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People with Learning Disabilities — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
John Michael Howell (Conservative, Centre-right): Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust recently won a bid under the Beyond Places of Safety scheme to put in place IT support for users of learning disability services. Is that not a very useful way of taking forward such projects?
People with Learning Disabilities — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. It is vital that when we look at how to move forward with both our health and social care services, we are able to capture all the latest technology to ensure that we improve the experience for all our service users.
People with Learning Disabilities — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. It would be terrible to see a health and social care sector in which people doing the same work are valued differently, so I will look carefully at the point he raises.
Life Sciences and Medical Research — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Alan Mak (Conservative, Centre-right): The use of big data and artificial intelligence in medical research has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives. Will my right hon. Friend consider setting up data hubs and support the full digitisation of patient records?
Life Sciences and Medical Research — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): That is exactly what we have been doing, but we need Vertex to be reasonable regarding the price that it offers the NHS. We need to pay fair prices. We have heard that it will be coming back with a new offer next week—we hope it is a reasonable one—but we urge Vertex to waive commercial confidentiality so that we can all see, in the interests of transparency, the kind of prices it is trying to charge the NHS.
Life Sciences and Medical Research — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Sarah James (Wollaston) (Conservative, Centre-right): Further to the point made by the hon. Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin), we know that the UK is a world leader in research into rare conditions, but that does not always translate into timely access to those treatments. The Secretary of State will know that there are many CFTR—cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator—treatments in the pipeline that could benefit people who are living with cystic fibrosis. Will he meet me to see how we can ensure that those are available in a timely manner for the people who desperately need them?
Life Sciences and Medical Research — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course I am happy to meet my hon. Friend. I recognise that this is one of the things that we are not good at at the moment. We have fantastic research, with amazing new drugs developed in this country, but our uptake can be painfully slow, and that is of course something that we want to put right.
Life Sciences and Medical Research — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that issue. She is introducing a debate on it in Westminster Hall on Thursday. I have met a number of families who have suffered very badly as a result of ME, and we would all like better research, so I hope that her campaign is successful.
Sport: Public Health — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): There is a strong body of evidence on the health benefits of participating in sport— possibly not watching it, if last night is anything to go by. Last year, a review by Sport England brought together evidence to show the association between sport and physical and mental wellbeing.
Sport: Public Health — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Craig Paul Tracey (Conservative, Centre-right): As the Minister may be aware, I co-chair the all-party parliamentary group for golf—a sport sometimes labelled, rather unfairly, a good walk spoiled. Does he agree that there are many positive health benefits associated with participation in golf, especially for people with long-term conditions?
Homelessness — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): NHS England has a legal duty to commission services to meet local need, which includes people who are homeless, and we are very clear that a patient should not be turned away from a GP if they cannot produce any supporting documentation. If they state that they reside within the boundaries for the practice, the GP is expected to accept the registration. The same applies for dentistry, and training is in place to remind people of their obligations.
Personal Health and Care Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I know that the thoughts of the whole House are with the families affected by the terrible atrocity a year ago. Personal health budgets have a transformative effect on people with very complex health needs, and we plan for 50,000 to 100,000 more people to benefit from them by 2021.
Personal Health and Care Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Henry Bellingham (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Secretary of State for that reply. Does he agree that a key part of integrating health and social care is giving individuals more say and flexibility in how they use their entitlements? Will he consider extending his pilots to my constituency of North West Norfolk?
Personal Health and Care Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Absolutely, and not just to North West Norfolk, but to the whole country. We are currently consulting on giving a right to personal health budgets to people with the most complex health needs. That would be about 350,000 people and would include anyone with a continuing NHS need combined with a mental health need, a learning disability, autism or PTSD. Obviously, it would be hugely significant if we were able to proceed with that.
Personal Health and Care Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Andrew Iain Lewer (Conservative, Centre-right): Will the Minister ensure that the long-term NHS plan puts a major emphasis on empowering patients through the wider availability of personal budgets? May I also join my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norfolk (Sir Henry Bellingham) and make a pitch for my local area of Northampton for one of the next wave of pilots?
Personal Health and Care Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Absolutely, and technology will have a big role, because this year we intend all NHS patients to be able to access their health records through an app. That will be extremely empowering, but my hon. Friend is right that giving people with long-term conditions control over their health and care destiny is a potentially huge leap forward.
Personal Health and Care Budgets — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): This is a huge challenge in all parts of the United Kingdom. In England, about 22% of bed days are occupied by people who have been in hospital for more than three weeks, and probably less than 20% of those people should be in hospital. We are taking urgent steps to rectify that, because it is very, very bad for the patients involved.
Mental Health Workforce — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): The mental health workforce plan published last summer underpins our expansion of mental health services, as set out in the "Five Year Forward View for Mental Health". We aim to create 21,000 new posts in mental health by 2021.
Mental Health Workforce — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Marcus Charles Jones (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for her response. Mental health is one of the many complex drivers of rough sleeping, and can add to the complexity of getting rough sleepers off the street and into accommodation. Will my hon. Friend say how the new mental health employees in the NHS can help us to get rough sleepers off the streets and into accommodation?
Mental Health Workforce — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): I hope the expansion of mental health services will stop people becoming rough sleepers in the first place by bringing forward support earlier in the process. In January, we announced a £1 billion investment in mental health, part of which will be focused on crisis care and helping people who are experiencing crisis to stay out of hospital. The workforce plan backs that commitment by planning 5,200 posts to support those in crisis. We will be working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on a forthcoming strategy to make sure we honour our commitments.
Mental Health Workforce — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her question. She will be aware that I have been working with her colleague the hon. Member for Croydon North (Mr Reed) on his Bill to limit the use of restraint, because we on the Government Benches also very firmly believe in that. An essential part of his measure will be to improve training for staff in mental health units. That will be a tool in making sure that restraint is minimised.
Capital Investment Projects — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I hope it will have a positive impact. We are asking NHS trusts to get their proposals in during July. We are also delighted that there is a new medical school in Canterbury and we hope that this will be the start of a transformation of NHS services.
Capital Investment Projects — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): Earlier this year, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust was allocated £13.3 million of capital funding for improved urgent care and a new emergency department at Torbay Hospital. Will my right hon. Friend confirm what progress is being made to get those major construction projects under way?
Capital Investment Projects — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I think it will be brilliant not just for patients at Torbay Hospital but for patients living in Newton Abbot and Torquay. My understanding is that this project is on track, and my hon. Friend should be very proud, because he campaigned hard.
Capital Investment Projects — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I visited the hospital not too long ago and was able to see for myself some of the estate issues the hon. Lady talks about. I can assure her that need is a fundamental criterion when we look at allocating capital funding.
Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluations — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): My officials have regular discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, of course, but we are clear that there is no fixed capacity in NICE’s HST programme. The number of drugs that it evaluates each year is driven by the pipeline of drugs expected to come to market, and we will refer any suitable drugs to it for evaluation.
Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluations — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): NICE has recommended the drug Translarna for use in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; it is now routinely available on the NHS. It is a disease that I grew up with—the friends that I grew up with did not, and I did, and this is a timely reminder of how terrible this disease can be. I would be really pleased, therefore, to meet the hon. Lady and the charity that she mentioned.
Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluations — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Derek Gordon Thomas (Conservative, Centre-right): Is the Minister aware of the recent NICE draft review regarding treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms? Some 1,500 to 2,000 lives are saved yearly by NHS AAA screening. If the draft recommendations are adopted, a patient is likely to have an aneurysm erupt before treatment and 80% of patients are then likely to die. Will the Minister look carefully at this issue to avoid this unintended consequence?
Community First Responders — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Defense
Paul Masterton (Conservative, Centre-right): In just five years, the Neilston and Uplawmoor first responders have responded to over 1,300 calls, saving many lives, and earlier this month they received the Queen’s award for voluntary service. Will the Minister join me in congratulating all the volunteers and paying tribute to community first responder units right across the United Kingdom?
Epilepsy Guidance (Autism) — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): NICE is currently in the early stages of updating the clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of epilepsies in adults, and plan to go out to consultation on a draft scope in October this year.
Epilepsy Guidance (Autism) — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan (Conservative, Centre-right): The UK’s autism research charity Autistica advises that up to 40% of people with epilepsies are, in fact, autistic, and that epileptic seizures are the leading cause of early death for autistic people with a learning disability. NICE guidance has never mentioned autism when referring to epilepsy, and autistic people have distinctive types of epilepsies that require different clinical approaches. Will the Minister please ensure that NICE includes autism in the guidelines on epilepsy?
Epilepsy Guidance (Autism) — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): At this stage, it is too early in the update process for NICE to say exactly what its guidance will cover. However, my right hon. Friend is chair of the all-party group on autism and vice-chair of the all-party group on epilepsy, and she was the driving force behind the Autism Act 2009. I think that NICE would do very well to heed her advice.
Clinical Staff Shortages — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Heidi-Suzanne Allen (Conservative, Centre-right): I had wanted to ask the Secretary of State to get behind exempting nurses and doctors from the tier 2 visa process, but I do not need to do that; I just have to thank him for his support in doing that. Instead, for his next challenge, will he commit to looking again at the pensions cap, which I fear might be one reason some senior NHS professionals and doctors are retiring sooner than they might otherwise do?
Innovative Drugs and Devices — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government are committed to ensuring that innovative healthcare products reach patients faster than ever before. We have established the Accelerated Access Collaborative to identify transformative innovations and help their route to market, and today we have appointed Lord Darzi as the new chair of the AAC to lead this work.
Innovative Drugs and Devices — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Nigel John Mills (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the fact that the Prime Minister in her speech yesterday announced much more funding for personalised medicines and new technologies that will transform care. On that basis, will the Minister update the House on when the groundbreaking CAR-T— chimeric antigen receptor T-cell—therapy might be made available to NHS patients suffering from cancer?
Innovative Drugs and Devices — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, indeed. As the cancer Minister, I consider CAR-T to be one of the most innovative and exciting treatments ever offered on the NHS. NICE is considering the first of the therapies this year and preparations are well under way. We are working closely with NHS England to make these transformative medicines available to cancer patients.
Innovative Drugs and Devices — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Kevin Paul Hollinrake (Conservative, Centre-right): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Probably the most important recommendation in the new O’Neill review into antimicrobial resistance was the requirement for diagnostics prior to the prescription of antibiotics by 2020. Will the Minister update the House on progress towards that goal, and will he agree to meet me and colleagues, including Lord O’Neill, to discuss the establishment of an antibiotic diagnostics fund?
Innovative Drugs and Devices — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, the Government’s response to Lord O’Neill’s review in 2016 set out new ambitions building on existing progress, including ensuring that tests on epidemiological data are used to support clinical decision making and delivering high-quality diagnostics in the NHS in support of our other ambitions. My hon. Friend is right to raise this issue, and I am happy to meet him.
Childhood Obesity — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): We are delivering the most ambitious childhood obesity plan in the world, and we are already seeing results. We always said that our 2016 plan was the start of the conversation, not the final word. [Interruption.] Yes, it does say that here, but I have also said it everywhere else many, many times.
Childhood Obesity — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not think that it is a binary choice. We recognise that child obesity is caused by many different factors, and that no one policy will work on its own. Yes, this is about tackling advertising, and yes, it is about tackling children’s activity and working with schools; and, as I said recently, we will present new proposals very shortly.
Childhood Obesity — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
John Luther Mercer (Conservative, Centre-right): As the Minister will know, perhaps the two biggest challenges that we currently face in relation to young people’s health are mental health and child obesity. Will he update the House on the progress of chapter 1 of his childhood obesity plan in reducing the amount of sugar in both food and drink?
Childhood Obesity — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Since we published the plan, progress has been made on sugar reduction. The amount of sugar in soft drinks has been reduced by 11% in response to the industry levy, and Public Health England has published a detailed assessment of progress against delivery of the 5% reduction for the first year. Progress is good, but it is not good enough, which is why we have said that we will produce chapter 2 shortly.
Childhood Obesity — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): We assess the plan all the time, and we make progress reports on it, as we did last month with the sugar report. However, when I addressed the Health Committee recently, I could not have made it clearer that we think there has been progress This is a world-leading plan. When we talk to other people around the world, they are very keen to hear about what we are doing and very interested, and we are interested in learning from them. If we do not take action, one of our biggest public health challenges will get worse and worse, and that will have implications for the health service and for all our constituents.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): When something goes tragically wrong in healthcare, the best apology to grieving families is to guarantee that no one will experience the same heartache again. Last week I accepted the recommendations of the Williams review of gross negligence manslaughter, and we announced a new national clinical improvement programme to provide NHS consultants with confidential data on their clinical outcomes. From next April independent medical examiners will examine every hospital death, and the learning from deaths programme will be extended to primary care.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady has highlighted what is potentially an extremely serious issue. Obviously the FOI is a matter for NHS England, but let me reassure her that the Minister for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for North East Cambridgeshire (Stephen Barclay)—the hospitals Minister—met the chief executive of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority this morning.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Questions: A recent report by the King’s Fund highlighted the potential for a hypothecated source of funding for health and care, with national insurance as a possible starting point. Does my right hon. Friend agree with the report that hypothecation would increase transparency in regard to what our constituents pay for health and care, and will he encourage the Chancellor to look at the report’s implications?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I thought that the report made powerful reading, and I know that my hon. Friend was associated with it. Yesterday the Prime Minister was straightforward about the fact that, if we are to preserve our NHS and make it one of the best systems in the world, the burden of taxation will need to increase, and she was willing to listen to the views of colleagues about the most appropriate way in which that should be done.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-19
Topic: Health
Questions: A recent report by the King’s Fund highlighted the potential for a hypothecated source of funding for health and care, with national insurance as a possible starting point. Does my right hon. Friend agree with the report that hypothecation would increase transparency in regard to what our constituents pay for health and care, and will he encourage the Chancellor to look at the report’s implications?; Prostate cancer survival rates may be at a record high, but it is still among the biggest cancer killers in our country today. What can the Government do to save more lives in this area?
Stephen Charles Brine (Conservative, Centre-right): Survival rates are high, but I am ambitious for more. That is why the Prime Minister recently announced £75 million to support new research into the early diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. We will recruit 40,000 patients into more than 60 studies over the next five years, and further to this even more exciting is the rapid pathway that I was discussing yesterday with Cally Palmer, our national cancer director, which we are trialling across three hospital sites in west London as part of its local cancer alliance.