mental Health Drugs</p></td><td><p>2,702,972.71</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority Information Services Data Warehouse.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>The data is based on items prescribed by Sunderland CCG and dispensed in England.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/02/2018 15:25:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

846877

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust Independent Review
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 Report of the Liverpool Community Health Independent Review, published in January 2018, if he will publish a list of the (a) persons and (b) bodies that (i) refused to give evidence to that inquiry and (ii) received warning letters before the publication of that report.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	129051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/02/2018 17:35:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

846894

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Tobacco
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 will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning independent specialist bodies to undertake replication studies of manufacturer-supplied data relating to the harm reduction potential of heat-not-burn tobacco products.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	129068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) published its most recent evidence review on e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products on 6 February this year. It contains a chapter dedicated to heat not burn tobacco products, including suggestions for further research. PHE will publish further such evidence reviews on an annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>Heat not burn products continue to be regulated as tobacco products and their use and public awareness in the United Kingdom is low. The Department will review and consider where there are gaps in evidence for further independent research, and continues to collaborate and share knowledge both in the UK and internationally to help develop the research base and understanding of these products.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/02/2018 13:21:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones