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806205

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has the Department made of the effectiveness of the introduction of the FreeStyle Libre diabetes system for NHS practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	119397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS Business Services Authority carries out the assessment of Part IX applications by manufacturers on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health, for prescribing at National Health Service expense by an appropriate practitioner.</p><p> </p><p>Any device made available for prescribing to patients through listing in Part IX, including FreeStyle Libre, is required to meet set criteria, namely that the product is safe and of good quality, it is appropriate for general practice and, if relevant, non-medical prescribing, and it is cost effective.</p><p> </p><p>However, the listing of a medical device in the Drug Tariff should not be interpreted as a recommendation to prescribe a particular product. Patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider whether FreeStyle Libre is appropriate for them.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2017 17:01:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

768982

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards will be put in place to ensure that the Government's policy for opt-out for organ donation does not contravene the religious beliefs of those who may not have opted out.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	107156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>We have announced that we will launch a 12 week consultation, before the end of this year, on increasing rates of organ donation, including a new “opt out” system of consent for England. The consultation will seek views on:</p><p> </p><p>- How to increase rates of organ donation, particularly from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities;</p><p>- How the issue of consent should be managed within the National Health Service;</p><p>- How technology could help people to discuss their preferences with family; and</p><p>- How opt out could work in practice, the safeguards needed and how families could be supported.</p><p> </p><p>The major religions in the United Kingdom support the idea of organ donation and transplantation. However, the Government will carefully consult, listen and take account of the views from people from a diverse range of ethnic, religious and cultural communities when considering any changes to the law.</p><p> </p><p>We are still committed to campaigns to raise awareness, and encourage families and friends to discuss their wishes on organ donation.</p><p> </p><p>More information about religious views and principles on organ donation can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/about-donation/what-does-my-religion-say/" target="_blank">http://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/about-donation/what-does-my-religion-say/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/10/2017 10:48:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755825

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on its officials engaging with representatives of the tobacco industry.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s policy of engaging with representatives of the tobacco industry is compliant with the requirements of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This treaty includes an obligation on all countries that have ratified the treaty to protect public health policies from the commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry. Any engagement with the industry needs to be transparent and accountable.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/09/2017 14:26:22 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

747541

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has paid for the medical treatment of UK citizens in other EU member states in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	2506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department on behalf of the United Kingdom Government reimburses other European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland for the cost of providing treatment to people we are responsible for under European Union law, irrespective of nationality. In the same way, other EEA countries and Switzerland reimburse the UK for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland.</p><p> </p><p>Member State claims against the UK are in local currency so totals are significantly affected by the exchange rate at the time of payment and can mean a difference of millions of pounds. Member States can submit claims up to 18 months in arrears so claims for any 12 month period do not necessarily reflect treatment provided in that period.</p><p> </p><p>Requested figures are provided in the attached document rounded to the nearest pound.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2016–17 should be published over the summer.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/07/2017 16:36:40 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name PQ2506 attached table.xlsx title PQ2506 attached table
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

746262

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Maternity Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has published on ensuring exemptions for female health care professionals returning from maternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	1787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not published guidelines on ensuring excemptions for female healthcare professionals returning from maternity leave. However, the Department commissions NHS Employers to work with colleagues on the NHS Staff Council<sup>1</sup> to ensure National Health Service terms and conditions of service are up to date and fit for purpose, Section 15 covering “maternity leave and pay”. This section includes ‘health and safety of employees: pre and post birth’ which reflects the need for employers to consider exemptions.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant section of the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook" target="_blank">http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook</a></p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup> The national NHS Staff Council has overall responsibility for the Agenda for Change pay system and has representatives from both employers and trade unions.Its remit includes: maintaining the Agenda for Change pay system, for staff on Agenda for Change and reflecting these in the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook and providing national support on interpreting the national agreement for employers and trade unions. The NHS terms and conditions of service handbook can be accessed at the following link: <a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook" target="_blank">http://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/07/2017 09:54:22 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

674847

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of the implementation of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan for North West London on the provision of health services in that area.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	60576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>While they are supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement, Sustainability and Transformation Plans are locally led and designed to reflect the priorities of each footprint. As such it is for individual areas to assess the effect of implementing the plans. No changes to services will be made without local consultation.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 26/01/2017 10:54:31 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

643063

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to GPs to ensure the regulation of self-prescribing by health practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	54473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not provide doctors with guidance to ensure the regulation of self-prescribing by health practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of doctors in the United Kingdom. The GMC guidance, <em>Good Medical Practice </em>describes what is expected of all doctors registered with the GMC. In this guidance it states that a doctor must, wherever possible, avoid providing medical care to themselves or anyone with whom they have a close personal relationship.</p><p> </p><p>The GMC also produces supporting, explanatory guidance, <em>Good Practice in Prescribing and Managing Medicines and Devices </em>that expands on the advice in <em>Good Medical Practice.</em></p><p> </p><p>A serious or persistent failure to follow this guidance may put a doctor’s registration with the GMC, and their licence to practise at risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 01/12/2016 10:56:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

642319

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Lottery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has received from the Health Lottery ELM Limited in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	54273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The Health Lottery ELM Limited is not a customer of the Department and central records indicate that the Department has not received any funds from the Health Lottery ELM Limited within the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also receives funds which are not allocated to a customer. Whilst central records indicate that no funds have been received from Health Lottery ELM Limited to review local records for five years to provide additional confirmation could only be performed at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 30/11/2016 14:46:18 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

522161

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neuromuscular Disorders: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase provision of neuromuscular care advisor support in (a) London and (b) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The provision of neurological services is a matter for NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2013, NHS England has been responsible for commissioning specialised neurological services, which includes services for patients with neuromuscular disorders. NHS England has published a service specification for neurological care, which sets out what providers must have in place to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services. The specification can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England has advised that it commissions two services that provide support to people with neurological conditions:</p><p> </p><p>Firstly a diagnostic service for rare muscular disorders at specified centres:</p><p>- The limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (Newcastle)</p><p>- The congenital muscular dystrophies and myopathies (London – Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre)</p><p>- The congenital myasthenic syndromes (Oxford)</p><p>- The muscle channelopathies (London – Institute of Neurology)</p><p> </p><p>These providers are required to provide a diagnostic service and support to the referring provider who has on-going responsibility for implementing care.</p><p> </p><p>The second are the services commissioned through Neurosciences: specialist neurology specification. Under this specification providers are required to provide neuromuscular nurses and a neuromuscular care co-ordinator. NHS England commissions the following providers to offer neurology services: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Barts Health NHS Trust and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2016 11:36:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

431994

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
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 reasons for disparities between clinical commissioning groups in achieving the recovery target for mental health patients who have received NHS treatment.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	17465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>NHS England monitors clinical commissioning groups’ (CCGs) performance against the recovery target for people who have received psychological therapies through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme.</p><p>The Department is working closely with NHS England to reduce the variation in recovery rates across CCG areas. Key factors that have been identified are variation in data quality, waiting times, numbers of sessions completed by patients, leadership and supervision of services and particular challenges in areas with high deprivation.</p><br /><p>NHS England is working with good performers and is analysing data from the IAPT programme to better understand factors that impact on recovery performance.</p><p>NHS England is also supporting lowest performing IAPT providers to improve their recovery rates and is offering workshops to spread good practice to all commissioners and providers.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/12/2015 13:09:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord