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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

809010

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
	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 ensure that the increases in the number of staff recruited as a result of the Government’s cancer plan are in line with local implementation plans so as to guarantee equality of provision across the country.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	120119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>On 5 December 2017 Health Education England (HEE) published its Cancer Workforce Plan. The plan outlined how HEE working with other arm’s length bodies will lead the workforce planning process for cancer at a national and local level.</p><p> </p><p>Workforce plans are to be submitted as part of, and aligned to Operational and Sustainability Transformation Plans (STPs) by March 2018 (unless otherwise agreed). STPs bring National Health Service providers, commissioners, local authorities, and other health and care services together to propose how they, at local level, can improve the way that health and care is planned and delivered in a more person-centred and coordinated way.</p><p> </p><p>To support this process, HEE will share regional data and host a national peer-learning event in January 2018 between Cancer Alliances and local HEE teams.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/12/2017 11:43:43 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805991

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accountable Care Organisations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received representations from NHS Trusts to allow them to create accountable care organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	119201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not received representations from National Health Service trusts. It is for local commissioners working with NHS England to decide who can use the draft contract. We believe it is right that local NHS leaders and clinicians have the autonomy to decide the best solutions to improve care for the patients they know best.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2017 16:39:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

816937

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Prescribing
	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 encourage the use of social prescribing by GPs; and what recent discussions has he had with NHS Clinical Commissioners on social prescribing.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	121364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to the development of social prescribing due to both its ability to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and its potential to take pressure off general practice and other services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is encouraging general practitioners (GPs) to support social prescribing as one of the ten high impact actions to release capacity set out in the GP Forward View. NHS England is working with federations of GPs to increase support for social prescribing. Regional social prescribing networks spread good practice and innovation in social prescribing across England, providing support for clinical commissioning group commissioners and practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent discussions between the Secretary of State and NHS Clinical Commissioners on social prescribing. NHS England’s Clinical Lead for Social Prescribing met Julie Wood, CEO of NHS Clinical Commissioners in October 2017 to discuss how to raise the profile of social prescribing amongst commissioners.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 11:52:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

809873

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has commissioned on the diagnosis and treatment of ME.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	120493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research, has recently commissioned one project on the treatment of symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Professor Esther Crawley, of the University of Bristol, was awarded funding for research entitled, ‘Investigating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of using FITNET to treat paediatric CFS/ME in the UK’. This project began in May 2016. Full details of the research can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/14192109/#/summary-of-research" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/14192109/#/summary-of-research</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/12/2017 14:31:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

809872

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that the training of GPs includes the latest evidence on how to diagnose and treat ME.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	120492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The postgraduate training curriculum of doctors is set by the relevant Royal College and has to meet the standards set by the General Medical Council (GMC). It emphasises the skills and attributes that a doctor must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and to develop a treatment plan to meet patients’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC published revised standards for postgraduate training curricula in May 2017. These provide an integrated standards framework for the development, approval and provision of postgraduate medical education and training in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/12/2017 11:39:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

816763

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that medical students are acquiring the basic clinical skills to make a diagnosis of ME/CFS.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	121190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council, which is an independent statutory body.</p><p> </p><p>This includes setting the standards of education at undergraduate level and approving medical school curricula, which emphasise the skills and approaches that medical students and newly qualified doctors must develop in order to deal effectively with whatever is presented to them and ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 10/01/2018 17:17:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew