@prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:hansardHeading "Primary Health Care: Attendance" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address the effects of missed appointments on primary care services." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "196776" ; dcterms:date "2018-11-28"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "13" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:hansardHeading "Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to expand the badger vaccination programme." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "206347" ; dcterms:date "2019-01-08"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

We recognise that drinking alcohol and drug use does place significant strain on the National Health Service, but there are both ethical and practical reasons not to seek payment from patients. The founding principle of the NHS is that services are free of charge, available to all on the basis of need, not ability to pay. It is funded accordingly, from general taxation.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Battersea" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Jane Ellison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-11-05"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-11-05T15:40:41.9778304Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "13" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:hansardHeading "Animal Welfare" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a ban on tethering animals in unsafe locations including (a) roundabouts (b) roadsides and (c) other public land." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "214548" ; dcterms:date "2019-01-30"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:hansardHeading "Diabetes: Medical Equipment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from (a) the public and (b) charities on the benefits of making flash glucose monitoring technology available to all patients with diabetes." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "192110" ; dcterms:date "2018-11-16"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Landowners and private groups across England can apply to Natural England for a licence to vaccinate badgers against TB. Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) provides training for those who wish undertake such vaccination and Defra provides financial support for projects within the Edge Area under the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS).

BEVS, relaunched in 2018 following a global vaccine shortage, provides matched funding and training for groups that want to take part. Three groups were successful with their applications in 2018. On 13 September 2018 we re-opened the scheme and asked for expressions of interest from those wishing to apply to vaccinate from 2019. The application process closes on 25 January 2019.

A long-standing research programme at APHA to identify an oral vaccine and a palatable bait in which to deliver it is also ongoing. An efficacy study is currently in progress, with results due later this year.

We are currently considering the report of the TB Strategy review, conducted by a team led by Professor Sir Charles Godfray, the scope of which includes badger vaccination. A Government response to the review will be published later this year.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Camborne and Redruth" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "George Eustice" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-01-15"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-01-15T13:42:08.06Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:hansardHeading "Diabetes: Medical Equipment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential savings to the NHS of making flash glucose monitoring technology available to all patients with diabetes across NHS clinical commissioning groups." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "192109" ; dcterms:date "2018-11-16"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "13" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" ; parl:hansardHeading "Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers were vaccinated for TB in the last year for which information is available." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "206346" ; dcterms:date "2019-01-08"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Jane Ellison" . parl:answerText "

Following an announcement by NHS England on 14 November 2018, flash glucose monitoring systems will be made available on prescription for all patients with type 1 diabetes who meet National Health Service criteria from April 2019.

No estimate has been made of the potential savings related to making flash glucose monitoring technology available to all patients with diabetes.

A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 272 items of correspondence from members of the public received in 2018 about flash glucose monitoring. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. The Department has not been able to identify any correspondence specifically from charities.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Winchester" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Brine" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-11-26"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "192109" , "192108" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-11-26T17:43:55.157Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answerText "

Defra is keen to ensure that we uphold our high standards of animal welfare including in relation to tethering. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) it is an offence to fail to provide for an animal’s welfare or to cause it any unnecessary suffering. The 2006 Act is backed up by the statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybrids (the Code). The Code provides owners and keepers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals and includes a specific section on how to tether a horse and other animals are covered. The code makes it clear that the site should not allow animals’ access to a public highway or public footpaths. If anyone is concerned about the way a horse or other animal has been tethered they should report the matter either to the relevant local authority or to the RSPCA or World Horse Welfare who can investigate. If a horse or other animal is found not to be tethered appropriately it could lead to a prosecution under the 2006 Act. Defra considers that this legislation and guidance provides the right safeguards in respect of tethering.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Macclesfield" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "David Rutley" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-02-07"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-02-07T17:31:45.867Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Provisional figures for 2017 show 327 badgers were vaccinated under licence from Natural England. The number of BCG doses made available for badger vaccination was limited in 2017 due to a global shortage and the need to prioritise supplies for human vaccination. Global BCG vaccine supply is now improving and although complete figures for the number of badgers vaccinated in 2018 are not yet available, provisional data returned to date indicate that the number will be higher than in 2017.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Camborne and Redruth" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "George Eustice" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-01-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-01-16T17:16:06.783Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Julian Sturdy" . parl:answerText "

We recognise that missed appointments are a waste of National Health Service resources. We believe that encouraging patients to use the NHS sensibly and responsibly is the right approach and we are supportive of local schemes to highlight the number of missed appointments to their patients. However, it is ultimately a matter for the local NHS and primary care providers to decide how best to raise awareness and implement measures to reduce missed appointments.

Primary care providers are encouraged to offer patients different ways to book appointments, send appointment reminders by text messages, and make it quick for patients to cancel or re-arrange appointments e.g. through the use of an online service.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Winchester" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Brine" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-12-07"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-12-07T13:02:06.557Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Following an announcement by NHS England on 14 November 2018, flash glucose monitoring systems will be made available on prescription for all patients with type 1 diabetes who meet National Health Service criteria from April 2019.

No estimate has been made of the potential savings related to making flash glucose monitoring technology available to all patients with diabetes.

A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 272 items of correspondence from members of the public received in 2018 about flash glucose monitoring. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. The Department has not been able to identify any correspondence specifically from charities.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Winchester" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Brine" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-11-26"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "192110" , "192108" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-11-26T17:43:55.127Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health" ; parl:hansardHeading "IVF" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce variation in the price of IVF cycles between clinical commissioning groups." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "212894" ; dcterms:date "2014-11-03"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health" ; parl:hansardHeading "Ebola" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans the Government is making for quarantine procedures for people entering the UK from countries where the Ebola virus is present in the event of a further spread of that virus." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "212378" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health" ; parl:hansardHeading "Drugs: Misuse" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging for NHS services required because of injuries caused by alcohol or drug misuse." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "212524" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

For National Health Service funded in-vitro fertilisation treatment, it is for clinical commissioning groups to decide with which fertility clinics to contract and agree the price payable with the service provider.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Battersea" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Jane Ellison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-11-10"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-11-10T17:39:40.4263078Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Following an announcement by NHS England on 14 November 2018, flash glucose monitoring systems will be made available on prescription for all patients with type 1 diabetes who meet National Health Service criteria from April 2019.

No estimate has been made of the potential savings related to making flash glucose monitoring technology available to all patients with diabetes.

A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 272 items of correspondence from members of the public received in 2018 about flash glucose monitoring. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. The Department has not been able to identify any correspondence specifically from charities.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Winchester" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Steve Brine" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2018-11-26"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "192110" , "192109" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2018-11-26T17:43:55.08Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

In addition to departure screening in affected countries, entry screening has been introduced for people travelling to the United Kingdom from Ebola infected areas. This also provides them with clear advice about immediate actions should they develop any relevant symptoms.

There are already public health powers in place to enable the quarantining of an individual suffering from the symptoms of Ebola should they be needed.

The Government keeps the threat posed to the UK by the spread of Ebola virus disease, and the measures required to tackle it, under regular review.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Battersea" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Jane Ellison" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-11-05"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-11-05T15:23:28.1786028Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for George Eustice" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "17" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department of Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Health and Social Care" ; parl:hansardHeading "Diabetes: Medical Equipment" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make flash glucose monitoring technology available to all patients with diabetes across clinical commissioning groups." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "York Outer" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Julian Sturdy" ; parl:uin "192108" ; dcterms:date "2018-11-16"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for David Rutley" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Steve Brine" . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "316"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; .