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901371

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	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	Dental Health
	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 regional distribution of dental gum disease specialists is.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	142841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/05/2018 16:24:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

862047

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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 Trusts: Hygiene
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the deadline of the end of 2017 for Public Health England to publish data on hand gel usage in NHS trusts has not been met.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	132466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of this ambition. Public Health England (PHE) has carried out some initial analysis with available data, however, currently the data is incomplete and would not give a true reflection of usage of hand gel.</p><p>The Department is continuing to work with PHE and NHS Improvement to determine methods to obtain hand gel data and produce a hand hygiene indicator underlying the critical link between hygiene and infection prevention.</p><p>Preventing infections is a priority for the Secretary of State and the Department published a revised code of practice setting good practice on hand hygiene compliance and strengthened the Infection Prevention and Control and antimicrobial stewardship framework for healthcare providers. The Department is also working with our partners across the health and social care system, including the Care Quality Commission, to ensure that consideration of best practice in hand hygiene policies remains a focus of inspections in acute trusts.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/03/2018 17:54:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

855776

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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	Genetics: Screening
	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 the Government has made of the effect on (a) jobs and (b) patient care of the potential reduction of genetic testing facilities in Newcastle.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	131081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has welcomed and accepted the recommendations in the Chief Medical Officer for England Annual Report ‘Generation Genome’ published in July 2017. In her report, Dame Sally Davies recommended the recommissioning of genomics services nationally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England launched a procurement for genomic laboratory services in December 2017, which is still live. The aim of the procurement is to put in place a world-class resource for the National Health Service delivering cutting-edge genomic technology to deliver equitable access for patient benefit. As part of the evaluation NHS England will assess, amongst other areas, the proposed organisational and governance structures of the genomic laboratories and their ability to deliver high quality genomic tests equitably to patients across England.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/03/2018 11:57:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

855777

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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	100,000 Genomes Project
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has plans to commission an external evaluation of the 100,000 genomes project.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	131082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The project is regularly reviewed by Infrastructure and Projects Authority which provides independent assurance to the most complex and strategically significant projects across Government.</p><p> </p><p>A number of pilot sites were in operation prior to the start of the 100,000 Genomes Project. Following the evaluation of these pilot projects, processes were put in place for how the 100,000 Genomes Project is delivered at scale across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Learning from the 100,000 Genomes Project has been key to the development of a new National Genomic Medicine Service and National Genomic Test Directory by the National Health Service in England both of which will become operational in autumn 2018.</p><p> </p><p>A study ‘Understanding Experiences of Recruiting for and Participating in Genomics Research’ is being undertaken at the Departmental–funded Policy Innovation Research Unit. The study will include people's experience of taking part in the 100,000 Genomes Project and is due to report in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/03/2018 11:58:34 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

846370

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Dental Services: North East
	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 money was returned to the public purse from (a) Newcastle Central and (b) North East dental practices in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	129024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2018 17:18:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

846371

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Dental Services : Fees and Charges
	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 increase of patient contributions to NHS dental costs has been over the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	129025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The two tables below show respectively the actual patient charges that applied, by band, in each of the last seven years and the percentage increase each year that represents, by band.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 1</p></td><td><p>£17.00</p></td><td><p>£17.50</p></td><td><p>£18.00</p></td><td><p>£18.50</p></td><td><p>£18.80</p></td><td><p>£19.70</p></td><td><p>£20.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 2</p></td><td><p>£47.00</p></td><td><p>£48.00</p></td><td><p>£49.00</p></td><td><p>£50.50</p></td><td><p>£51.30</p></td><td><p>£53.90</p></td><td><p>£56.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3</p></td><td><p>£204.00</p></td><td><p>£209.00</p></td><td><p>£214.00</p></td><td><p>£219.00</p></td><td><p>£222.50</p></td><td><p>£233.70</p></td><td><p>£244.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urgent</p></td><td><p>£17.00</p></td><td><p>£17.50</p></td><td><p>£18.00</p></td><td><p>£18.50</p></td><td><p>£18.80</p></td><td><p>£19.70</p></td><td><p>£20.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urgent</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on increases to National Health Service patient charges, including dental patient charges, are made carefully. Many patients are either exempt or entitled to help with charges. NHS dental patient charges do not apply to children (all those under 18 or under 19 if still in full time education). All pregnant and nursing mothers and those on qualifying benefits are also exempt. In addition, adults who are not in receipt qualifying benefits but are on a low income may qualify for full or partial help with charges through the Low Income Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 129026 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:13:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

846372

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Dental Services : Fees and Charges
	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 rate of inflation of NHS dental charges to patients.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	129026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The two tables below show respectively the actual patient charges that applied, by band, in each of the last seven years and the percentage increase each year that represents, by band.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 1</p></td><td><p>£17.00</p></td><td><p>£17.50</p></td><td><p>£18.00</p></td><td><p>£18.50</p></td><td><p>£18.80</p></td><td><p>£19.70</p></td><td><p>£20.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 2</p></td><td><p>£47.00</p></td><td><p>£48.00</p></td><td><p>£49.00</p></td><td><p>£50.50</p></td><td><p>£51.30</p></td><td><p>£53.90</p></td><td><p>£56.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3</p></td><td><p>£204.00</p></td><td><p>£209.00</p></td><td><p>£214.00</p></td><td><p>£219.00</p></td><td><p>£222.50</p></td><td><p>£233.70</p></td><td><p>£244.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urgent</p></td><td><p>£17.00</p></td><td><p>£17.50</p></td><td><p>£18.00</p></td><td><p>£18.50</p></td><td><p>£18.80</p></td><td><p>£19.70</p></td><td><p>£20.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>5.0%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urgent</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on increases to National Health Service patient charges, including dental patient charges, are made carefully. Many patients are either exempt or entitled to help with charges. NHS dental patient charges do not apply to children (all those under 18 or under 19 if still in full time education). All pregnant and nursing mothers and those on qualifying benefits are also exempt. In addition, adults who are not in receipt qualifying benefits but are on a low income may qualify for full or partial help with charges through the Low Income Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 129025 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:13:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

846374

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Dental Services: Care Homes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what system is in place for people in care homes to receive dental health care.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	129027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has a legal duty to commission National Health Service dental services to meet local need and people living in care homes may, if able, access care through high street dental provision. NHS England is expected, where an individual is unable to leave his or her home or care home, to commission appropriate domiciliary services.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ‘Oral Health in Care Homes’ quality standard is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs151/chapter/Quality-statement-1-Oral-health-assessment-in-care-homes" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs151/chapter/Quality-statement-1-Oral-health-assessment-in-care-homes</a></p><p>This provides guidance to care home staff on assessing the oral health needs of patients on admission and advises on the need for residents to be helped to find a dentist if they do not already have one.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2018 17:19:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

846375

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Dental Health: Older People
	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 assessment he has made of the implications for dental health of an ageing population.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	129028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The national Adult Dental Health Survey is carried out every decade and provides the only source of essential evidence on adult oral health status, oral health inequalities, oral health related quality of life and oral health behaviours in England. The last survey results from 2009 is available to view here:</p><p><a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/pubs/dentalsurveyfullreport09" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/pubs/dentalsurveyfullreport09</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2016, Public Health England published, ‘What is Known About the Oral Health of Older People in England and Wales: A review of oral health surveys of older people’. This summarises what is already known about the current and future oral health needs of older people in England and Wales. The report can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/489756/What_is_known_about_the_oral_health_of_older_people.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/489756/What_is_known_about_the_oral_health_of_older_people.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>A survey of mildly dependent older people was undertaken in England in 2015-16, and results of this will be published in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2018 17:17:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

845777

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Social Services: Training
	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 adequacy of the availability of work place training in the care sector; and whether such training is within the remit of the Care Quality Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	128749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of social care provider organisations to ensure their employees are suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced. They are also responsible for ensuring their employees receive appropriate support, training and professional development, to enable them to carry out the duties they are employed to perform.</p><p> </p><p>The role of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is not to assess work place training within the care sector or if the correct training provision is provided. The CQC’s remit is to understand whether or not the regulated provider can demonstrate that they have adequate numbers of appropriately skilled, competent and knowledgeable staff in place to meet the needs of those they provide a service to.</p><p> </p><p>Where the CQC observes or has evidence that staff are not being supported, trained or enabled to do their job safely or effectively, and determines that this has an impact on the quality and safety of care people are experiencing, it may take action.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/02/2018 13:14:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah