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1178904

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	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

1178990

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	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 support his Department provides for women going through the menopause.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	18641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>To help ensure women receive the best possible care, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published a guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of the menopause in November 2015. This set out the support, information and treatments needed to address the often debilitating symptoms that women suffer.</p><p>Recently in December 2019, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 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>The Government will continue to encourage employers to rise to the challenge by creating supportive and flexible ways to help those living with these conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 26/02/2020 17:06:04 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1178991

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	Menopause: Training
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 improve the training GPs receive on the treatment of menopausal symptoms.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	18642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The curriculum for general practitioner (GP) specialty training is set by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the General Medical Council (GMC) approves the curriculum and assessment systems for the programme. The curriculum integrates the GMC’s generic professional capabilities framework covering the professional behaviours, knowledge and skills that doctors in GP specialty training must demonstrate.</p><p>The RCGP Curriculum: Being a General Practitioner, has recently been reviewed and a wide range of conditions are covered in the clinical topic guides.</p><p>The menopause is emphasised in the clinical topic guides that supplement the curriculum and is listed in the Common and Important Conditions section of the topic guide on gynaecology and breast health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/03/2020 16:49:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1179030

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	Care Homes: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of people selling their homes to pay for their dementia care.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	18517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Data on the number of people selling their homes to pay for dementia care is not collected centrally.</p><p>Deferred Payment Agreements (DPAs) are available to allow eligible individuals to access the equity in their home to pay for their care, without having to sell it. This provides individuals and their families time to make important decisions about their care and finances.</p><p>DPAs were introduced through the Care Act 2014 as part of the wider reforms of social care provided for in that Act.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that people should not be forced to sell their home to pay for their care.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/03/2020 16:45:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1179049

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: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to define a national (a) access and (b) waiting times standard for wider child and adolescent mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	18906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Twelve areas have been chosen to pilot a four-week waiting time for access to all children and young people’s mental health services. There are already two condition-specific waiting time standards that apply to children and young people with eating disorders or psychosis.</p><p> </p><p>The current four-week waiting time pilots will test not only what it takes to achieve and maintain a four-week waiting time, but also how best to define and measure this access to specialist children and young people’s mental health services. The pilots will also evaluate the impact of a four-week waiting time on any other services and assess any impact on wider outcomes for children and young people. This will help inform any future decisions about a national waiting time standard for children and young people’s mental health services as a whole.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 18907 question first answered 26/02/2020 17:05:00 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1179050

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: Children and Young People
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 10 February to Question 12329 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, for what reasons a national access and waiting time standard for child and adolescent mental health services has not yet been defined.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	18907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>Twelve areas have been chosen to pilot a four-week waiting time for access to all children and young people’s mental health services. There are already two condition-specific waiting time standards that apply to children and young people with eating disorders or psychosis.</p><p> </p><p>The current four-week waiting time pilots will test not only what it takes to achieve and maintain a four-week waiting time, but also how best to define and measure this access to specialist children and young people’s mental health services. The pilots will also evaluate the impact of a four-week waiting time on any other services and assess any impact on wider outcomes for children and young people. This will help inform any future decisions about a national waiting time standard for children and young people’s mental health services as a whole.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 18906 question first answered 26/02/2020 17:05:00 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson