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1178904

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date	21/02/2020
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	Pancreatic Cancer: Research
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 (a) allocate additional funding from the public purse to research on pancreatic cancer; (b) launch a campaign to help enable earlier identification of the symptoms of that cancer; and (c) ensure consistency in the application of treatment and care standards to people diagnosed with that cancer.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	18378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR does not allocate funding for specific disease areas. The following table shows the NIHR’s Programme funding for pancreatic cancer in each of the last three years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NIHR Research Programmes total</p></td><td><p>£350,870</p></td><td><p>£411,444</p></td><td><p>£534,170</p></td><td><p>£1,296,484</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the NIHR Clinical Research Network supported 62 studies over the last three years.</p><p>Several factors are considered when deciding which ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ (BCOC) campaigns to develop and run, with one of the main criteria being the scope to save lives through earlier diagnosis. This can only be effective through broad awareness campaigns if the cancer has a high enough incidence to be able to impact upon through marketing campaigns, as well as a clear early sign or symptom that the public can act upon should it arise.</p><p>In 2017, Public Health England (PHE) ran a pilot campaign in the East and West Midlands which focussed on a range of abdominal symptoms, such as diarrhoea, bloating and discomfort that can be indicative of several cancers, including pancreatic cancer. In 2017, PHE also ran a pilot campaign in the East and West Midlands which focussed on a range of abdominal symptoms, such as diarrhoea, bloating and discomfort that can be indicative of several cancers, including pancreatic cancer. Further information on the pilot is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/16-be-clear-on-cancer/Abdominal%20Symptoms%20Regional%20Pilot" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/16-be-clear-on-cancer/Abdominal%20Symptoms%20Regional%20Pilot</a></p><p>PHE is currently undertaking new data analysis and research to determine the future direction of BCOC activity.</p><p>Over the next three years every patient with cancer will receive a Personalised Care and Support Plan based on holistic needs assessment, end of treatment summaries and health and wellbeing information and support. All patients, including those with secondary cancers, will have access to the right expertise and support, including a Clinical Nurse Specialist or other support worker.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 26/02/2020 17:25:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1178920

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Suicide
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 fifth progress report of the preventing suicide in England: cross-Government outcomes strategy to save lives.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	18394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We will publish the fifth progress report and updated cross-Government suicide prevention workplan in 2020.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 26/02/2020 17:06:48 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1178942

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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 and Nurses: Bedfordshire
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 number of full-time equivalent (a) general practitioners, (b) other doctors and (c) nurses employed by the NHS in Bedfordshire in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	18510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner (GP) surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the full time equivalent (FTE) number of doctors, and nurses and health visitors employed in the Bedfordshire area as at October 2019, the latest available data, compared to October 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October 2010</p></td><td><p>October 2019</p></td><td><p>Change</p></td><td><p>% Change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doctors</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses and health visitors</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>698</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Bedfordshire area is defined as those working at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust or NHS Bedfordshire CCG in 2019, and at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust or Bedfordshire Primary Care Trust in 2010.</p><p>The following table shows the number of GPs and nurses employed in the area covered by NHS Bedfordshire CCG as at September 2019 compared to September 2015, FTE.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>All Regular GPs (excludes Locums)</p></td><td><p>All Nurses</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>NHS Bedfordshire CCG</p></td><td><p>September 2019</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/03/2020 17:01:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1178961

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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: Finance
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 through the NHS Long Term Funding Bill to ensure parity in the funding of physical and mental health support services.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	18873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the NHS Long Term Funding Bill is simply to enshrine in law the funding set out in the Long Term Plan, providing an extra £33.9 billion by 2023-24. That provides the National Health Service with the financial certainty it needs to get on and deliver the plan. The Bill does not set out the details of the plan itself or place restrictions on how the NHS should use the funding to support delivery.</p><p>However, at the heart of the NHS Long Term plan is the largest expansion of mental health services in a generation. This Government remains committed to putting mental health services on an equal footing with physical health. We are putting more money in and taking more action on mental health than any previous Government. We have committed at least a further £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24 which will see spending for children and young people’s mental health services growing faster than the overall spend on mental health, which will itself be growing faster than the overall NHS budget.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/03/2020 13:25:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1178962

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Lung Diseases: Air Pollution
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 the Government is taking to tackle the effects poor air quality and pollution on lung health.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	18874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Clean Air Strategy, published in January 2019, sets out an ambitious programme of action to reduce pollutant emissions from a wide range of sources including transport, industry, agriculture and domestic settings. These actions will reduce the impact of air pollution on human health. The Strategy sits alongside the 2017 UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations, which focuses on reducing emissions from road transport.</p><p>The Government’s proposed Environment Bill, reintroduced on 30 January, will deliver key aspects of the Strategy and includes a commitment to set a legally binding target for PM2.5, with the aim of driving action to reduce long-term exposure to fine particulate matter, which impacts on human health, including lung health.</p><p>Public Health England works closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to provide alerts and advice during high air pollution episodes to ensure that key health messages are communicated to vulnerable groups, including those with existing lung conditions.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 02/03/2020 15:40:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1178323

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Junior Doctors: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance he has issued to NHS hospitals on the bullying and harassment of junior doctors.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	1871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>All National Health Service organisations should have in place a bullying and harassment policy that is easily accessible to staff – such as junior doctors - and is monitored regularly by senior managers.</p><p>The NHS Social Partnership Forum, chaired by Departmental ministers, has led a collective call to action to tackle bullying and harassment in the NHS. Working with NHS system leaders, NHS employers, staff and their trades unions, it encourages and supports the leadership and culture change required to eradicate bullying and harassment.</p><p>A ‘new offer’ will be published later this year alongside the final NHS People Plan and will detail the support that all NHS staff can expect to receive from their employer – including how the NHS will tackle bullying and harassment.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2020 12:59:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1178333

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Junior Doctors: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reports his Department has received of (a) bullying and (b) harassment of junior NHS doctors working in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	1872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The 2019 NHS Staff Survey published on 18 February 2020 shows that 14.6% of medical and dental staff in the National Health Service have personally experienced an instance of bullying, harassment or abuse from a manager; 21.3% from a colleague. These figures have decreased by 1.2% and 0.3% from the 2018 NHS Staff survey, respectively. This follows work that is being done by the NHS Social Partnership Forum working with NHS system leaders, NHS employers, staff and their trade unions to support the leadership and culture change required to eradicate all forms of bullying and of harassment.</p><p>However, this level of bullying and harassment is still unacceptably high. The final NHS People Plan, to be published later this year, will set out further action to tackle bullying and harassment as part of making the NHS the best place to work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2020 13:03:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1178402

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Excellence in Continence Care Board
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 publish the (a) names and (b) positions of the members of the Excellence in Continence Care Board; and if he will make a statement on the remit of that Board.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	2042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Chair of the Excellence in Continence Care Programme Board is Sue Doheny, Regional Chief Nurse, NHS England and NHS Improvement (South West). The board comprises representatives from the Royal College of Nursing and the NHS Supply Chain. It also contains patient advocates, relevant charitable organisations, lead nurses in the respective field and consultant urologists. We are unable to name individual board members due to data protection reasons.</p><p>The remit of the board is to oversee the development of evidence-based and patient-focussed care pathways and Commissioning Framework, provide leadership and direction, raise the profile of bladder and bowel health nationally, and provide oversight of the National Bowel and Bladder Health Project.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2020 12:52:49 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1178403

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Incontinence: Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy that clinicians are able to prescribe whichever product on Part IX of the Drug Tariff is considered by the clinician to be most appropriate for a patient’s needs.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	2043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>Decisions about policy on the provision of medical products available from Part IX of the Drug Tariff are a matter for local clinical commissioning groups and National Health Service trusts, taking account of the needs of their local populations and national guidance, e.g. ‘Items which should not routinely be prescribed in primary care: Guidance for CCGs’ which was updated by NHS England and NHS Improvement and NHS Clinical Commissioners in June 2019. Clinicians are expected to prescribe products that meet their patients’ clinical needs taking account of local commissioning policies as appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/02/2020 11:59:58 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1178412

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages
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 commission an independent inquiry into the causes of shortages of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medications and products.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	2047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department is aware that the ongoing supply issues with some hormone replacement therapy (HRT) preparations are due to a range of issues including manufacturing issues, regulatory issues and problems accessing the raw pharmaceutical ingredient as well as commercial decisions made by some companies to divest these products. Although some HRT products are affected by supply issues, supplies of other alternative HRT products remain available.</p><p>We are in regular discussion with all HRT suppliers about the underlying causes behind these issues and are working with them closely to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. We therefore have no plans to commission an independent inquiry.</p><p>We anticipate the overall supply situation for HRT products will improve from the end of this month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/02/2020 17:06:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson