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1006996

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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	Cancer
	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 number of specialists required in the cancer workforce by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	191336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Health Education England published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December 2017, which commits to an expansion in the cancer workforce. The recommendations from this plan include actions to ensure there are enough staff with the right skills to deliver the funded activity set out in the Cancer Taskforce Strategy by 2021, and focuses on priority professions to do this.</p><p> </p><p>HEE intends to produce a longer-term strategy that looks at the workforce needs beyond 2021. This planning is now being fully aligned with the National Health Service long term plan and associated ambitions for further development of cancer services. This will include exploring sustainable growth beyond 2021 in key professions through continued investment in training places, with a greater focus on attracting and retaining students and improving the numbers of qualified professionals who go on to work in the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2018 11:39:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1011426

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will respond to the recent Cancer Research UK report entitled Securing a Cancer Workforce For The Best Outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	194056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December 2017, which commits to the expansion of capacity and skills including:</p><p>- 200 additional clinical endoscopists (in addition to 200 already committed to);</p><p>- 300 reporting radiographers by 2021;</p><p>- An ambition to increase improved working practices, attracting qualified people back to the National Health Service through domestic and international recruitment, more clinical radiologists, histopathologists, oncologists and radiographers by 2021;</p><p>- The expansion of Clinical Nurse Specialists and develop common and consistent competencies for this role with a clear route into training; and</p><p>- Sustainable growth beyond 2021 in key professions through continued investment in training places, with a greater focus on attracting and retaining students and improving the numbers of qualified professionals who go on to work in the NHS.</p><p>HEE intends to follow the plan later this year with a longer-term strategy that looks at the workforce needs beyond 2021. This will include exploring sustainable growth beyond 2021 in key professions through continued investment in training places, with a greater focus on attracting and retaining students and improving the numbers of qualified professionals who go on to work in the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/11/2018 17:03:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1019966

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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: Staff
	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 29 November 2018 to Question 194056, whether his Department has estimated the cost of Health Education England's workforce proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	198764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has confirmed funding of over £600 million between 2017/18 and 2020/21 to support delivery of the Cancer Strategy for England.</p><p> </p><p>Funding of Cancer workforce commitments made in Health Education England (HEE)’s Cancer Workforce Plan published in December 2017 is contained in HEE's overall budget and is not separately identifiable.</p><p> </p><p>Going forward, cancer services will be included in the forthcoming National Health Service long-term plan.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/12/2018 11:31:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1027367

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	Homeopathy
	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 Answer of 10 October 2017 to Question 901025 on NHS: Homeopathy, what assessment NICE has made of the clinical effectiveness of homeopathy services for patients.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	202783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has made a number of recommendations in clinical guidelines that do not support the use of homeopathy in a range of clinical settings, including lower urinary tract symptoms in men, atopic eczema in under 12s and inducing labour. The guidelines are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg97" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg97</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg57" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg57</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg70" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg70</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2018 14:20:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1028650

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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	Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group
	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 (a) role and (b) responsibilities are of the Chief Executive of Tameside and Glossop NHS Clinical Commissioning Group.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	203819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The role of the Accountable Officer, which is equivalent to a Chief Executive, is summarised by the Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group Constitution as:</p><p>“i. being responsible for ensuring that the clinical commissioning group fulfils its duties to exercise its functions effectively, efficiently, and economically thus ensuring improvement in the quality of services and in the health of the local population whilst maintaining value for money,</p><p>ii. at all times ensuring that the regularity and propriety of expenditure is discharged, and that arrangements are put in place to ensure that good practice (as identified through relevant national bodies and agencies) is embodied and that safeguarding of funds is ensured through effective financial and management systems,</p><p>iii. working closely with the Chair of the Governing Body, the Accountable Officer will ensure that proper constitutional, governance, and development arrangements are put in place to assure the members (through the Governing Body) of the organisation’s on-going capability and capacity to meet its duties and responsibilities. This will include arrangements for the on-going development of its members and staff.”</p><p> </p><p>The key responsibilities of the Accountable Officer are defined by NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG as:</p><p>&quot;i.T o contribute to developing the strategic direction of the GP Commissioning Consortium (GPCC), translating the strategic objectives of the Consortium into operational plans and managing their delivery.</p><p>ii. To lead the accreditation process for licencing of the Consortium, working with NHS North West and the Greater Manchester Cluster to ensure that accreditation criteria is met and that the Consortium is successful is successful in its application to become an authorised GPCC by April 2012/2013 and can be established as a NHS Consortium statutory body.</p><p>iii. To lead the development of the transition plan, developing organisational structures, systems and processes and ensuring that they are fit for purpose and working closely with the Greater Manchester Cluster in order to implement Quality, Innovation, Prevention and Productivity plans and reach consensus on shared services, risk management and commissioning approaches.</p><p>iv. To be responsible for ensuring wide engagement with senior stakeholders from the local health and social care economy, developing and maintaining existing partnership working and actively pursuing opportunities to partnerships within the community which will promote the health and wellbeing of the population.</p><p>v. To provide or procure comprehensive commissioning and support functions to support the Consortium, performance managing their delivery.”</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found in the attached document.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/01/2019 14:56:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name SP AO TGCCG.PDF title PQ203819 attached document
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1037004

	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	Dementia: Home Care Services
	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 can facilitate a meeting between the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish, the chief executive of Tameside and Glossop NHS Clinical Commissioning Group and the hon. Member's constituent Lisa Evans to discuss the effect of integrated dementia home care services in Tameside.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	205849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate for the Secretary of State to intervene regarding these matters as there are separate statutory processes for dealing with complaints. In particular, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has extensive powers to address individuals’ concerns if the organisation has failed to satisfy the constituent so far.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 205850 question first answered 15/01/2019 12:13:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1037005

	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	Dementia: Home Care 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 meet the hon Member for Denton and Reddish to discuss the accountability of the chief executive of Tameside and Glossop NHS Clinical Commissioning Group in respect of the case of the hon. Member's constituent Lisa Evans.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	205850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate for the Secretary of State to intervene regarding these matters as there are separate statutory processes for dealing with complaints. In particular, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has extensive powers to address individuals’ concerns if the organisation has failed to satisfy the constituent so far.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 205849 question first answered 15/01/2019 12:13:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1038402

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	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	Independent Breast Screening Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Independent Breast Screening Review, published on 13 December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	206780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department along with Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England is reviewing the recommendations of the recent Independent review of Breast Screening and will be publishing a full response on behalf of the Government shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will ensure that steps are taken to implement a system that ensures a uniform national approach to the interpretation and implementation of breast screening policy, once that policy has been agreed. The Department, PHE and NHS England will continue to work together to ensure the safe delivery of the breast screening programme through agreed responsibilities and governance mechanisms.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/01/2019 16:23:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1077327

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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	5G: Health Hazards
	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 public health risks of the full roll-out of 5G.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	225439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and health evidence reviews have been prepared by scientific expert groups in the United Kingdom and around the world. The independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (AGNIR) published their report in the UK in 2012 and the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) published their report in 2015. The World Health Organization is also currently preparing a review. The AGNIR report is available to view at following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects</a></p><p>The SCENIHR report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf</a></p><p>Based on the accumulated evidence and reviews, Public Health England (PHE) advises that the guidelines of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) should be adopted and currently there is no strong evidence that EMF exposures below the ICNIRP guideline levels cause adverse health effects.</p><p>PHE has committed to keeping emerging evidence under review and to preparing another comprehensive review when sufficient new evidence has accumulated.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/02/2019 16:25:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1078536

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Smoking: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of services provided by local authorities to help people give up smoking.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	226631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital collects quarterly data from stop smoking services in England, recording the number of people making a quit attempt, the numbers that are successful, demographic variables and success rates by different quitting methods.</p><p> </p><p>The effectiveness of services has remained steady in recent years with a 50% quit rate on average, with substantially higher success rates for some quit methods. The latest statistics on National Health Service stop smoking services in England are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/statistics-on-nhs-stop-smoking-services-in-england" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/statistics-on-nhs-stop-smoking-services-in-england</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/03/2019 16:56:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne