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1224399

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review
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 oral statement of 9 July 2020 by the Minister for Patient Safety on the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, Official Report, column 1147, what the timescale is for the Government's response to the Review's recommendations; what form that response will take; and whether he plans for that response to be subject to a debate on the floor of the House.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	73679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government received the report on 8 July and now needs to consider it carefully. We will provide a further update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 11:28:43 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 38794 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1224400

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the number of victims of the vaginal mesh implants scandal that have undergone mesh removal surgery (a) within and (b) outside the NHS, and have subsequently found significant mesh residue that was overlooked during remedial surgery; what plans he has to certify NHS specialists as competent to undertake that surgery; and what steps he plans to take to reimburse the cost to victims of the mesh scandal who had to pay for private (i) therapy and (ii) surgery, as a result of a refusal by NHS specialists to accept that their symptoms were (A) physical rather that mental and (B) had been caused by their mesh implants.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	73680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>NHS Digital advises that it publishes finished consultant episodes for National Health Service hospitals where a procedure for treatment of urogynaecological prolapse or stress urinary incontinence (insertion or removal) is recorded. This provisional data is published monthly and the final data is included in the Annual Hospital Episode Statistics publication.</p><p>On mesh removal, NHS England is assessing bids from NHS providers to be specialist centres providing treatment for women with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, every effort is now being made to finalise this quickly and stakeholders will be kept up to date with progress.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 10:59:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 38795 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1224401

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Surgical Mesh Implants
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 vaginal mesh implants scandal, if he will take steps to ensure that the establishment of specialist treatment centres are multidisciplinary in order to permit an holistic approach to treatment and to avoid multiple referrals by GPs to (a) neurology, (b) orthopaedic, (c) rheumatology, (d) urology, and (e) other specialists lacking mesh-specific skills; and if he will ensure that NHS personnel previously involved in denying the harmful effects of vaginal mesh implants are excluded from staffing those remedial treatment centres.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	73681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>NHS England is assessing bids from National Health Service providers to be specialist centres providing treatment for women with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, every effort is now being made to finalise this quickly and stakeholders will be kept up to date with progress.</p><p>The service specification requires that providers of complex mesh services must use the trust appraisal system to ensure surgeons are appropriately trained and current in their practice; adhere to clinical guidance; comply with national data requirements; and report complications. Clear documented evidence demonstrating competency to perform complex vaginal mesh removal surgery for all surgical members of the multidisciplinary team is also required.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 11:04:23 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 38796 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1224403

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Surgical Mesh Implants
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 vaginal mesh implants scandal, if he will take steps to require (a) medical personnel who are consultants to firms making medical products that they propose to use for their patients (i) declare their interest and (ii) draw their patients' attention to such a declaration when recommending the use of those products and (b) victims of that scandal of whatever age do not have to pay prescription charges for medication required to treat their resultant injuries and symptoms.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	73682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The General Medical Council already has guidance covering financial and commercial arrangements and conflicts of interest, which all medical practitioners must adhere to and which came into effect on 22 April 2013. We will consider whether these arrangements should be strengthened.</p><p>National Health service prescription charge exemptions are in place to help those with greatest need.</p><p>The Government will consider the recommendations in the First Do No Harm report published on 8 July very carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 11:08:51 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 38797 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1224477

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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 Act 1983
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 bring forward legislative proposals on reform the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	73750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Luton South (Rachel Hopkins MP) on 14 July 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-07-02/68461/" target="_blank">68461</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 10:50:36 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 38802 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1223833

registered interest
date	13/07/2020
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	Coronavirus: Mental Illness
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 rate of mental health problems among people affected by covid-19; and how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to provide mental health support for those people.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	73025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>There is broad consensus that there is the potential for an increase in demand for mental health services as a result of COVID-19 and we are working with the National Health Service, Public Health England and others to gather evidence and assess the potential longer-term impacts and plan for how to support mental health and wellbeing throughout the ‘recovery’ phase.</p><p>Our NHS Long Term Plan commitment to investing at least £2.3 billion of extra funding a year to mental health services by 2023-24 remains. We have provided £5 million of additional funding for mental health charities to support adults and children struggling with their mental wellbeing during this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 11:23:57 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 37954 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1222576

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 provide mental health support for (a) parents, (b) children aged 0-5, (c) children aged 6-12 and (d) children aged 13-17 who have spent additional time at home as a result of the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	71871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Mental health services have remained open for business throughout lockdown, and NHS England and NHS Improvement have asked mental health trusts to ensure they have 24 hours a day, seven days a week open access telephone lines in place for urgent National Health Service mental health support, advice and triage for all ages, including all children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken steps to ensure that children and young people, and their parents and carers, have the tools and knowledge to protect their mental health. We have published guidance to parents and carers on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, and we are promoting this through trusted channels like GOV.UK ad Every Mind Matters.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 20/07/2020 13:48:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 37328 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1222589

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
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	Housing: Insulation
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 mental health effect on leaseholders whose properties have been found to have been fitted with flammable cladding following the Grenfell Tower Fire; and what support his Department has provided to those leaseholds to alleviate that effect.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	71713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>There are no specifically targeted mental health programmes for residents of other buildings fitted with flammable cladding. If residents of buildings fitted with flammable cladding need mental health support, we would urge them to make contact with their general practitioner to discuss these issues so they may be referred to mental health services as appropriate.</p><p>Mental health is one of the Government’s top priorities and we are working across Government to ensure that all people, regardless of their residential situation, get the help and support they need.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 11:16:42 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 37317 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1222683

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
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	Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will review guidance to allow birthing partners to accompany pregnant women to appointments and to labour.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	71840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service is making arrangements to ensure that women are supported and cared for safely through pregnancy, birth and the period afterwards during this pandemic.</p><p>Decisions on partners attending scans and appointments is subject to local discretion by trusts and other NHS bodies. Local maternity teams will be able to advise women on their policy on partners attending antenatal appointments including scans.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 16/07/2020 18:39:12 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 37326 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1222124

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
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	Emergencies
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 serious incidents have been reported in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	71086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>As of 13 July 2020, 19,073 Serious Incidents were reported on the Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS) between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020. This number may change should investigation findings indicate that an incident initially reported as a Serious Incident does not require investigation under the Serious Incident Framework.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2020 11:26:19 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 36917 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders