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535268

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to restrict the quantities of drugs which can be bought from online pharmacies.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	42442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans for additional controls on the quantities of drugs which can be bought from online pharmacies. In the United Kingdom, there are strict legal controls on the retail sale, supply and advertisement of medicinal products. These legal controls apply equally to medicines sold or supplied via the internet or e-mail transactions. Under medicines legislation, it is unlawful for medicinal products for human use to be marketed, manufactured, imported from a third country, distributed and sold or supplied in the UK except in accordance with the appropriate licences or exemptions. Prescription only and pharmacy medicines may only be legally sold or supplied by or under the supervision of a pharmacist on registered pharmacy premises. In addition, prescription only medicines may only be dispensed against a prescription written by a doctor, dentist or independent prescriber. There are also controls on quantities of certain pharmacy medicines that can be sold or supplied and that applies if the medicine is sold in a pharmacy or online.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 14/07/2016 07:44:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

533602

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish the final Accelerated Access Review related to drug development and innovation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	42142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government expects to publish the review it commissioned on the independently chaired Accelerated Access Review shortly. The Review team are currently considering publication dates.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 12/07/2016 13:50:42 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

533404

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of NHS efficiency savings on waiting times in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	42042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has fully funded the National Health Service’s Five Year Forward View, so that the NHS will receive £10 billion more in real terms by 2020-21 than in 2014-15. This additional funding, alongside measures to improve efficiency and reduce waste will enable delivery of the Government’s mandate to NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2016-17 sets out objectives to 2020. These include the objective that it should support the NHS to maintain, and where possible improve, performance against core standards in line with the NHS Constitution, and the objective to balance the NHS budget and improve efficiency and productivity.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, the Government is addressing the longer term issues that lead to increased demand by more strongly coordinating health and social care, increasing access to the services seven days a week, reducing unwarranted variations in performance between providers, and supporting the public and patients to take the right steps to look after their own health.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/07/2016 13:36:00 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

532493

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the guidelines are for remuneration of chairs of clinical commissioning group governing bodies.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	41751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are autonomous bodies which are responsible for managing spend as they deem appropriate. However, NHS England has published the guidance <em>Clinical Commissioning Groups: Remuneration guidance for Chief Officers (where the senior manager also undertakes the accountable officer role) and Chief Finance Officers </em>which can be found at this address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Remuneration-guidance-final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Remuneration-guidance-final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/07/2016 08:31:03 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

532512

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average total remuneration was of chairs of clinical commissioning group governing bodies in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	41732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>Information on the remuneration of chairs is held by individual clinical commissioning groups and not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/07/2016 08:28:40 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

530690

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neuromuscular Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on continued access to emerging treatments for muscular dystrophy and other rare neuromuscular conditions.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	41576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>Nothing will change overnight as a result of the European Union referendum decision. The United Kingdom remains a member of the EU until Article 50 negotiations have concluded. This could take up to two years or more if negotiations are extended. EU law continues to apply and ongoing compliance with EU law is considered important in facilitating orderly transition, for negotiating purposes, and to offer certainty in the meantime. As long as the UK is subject to EU law, the present arrangements remain in place.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/07/2016 13:20:32 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

529832

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surgery: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to minimise the number of cancelled operations caused by bed shortages.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	41491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>NHS England publishes each quarter at the following link the number of elective operations cancelled by hospitals for non-clinical reasons on or after the day of admission:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/</a></p><p> </p><p>The reasons for the cancellations are not collected.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service should do everything it can to reduce cancellations and keep them to an absolute minimum. Where this is unavoidable, patients should receive treatment as soon as possible. This is reinforced by a pledge in the NHS Constitution for all patients who have operations cancelled, on or after the day of admission (including the day of surgery), for non-clinical reasons to be offered another binding date within 28 days, or the patient’s treatment to be funded at the time and hospital of the patient’s choice.</p><p> </p><p>The number of cancelled elective operations as a percentage of admissions has remained at less than 1% in each of the last 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 41492 question first answered 04/07/2016 15:50:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

529833

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surgery: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancelled operations were caused by bed shortages in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	41492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>NHS England publishes each quarter at the following link the number of elective operations cancelled by hospitals for non-clinical reasons on or after the day of admission:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/</a></p><p> </p><p>The reasons for the cancellations are not collected.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service should do everything it can to reduce cancellations and keep them to an absolute minimum. Where this is unavoidable, patients should receive treatment as soon as possible. This is reinforced by a pledge in the NHS Constitution for all patients who have operations cancelled, on or after the day of admission (including the day of surgery), for non-clinical reasons to be offered another binding date within 28 days, or the patient’s treatment to be funded at the time and hospital of the patient’s choice.</p><p> </p><p>The number of cancelled elective operations as a percentage of admissions has remained at less than 1% in each of the last 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 41491 question first answered 04/07/2016 15:50:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

532617

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lung Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with lung diseases.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	905669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of people diagnosed with lung diseases in not available. However, the British Lung Foundation estimates that more than 12 million people in the United Kingdom are affected by lung disease, (of which eight million people have asthma, just over a million have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and more than 150,000 have interstitial lung disease.)</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/07/2016 14:03:18 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

532618

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how NHS England plans to ensure that implementation of the cancer strategy published by the Independent Cancer Taskforce in July 2015 includes sufficient provision for people with rarer cancers.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	905674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The independent Cancer Taskforce’s strategy recommends improvements across the cancer pathway for all cancers. Specific recommendations for rarer cancers include encouraging the establishment of national or regional multi-disciplinary teams for rarer cancers and commissioning all treatment services for rare cancers nationally.</p><p>In addition, tackling the causes of rare diseases and cancer is the focal point of the 100,000 Genomes Project.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/07/2016 13:57:22 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron