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1676900

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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: ICT
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 Lord Markham's keynote speech at London Tech Week 2023 on 12 June 2023, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing the policy framework clarifying the market pathway for digital health technologies.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	6202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>NHS England is working with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop a policy framework for Digital Health Technologies. The framework will clarify the market pathway for industry and ensure that well-evidenced technologies reach the hands of patients. The policy is planned for publication in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/12/2023 11:25:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1677114

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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: Ambulance Services
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 were responded to by mental health joint response cars in London in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	6283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not routinely collected centrally. Ambulance performance data is published monthly by NHS England and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2023-24/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2023-24/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/12/2023 15:55:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1676566

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	Oppositional Defiant Disorder
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting all NHS Trusts to offer Oppositional Defiant Disorder as a diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	5987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to make such an assessment. Individual diagnoses are a matter for clinicians. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence provides national clinical guidelines concerning the recognition and management of conduct disorders in children and young people, including oppositional defiant disorder. We expect clinicians, commissioners, and providers to adhere to this guidance.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 14/12/2023 16:13:05 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1676605

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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: 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 steps her Department is taking to reduce children’s exposure to measles.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	6005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is working closely with NHS England, the Department and wider health system partners at the national, regional and local levels to ensure the health system is prepared and can respond to outbreaks. Briefing notes and letters have been sent to the National Health Service and health professional organisations to remind them of existing guidance and ask them to seek assurance of their preparedness to manage measles cases and prevent outbreaks in their settings. National Measles guidance has been updated, and a range of resources have been published including posters and training resources, which are all available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-measles-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-measles-guidelines</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-information-and-poster-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-information-and-poster-for-health-professionals</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measles-guidance-data-and-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measles-guidance-data-and-analysis</a></p><p> </p><p>In January 2024, a national multi-agency exercise is planned to assess the system-wide preparedness to respond to a large measles outbreak at a regional and national level.</p><p> </p><p>UKHSA, NHS England, the Department and wider health system partners are also working to raise public awareness of the risks and increase measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination coverage, including through national and regional call-recall exercises, communication campaigns and targeted outreach for underserved communities. NHS England has agreed with general practices to focus their annual campaign on local call recall for MMR to ensure that consistent efforts are made to contact those eligible who have not taken up a vaccine offer between November 2023 and March 2024. A national call recall for individuals aged six years old up to and including 25 years old who are not up to date with their MMR vaccine is planned for 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/12/2023 13:12:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1676607

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	Vaccination: 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of children’s access to vaccination services.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	6006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving vaccination uptake rates to fully protect the public from vaccine preventable diseases. The Department works with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England to improve children’s access to vaccination services through diverse delivery methods, making getting vaccinated easier for all, including those in traditionally under-served groups. NHS England has rolled out additional programmes such as NHS England London’s new drive to increase measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine uptake last summer to improve immunisation coverage for children and catch-up missed vaccinations due to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with NHS England and UKHSA to encourage high uptake of all childhood vaccinations, including the polio vaccine, with NHS England London launching the next phase of their polio campaign, delivering a school-based catch-up for children aged between one and 11 years old. This will also provide opportunities to catch up children for other important childhood vaccines, including MMR.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/12/2023 17:09:13 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1676646

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	IVF: East Midlands
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 (a) cycles of IVF were funded and (b) people received a cycle of IVF in the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland integrated care board in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	6037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 6038 6039 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:14:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676647

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	IVF
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 (a) cycles of IVF were funded and (b) people received a cycle of IVF in each NHS region in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	6038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 6037 6039 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:14:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676648

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	Fertility: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on IVF and fertility treatment in (a) real and (b) cash terms in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	6039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 6037 6038 question first answered 14/12/2023 16:14:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1676278

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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 information the National Homecare Medicines Committee has provided to the (a) Care Quality Commission, (b) General Pharmaceutical Council and (c) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the adequacy of the (i) performance and (ii) safety of homecare medicines services in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	5857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) has provided no information to the Care Quality Commission or to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency about the adequacy of the performance and safety of homecare medicines providers in the last three years. The General Pharmaceutical Council has had occasional meetings with the NHMC in the past, more than three years ago. It has now been invited to attend NHMC quarterly meetings and has been taking part in those meetings since November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 13/12/2023 17:15:04 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 7038 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1676286

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
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	Bowel Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to reduce the minimum age for bowel screening to 50.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	5763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>NHS England started the lowering of age for bowel cancer screening in April 2021. The following table shows the rollout plan for the bowel screening, keeping in mind that the timeline may differ slightly from region to region:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cohort age at first invitation</p></td><td><p>Year invitations start</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>56 years old</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>58 years old</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>54 years old</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50 and 52 years old</p></td><td><p>2024/25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 12/12/2023 16:32:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell