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1002553

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date	06/11/2018
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	Ambulance Services: Standards
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 NHS England new story, New ambulance service standards announced, published on 13 July 2017, how many heart attack and stroke patients have been seen within ambulance performance target times.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	188785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Ambulance quality indicators, including response time performance and specific measures for stroke and heart attack patients, are published by NHS England at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/11/2018 11:53:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1002105

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the (a) West Midlands and (b) England who experience Pathological Demand Avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	188184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of people who experience pathological demand avoidance in the West Midlands or England.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2018 13:46:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1002533

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Charles Bonnet Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2017 to Question 119869 on Charles Bonnet Syndrome, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with that syndrome in the last year; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people living with that syndrome receive adequate levels of treatment and support.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	188893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made by the Department of the number of people diagnosed with Charles Bonnet Syndrome in the last year, it is not part of the Department’s role to directly raise awareness of any individual diseases with National Health Service clinicians.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS website provides information on a number of diseases including Charles Bonnet Syndrome. This can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/11/2018 11:19:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1002040

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a policy on earlier diagnosis of dementia.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	188061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s mandate to NHS England requires NHS England to deliver the actions set out in the Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan. The Implementation Plan envisages that:</p><p> </p><p>“In every part of the country people with dementia having equal access to diagnosis as for other conditions, with an expectation that the national average for an initial assessment should be 6 weeks following a referral from a GP (where clinically appropriate), and that no one should be waiting several months for an initial assessment of dementia.”</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2018 12:30:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1002548

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Endoscopy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been made available to enable hospitals to increase their numbers of endoscopists to meet current and future demand.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	188700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>To address the increasing demand for endoscopy services, Health Education England (HEE) has worked with the Joint Advisory Committee on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy to develop a clinical endoscopist training programme.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is providing an employer support package of £15,000 per National Health Service trainee to trusts for the programme. This has been provided to cohorts starting in September and December 2018 and for April and October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>An initial evaluation shows trainees are helping to meet clinical demand, reduce waiting lists and contributing to a good patient experience.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/11/2018 11:51:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

1002660

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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 and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the voluntary erasure code in cases where a GP is under investigation.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	188904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the adequacy of the General Medical Council’s (GMC) voluntary erasure code in cases where a general practitioner (or any other doctor) is under investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC is the independent regulator of doctors in the United Kingdom, and is responsible for considering and approving applications for voluntary erasure from the medical register.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/11/2018 11:50:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1001996

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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 Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on securing healthcare agreements with the EU similar to those set out in EU Regulations (a) 883/2004 and (b) 987/2009.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	187987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Withdrawal Agreement provides that reciprocal healthcare should continue until the end of the Implementation Period (until 31 December 2020) and provides longer-term rights for people covered by the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom Government remains focused on securing a broader agreement with the European Union on reciprocal healthcare rights as part of the UK’s future relationship with the EU. It has made clear in the White Paper of July 2018, ‘The Future Relationship Between The United Kingdom and the European Union’, that it is seeking agreement on reciprocal healthcare cover for state pensioners retiring to the EU or the UK, continued participation in the European Health Insurance Card scheme and cooperation on planned medical treatment.</p><p> </p><p>On Friday 26 October, the Government introduced The Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill which will provide the Government with the powers that are needed to fund and effectively implement arrangements for UK nationals to obtain healthcare abroad after the UK exits the EU.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/11/2018 11:54:41 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1002631

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Medical Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on which people are authorised to make notes on a patient's medical record.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	188916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, the Information Governance Alliance published the NHS Records Management Code of Practice which sets out what people working with, or in, National Health Service organisations in England need to do to manage records correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Practice is based on current legal requirements and professional best practice. It includes advice that each NHS organisation should have an overall policy statement on how it manages all its records, including electronic records.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of each NHS organisation to ensure that staff are assigned access to patient records based on their role in the organisation and that, where appropriate, they should document their actions and decisions in patients’ records.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 188917 question first answered 13/11/2018 11:48:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1002634

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Medical Records
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 his Department has taken to ensure that medically unqualified staff do not make additions to patients' medical notes.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	188917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, the Information Governance Alliance published the NHS Records Management Code of Practice which sets out what people working with, or in, National Health Service organisations in England need to do to manage records correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Practice is based on current legal requirements and professional best practice. It includes advice that each NHS organisation should have an overall policy statement on how it manages all its records, including electronic records.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of each NHS organisation to ensure that staff are assigned access to patient records based on their role in the organisation and that, where appropriate, they should document their actions and decisions in patients’ records.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 188916 question first answered 13/11/2018 11:48:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1001900

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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: 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of automated medicine cabinets in reducing the number of deaths linked to medication errors in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 October 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-09-12/174059/" target="_blank">174059</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2018 11:39:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon