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1140020

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK has ratified the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs; and if not, when they expect this will happen.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL17255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom formally signed the Council of Europe Convention on Organ Trafficking on 25 March 2015 and has legislation in place to ensure consent is always provided to prevent organ trafficking. The Government also supports the 2008 Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, which encourages all countries to draw up legal and professional frameworks to govern organ donation and transplantation activities.</p><p>When the UK signed the convention, it did so on the basis that it reserved the right not to apply the jurisdiction rules laid down in paragraph 1.d and e of Article 10 of the convention. There are no current plans to ratify the convention.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 25/07/2019 16:26:59 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1139924

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Health: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has made an assessment of the effect of trends in the level of poverty on the health of children and young people throughout the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	278519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The circumstances we are born in to and the conditions in which we live all have a major bearing on our health and wellbeing. The Government remains committed to tackling poverty so that we can make a lasting difference to long-term outcomes. There is clear evidence about the importance of work in tackling poverty now and in the future. Households where all adults are in work are around six times less likely to be in relative poverty than adults in a household where nobody works. The Government has lifted 400,000 people out of absolute poverty since 2010 and the number of people in employment has increased by over 3.7 million, there are around one million fewer workless households and around 667,000 fewer children in such households.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2019 10:18:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1139926

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Health: Children and Young People
	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 he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions in the report entitled, State of Child Health: Two years on, published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	278520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the contribution provided by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), which has highlighted a number of challenges that must be addressed. We are pleased with the progress noted by the RCPCH in the most recent assessment, particularly on the NHS Long Term Plan including its focus on maternity, support for mental health, learning disabilities and cancer.</p><p>There are no current plans to introduce a separate children and young people’s health strategy as suggested by the RCPCH and other bodies. Our Prevention Vision is clear on the importance of action in our earliest experiences, the environment around us and from the services we receive. We are focussed on tackling the root causes of poor health, not just treating the symptoms and will continue to lead a range of policies to influence the wider issues that impact on child health.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 278522 question first answered 25/07/2019 10:12:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1139931

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Health: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will introduce a children and young people's health strategy to link policies that affect child health and to tackle the social determinants of health outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	278522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the contribution provided by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), which has highlighted a number of challenges that must be addressed. We are pleased with the progress noted by the RCPCH in the most recent assessment, particularly on the NHS Long Term Plan including its focus on maternity, support for mental health, learning disabilities and cancer.</p><p>There are no current plans to introduce a separate children and young people’s health strategy as suggested by the RCPCH and other bodies. Our Prevention Vision is clear on the importance of action in our earliest experiences, the environment around us and from the services we receive. We are focussed on tackling the root causes of poor health, not just treating the symptoms and will continue to lead a range of policies to influence the wider issues that impact on child health.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 278520 question first answered 25/07/2019 10:12:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1140038

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Medical Equipment: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps have been taken to regulate AI technology which can be implanted within the human body.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL17273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Implanted technology, that meets the definition of a medical device, is regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which ensures that such devices meet applicable standards for safety, quality and efficacy.</p><p>The Department, the MHRA and other national health and care bodies are engaging with partners across Government to ensure that our system of regulation keeps pace with new developments in technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 25/07/2019 11:14:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1139686

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of notified bodies to service medical devices under the terms of the Medical Devices Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	278523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>New European Union Regulations for medical devices (MDR) entered into force in May 2017 and will fully apply from May 2020.</p><p>The new Regulations substantially strengthen the regulatory framework for medical devices and notified bodies are having to make significant changes to meet the enhanced requirements. These changes have the aim of improving the quality, consistency and rigour of notified body assessments, which was one of the Government’s key aims for the new legislation.</p><p>Ministers have met with and received letters from industry representatives who have raised concerns about capacity in the notified body sector across the EU to support the implementation of the MDR. The Government recognises the importance of having competent notified bodies across the EU in place in sufficient time to ensure continuity of supply of products to the United Kingdom market.</p><p>For this reason, at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council on 14 June, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford) raised the Government’s concerns about the readiness of critical infrastructure required to implement the MDR and the risk that some existing and new to market products will not be available to patients as a result.</p><p>We very much recognise the benefits of the new Regulations and the imperative of full implementation as soon as possible in the interests of patient safety. Therefore, at EPSCO the Government emphasised the importance of finding a coordinated solution at an EU level and we will continue to do what we can to influence these discussions.</p><p>In parallel with this activity, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has been engaging with its notified bodies on an ongoing basis to ensure that sufficient resources are in place and notified bodies are prepared for the implementation of the new EU legislation. The MHRA is also offering a substantial amount of resource to the EU in order to support and expedite the designation process.</p><p>Through the Office for Life Sciences, the Government plans to work with stakeholders to come to a shared understanding of the issues and discuss what further mitigating action could be taken. Further engagement with industry will therefore take place in the short term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 277763 277764 question first answered 25/07/2019 10:00:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1140032

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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: Occupational Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in deciding what number of occupational health staff are needed by the NHS in England to implement their proposals to facilitate the retention or return to work of those employees with long-term health conditions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL17267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government launched a consultation on 15 July 2019, <em>Health is everyone’s business: proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss</em>, which includes proposals for actions to improve occupational health access for workers. One aspect of this proposal is for Government action to contribute to the development of a sustainable occupational health workforce.</p><p>A copy of the consultation is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 25/07/2019 16:50:29 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name health-is-everyones-business-proposals-to-reduce-ill-health-related-job-loss.pdf title health-is-everyones-business
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

1139705

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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: Pensions
	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 the British Medical Association and other representative bodies on proposals to mitigate the effect of pension taxation on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	278568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is listening to concerns raised by doctors that pension tax charges are driving decisions to retire early or limit their National Health Service commitments, and has incorporated the views of the British Medical Association (BMA) and other key stakeholders into the consultation ‘NHS Pension Scheme: proposed flexibility’.</p><p>The consultation sets out a potential 50:50 option, offering 50% pension accrual and halved contributions. As part of the five-year general practitioner contract announced earlier this year, the BMA and NHS England asked the Government to consider introducing a 50:50 option as an appropriate flexibility, and the BMA have welcomed this as a step in the right direction.</p><p>The consultation period is an opportunity to listen to a range of views before reaching a final position that works for both staff and taxpayers. The Department encourages NHS staff and employers to contribute their views.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/07/2019 14:43:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West