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Written Question
HIV Infection: Drugs
Tuesday 5th November 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities do not have a PrEP impact trial site.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.


Written Question
HIV Infection: Drugs
Tuesday 5th November 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient places are available in each clinic for the duration of the PreP trial.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.


Written Question
HIV Infection: Drugs
Tuesday 5th November 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support local authorities that do not have a PrEP impact trial prepare for routine commissioning.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.


Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit
Tuesday 8th October 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the Government's worst case contingency plans related to his remit on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Operation Yellowhammer is a cross-Government programme of work to ensure that the United Kingdom is prepared to deal with the potential reasonable worst-case scenario impacts of leaving the European Union without a deal.

On 11 September, the Government published planning assumptions for exiting the European Union without a deal at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-response-to-humble-address-motion

An updated version will be published in due course.

These include the Department’s planning assumptions relating to the continuity of medicines and medicine supplies, the provision of healthcare to UK nationals within EU Member States, and the provision of adult social care after we have left the EU. The Department maintains robust operational plans to ensure the continuity of services from the National Health Service and wider health and social care system, regardless of circumstances, and will continue to do so.


Written Question
NHS: Drugs
Tuesday 8th October 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of medicines in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Department is doing everything appropriate to prepare for leaving the European Union. We want to reassure patients that our plans should ensure the uninterrupted supply of medicines and medical products once we have left the EU.

The Department, as part of our EU exit preparations, is implementing a multi-layered approach to mitigate potential disruption to supply, which consists of stockpiling where possible, securing freight capacity, changing or clarifying regulatory requirements, procuring additional warehousing, working closely with industry to improve trader readiness and putting in place the National Supply Disruption Response to manage potential shortages. Further details can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans


Written Question
5G: Health Hazards
Wednesday 2nd October 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk to health posed by 5G connectivity.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Public Health England (PHE) has published a webpage about exposure to the radio waves from mobile phone base stations, including those for 5G networks, at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health

This explains the health-related reviews and assessments have been performed, as well as the practical measures that are in place to protect public health.

PHE continues to monitor the health-related evidence applicable to radio waves, including in relation to base stations, and is committed to updating its advice as required.


Written Question
NHS: Capital Investment
Monday 9th September 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent by (i) NHS foundation trusts and (ii) NHS trusts per capita in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

National Health Service capital expenditure by NHS providers is funded in large part through their ability to generate income via trading activity with Commissioners. This internally generated financing is supplemented by Departmental financing in the form of repayable capital loans and Public Dividend Capital (PDC) for specific strategic initiatives, for example sustainability and transformation partnerships funding; for investment to address pressures on urgent and emergency care over the winter period or for investment in strategic technology fields.

Details of these investments can be found in the annual report ‘Financial Assistance under Section 40 of the National Health Service Act 2006’, which is published alongside the Department’s Annual Report. This can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dhsc-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019

The following table provides detail of the outturn Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) for foundation trusts and NHS trusts over the past five years.

It is not possible to provide this information ‘per capita’ as there is no fixed population or geographical boundary for any given hospital trust.

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

Foundation Trust CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)

1,925,555

1,795,693

1,815,837

2,061,023

2,380,091

NHS Trust CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)

1,381,276

1,146,203

1,049,501

1,002,017

1,551,799

Total NHS Provider CDEL Outturn Expenditure (£,000s)

3,306,831

2,941,896

2,865,338

3,063,040

3,931,890


Written Question
Medical Records: Databases
Monday 9th September 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS foundation trusts have implemented an Electronic Patient Record system; and how many patients’ records are recorded on those systems.

Answered by Nadine Dorries

NHS Digital has advised that currently there are 71 National Health Service trusts and 108 NHS foundation trusts who have implemented an Electronic Patient Record System. NHS Digital does not routinely collect data on the overall number of patients’ records and therefore the number of patient’s records is not held on the Electronic Patient Record System.


Written Question
NHS: Capital Investment
Monday 9th September 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bids for capital spending (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) NHS Improvement have (i) accepted and (ii) fully funded in each of the last five years; and what the total value was of those bids in each of those years.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

The number of bids received by the Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement for capital spending are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Hospitals: Heating
Monday 9th September 2019

Asked by: Sarah Wollaston (Liberal Democrat - Totnes)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many overheating occurrences triggering a risk assessment were recorded by (a) NHS trusts and( b) foundation trusts in (i) England and (ii) Totnes in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.