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748205

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Paracetamol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential effect of pregnant women taking paracetamol and its effect on unborn boys.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continuously monitors the safety of all medicines on the market in the United Kingdom and seeks independent expert advice from the Commission on Human Medicines on important new safety issues. The MHRA is aware of recently published research looking at the effect on male offspring of giving paracetamol to pregnant mice. All new evidence on the safety of paracetamol is kept under close review and this latest study will be carefully considered and any new advice will be communicated.</p><p> </p><p>There have not been any discussions with the Royal Colleges on this issue yet.</p><p> </p><p>Pregnant women should speak to their doctor or midwife before taking any medicine, including paracetamol.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/07/2017 09:46:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748206

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Suicide: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) online and (b) offline bullying on the incidence of suicide among children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	2728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of suicides by people aged 10-19 years of age as a result of online bullying.</p><p> </p><p>However, the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, which is commissioned by NHS England and supported by the Department, published a thematic review in 2016, Suicide by Children and Young People in England. A copy of the report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.hqip.org.uk/resources/report-suicide-by-children-and-young-people-in-england/" target="_blank">http://www.hqip.org.uk/resources/report-suicide-by-children-and-young-people-in-england/</a></p><p> </p><p>The report identified ten common themes relating to suicides by people under 20 years of age between 2014 and 2015, including bullying (online and face-to-face) and suicide-related internet use.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 2721 question first answered 12/07/2017 09:38:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

748207

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Accelerated Access Review, published in October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	2743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>We are considering the recommendations carefully and will provide a formal response in due course. Taking forward the Accelerated Access Review remains an important manifesto commitment, ensuring patients can access new cost-effective drugs and treatments faster.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/07/2017 09:15:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

748208

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, why expenditure on adult drug misuse services in England has fallen by over £42 million since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	2963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed £16 billion in funding to local councils over the current five year spending review period to tackle public health issues. Any decisions on commission of effective drug and alcohol prevention and treatment services are the responsibility of local authorities based on an assessment of local need.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 2783 question first answered 11/07/2017 09:49:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

748209

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lumacaftor/ivacaftor
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 secure an affordable price for Orkambi, to make it available to people with cystic fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	2960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and Government officials have had a number of discussions with Vertex and NHS England in which the availability of Orkambi for the treatment of cystic fibrosis was raised.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops guidance for the National Health Service on whether new drugs and treatments represent a clinically and cost effective use of resources.</p><p> </p><p>NICE published final guidance on the use of Orkambi (lumacaftor-ivacaftor) for treating cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del mutation in July 2016 that does not recommend this treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Where NICE has not been able to recommend a treatment, funding decisions should be made by the relevant NHS commissioner, based on an assessment of the available evidence.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/07/2017 09:12:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

748210

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors from the EU countries newly registered with the General Medical Council in each month in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	2940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/07/2017 15:42:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

748211

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what instructions his Department have provided to NHS bodies related to fire safety checks; and whether all hospitals in England have been fire assessed.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	2941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service estate encompasses a huge, varied and complex set of buildings and facilities. Currently annual running costs of the NHS estates are over £8 billion, and NHS providers also spend some £3 billion annually on capital investment, in particular on maintaining and improving their estates and infrastructure. The use of resources to find and remedy fire safety issues remains an absolute priority.</p><p>As part of the response to the tragic events at Grenfell Tower, actions have been implemented across the NHS to assess the risks of similar issues and ensure that the NHS estate is safe.</p><p>Fire safety checks of NHS facilities are regularly undertaken in line with legislation and guidance. Hospitals are well prepared – each one has a tailored fire safety plan, which includes assessment of the provision of fire safety precautions including alarms and evacuation plans. But nothing is more important than the safety of patients and staff, so on a precautionary basis we asked all hospitals to conduct additional checks. Jim Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS Improvement instigated inspections by local fire and rescue services on 24 June 2017.</p><p>All NHS trusts and foundation trusts were asked to carry out urgent fire safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire. All NHS trusts have provided assurance that they have undertaken a fire risk assessment in the past 12 months.</p><p>NHS Improvement has identified 38 organisations requiring support to carry out urgent checks to ascertain if they had cladding similar to that used on the Grenfell Tower. All 38 of these ‘priority 1’ trusts have started 24-hour fire warden patrols. As of 6 July, of those trusts and foundation trusts:</p><p>- 19 have had fire safety inspections and a review of additional technical information supplied to NHS Improvement and no further action is necessary at this stage;</p><p>- 16 are not required to take further action at this stage as the building material sampled is not aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding;</p><p>- samples of ACM cladding taken from three providers have failed combustibility tests;</p><p>- The three providers that have failed ACM tests are taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety of those buildings and occupants, in line with updated fire safety guidance issued by NHS Improvement. Of these three providers:</p><p>- a test sample taken from an office building at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust failed an ACM fire safety test. The Trust has already removed the cladding as a precautionary measure. This was not a building used by patients;</p><p>- Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is taking steps to remove cladding from one of its buildings following a failed ACM test result. The building is not used for inpatient accommodation and measures are being put in place to ensure the safety of the building while the ACM is removed; and</p><p>- samples from a building at North Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust have also failed the ACM combustibility test. The cladded areas do not house any inpatients.</p><p>NHS Improvement have confirmed that patient safety is paramount, and that there will be no disruptions to patient services or continuity of care.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 2936 2937 question first answered 10/07/2017 15:02:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

748212

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Piperacillin/tazobactam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure future supplies of the Tazocin brand of the antibiotic piperacillin-tazobactam.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	2915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is in direct contact with all suppliers of piperacillin-tazobactam about future supplies coming into the United Kingdom, including Pfizer who market the brand Tazocin. Pfizer currently have supplies available and have confirmed that they are able to bring larger volumes of Tazocin to the UK market from October onwards. Several other suppliers of generic piperacillin-tazobactam injection have also confirmed supplies are available and there is no clinical preference between any given manufacturer’s version of the medicine.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/07/2017 15:14:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

748213

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data the Government collects centrally on whether standard fire safety checks around building structures, escape routes, fire alarms and sprinklers are up to date across all NHS sites.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	2937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service estate encompasses a huge, varied and complex set of buildings and facilities. Currently annual running costs of the NHS estates are over £8 billion, and NHS providers also spend some £3 billion annually on capital investment, in particular on maintaining and improving their estates and infrastructure. The use of resources to find and remedy fire safety issues remains an absolute priority.</p><p>As part of the response to the tragic events at Grenfell Tower, actions have been implemented across the NHS to assess the risks of similar issues and ensure that the NHS estate is safe.</p><p>Fire safety checks of NHS facilities are regularly undertaken in line with legislation and guidance. Hospitals are well prepared – each one has a tailored fire safety plan, which includes assessment of the provision of fire safety precautions including alarms and evacuation plans. But nothing is more important than the safety of patients and staff, so on a precautionary basis we asked all hospitals to conduct additional checks. Jim Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS Improvement instigated inspections by local fire and rescue services on 24 June 2017.</p><p>All NHS trusts and foundation trusts were asked to carry out urgent fire safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire. All NHS trusts have provided assurance that they have undertaken a fire risk assessment in the past 12 months.</p><p>NHS Improvement has identified 38 organisations requiring support to carry out urgent checks to ascertain if they had cladding similar to that used on the Grenfell Tower. All 38 of these ‘priority 1’ trusts have started 24-hour fire warden patrols. As of 6 July, of those trusts and foundation trusts:</p><p>- 19 have had fire safety inspections and a review of additional technical information supplied to NHS Improvement and no further action is necessary at this stage;</p><p>- 16 are not required to take further action at this stage as the building material sampled is not aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding;</p><p>- samples of ACM cladding taken from three providers have failed combustibility tests;</p><p>- The three providers that have failed ACM tests are taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety of those buildings and occupants, in line with updated fire safety guidance issued by NHS Improvement. Of these three providers:</p><p>- a test sample taken from an office building at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust failed an ACM fire safety test. The Trust has already removed the cladding as a precautionary measure. This was not a building used by patients;</p><p>- Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is taking steps to remove cladding from one of its buildings following a failed ACM test result. The building is not used for inpatient accommodation and measures are being put in place to ensure the safety of the building while the ACM is removed; and</p><p>- samples from a building at North Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust have also failed the ACM combustibility test. The cladded areas do not house any inpatients.</p><p>NHS Improvement have confirmed that patient safety is paramount, and that there will be no disruptions to patient services or continuity of care.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 2936 2941 question first answered 10/07/2017 15:02:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

748214

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2017 to Question 66131, on carers, what plans he has to publish the national carers strategy.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	2923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>The Government remains committed to supporting carers to provide care as they would wish, and to do so in a way that supports their own health and wellbeing, employment and wider life chances.</p><p>We have said that more widely we will consult on proposals to improve social care. Next steps will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/07/2017 16:31:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley