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1141336

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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	Pharmacy
	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 he is taking to increase the number of community pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	281058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government is not actively looking to increase the number of community pharmacies in England.</p><p>Applications to provide National Health Service pharmaceutical services continue to be determined by NHS England and NHS Improvement, informed by the local pharmaceutical needs assessment, which outlines the level of NHS pharmaceutical services provision in a given area, including if there are any gaps or unmet needs.</p><p>In England, access to NHS pharmaceutical services is good. There are over 11,500 community pharmacies, which is 12% more than a decade ago. This coverage means that 80% of the population live within 20 minutes walking distance of a community pharmacy, with more pharmacies in the most deprived areas.</p><p>Maintaining access to NHS pharmaceutical services remains an important priority for the Government. We will continue to maintain the good level of access we have in England through the Pharmacy Access Scheme, which provides additional financial support to pharmacies in areas where there are fewer pharmacies.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/08/2019 11:27:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1169614

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	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	Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor
	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 (a) effectiveness and (b) availability of the drug Trikafta for people with cystic fibrosis.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	1452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. Elexacaftor, tezacaftor and ivacaftor combination therapy (or triple therapy, marketed in the United States as Trikafta) does not yet have a marketing authorisation for use in the United Kingdom and the dates for licensing have not yet been confirmed.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinical and cost effective use of NHS resources. It is a condition of the agreement reached between NHS England, NHS Improvement and Vertex that the company will submit its full portfolio of cystic fibrosis medicines, including its new triple therapy to NICE for appraisal.</p><p>NICE has begun work for the appraisal and further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/proposed/gid-ta10566" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/proposed/gid-ta10566</a></p><p>NICE will invite the company to provide an evidence submission immediately after the triple therapy has been formally referred to its work programme, expected in February.</p><p>Subject to licensing, in order to recommend the triple therapy for routine NHS funding, NICE will need to be assured that Vertex have priced it at a level that is fair to both the NHS and UK taxpayer. In the period leading up that, NICE will work extensively with the company and other stakeholders on putting the best possible evidence submission to its independent advisory committee.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/01/2020 12:49:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1249528

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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	Gender Dysphoria: Surgery
	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 gender reassignment and gender affirmation operations were carried out by the NhS in each year since 2000 for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	113221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of finished consultant episodes (FCE) where a main or secondary procedure for gender reassignment has been recorded for each year from 2000-01 to 2019-20.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>3,407</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>A FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under on consultant within one healthcare provider.</li><li>Figures so not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</li></ol> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2021 16:32:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1287097

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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	Antidepressants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rate of antidepressant prescriptions was in each local authority in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	155377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested. Data on all prescribed items is not routinely collected at English local authority level. Information is not held for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as this is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 25/02/2021 11:48:15 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 84784 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1226771

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Training
	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 staff in his Department have undertaken unconscious bias training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	77792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows how many staff at the Department have undertaken unconscious bias training in the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reporting year</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020</p></td><td><p>1 April 2020 - 24 July 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of staff who have undertaken training</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>505*</p></td><td><p>130**</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Data is held on the Civil Service Learning platform.</li><li>Data is not held for the years prior to 1 April 2018.</li><li>Figures are completion rates, however:</li></ol><p>*figure includes 84 starts of unconscious bias training that is started, but not completed</p><p>**figure includes 24 starts of unconscious bias training that is started, but not completed</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/09/2020 09:47:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1230110

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	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 roles in his Department have either equality, diversity or inclusion in the job title.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	83929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I), with a strategy which aims to create an inclusive culture where difference is valued, diversity is harnessed, and everyone has equal opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>Within the Department we have 10 posts which have either ‘equality, diversity or inclusion’ in the job title. Seven of these roles are within Human Resources and the remaining are in the different business areas.</p><p>Within the Department, there are also five posts with ‘inequalities’ in the job title and two posts with ‘neurodiversity’ in the job title.</p><p>In addition to this, we have visible Senior D&amp;I Champions in place and their role includes sponsorship and aligning priorities and forward plans with staff networks. The Departmental Champions works with other Civil Service D&amp;I Champions to push forward the diversity and inclusion agenda across the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2020 12:12:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1232028

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Training
	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 Department spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	86149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows how much the Department has spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reporting year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 – March 2020</p></td><td><p>£12,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018 – March 2019</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017 – March 2018</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016 – March 2017</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 – March 2016</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Required Unconscious Bias online training for all staff which is accessed via Civil Service Learning forms part of the Civil Service Learning offer. Although we pay a yearly subscription cost for all Civil Service Learning, we are not able to provide a breakdown of spend for the required Unconscious Bias online training for all staff accessed via Civil Service Learning.</p><p>In addition to online training, in 2019-20 we held and paid for face to face Unconscious Bias workshops as part of Senior Civil Service and management training programmes.</p><p>Whilst our records show a spend of £12,234 for April 2019 to March 2020, learning on Unconscious Bias is built into other learning programmes, such as our line management training offer. This includes workshops on ‘Leading Inclusive Teams’ and ‘Building Effective Teams’. It is not possible to extract the amount spent on Unconscious Bias where this forms part of a broader training offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/09/2020 13:29:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1232926

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	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 members of staff in their Department have one or more of the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	87647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I), with a strategy which aims to create an inclusive culture where difference is valued, diversity is harnessed, and everyone has equal opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>Within the Department we have 10 posts which have either ‘equality, diversity or inclusion, gender, LGBT or race’ in the job title. Seven of these roles are within Human Resources and the remaining are in the different business areas.</p><p>Within the Department, there are also five posts with ‘inequalities’ in the job title and two posts with ‘neurodiversity’ in the job title.</p><p>In addition to this, we have visible Senior D&amp;I Champions in place and their role includes sponsorship and aligning priorities and forward plans with staff networks, such as the Equality Matters network for race and PRISM network for LGBT+ matters. The Departmental Champions works with other Civil Service D&amp;I Champions to push forward the diversity and inclusion agenda across the Civil Service. In the Department, Champion roles include a LGBT+ Champion and Race Champion as well as Champions for other protected characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/09/2020 13:38:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1275172

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	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
	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 publish the CRITCON level for each hospital for which data is available on each day in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	136051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>CRITCON scores are used as part of operational data to support the day to day delivery of services. These scores are a snapshot and can change rapidly within hours of being recorded. In this context this data is not routinely published.</p><p>The ‘Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report’, highlighting pressures on the National Health Service is published at trust level and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/urgent-and-emergency-care-daily-situation-reports-2020-21/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/urgent-and-emergency-care-daily-situation-reports-2020-21/</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/01/2021 15:52:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 74062 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1230127

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
	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 members of staff in NHS England have equality, diversity or inclusion in their job title.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	83944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>To provide the highest standard of care it is vital that the National Health Service workforce reflects the diverse communities that it serves. With regards to current employees of NHS England with either of the three characteristics ‘Equality, Diversity or Inclusion’ in their job title, there are 28 employees and one secondee who fit this description.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/09/2020 16:52:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien