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972433

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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	NHS: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the risks of mobile applications are assessed by NHS Digital for inclusion in the NHS Apps Library.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	174159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Mobile applications are assessed initially via a clinical review within NHS England to establish whether the app fits with National Health Service values and can evidence benefit to the users of the app. Following this, apps are taken through a comprehensive assessment which takes into account relevant regulation, legislation, national standards and best practice to ensure that developers of apps understand their obligations and can evidence that their products conform with these.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 15/10/2018 16:43:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

943866

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	NHS: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether plans are in place to (a) enhance and (b) expand the NHS Apps Library; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	165624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital has advised that the NHS Apps Library has now grown to 72 health apps and digital tools with new apps and tools being added each month. NHS Digital is currently consulting with patient groups as well as health and social care professionals to further enhance the Library and will be launching an updated version in the autumn with more enhancements to follow.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2018 10:43:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

943868

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	NHS: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether guidance is available to GPs to enable them effectively to direct patients to the NHS Apps Library; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	165625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that, as part of the NHS Apps Library programme’s next piece of work, the programme team will be providing advice for healthcare professionals generally, including general practitioners, on how to navigate and engage with the NHS Apps Library.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the wider approach to uptake and use of digital health services, the programme team will also be focusing on general practitioner engagement, testing different methods to support general practice through NHS England’s implementation teams which are already established and working in the primary care system.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2018 10:37:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

793949

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the digital transformation of the NHS.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	115038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Good progress is being made towards a more digitised National Health Service. The Government is investing £4.2 billion to support wider adoption of digital technology over the five years up to 2020.</p><p> </p><p>95% of general medical practices are able to offer patient online services, so patients can make GP appointments and order repeat prescriptions, increasing choice and convenience for patients.</p><p> </p><p>A new ‘Apps Library’ launched in April this year for the NHS includes 43 apps which can be used by patients to support management of their health and wellbeing. Some apps are labelled, &quot;NHS Approved&quot; meaning there is clinical evidence that they support clinical outcomes, or &quot;Being Tested in the NHS&quot;, which means they are part of an NHS programme that is monitoring and gathering evidence of its effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p>Free Wi-Fi services have been rolled out to 1,200 general practices, enabling up to 8 million patients to get online and plans are in place to roll this out to the rest of the country.</p><p> </p><p>98% of the population in England have a summary care record (SCR). SCRs are helping to deliver better, safer care for patients when seen by healthcare professionals in unplanned settings e.g. out of hours, or by ambulance and accident and emergency services, providing healthcare staff with essential information about an individual’s allergies, medications and any adverse reactions to medicines. SCRs were used over 4 million times during 2016, and for 2017 the expected figure is 6.5 million.</p><p> </p><p>The global digital exemplar (GDE) programme is investing in acute and mental health trusts to develop world class digitally enabled services and to share and spread their experience to other NHS trusts so they can digitise more quickly and effectively. There are currently 16 acute global digital exemplar trusts and seven mental health global digital exemplars receiving up to £10 million and £5 million respectively matched by investment by the trust.</p><p> </p><p>All GDEs are now partnered with fast followers – so GDEs can share their experience of implementation and fast followers can learn from this and support the spread of best practice and innovation. Mental health GDEs will also partner with fast followers over the next year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/12/2017 12:54:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

791005

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide training to clinical commissioning groups and GPs on use of digital solutions and apps for those with long-term health conditions such as diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that it is supporting the implementation and evaluation of digital behaviour change interventions in eight areas in England. This live service evaluation, which commenced in November 2017, is giving people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes access to a range of apps, gadgets, wristbands and other innovative digital interventions. As part of this work, NHS England is running training sessions with primary care staff to familiarise them with these digital services and to provide them with the skills to advise and support the individuals who will be using these digital interventions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/11/2017 12:15:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

420135

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 20 of the 2014 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, which body is responsible for ensuring there should be no local barriers to accessing technologies recommended in NICE guidance; what assessment that body has made of the existence of local barriers since 1 January 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	11021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is specified in the 2014 Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulation Scheme agreement as the body responsible for ensuring there are no local barriers to ensuring access to technologies recommended in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal and highly specialised technology guidance.</p><p>NHS England has advised that there are a range of initiatives which assist NHS England in this obligation:</p><p>- NICE technology appraisalrecommendations are required to be incorporated automatically into relevant local medicines formularies;</p><p>- providers are required to publish local medicines formularies;</p><p>- the NICE Implementation Collaborative (NIC) examines barriers to the prompt implementation of NICE guidance;</p><p>- an innovation scorecard is published quarterly by the Health and Social Care Information Centre and tracks uptake of many NICE-approved medicines by the NHS;</p><p>- a joint NHS England and Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry work programme on medicines optimisation is ongoing, which seeks to improve outcomes and value from all medicines;</p><p>- NHS England works closely with Academic Health Science Networks to accelerate the adoption and diffusion of innovation.</p><p>The Department’s analysis of medicines spend for the first year of the PPRS shows that branded medicines spend grew by 8.2%, with new medicines on the Innovation Scorecard seeing growth of 18.4%. Further details have been published on the Government’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-growth-in-branded-medicines-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-growth-in-branded-medicines-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>Commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended in NICE technology appraisal and highly specialised technology guidance within three months of NICE’s guidance being published. There is provision for this funding period to be extended where there are particular barriers to implementation within three months.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 11022 11223 11225 question first answered 15/10/2015 14:33:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

420136

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 20 of the 2014 Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, what recent assessment he has made of the compliance of NHS bodies with the requirement for the incorporation of NICE technology appraisal recommendations into local NHS formularies.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	11022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is specified in the 2014 Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulation Scheme agreement as the body responsible for ensuring there are no local barriers to ensuring access to technologies recommended in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal and highly specialised technology guidance.</p><p>NHS England has advised that there are a range of initiatives which assist NHS England in this obligation:</p><p>- NICE technology appraisalrecommendations are required to be incorporated automatically into relevant local medicines formularies;</p><p>- providers are required to publish local medicines formularies;</p><p>- the NICE Implementation Collaborative (NIC) examines barriers to the prompt implementation of NICE guidance;</p><p>- an innovation scorecard is published quarterly by the Health and Social Care Information Centre and tracks uptake of many NICE-approved medicines by the NHS;</p><p>- a joint NHS England and Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry work programme on medicines optimisation is ongoing, which seeks to improve outcomes and value from all medicines;</p><p>- NHS England works closely with Academic Health Science Networks to accelerate the adoption and diffusion of innovation.</p><p>The Department’s analysis of medicines spend for the first year of the PPRS shows that branded medicines spend grew by 8.2%, with new medicines on the Innovation Scorecard seeing growth of 18.4%. Further details have been published on the Government’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-growth-in-branded-medicines-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-growth-in-branded-medicines-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>Commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended in NICE technology appraisal and highly specialised technology guidance within three months of NICE’s guidance being published. There is provision for this funding period to be extended where there are particular barriers to implementation within three months.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 11021 11223 11225 question first answered 15/10/2015 14:33:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

420164

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential of existing digital technologies to (a) improve care for people with long-term conditions and (b) empower patients who are not yet digitally enabled.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	10961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>It is estimated that around 9.5 million people in the United Kingdom lack basic digital literacy skills and 6.5 million have never been online in their lives. Those experiencing digital exclusion tend to be older, poorer, and are more likely to be disabled than the rest of the population. Digital health training has the potential to reduce demand on face-to-face health services by helping people identify the most appropriate way to seek non urgent medical advice. It can also empower people who have a long term condition (LTC) with the knowledge to better manage their health.</p><br /><p>NHS England is working on building digital skills for people who have never used the internet as part of its Widening Digital Participation. This provides assisted digital access in community settings such as libraries, community centres and general practitioner practices. Since 2013, NHS England has been working with a social enterprise, the Tinder Foundation, to support people in getting online and gaining basic digital skills for their own health. To date over 250,000 people have been engaged in the Widening Digital Participation programme.</p><br /><p>In November 2014, the National Information Board published <em>Personalised Health and Care 2020</em>. This sets out how the NHS and social care will harness the information revolution to support the delivery of high quality safe and effective treatment and new models of care that will provide more integrated and co-ordinated care closer to home.</p><p>People living with LTCs will have the opportunity to take greater agency and control over their own health and wellbeing by utilising bespoke endorsed apps, using remote and assistive technologies, accessing key information in their care record and drawing that information into a personal health record. Mobile digital technology can support clinicians to enable patient self-care, access expertise and increase capacity via virtual consultations, and utilise decision support tools.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 10960 question first answered 19/10/2015 14:24:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess