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1177390

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	King's College Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
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 waiting time has been for people attending the A&E department at the King’s College Hospital Denmark Hill site in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	14602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/02/2020 10:12:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1177394

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	London Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Emergency Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of calls were responded to within the target timeframe by the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in each of the categories measured (a) in the area covered by that Trust and (b) in the London Borough of Southwark.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	14603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/02/2020 10:12:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1177395

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Menopause
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 ensure (a) all health care practitioners are trained in menopause and (b) that menopause guidance is introduced into workplaces in England.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	14605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>To help ensure women receive the best possible care, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of menopause in November 2015. This set out the support, information and treatments needed to address the often debilitating symptoms that women suffer.</p><p>The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of General Practitioners also have important roles to play in relation to awareness of, and clinical practice relating to, menopause. Recently in December 2019, the RCOG published ‘Better for Women’ which calls for a life course approach and includes a focus on general health during and after the menopause.</p><p>We encourage employers to rise to the challenge by creating supportive and flexible ways to help those living with these conditions.</p><p>Whilst curricula for training healthcare professionals do not necessarily highlight specific conditions for them to be aware of, they do emphasise the skills and approaches that professionals must develop in order to ensure accurate and timely diagnoses and treatment plans for their patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/02/2020 10:24:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1177442

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	NHS: Staff
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 7 February to Question 9687, what assessment he has made of the (a) correlation between the level of (i) resources and (ii) workforce planning and the ability of commissioners and providers to employ sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, skilled and experienced staff at all times and (b) potential effect of increased accountability in Government on resourcing and workforce planning.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	14706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) provides leadership for the education and training system. HEE ensures that the workforce has the right skills, behaviours and training, and is available in the right numbers, to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and drive improvements.</p><p>It is the responsibility of each individual employer to ensure that they have sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, skilled and experienced staff at all times, as part of strict registration regulations of the Care Quality Commission.</p><p>The NHS People Plan aims to ensure a sustainable overall balance between supply and demand across all staff groups. We have committed to deliver 50,000 more nurses in the National Health Service by 2025.</p><p>Proposals around workforce accountability, workforce resourcing and planning currently are being considered by the Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/02/2020 16:59:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1177444

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: 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, how many A&E attendances there were for people aged over 18 for eating disorders in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	14707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 14708 question first answered 12/02/2020 16:56:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1177445

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Eating Disorders: Children
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 A&E attendances there were for children aged 17 and under for eating disorders in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	14708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 14707 question first answered 12/02/2020 16:56:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1177466

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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: Veterans
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 potential merits of fast-tracking access to mental health services for veterans.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	14810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s continued commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, veterans should receive priority treatment where it relates to a condition which results from their time in the armed forces, subject to clinical need.</p><p>In England, the National Health Service have implemented this by offering veterans access to both mainstream and bespoke veterans mental health services. This means that veterans are often seen faster than the general public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 12/02/2020 16:57:39 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1177047

registered interest
date	07/02/2020
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, what steps he is taking to help prevent further shortages of HRT products.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	13995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of ongoing supply issues with some hormone replacement therapy (HRT) preparations 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 have been working closely with all suppliers of HRT preparations to maintain overall supply to patients, and we anticipate the supply situation will improve from the end of this month.</p><p>On 4 October 2019, we also added HRT products to the to the list of medicines that cannot be parallel exported from the United Kingdom market.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/02/2020 17:28:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1177059

registered interest
date	07/02/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Offshore Funds
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’s (a) anti-fraud and (b) anti-money laundering procedures review will investigate (i) payments by his Department to offshore accounts and (ii) the use of offshore accounts by his Department's (A) suppliers and (B) senior staff.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>We have assumed ‘offshore accounts’ refers to any foreign bank account. The Department makes payments to foreign bank accounts as part of its normal business. Business as usual anti-fraud checks are routinely undertaken on supplier bank accounts whether foreign or within the United Kingdom to ensure we understand the purpose of the payment, that it is appropriately approved and there is evidence to demonstrate the funds are being sent to the correct accounts. If there is a lack of clarity on why a foreign bank account is being used it is queried as part of the checks.</p><p>We are bound by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to compete new supplier contracts across the European Union, so suppliers may be based in, and therefore bank in, various different countries outside the UK.</p><p>In 2018-19 the Department paid out £969,682,486.78 in foreign payments. The majority of this related to payments for reciprocal healthcare (£822,560,432) and to the World Health Organization (£23,947,023). We do not hold any information on foreign payments made by the NHS.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have looked at all foreign payment runs made in 2018-19 for NHS England only, and the total value of payments to foreign bank accounts is £29,322,438. This excludes clinical commissioning groups, commissioning support units, and the Trust Development Agency and Monitor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14003 question first answered 12/02/2020 16:59:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1177061

registered interest
date	07/02/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Offshore Funds
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 money (a) the NHS and (b) his Department paid into offshore bank accounts in the financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	14003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>We have assumed ‘offshore accounts’ refers to any foreign bank account. The Department makes payments to foreign bank accounts as part of its normal business. Business as usual anti-fraud checks are routinely undertaken on supplier bank accounts whether foreign or within the United Kingdom to ensure we understand the purpose of the payment, that it is appropriately approved and there is evidence to demonstrate the funds are being sent to the correct accounts. If there is a lack of clarity on why a foreign bank account is being used it is queried as part of the checks.</p><p>We are bound by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to compete new supplier contracts across the European Union, so suppliers may be based in, and therefore bank in, various different countries outside the UK.</p><p>In 2018-19 the Department paid out £969,682,486.78 in foreign payments. The majority of this related to payments for reciprocal healthcare (£822,560,432) and to the World Health Organization (£23,947,023). We do not hold any information on foreign payments made by the NHS.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have looked at all foreign payment runs made in 2018-19 for NHS England only, and the total value of payments to foreign bank accounts is £29,322,438. This excludes clinical commissioning groups, commissioning support units, and the Trust Development Agency and Monitor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14001 question first answered 12/02/2020 16:59:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq