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771345

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to launch a scheme to help GPs with indemnity payments; whether that scheme will be targeted at new entrants to the profession; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	107780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health said in a Written Ministerial Statement on 12 October 2017, <em>Official Report</em>, column 28WS, the Department is planning, subject to examination of relevant issues, the development of a state-backed indemnity scheme for general practice in England.​</p><p> </p><p>Any new scheme should meet the needs of current and future general practitioners (GPs), be in the interest of patients, and represent value for money for taxpayers. Transfer of historic liabilities from Medical Defence Organisations (MDOs) to a new scheme would be dependent on satisfactory negotiation with the MDOs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will set up a stakeholder group and arrange a first roundtable next month with the Royal College of General Practitioners, the British Medical Association and other GP representatives to gather views from general practice and agree how best to engage with the sector going forward.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/10/2017 10:32:11 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

776157

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the future role of health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health regularly meets with stakeholders to discuss a variety of topics.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/10/2017 11:46:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

777815

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had the BCG vaccine in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Data is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 02/11/2017 16:27:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

760908

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on vaccinations against meningitis; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	105362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>Decisions on the introduction of vaccinations into the United Kingdom immunisation programme are based on the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), an expert panel that advises the Government on all immunisation matters.</p><p> </p><p>Meningitis can be caused by a range of viruses and bacteria, and can be prevented by a number of vaccinations that are part of the UK programme, including three meningococcal vaccination programmes:</p><p> </p><p>- meningococcal group B offered to babies;</p><p>- meningococcal group C offered to babies as part of a combination vaccination that also protects against Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib); and</p><p>- meningococcal groups A, C, W and Y offered to adolescents in school and some school leavers/university entrants.</p><p> </p><p>Other vaccination programmes that have reduced common causes of meningitis include those using:</p><p> </p><p>- the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine;</p><p>- the Hib vaccine; and</p><p>- the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>The JCVI keeps all vaccination programmes under review and considers new evidence when it becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/10/2017 12:53:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

804266

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to provide incentives to medical students to enter general practice.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	118456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) has implemented a range of improvements to increase the number of general practitioner (GP) training places to 3,250 each year. In 2017 3,157 new starters were recruited to training posts – this is the highest number of GP trainees ever.</p><p>NHS England, HEE, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners have been working together to increase the number of medical students choosing to enter specialty GP training.</p><p>NHS England is funding a £20,000 salary supplement (Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme) to attract GP trainees to work in areas of the country where GP training places have been unfilled for a number of years. In 2018 up to 200 places will be offered.</p><p>The scheme is open to GP trainees committed to working for three years in areas identified by the GP National Recruitment Office as having the hardest to recruit to training places in England. GP training directors identified those areas which had the lowest fill rates consistently over the last four years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/12/2017 17:38:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

781422

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors: Maternity Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he plans to put in place to ensure standards of health visiting are maintained when responsibility for such visitors is transferred from the NHS to local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	110678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Health visitors and school nurses lead and co-ordinate delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (0-19). Health visitors and school nurses or Specialist Community Public Health Nurses are qualified nurses or midwives with an additional specialist graduate level education in community health and health needs. Local authorities (LAs) took over responsibility for commissioning public health services for children aged zero to five from NHS England from 1 October 2015. LAs are mandated to provide or secure the five universal health visitor reviews.</p><p> </p><p>The responsibility for standards for health visitors rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), through their code of practice and entry to part 3 of NMC register. The responsibility for service standards for health visiting services rests with the LA as the commissioner and Care Quality Commission as the regulator.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and Public Health England (PHE) have produced guidance to support both commissioners and local providers including Guidance to support the commissioning of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19: Health Visiting and School Nursing services, available to view here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning</a></p><p>PHE and the Department continue to work with the Local Government Association, professional bodies, and locally through PHE Centres to share evidence and guidance that allows LAs to make the best decisions to meet local needs.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/11/2017 14:33:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

795585

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to change the amount of public funding allocated to the non-NHS providers for children's health services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	116005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 October 2017 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=107392" target="_blank">107392</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups have a statutory responsibility to commission services which meet the needs of their local population. Any decision about use of the private sector is for local commissioners. We are clear that patients should be able to access the best possible treatments based on quality of care rather than the type of provider.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/12/2017 14:23:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

800802

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to co-ordinate the location of defibrillators to ensure that those areas that do not have access to a defibrillator can access one.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	117423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>In order to further support the National Health Service and local communities, the Government provided £2 million to make public access defibrillators more widely available and to increase the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.</p><p> </p><p>Local commissioners, working closely with their communities, are best placed to make decisions on the location of defibrillators.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2017 14:08:46 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

802382

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the level of funding allocated by his Department to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	118069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Investment in mental health is increasing, and being spent and this Government has prioritised mental health for children and young people. We are making an additional £1.4 billion available over 2015/16 – 2019/20 which is being used to expand and improve mental health services for children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>The recently published Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper on 4 December 2017 contains proposals to further increase early intervention and support for children and young people experiencing or at risk of mental health problems. The proposals as set out in the Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health would cost £215 million over the next three years towards the creation of Mental Health Support Teams, piloting a four week waiting time standard and rolling out mental health first aid training to primary schools.</p><p> </p><p>We will make funding available to fund the full cost of the final proposals. We will also provide up to £15-20 million each year from 2019 to cover costs of training Designated Senior Leads in schools and colleges, until all schools and colleges have had the chance to train a lead (we expect total funding to be up to £95 million).</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/12/2017 14:39:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805202

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Incinerators: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the study on incinerators by the Small Area Health Statistics Unit will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	118874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>It is expected that papers from the project will be submitted by the Small Area Health Statistics Unit to peer reviewed journals in early 2018, and it is likely that the papers will be published a few months after submission.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/12/2017 17:19:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew