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1151451

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of health visitors in England on children's health.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	3797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Health visiting is an essential part of broader early years family support. The number of health visitors employed by National Health Service organisations reported through Electronic Staff Records shows reduction, but this is not a complete picture of the workforce as this goes not include social enterprises, private sector organisations or local authorities. It is the responsibility of local authorities to determine how the programme is provided to their communities based upon local needs.</p><p>Data on mandated health visitor reviews shows national coverage remains above those achieved in 2015. However, there is variation at a local level. Data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>Progress against health and wellbeing outcomes for the zero to five years population, and inequalities in these outcomes, is published in Early Years Profiles at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles/data#page/1/gid/1938133223/pat/6/par/E12000001/ati/102/are/E06000005" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles/data#page/1/gid/1938133223/pat/6/par/E12000001/ati/102/are/E06000005</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/10/2019 17:51:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1151449

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of health visitors in England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	3796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/10/2019 17:46:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150388

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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	Blood: Contamination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons parents and children of people who have died after being infected by contaminated blood products do not receive on-going financial support.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) currently makes provision for <em>ex gratia</em> one-off payments to eligible spouses, civil partners and long-term partners for individuals meeting qualifying criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The EIBSS also makes provision to help with the costs of bringing up children of an infected beneficiary in the form of an income top-up payment. This is a discretionary monthly payment to increase household income to help with general living costs. These are means-tested payments for dependants who are defined as children of an infected beneficiary up to the age of 18 years, or up to 21 if in full-time education.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2017 the then Prime Minister announced the establishment of the Infected Blood Enquiry. This statutory inquiry chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff, will examine why men, women and children in the United Kingdom were given infected blood and/or infected blood products and the impact on their families. The Inquiry will consider the nature and the adequacy of the treatment, care and support (including financial assistance) and the Government will carefully consider any recommendations made.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/10/2019 15:47:42 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1148989

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's News release, NHS taskforce to drive improvements in young people’s hospital mental health, learning disability and autism care, published on 10 October 2019, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the proposals in that announcement on people with ADHD.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The main focus of the Quality Task Force will be on driving improvements in in-patient care for children and young people with both mental health and the range of neuro-developmental disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This recognises that some of the children and young people who require an in-patient admission may have ADHD.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/10/2019 11:08:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150133

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 293726, how many meetings there have been between officials in his Department and officials in the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy over the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>There have been no specific meetings between ministers or officials in the Department of Health and Social Care and the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy as this is led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>We have identified at least 12 meetings attended by officials from both the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the National Data Strategy since the strategy was announced in June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 1132 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:38:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1150132

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 7 October to Question 293726, how many meetings Ministers or officials in his Department have held with Ministers or officials in the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy since that strategy was announced.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	1132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>There have been no specific meetings between ministers or officials in the Department of Health and Social Care and the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy as this is led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>We have identified at least 12 meetings attended by officials from both the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the National Data Strategy since the strategy was announced in June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 1133 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:38:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1147985

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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: Databases
	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 meetings Ministers in his Department have held with Ministers in the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	293726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>There have been no meetings between Ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care and Ministers in the Cabinet Office on the National Data Strategy in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/10/2019 16:21:39 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1142789

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: Software
	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 22 July 2019 to Question 277855, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of Windows XP machines operating across the NHS that are unable to be updated.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	284438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We estimate there are approximately 2,300 machines in the National Health Service currently still operating on Windows XP which is no longer supported by Microsoft. To be compliant with the mandatory Data Security and Protection Toolkit, NHS organisations must operate on supported systems or have plans in place to mitigate the risk such as segregating those machines from the network. There are valid reasons why some machines cannot be upgraded from Windows XP, primarily where they run essential locally developed clinical systems that cannot be upgraded or replaced.</p><p>We are supporting NHS organisations to upgrade their existing Microsoft Windows operating systems, allowing them to reduce potential vulnerabilities and increase cyber resilience.</p><p>We signed a multi-million pound contract with Microsoft in 2018 to support the NHS to upgrade their existing Microsoft Windows operating systems onto Windows 10.</p><p>All health and care organisations that have access to NHS patient data must annually complete NHS Digital’s Data Security and Protection Toolkit. This details the standards we expect them to adhere to and Data Security Standard 8 advocates that no unsupported operating systems, software or internet browsers are used within the IT estate.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 19:13:26 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1142787

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis
	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 22 July 2019 to Question 277852 on Hyperactivity: Diagnosis, whether his Department has a timeframe for the exploration of data that can be made accessible via the mental health dataset; and whether that data may include average waiting times for an ADHD diagnosis for (a) children and (b) adults.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	284183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Work to explore what national level data on services for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could be made available, including what metrics may be identified, is ongoing. The scoping work is also considering timeframes for making ADHD data available.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting people with ADHD to live healthy, independent lives and to participate in their communities. NHS Digital continues to work with the Department and NHS England on the development of access and waiting times reporting for mental health care pathways.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2019 18:12:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1143505

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: Prescriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients with pulmonary fibrosis are entitled to free prescriptions.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	285451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Pulmonary fibrosis is currently not a medical condition that is covered by the National Health Service Medical Exemption Certificate, and therefore this condition does not automatically entitle people to free prescriptions.</p><p>However, extensive arrangements are in place to help people afford NHS prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions, such as free prescriptions for the individuals aged 60 and over, for which someone with pulmonary fibrosis may qualify.</p><p>People on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the NHS Low Income Scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/09/2019 15:08:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt