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1002076

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Mental Health Services: Schools
	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 announcement in Budget 2018, what his Department's timescale is for implementing school-based mental health support teams; and by what date he plans for mental health support teams to be extended across the country.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	188023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Work on developing mental health support teams for schools forms part of the work to implement the proposals set out in the Green Paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’. The first wave of recruitment for the Educational Mental Health Practitioners who will form part of these teams is now under way and 210 people will take their places on specialist training courses from January 2019. These trainees will start working in schools during 2019. The initial local areas, or trailblazer sites, that will trial the Green Paper proposals will be announced by the end of the year. As stated in the Green Paper, we plan to roll out the teams to between a fifth and a quarter of the country by 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/11/2018 15:47:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1002086

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Mental Health Services: Schools
	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 additional (a) child and adolescent psychiatrists, (b) psychotherapists and (c) mental health nurses that will be required to deliver school-based mental health support teams throughout England.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	188026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We are setting up new Mental Health Support Teams to deliver mental health interventions for those with mild to moderate needs in or close to schools and colleges, referring those with more severe needs on to specialist services. The teams will support and join up with existing professionals such as educational psychologists, school nurses and health visitors. We expect the teams to comprise a mix of more junior and more senior staff; there will be funding available to support the teams and will also support the cost of supervision from qualified staff in National Health Service children’s mental health services. There will also be a new role, Educational Mental Health Practitioner, with the recruitment for this role currently underway and 210 places available across the country.</p><p> </p><p>There are no ready-made answers about the overall make-up of teams and how they should operate, and we are clear that we do not want to impose a model that does not take account of the existing local context. It will therefore be important to design national roll-out on the basis of the experience from the trailblazer programme. The trailblazer sites will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/11/2018 15:37:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1002087

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	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 and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 5.10 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, what the (a) composition and (b) structure will be of the children and young people’s mental health crisis teams.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	188027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We are not currently able to provide the details requested about the composition and structure of the children and young people’s mental health crisis teams.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has asked the National Health Service to develop a long-term plan which will set out a vision for the health service and we have been clear that better access to mental health services, to help achieve the Government’s commitment to parity of esteem between mental and physical health, is one of the principles which must underpin the plan. The 2018 Budget set out some aspects of what the long-term plan will contain, and further details will follow when the plan is published.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/11/2018 15:43:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1003603

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	NHS: Civil Proceedings
	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 has been spent by (a) Health Education England and (b) Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust on (i) legal fees and (ii) other costs associated with defending legal action brought by Dr Chris Day.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	189610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is aware that Dr Chris Day took legal action against Health Education England (HEE) and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, between 2014-18, which was settled on the basis of him withdrawing the claim.</p><p> </p><p>HEE spent a total of £433,000.00 on legal fees and costs, which includes £55,000, which was previously agreed legal costs to Dr Chris Day.</p><p> </p><p>Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust spent a total of £285,500.00 plus VAT in legal fees and does not have any other associated costs.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/11/2018 16:41:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1005766

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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	Mental Health: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the results of the most recent Children and Young People’s Mental Health prevalence survey.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	190384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Mental Health of Children and Young People Survey will be published by NHS Digital shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/11/2018 16:51:34 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1011603

	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	Arthritis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS trusts provide early support for the mental wellbeing of patients with (a) rheumatoid arthritis and (b) adult juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	194089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that long-term conditions, such as arthritis, can have an impact on a person’s mental wellbeing. The guideline ‘Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management’, updated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2018, sets out best practice in the diagnosis, treatment, care and support of people with rheumatoid arthritis. The guidance recommends that patients should be offered psychological interventions (for example, relaxation, stress management and cognitive coping skills to help them to adjust to living with their condition). The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng100" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng100</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/11/2018 17:27:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1017516

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	197602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Between 1 September and 30 November 2018 my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has had eight formal meetings the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) Professor Chris Whitty, and the CSA has seven meetings with other Health Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/12/2018 14:06:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1017519

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England plans to publish the outcome of its review of adult eating disorder services.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	197605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The national review of adult eating disorder services that NHS England commissioned in 2017 is now complete.</p><p> </p><p>Data collected on activity, investment and workforce is being reviewed with stakeholders to inform NHS England’s understanding of current provision and existing levels of parity with eating disorder services for children and young people. The data is informing modelling in support of the development of the National Health Service’s long term plan, which will be launched soon.</p><p> </p><p>Any plans for publication of the NHS benchmarking data will be determined in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/12/2018 14:04:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1020007

	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	Doctors: Facilities
	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 make it his policy to ensure that all doctors have access to a dedicated place to rest (a) during and (b) at the end of their work shift.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	198753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>It is a matter for employers to ensure that rest facilities are provided for all staff during breaks in their work shifts. Staff would normally leave their place of work at the end of their shift.</p><p> </p><p>There are particular provisions in the terms and conditions of doctors in training and consultants covering working at night.</p><p> </p><p>The doctors in training contract states: “Where a doctor is required to work overnight on a resident on-call working pattern, the doctor shall be provided with overnight accommodation for the resident on-call duty period. The consultant contract requires agreement with their employer on those occasions when they would be resident for night duties which, subject to the agreement, may include access to a dedicated place to rest.”</p><p> </p><p>Generally, employers do not require doctors to be resident on call, as all time resident on call is classified as working hours following the Jaeger judgement. It is a matter for employers to consider what rest facilities they wish to provide when a doctor has been called into the hospital and wishes to rest before going home.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/12/2018 11:23:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1020628

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to (a) raise public awareness of the symptoms of eating disorders and (b) encourage people that may have an eating disorder to seek help from a GP.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	199793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of raising awareness and reducing stigma so that more people feel able to talk about their mental health, including eating disorders, and seek treatment. In January 2017, the Prime Minister committed to having mental health first aid training available to secondary schools, aiming to have trained at least one teacher in every secondary school by 2020 and to all primary schools by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has also provided grant funding to the Time to Change national mental health anti-stigma campaign since 2012. Time to Change works with people with experience of mental health problems, including eating disorders, to challenge stigma and to improve social attitudes towards mental health. Time to Change’s website provides information and guidance about eating disorders and provides signposts and links to organisations that can help. This information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/about-mental-health/types-problems/eating-disorders" target="_blank">https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/about-mental-health/types-problems/eating-disorders</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to equip one million people to be better informed to look after their own mental health, so Public Health England is currently leading the development of a £15 million national mental health campaign called ‘Every Mind Matters’.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/12/2018 16:49:37 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1023254

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	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	Healthcare Environmental Services
	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 Written Statement of 11 December 2018 on Clinical Waste, Official Report, HCWS1168, if he will publish the NHS trusts that continue to receive services from Healthcare Environmental Services.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	201130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>As of 13 December, no National Health Service trusts with remaining contacts in place with Healthcare Environment Services are reporting that they are continuing to receive their scheduled clinical waste collections from Healthcare Environmental Services. Contingency arrangements are in place for each of the affected trusts. An optional extension in the Mitie contract has been exercised, which will allow all affected trusts to access a replacement clinical waste collection service, should they choose to do so.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/12/2018 17:40:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1023255

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	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	Healthcare Environmental Services
	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 Written Statement of 11 December 2018 on Clinical Waste, Official Report HCWS1168, what assessment he has made of the reasons why clinical waste from NHS trusts was not collected and properly disposed of by Healthcare Environmental Services.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	201131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is currently investigating the reasons as to why the clinical waste was over the permitted levels on a number of sites owned by Healthcare Environment Services, and they have launched criminal investigations into permit breaches by Healthcare Environmental Services.</p><p>As of 13 December, all the trusts still holding contracts with Healthcare Environment Services have reported that Healthcare Environment Services have failed to meet scheduled waste collections. NHS Improvement sought assurance from Healthcare Environment Services that it has not ceased trading and will continue to provide services. Such assurance has not been forthcoming and contingency arrangements have therefore been put in place for each of the affected trusts.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/12/2018 17:39:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1024791

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	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 10 December 2018 to Question 197605, whether the long-term plan for the NHS will address regional variations in access to specialist support for adults with eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	202083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Mental health will be a core part of the National Health Service long-term plan, including building on the improvements in providing access to good mental health services. The NHS long-term plan is currently in development and will be published shortly by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/12/2018 14:37:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1027226

	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Weather
	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 Winter Daily Situation Report published by NHS England on 13 December 2018, what assessment has been made of the health outcomes of the 25 patients that were diverted to another A&E department between 3 December and 9 December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	202726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s Winter Daily Situation Reports are published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2018-19-data/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2018-19-data/</a></p><p> </p><p>The data record the number of diverts in place and not the number of patients. The plans for diverts are pre-agreed locally between ambulance service and neighbouring trusts and are designed to ensure patients can be seen faster.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202727 question first answered 20/12/2018 12:58:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1027227

	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Weather
	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 Winter Daily Situation Report published by NHS England on 13 December 2018, what distance the 25 patients who were diverted to another A&E department between 3 December and 9 December 2018 had to travel (a) from their local hospital and (b) from their homes.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	202727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s Winter Daily Situation Reports are published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2018-19-data/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2018-19-data/</a></p><p> </p><p>The data record the number of diverts in place and not the number of patients. The plans for diverts are pre-agreed locally between ambulance service and neighbouring trusts and are designed to ensure patients can be seen faster.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202726 question first answered 20/12/2018 12:58:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1027327

	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	Genomics: 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, when he plans to publish the consent framework for the Genomic Medicine Service.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	202765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England and Genomics England are producing materials which will help patients to understand what a genomic test is, what it means for them and their family, how their data will be used and how they can participate in research. These materials are being produced and tested with clinicians, patient representatives and the Royal Colleges to ensure they are appropriate and will be made available in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/12/2018 16:07:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1029415

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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: Drugs
	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 his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) cost of refrigerators bought for the preservation of medicines as part of contingency planning in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	204430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Department’s ‘no deal’ European Union exit contingency planning a tender process to procure additional warehouse space for stockpiled medicines, including ambient, refrigerated and controlled drug storage, was undertaken in October 2018. Contract agreements for storage, including refrigerated storage for around 5,000 pallets of medicines, have recently been signed. The refrigerated storage will cost circa £1 million.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/01/2019 16:12:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1037058

	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendation from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsmen's December 2017 report entitled Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients that his Department and NHS England should review the existing quality and availability of adult eating disorder services to achieve parity with child and adolescent services.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	205840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>In response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report, NHS England has convened a working group with NHS Improvement, Health Education England, the Department and other partners to co-ordinate the actions being taken in response to the recommendations. These actions will inform future planning for improvements to adult eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissioned NHS Benchmarking to collect data on the current levels of provision across community and inpatient services for adults with an eating disorder. This work reported to NHS England in 2018 and a modelling exercise has taken place to establish the baseline, understand the geographical variation, and the cost and workforce required to achieve parity with children and young people’s eating disorder services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/01/2019 17:21:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1038993

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for North Norfolk of 26 July 2018 in relation to Dr Chris Day.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	207165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has received both letters regarding Dr Chris Day from the Rt. hon. Member for North Norfolk and the hon. Member for Ellesmore Port and Neston dated 26 July 2018 and 17 December 2018. Officials are carefully considering their contents and preparing responses and my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State will be responding to the hon. Members’ letters shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 207179 question first answered 15/01/2019 14:10:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1038998

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for North Norfolk and the hon. Member for Ellesmore Port and Neston of 17 December 2018, in relation to Dr Chris Day.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	207179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has received both letters regarding Dr Chris Day from the Rt. hon. Member for North Norfolk and the hon. Member for Ellesmore Port and Neston dated 26 July 2018 and 17 December 2018. Officials are carefully considering their contents and preparing responses and my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State will be responding to the hon. Members’ letters shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 207165 question first answered 15/01/2019 14:10:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1039001

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Epilepsy: Drugs
	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 essential epilepsy medicines imported from the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	207180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>We understand that epilepsy medicines are vitally important to many people in this country. Our contingency plans aim to ensure that the supply of epilepsy medicines and other essential medicines to patients is not disrupted in all European Union exit scenarios, including a ‘no deal’ exit.</p><p> </p><p>That is why on 23 August 2018, the Department wrote to all pharmaceutical companies that supply prescription only medicines and pharmacy medicines to the United Kingdom that come from, or via, the EU or European Economic Area (EEA) asking them to ensure a minimum of six weeks additional supply in the UK, over and above existing business-as-usual buffer stocks, by 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We followed that up on 7 December 2018 when the Department wrote to pharmaceutical companies that supply licensed medicines to the UK from or via the EU/EEA, and/or manufacture medicines in the UK, informing them of the updated reasonable worst-case scenario border planning assumptions and asking them about their current transportation routes and their ability to re-route their supply chains if they currently rely on Dover and/or Folkestone.</p><p> </p><p>In response to those communications we have received very good engagement from industry, including companies supplying epilepsy medicines to the UK, who share our aims of ensuring continuity of medicines supply for patients is maintained and able to cope with any potential delays at the border that may arise in the short term in the event of a ‘no deal’ EU exit.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 15/01/2019 15:53:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1039003

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Epilepsy: Drugs
	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 plans to exclude epilepsy medications from the Serious Shortage Protocol for medicines; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	207181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Any serious shortage protocol would be developed with and signed off by clinicians. Only if clinicians deem it appropriate, an alternative quantity, strength, pharmaceutical form or medicine can be dispensed in line with the protocol. Each protocol would clearly set out what action can be taken by the retail pharmacy, under what circumstances, for which patients and during which period.</p><p> </p><p>Protocols for therapeutic or generic equivalents will not be suitable for all medicines and patients. For example, they would not be suitable for treatments where the medicines that are prescribed need to be prescribed by brand for clinical reasons, for example anti-epilepsy medicines. In these cases, patients would always be referred back to the prescriber for any decision about their treatment before any therapeutic or generic alternative is supplied.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:16:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1039026

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 current uptake of winter 2018-19's influenza vaccination among those who are eligible for free treatment.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	207188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Influenza vaccine coverage is closely monitored, with publication of weekly and monthly reports throughout the flu season. In addition, Public Health England publishes an annual report on gov.uk in the spring with finalised data on vaccine uptake.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the latest available data on the uptake of the influenza vaccine amongst eligible groups for 2018/19:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Patient Group</p></td><td><p>2018/19 (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patients aged 65 years or older</p></td><td><p>69.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patients aged six months to under 65 years in risk groups (excluding pregnant women without other risk factors)</p></td><td><p>45.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pregnant women (including those in risk groups)</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patients aged two years old (including those in risk groups)</p></td><td><p>41.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patients aged three years old (including those in risk groups)</p></td><td><p>43.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Weekly vaccine uptake data snapshot for week one (week ending 6 January 2019)</li><li>Data is provisional and from a sample of 97.2% of all automated general practitioner (GP) practices participating in the 2018/19 sentinel GP Flu survey. The data for the two and three year olds is from a sample of 97.4% of all automated GP practices participating in the 2018/19 sentinel Childhood flu GP</li><li>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2018-to-2019-season" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2018-to-2019-season</a></li><li>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2017-to-2018-season" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-national-flu-reports-2017-to-2018-season</a></li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2019 16:07:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1045947

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 merits of funding the free influenza vaccine for social care staff.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	211142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Flu vaccination of social care workers is recommended to protect staff, protect vulnerable users and to contribute to resilience of the health and social care system in the winter, including prevention of outbreaks in care homes.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2017, NHS England announced additional funding to support vaccination of frontline social care staff working in residential and care homes and in the community and offering direct care to vulnerable people. The 2017/18 NHS seasonal flu programme offered by general practices and community pharmacy was extended to include frontline social care staff. This was continued in 2018/19 and extended to frontline health and care staff working in the voluntary managed hospice sector. This scheme is intended to complement, not replace, any established occupational health schemes that employers have in place to offer the flu vaccination to their workforce.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/01/2019 17:08:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1045948

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 merits of monitoring influenza vaccination uptake among social care staff.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	211143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Frontline social care workers should be provided with influenza vaccine by their employer, with some staff able to access vaccination from their general practitioner or community pharmacy in a scheme funded by NHS England. Collecting comprehensive uptake data at a national level would be challenging. Most social care organisations do not have appropriate systems in place either to deliver influenza vaccine or collect uptake information and there are a large number of organisations, many independent, in the sector.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17, Public Health England undertook a pilot data collection in a sample of 320 care homes across England with a response rate of 51%. 70% of responding care homes do not have systems in place to collect data on staff influenza vaccination. In addition, only 38% of the responding care homes in the study sample provided data on vaccine uptake despite considerable local follow-up.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2018/19 season, NHS England is collecting data on the number of social care workers that access vaccination through the scheme they fund for some staff.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 28/01/2019 17:19:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1054755

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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: Drugs
	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 has received representations on patient anxieties about access to medicines including for epilepsy and depression; and what plans the Government has for communication on the availability of such medicines.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	216146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Medicines shortages are an ongoing issue that the Department manages constantly. The Department receives a wide range of representations regarding the availability of medicines on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Medicines Supply Team has well established procedures to deal with medicine shortages and works closely with all stakeholders to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when they do arise.</p><p> </p><p>Every shortage is different. The decision to communicate, and type of communication, will depend on a number of factors. We work closely with all stakeholders in these situations to provide advice on management options and to consider how best to communicate a supply problem to those affected. Where necessary, we will engage with relevant patient groups regarding specific medicine shortages, including, for example, several epilepsy patient groups.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/02/2019 17:29:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1061086

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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	Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process NICE will use to scope for the review of the NICE appraisal methodology; and whether the issue of combination treatments will be considered within scope.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	221614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of planning how to conduct its scoping of the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations. Scoping will involve industry and other relevant stakeholders, including patient organisations. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/02/2019 17:24:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1063732

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Dismissal
	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 has been spent by East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust on (a) legal fees and (b) other costs associated with terminating the employment of Gordon Fleming and defending legal action brought by him.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	222781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The total legal costs incurred by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, since 2014, in respect of all matters, proceedings and appeals involving Mr Gordon Fleming is £252,162.15 plus VAT. This figure includes disbursements and Counsel’s fees. The Trust is unable to quantify other costs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/02/2019 16:53:33 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1082317

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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	NHS Trusts: Legal Costs
	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 each NHS trust spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases relating to (a) discrimination, (b) unfair dismissal and (c) public interest disclosure in each year since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	228644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Costs for how much each National Health Service trust spent in legal fees defending employment tribunal cares relating to discrimination, unfair dismissal and public interest disclosure since 2016 is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 12:42:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1084430

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	230043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>For the period 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care met with the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) seven times, and the CSA met with other Health and Social Care ministers on 12 occasions.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/03/2019 10:50:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1105875

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Legal Costs
	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 the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spent on legal fees on its appeal to the First Tier Tribunal with respect to the Information Commissioner's Office's decision notices on patient safety and welfare information.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	238289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spent £4,655.29 on legal fees on its appeal to the First Tier Tribunal with respect to the Information Commissioner's Office's decision notices on patient safety and welfare information.</p><p> </p><p>The amount East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases in each year since 2016 is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£267,037.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£213,414.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£325,640.03 (year to date)</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 238290 question first answered 02/04/2019 14:05:46 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1105876

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Legal Costs
	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 the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases in each year since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	238290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spent £4,655.29 on legal fees on its appeal to the First Tier Tribunal with respect to the Information Commissioner's Office's decision notices on patient safety and welfare information.</p><p> </p><p>The amount East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases in each year since 2016 is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£267,037.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£213,414.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£325,640.03 (year to date)</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 238289 question first answered 02/04/2019 14:05:46 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1121453

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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	Vaccination: Research
	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 his oral contribution on 26 March 2019 to Question 910028 on Antimicrobial Resistance: Vaccines, what steps his Department is taking to stimulate research and development into vaccines, including for tuberculosis, as an alternative to antibiotics.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	244039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom national action plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), published on 24 January 2019, contains the commitment to continue to support research into new and alternative treatments, vaccines and diagnostic tests.</p><p>The Government has invested over £350 million in AMR research and development since 2014, including research funding calls with vaccination in scope, most recently the £32 million capital funding call lead by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and the Small Business Research Initiative competition which announced its awards in January 2019. We would expect to consider the role of vaccines for AMR in future programmatic funding.</p><p>The UK supports the development of vaccines through UK Aid programmes such as the Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF) and the UK Vaccine Network. GAMRIF is a £50 million fund to support innovative research and development for AMR, for the benefit of people in low- and middle-income countries, and invests £30 million into preventative measures in human and animal health, including vaccines for AMR not including tuberculosis (TB). The fund includes a £1 million work package with the Bacterial Vaccinology Network which supports early stage research and development around the world to drive the development and uptake of vaccines for AMR in humans and animals.</p><p>The UK supports TB vaccine research through the Medical Research Council (MRC), with support to the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, and through the Joint Global Health Clinical Trials programme represented by the Department for International Development (DFID), MRC, NIHR and Wellcome. DFID’s Agriculture research team is supporting work on bovine TB vaccine development in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 244040 question first answered 24/04/2019 08:08:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1121454

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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	Vaccination: Research
	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 his oral contribution on 26 March 2019 to Question 910028 on Antimicrobial Resistance: Vaccines, what funding he plans to make to stimulate research and development into vaccines as an alternative to antibiotics.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	244040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom national action plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), published on 24 January 2019, contains the commitment to continue to support research into new and alternative treatments, vaccines and diagnostic tests.</p><p>The Government has invested over £350 million in AMR research and development since 2014, including research funding calls with vaccination in scope, most recently the £32 million capital funding call lead by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and the Small Business Research Initiative competition which announced its awards in January 2019. We would expect to consider the role of vaccines for AMR in future programmatic funding.</p><p>The UK supports the development of vaccines through UK Aid programmes such as the Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF) and the UK Vaccine Network. GAMRIF is a £50 million fund to support innovative research and development for AMR, for the benefit of people in low- and middle-income countries, and invests £30 million into preventative measures in human and animal health, including vaccines for AMR not including tuberculosis (TB). The fund includes a £1 million work package with the Bacterial Vaccinology Network which supports early stage research and development around the world to drive the development and uptake of vaccines for AMR in humans and animals.</p><p>The UK supports TB vaccine research through the Medical Research Council (MRC), with support to the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, and through the Joint Global Health Clinical Trials programme represented by the Department for International Development (DFID), MRC, NIHR and Wellcome. DFID’s Agriculture research team is supporting work on bovine TB vaccine development in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 244039 question first answered 24/04/2019 08:08:03 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1128556

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish data on the uptake of influenza vaccinations by social care workers in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	257680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>There is no nationally agreed data set or data collection for recording the immunisation of social care workers.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 15:16:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1128626

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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	Whorlton Hall Hospital
	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 average weekly fee per patient charged to the NHS was for the provision of care by Cygnet at Whorlton Hall.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	257682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/06/2019 14:03:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1131616

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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: Legal Costs
	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 was money was spent by (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Trusts, (c) Health Education England and (d) NHS Improvement on the services of (a) Bevan Brittan, (b) Mills & Reeve, (c) DAC Beechcroft, (d) Hempsons, (e) Capsticks and (f) Hill Dickinson in relation to employment and whistleblower disputes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	263752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The arm’s length bodies concerned do not collect information in a way that would enable them to answer this question in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/06/2019 15:42:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1131800

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	263762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>For the period 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019 my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care met the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser seven times.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/06/2019 15:38:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1132981

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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: Legal Costs
	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 17 June 2019 to Question 263752 on NHS: Legal Costs, how much was money was spent by (a) NHS England, (b) NHS trusts, (c) Health Education England and (d) NHS Improvement on the services of (a) Bevan Brittan, (b) Mills & Reeve, (c) DAC Beechcroft, (d) Hempsons, (e) Capsticks and (f) Hill Dickinson in relation to employment disputes in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	266123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The arm’s length bodies concerned do not collect information in the format requested. The transactions charged by the organisations involved do not specifically itemise legal costs as ‘employment disputes’.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/06/2019 15:28:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1135293

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	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: Legal Costs
	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 24 June 2019 to Question 266123 on NHS: Legal Costs, how his Department differentiates between individual projects or cases; and what steps his Department takes to (a) ensure that public funds paid to those legal services providers is in respect of work actually done or carried out by those providers and (b) record the areas of law and jurisdictions of courts and tribunals in which the work is done.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	270315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department uses two main routes to engaging legal support.</p><p>- The Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit (AFU) engages external law firms through the Civil Litigation and Arbitration in Medicines and Pharmaceuticals Framework, as well as the Government Legal Department (GLD). The AFU utilises a case management system in order to differentiate between individual cases and checks are conducted against invoices and supporting documents submitted by each law firm, including GLD, to ensure these are reflective of their instructions.</p><p> </p><p>- Other business areas within the Department consult with the GLD on the resources available and should they not have the capacity then they will a conduct a competition for other Legal service providers using the Crown Commercial Services framework contract. GLD will ensure that deliverables are agreed and undertaken to the agreed quality before payments are made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/07/2019 16:11:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1135827

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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 England: Private Sector
	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 total payments made by NHS England to private providers in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	271400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Total spending by NHS Commissioners on private health providers in each of the last five years for which figures are available is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS Commissioners' spend on non National Health Service bodies by organisation type</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> </p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent sector providers</p></td><td><p>6,467</p></td><td><p>8,067</p></td><td><p>8,818</p></td><td><p>9,007</p></td><td><p>8,765</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Note: 1. The numbers above have been collected separately from audited accounts data and may include estimates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 04/07/2019 11:03:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1137560

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Sexually Transmitted Infections
	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 correlation between reductions to public health funding and increases in rates of syphilis and gonorrhoea.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	274471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>We estimate that increases in rates of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia are due to a number of factors. These include increases in both the number of people attending sexual health services and the number of tests for sexually transmitted infections. Public Health England has advised that other factors include, better detection of infection and behavioural changes such as an increase in partner numbers and condomless sex, as well as, for some men who have sex with men, ‘chemsex’ and group sex facilitated by geosocial networking applications.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities will receive £3.1 billion in 2019/20, ring-fenced exclusively for use on public health, including sexual health. We are investing over £16 billion in local authority public health services over the five years of the 2015 Spending Review until 2020/21. It is for individual local authorities to decide their spending priorities based on an assessment of local need, including the need for sexual health services taking account of their statutory duties.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required by regulations to provide comprehensive open access sexual health services, including provision for sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment and contraception.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics show that more people are now accessing sexual health services. Attendances have increased by 7% between 2017 and 2018 (from 3,337,677 to 3,561,548). This continues the trend of increases in attendances seen over the past five years. To help manage the overall increase in demand, local authorities are increasingly commissioning online services to manage lower risk and asymptomatic patients. These services have the potential to reach groups not currently engaged with clinic services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/07/2019 13:19:43 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1137563

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Preventive Medicine: Finance
	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 Green Paper on Prevention will include and assessment of the level of funding required to implement the contents of that Green Paper.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	274472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>We are considering a number of policy options for the Prevention Green Paper and will be mindful of the level of funding that may be required for their implementation.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/07/2019 13:32:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1137564

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Genito-urinary Medicine and HIV Infection
	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 Prevention Green Paper will include (a) commitments on additional resources to tackle HIV and (b) targets to improve sexual health.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	274473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>We are considering a range of policy options for the Green Paper and will be mindful of HIV and sexual health.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/07/2019 13:32:41 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1138829

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Mental 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 plans his Department has to improve support for people with neurodevelopmental conditions.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	277125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people with neurodevelopmental conditions to live well. We are currently reviewing the adult autism strategy and working with the Department of Education will be extending the scope of the strategy to include children. The refreshed strategy will be published by the end of the year. We are also working closely with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and their attention deficit hypersensitivity disorder (ADHD) Implementation Working Group to look at how the current NICE guidance and quality standard on ADHD are being implemented. This work includes looking to identify best practice and examples of innovation, which have improved outcomes for people with ADHD, so that these can be widely disseminated to commissioners to improve local practice. We are considering what actions can be taken to support those with other neurodevelopmental conditions.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/07/2019 09:28:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1140582

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to issue guidance to health professionals on the Serious Shortage Protocol.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	279389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>A Serious Shortage Protocol is an additional tool to manage serious medication shortages and may be used in the exceptional and rare situation when other measures have been exhausted or are likely to be ineffective.</p><p>At present we are currently working on the governance process for developing Serious Shortage Protocols, should one be required, through engagement, including with professional bodies and patient groups. Following this we will issue guidance to health professionals in due course.</p><p>The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the organisation who represent National Health Service community pharmacy contractors in England, have developed a briefing note to support community pharmacies, who will need to consider training and changes to their standard operating-procedures to take account of the potential new processes.</p><p>Any Serious Shortage Protocol would be developed by senior, specialist doctors and pharmacists, with input from national experts, Royal Colleges and specialist societies. If a Serious Shortage Protocol is to be authorised then there will also be engagement with the relevant patient groups, who can assist in informing patients. Pharmacists still have to use their professional judgment as to whether supplying against the protocol rather than the prescription is appropriate and provide the patient with relevant information. If they determine supply is not appropriate, then the patient should be referred back to their prescriber.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:34:54 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131086 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1140584

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has provide information to patients on changes to the provision of medicines as a result of the serious shortage protocol; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	279390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>A Serious Shortage Protocol is an additional tool to manage serious medication shortages and may be used in the exceptional and rare situation when other measures have been exhausted or are likely to be ineffective.</p><p>At present we are currently working on the governance process for developing Serious Shortage Protocols, should one be required, through engagement, including with professional bodies and patient groups. Following this we will issue guidance to health professionals in due course.</p><p>The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the organisation who represent National Health Service community pharmacy contractors in England, have developed a briefing note to support community pharmacies, who will need to consider training and changes to their standard operating-procedures to take account of the potential new processes.</p><p>Any Serious Shortage Protocol would be developed by senior, specialist doctors and pharmacists, with input from national experts, Royal Colleges and specialist societies. If a Serious Shortage Protocol is to be authorised then there will also be engagement with the relevant patient groups, who can assist in informing patients. Pharmacists still have to use their professional judgment as to whether supplying against the protocol rather than the prescription is appropriate and provide the patient with relevant information. If they determine supply is not appropriate, then the patient should be referred back to their prescriber.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 279391 question first answered 26/07/2019 11:36:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131087 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1140585

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions the Government has had with (a) patient groups and (b) professional bodies on the development of the serious shortage protocol.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	279391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>A Serious Shortage Protocol is an additional tool to manage serious medication shortages and may be used in the exceptional and rare situation when other measures have been exhausted or are likely to be ineffective.</p><p>At present we are currently working on the governance process for developing Serious Shortage Protocols, should one be required, through engagement, including with professional bodies and patient groups. Following this we will issue guidance to health professionals in due course.</p><p>The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the organisation who represent National Health Service community pharmacy contractors in England, have developed a briefing note to support community pharmacies, who will need to consider training and changes to their standard operating-procedures to take account of the potential new processes.</p><p>Any Serious Shortage Protocol would be developed by senior, specialist doctors and pharmacists, with input from national experts, Royal Colleges and specialist societies. If a Serious Shortage Protocol is to be authorised then there will also be engagement with the relevant patient groups, who can assist in informing patients. Pharmacists still have to use their professional judgment as to whether supplying against the protocol rather than the prescription is appropriate and provide the patient with relevant information. If they determine supply is not appropriate, then the patient should be referred back to their prescriber.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 279390 question first answered 26/07/2019 11:36:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131085 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1143605

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	HIV Infection: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) increase access to the PrEP impact trial in BAME communities.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	285065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>A core function of the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact Trial Community Advisory Board (CAB) is to raise awareness and uptake of PrEP in key populations including women and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. Further information about PrEP Impact Trial CAB activities and participating community groups can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/blood-and-infection-group-f/f03/prep-trial-updates/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/blood-and-infection-group-f/f03/prep-trial-updates/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/faqs" target="_blank">https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/faqs</a></p><p>In addition, Public Health England’s Innovation Fund has supported a number of community based projects aimed at increasing PrEP awareness in women, BAME groups and trans communities; information on the projects funded in 2018 can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/innovative-hiv-prevention-projects-reached-170000-people-in-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/innovative-hiv-prevention-projects-reached-170000-people-in-2018</a></p><p>Since the start of the PrEP Impact Trial in October 2017, over half of the available 26,000 trial places have been filled. As of 3 September 2019, all participating Trial clinics were open to recruitment for women, trans men and heterosexual men. Information on the enrolment status of participating clinics is regularly updated on the PrEP Impact Trial website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/join-the-trial" target="_blank">https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/join-the-trial</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 285069 question first answered 05/09/2019 15:28:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1143606

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	HIV Infection: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) increase access to the PrEP impact trial amongst women at high risk of contracting HIV.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	285069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>A core function of the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact Trial Community Advisory Board (CAB) is to raise awareness and uptake of PrEP in key populations including women and black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. Further information about PrEP Impact Trial CAB activities and participating community groups can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/blood-and-infection-group-f/f03/prep-trial-updates/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/blood-and-infection-group-f/f03/prep-trial-updates/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/faqs" target="_blank">https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/faqs</a></p><p>In addition, Public Health England’s Innovation Fund has supported a number of community based projects aimed at increasing PrEP awareness in women, BAME groups and trans communities; information on the projects funded in 2018 can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/innovative-hiv-prevention-projects-reached-170000-people-in-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/innovative-hiv-prevention-projects-reached-170000-people-in-2018</a></p><p>Since the start of the PrEP Impact Trial in October 2017, over half of the available 26,000 trial places have been filled. As of 3 September 2019, all participating Trial clinics were open to recruitment for women, trans men and heterosexual men. Information on the enrolment status of participating clinics is regularly updated on the PrEP Impact Trial website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/join-the-trial" target="_blank">https://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk/join-the-trial</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 285065 question first answered 05/09/2019 15:28:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb