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988726

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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: Data Protection
	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 subject access requests have been made to GP surgeries since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	180307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 12:35:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

993447

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	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	Flour: Folic Acid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress he has made on implementing proposals for the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	907229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to review advice from our expert advisory groups on safe levels of folate intake. Alongside this, we will be issuing a public consultation on the issue of adding folic acid to flour. This will explore this complex issue in detail and allow us to take an informed decision on whether to introduce mandatory fortification of flour. We will announce the date for the consultation soon.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/10/2018 16:43:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

993448

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	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	Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the proportion of children born in the UK with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	907231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Foetal alcohol syndrome disorders can have a significant impact on the early years development of children, their behaviours and their life chances.</p><p>Public Health England collects some data on fetal alcohol sydrome, but we recognise that this data does not reflect the range of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), as these are very difficult to diagnose. That is why we are engaging experts and those affected by FASD to explore what more could be done to improve our understanding.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/10/2018 16:44:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

917086

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Pharmacy: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to implement the recommendations of the independent review of community pharmacy clinical services commissioned by the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	149705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The implementation of the National Health Service Five Year Forward View has taken into account the findings of the Murray Review. NHS England has seen progress in a number of areas to implement the recommendations. For example the Pharmacy Integration Fund has supported a pilot in the North East of referral from NHS 111 to community pharmacies for minor illness and the national ‘stay well campaign’ continues to highlight the role of community pharmacy in this area. We are aware of locally commissioned schemes addressing hypertension. The Pharmacy Integration Fund is also supporting the roll out of clinical pharmacists in general practice and in care homes with additional training to award independent prescriber status.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/06/2018 14:03:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

964279

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) other similar cities in England have an adequate number of GP surgeries.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	169714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The General Practice Forward View (GP Forward View), published in April 2016, commits to increasing investment in General Practice by £2.4 billion a year by 2020/21 from £9.7 billion in 2015/16 to over £12 billion by 2020/21 – a 14% real-terms increase. This investment will improve patient care and access, and facilitate new ways of providing primary care.</p><p> </p><p>Commissioners of primary medical care services monitor practice catchment areas to ensure that all areas of the country have primary medical care cover, and through an annual review of every primary medical care contract are aware of local primary medical care capacity and how this meets demand.</p><p> </p><p>Practices are funded on a weighted population basis and therefore, where populations grow gradually, practices receive additional investment to take on new patients which allows them to grow to maintain services for patients. There has been a national trend in practices becoming larger, employing more staff and operating with a more diverse workforce in order to meet rising demand.</p><p> </p><p>Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is investing in general practice to improve patients’ access to GP services and increase the range of services to help support patients manage their conditions. Measures include financial and educational support to help GPs run their surgeries more effectively and efficiently.</p><p> </p><p>A key part of local plans to improve health and social care across the city is to make general practice more sustainable, more resilient and ensure it works efficiently and effectively for many years ahead. This will include integrating some services with other clinical specialists, for example pharmacists better supporting GPs, and helping GPs work more collaboratively. There are also a number of specific schemes in place as part of the CCG’s workforce strategy including the GP retention package and overseas recruitment.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2018 16:19:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

917087

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	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	Pharmacy: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to roll-out a minor ailments scheme through community pharmacies as recommended by the independent review of community pharmacy clinical services.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	149706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Minor ailment services are currently commissioned locally by the National Health Service according to need. However a national minor illness scheme is in development, building on a pilot digital minor illness referral service (DMIRS) that commenced last year in the North East. This scheme provides direct referrals from NHS 111 to community pharmacy. Three further DMIRS pilots, supported by the Pharmacy Integration Fund, are due to be launched by early autumn 2018, in Devon, London (in a phased approach), and East Midlands. The areas will be adopting the same model used in the North East with some minor adaptations dependent on the local NHS 111 case mix. An evaluation will inform any next steps for the project.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/06/2018 14:00:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

939908

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	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	Olanzapine and Quetiapine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with which manufacturers of (a) olanzapine and (b) quetiapine his Department has had discussions since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	163503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>Departmental officials are aware that there were some short term supply issues which affected the availability of olanzapine and quetiapine tablets in May/June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>A major generic supplier of olanzapine tablets experienced some short term manufacturing issues which consequently meant other suppliers experienced an increase in demand at short notice, which they could not readily meet. However, the manufacturing issues were resolved quickly and the overall supply of olanzapine tablets improved within a few weeks.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of quetiapine supply issues, this was caused by a major generic supplier, with large market shares of quetiapine tablets, discontinuing this product range without notifying the Department. This led to significant market disruption as other suppliers experienced a large increase in demand at short notice. However, suppliers were able to bring in additional supplies to cope with the extra demand and supplies improved by July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, Departmental officials were in regular contact with all United Kingdom licensed suppliers of both quetiapine and olanzapine and worked closely with them to discuss their supply position and to ensure sufficient suppliers remained available to meet UK requirements.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any current supply issues affecting olanzapine and quetiapine and several suppliers have confirmed that supplies are readily available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 162968 162969 question first answered 20/07/2018 09:38:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1077530

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Learning Disability and Autism: Preventive Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with what steps his Department is taking to ensure that provisions relating to the (a) health inequalities and (b) life expectancy of people with (i) learning disabilities and (ii) autism are included in the Prevention Green Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	226107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The ambition of the Green Paper focuses on both reducing health inequalities and increasing healthy life expectancy. We are currently considering policy options, and will be mindful of impacts on people with learning disabilities and autism.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2019 11:06:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984419

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	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	Cancer
	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 the £200 million allocated to the Cancer Transformation Funding, how much funding each Cancer Alliance (a) received in (i) 2017-2018 and (ii) 2018-2019; and (b) how much such funding remains outstanding.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
	uin	177193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is allocating £200 million transformation funding in 2017/18 and 2018/19 to support Cancer Alliances to deliver improvements in faster and earlier diagnosis and quality of life for people living with a cancer diagnosis. Over £72 million was released in 2017/18 to support Cancer Alliances to transform cancer services. A further £9 million went to Greater Manchester to support its Cancer Alliance, as part of a devolution agreement.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018/19, the allocation for each Cancer Alliance is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cancer Alliance</p></td><td><p>Total Funding (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>6,991,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire and Harrogate</p></td><td><p>5,410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3,445,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>5,552,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>3,307,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber, Coast and Vale</p></td><td><p>3,764,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>14,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>18,103,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>8,842,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>16,094,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>5,369,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent and Medway</p></td><td><p>2,301,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>3,128,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWAG</p></td><td><p>5,084,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peninsula</p></td><td><p>3,179,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>7,282,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East London</p></td><td><p>2,764,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RM Partners</p></td><td><p>12,048,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UCLH Cancer Collaborative</p></td><td><p>11,130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pan-London</p></td><td><p>2,832,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>141,125,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures above include both the revenue and capital funding allocated to each Alliance.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 177194 question first answered 15/10/2018 16:40:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

1037067

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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: Drugs
	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 the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access: heads of agreement, published on 23 November 2018, whether NHS England’s commissioning support programme will be discontinued.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	205950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>It is expected that the commissioning support programme, which provides support for service development relating to medicines, as well as medical devices or other sorts of intervention, will continue for 2019/20. The new voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access includes new commitments to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) appraisals for medicines; any implications will be considered through implementation of the new scheme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:01:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris