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155926

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking with NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to help local drugs and therapeutics networks to improve access to off-patent drugs.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	214770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Off-patent drugs are those whose patent period has expired and they are widely used in the National Health Service now. Drugs can also be prescribed ‘off-label’ outside of their licensed indication(s) to individual patients where doctors consider it is clinically appropriate to do so. Prescribing decisions are rightly a matter for clinicians in discussion with their patients.</p><p> </p><p><br> We are in the process of setting up a round-table discussion with key stakeholders, including NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to explore opportunities for supporting appropriate use of off-label drugs outside their licensed indications where the evidence supports this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/11/2014 17:33:51 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

155490

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will produce a new national cancer plan for the next Parliament which prioritises the importance of early diagnosis.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	214186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Achieving earlier diagnosis of cancer is key to our ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives per year by 2014-15 and improve cancer outcomes and survival.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer,</em> (January 2011) set out the Government’s ambition to close the gap in survival outcomes by 2014-15 and the strategy is backed with more than £750 million over this spending review period (four years), including more than £450 million to achieve early diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Along with NHS England and Public Health England, we will publish the latest progress on commitments and initiatives outlined in the plan in the fourth annual report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2014 14:34:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

143395

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timescale his Department has set for rolling out the meningococcal group B vaccine Bexsero to all babies as part of the national immunisation programme.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	213865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department is continuing negotiations for the supply of the meningococcal B vaccine Bexsero<sup>®</sup> with the manufacturer Novartis with a view to securing a cost-effective price as recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Plans for inclusion of the Bexsero<sup>®</sup> in the routine infant immunisation programme will depend on the outcome of these negotiations, which will be completed as quickly as practicable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/11/2014 16:08:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

143396

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will commission a carriage study into whether the meningococcal group B vaccine Bexsero should be extended and administered to adolescents and students.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	213866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Work is under way by Departmental officials to explore a possible acquisition of a carriage study, as suggested by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/11/2014 16:16:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

100023

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase early identification of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	905561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>We are investing £450 million in earlier diagnosis of cancer, including improving direct general practitioner access to non-obstetric ultrasound to support earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England ran a regional Be Clear on Cancer campaign early in 2014 to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. The findings of the pilot will be evaluated in 2015, and this evidence would inform any decision to move from a regional to national campaign.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 15:46:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91632

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Childbirth
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 ensure that all mothers who give birth to a premature baby receive the necessary psychological support.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	209103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>As set out in NHS England’s NHS Standard Contract for Neonatal Critical Care each unit must deliver a family-centred care approach, with sufficient emotional and practical support for parents and families, enabling them to make informed choices and play an active part in their babies' care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Delivering care in a family-centred way helps minimise the physical and psychological impact of neonatal care on the baby and their family, for example by improving psychological outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Family centred care puts the physical, psychological and social needs of both the baby and their family at the heart of all care given. The Department awarded Bliss, the National charity for the Newborn, a grant for <em>Family Centred Care: A Guide for Parents </em>project, which aims to improve parents’ experience of neonatal care and help them to establish their role as parents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/10/2014 16:00:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91282

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Intersex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers or officials in his Department have had with individuals or groups representing intersex people about NHS services for and the needs of intersex people.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>We have no knowledge of any meetings at official or Ministerial level relating to disorders of sex development (DSD) that have taken place with individuals or groups representing people who are affected by DSDs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 13/10/2014 14:58:43 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91023

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Intersex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have been diagnosed with disorders of sexual development when they were aged (a) up to two, (b) two to five, (c) five to 11, (d) 11 to 16 and (e) over 16 years in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre have advised that this information is not available in the format requested as the term “disorders of sexual development” is too broad to identify using the classification system available in the Hospital Episode Statistics database.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 208614 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:31:40 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91024

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Intersex
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 obstetricians, gynaecologists, midwives, paediatricians and other medical professionals on disorders of sexual development.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) has advised that the content and standard of medical, nursing and midwifery training, including education on disorders of sexual development, is the responsibility of regulatory bodies, the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The GMC and the NMC are independent professional bodies with the function of promoting and co-ordinating high standards of clinical education ensuring that all students and newly qualified doctors, midwives and nurses are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Medical schools design curricula for undergraduate medical education and Medical Royal Colleges for postgraduate medical education. In the case of general practitioners the training curricula is designed by the Royal College of General Practitioners. In doing so, they must ensure that teaching meets the standards of the GMC in able to retain GMC recognition of their course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, HEE will work with stakeholders, such as the NMC, to influence training curricula for all medical and non-medical staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In regards to continuing professional development of doctors, nurses and midwives, this is the responsibility of individual practitioners and their employers. Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) have a role in ensuring employers remain committed to continuing professional development and in developing the overall strategy for workforce skills and development in their areas, including on disorders of sexual development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that paediatricians will receive general training on disorders of sexual development, particularly Grid Trainees specialising in paediatric endocrinology. Medical staff who have patients with disorders of sexual development referred to them, will have received specialist training on this condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 208493 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:05:05 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

91025

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Intersex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirement he makes for education on disorders of sexual development as part of initial training and continuous professional development for obstetricians, gynaecologists, midwives, paediatricians and other medical professionals.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	208493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) has advised that the content and standard of medical, nursing and midwifery training, including education on disorders of sexual development, is the responsibility of regulatory bodies, the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The GMC and the NMC are independent professional bodies with the function of promoting and co-ordinating high standards of clinical education ensuring that all students and newly qualified doctors, midwives and nurses are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Medical schools design curricula for undergraduate medical education and Medical Royal Colleges for postgraduate medical education. In the case of general practitioners the training curricula is designed by the Royal College of General Practitioners. In doing so, they must ensure that teaching meets the standards of the GMC in able to retain GMC recognition of their course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, HEE will work with stakeholders, such as the NMC, to influence training curricula for all medical and non-medical staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In regards to continuing professional development of doctors, nurses and midwives, this is the responsibility of individual practitioners and their employers. Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) have a role in ensuring employers remain committed to continuing professional development and in developing the overall strategy for workforce skills and development in their areas, including on disorders of sexual development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that paediatricians will receive general training on disorders of sexual development, particularly Grid Trainees specialising in paediatric endocrinology. Medical staff who have patients with disorders of sexual development referred to them, will have received specialist training on this condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 208492 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:05:05 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson