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967474

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to secure funding for existing prescribed medicines withdrawal centres.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review was launched in January 2018 and is due to report in spring 2019 and we await its findings. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission services, such as the provision of withdrawal centres for addiction to prescribed medicines, to meet assessed local need. The Government currently has no plans to increase the number of these centres.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce a separate national helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. Help and advice on prescribed drug dependence is already available from the 111 helpline or NHS Choices. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist).</p><p>PHE’s review includes prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence but will not consider evidence further back than 10 years ago. There are no plans to establish a public inquiry into prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9968 HL9969 HL9971 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:06:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

967475

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase the number of prescribed medicines withdrawal centres to cover the whole of England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review was launched in January 2018 and is due to report in spring 2019 and we await its findings. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission services, such as the provision of withdrawal centres for addiction to prescribed medicines, to meet assessed local need. The Government currently has no plans to increase the number of these centres.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce a separate national helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. Help and advice on prescribed drug dependence is already available from the 111 helpline or NHS Choices. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist).</p><p>PHE’s review includes prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence but will not consider evidence further back than 10 years ago. There are no plans to establish a public inquiry into prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9967 HL9969 HL9971 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:06:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

967476

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that in establishing a 24 hour helpline for people affected by prescribed medicines addiction they will also ensure that adequate services are in place to refer patients to.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review was launched in January 2018 and is due to report in spring 2019 and we await its findings. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission services, such as the provision of withdrawal centres for addiction to prescribed medicines, to meet assessed local need. The Government currently has no plans to increase the number of these centres.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce a separate national helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. Help and advice on prescribed drug dependence is already available from the 111 helpline or NHS Choices. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist).</p><p>PHE’s review includes prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence but will not consider evidence further back than 10 years ago. There are no plans to establish a public inquiry into prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9967 HL9968 HL9971 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:06:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

967478

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Benzodiazepines: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will establish a public inquiry into the harmful effects of prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence over the last 50 years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL9971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Parliamentary under Secretary of State (Steve Brine MP) commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to review the evidence for dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines. The review was launched in January 2018 and is due to report in spring 2019 and we await its findings. It is the responsibility of local authorities to commission services, such as the provision of withdrawal centres for addiction to prescribed medicines, to meet assessed local need. The Government currently has no plans to increase the number of these centres.</p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce a separate national helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. Help and advice on prescribed drug dependence is already available from the 111 helpline or NHS Choices. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist).</p><p>PHE’s review includes prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence but will not consider evidence further back than 10 years ago. There are no plans to establish a public inquiry into prescribed benzodiazepine drug dependence.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9967 HL9968 HL9969 question first answered 17/09/2018 14:06:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1108852

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Transplant Surgery: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 19 March (HL14255), how they have concluded that "very few patients in the UK choose" to travel abroad for organ transplants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL14959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>United Kingdom citizens are advised against travelling to less well-regulated countries to seek an organ transplant.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected on people entering the UK who may have had a transplant in another country. Such transplant recipients may or may not become apparent to the National Health Service but the Government does not have any evidence of large-scale travel of British citizens to other regions seeking a transplant. There are no current plans to review the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14960 question first answered 10/04/2019 14:43:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1108853

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Transplant Surgery: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to updating the Human Tissue Act 2004 to ensure that records relating to UK citizens receiving transplant procedures abroad are monitored.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL14960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>United Kingdom citizens are advised against travelling to less well-regulated countries to seek an organ transplant.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected on people entering the UK who may have had a transplant in another country. Such transplant recipients may or may not become apparent to the National Health Service but the Government does not have any evidence of large-scale travel of British citizens to other regions seeking a transplant. There are no current plans to review the Human Tissue Act 2004.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14959 question first answered 10/04/2019 14:43:57 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1086354

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Hernias: Surgical Mesh Implants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will commission research on the number of patients who have been adversely affected by hernia mesh operations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL14390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>In February 2018, the Government announced the establishment of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (IMMDS) Review, led by Baroness Cumberlege. The Review is evaluating what happened in each of the cases of primodos, sodium valproate and surgical mesh, including whether the processes pursued to date have been sufficient and satisfactory. The Review will make recommendations for future change to the United Kingdom healthcare system which the Government will consider in full.</p><p>At this time, there is no specific intention to develop a separate national registry of patients who have received mesh hernia repair treatments. The Government remains committed to driving system and regulatory change where required in the interests of patient safety. Recent Parliamentary debates have considered the scope of the IMMDS Review and the wider issues of safety and innovation within medical devices regulation and their use.</p><p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including hernia repair; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions.</p><p>The Government is committed to making additional improvements to the system of medical device regulation including in response to the IMMDS Safety Review once it has reported.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14392 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:06:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1086357

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	Hernias: Surgical Mesh Implants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to establishing a national registry of patients who have received mesh hernia repair treatments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL14392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>In February 2018, the Government announced the establishment of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (IMMDS) Review, led by Baroness Cumberlege. The Review is evaluating what happened in each of the cases of primodos, sodium valproate and surgical mesh, including whether the processes pursued to date have been sufficient and satisfactory. The Review will make recommendations for future change to the United Kingdom healthcare system which the Government will consider in full.</p><p>At this time, there is no specific intention to develop a separate national registry of patients who have received mesh hernia repair treatments. The Government remains committed to driving system and regulatory change where required in the interests of patient safety. Recent Parliamentary debates have considered the scope of the IMMDS Review and the wider issues of safety and innovation within medical devices regulation and their use.</p><p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including hernia repair; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions.</p><p>The Government is committed to making additional improvements to the system of medical device regulation including in response to the IMMDS Safety Review once it has reported.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL14390 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:06:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1059206

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	NHS: Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase the awareness of the applicable sentencing guidelines in relation to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 amongst NHS Estates Managers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL13593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 apply to all National Health Service construction and design work and as such are implemented across all capital investment, including the responsibilities of specific professionals employed. There are no current plans to increase awareness of these regulations. The relevant National Health Service staff are aware of the contents of the Regulations including the sentencing guidelines. No recent discussions have taken place with the Construction Industry Training Board by NHS Improvement and the Department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL13594 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:00:47 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1059207

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	NHS: Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Construction Industry Training Board about the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, in relation to the NHS Estate, specifically in relation to facilities management.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL13594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015 apply to all National Health Service construction and design work and as such are implemented across all capital investment, including the responsibilities of specific professionals employed. There are no current plans to increase awareness of these regulations. The relevant National Health Service staff are aware of the contents of the Regulations including the sentencing guidelines. No recent discussions have taken place with the Construction Industry Training Board by NHS Improvement and the Department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL13593 question first answered 25/02/2019 14:00:47 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath