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165986

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prostate Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to prostate cancer research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	215921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service funding has risen in each year of this parliament and is £12.7 billion higher in cash terms in 2014-15 than in 2010-11. Health funding will again grow in real terms in 2015-16, which means an additional £2.1 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England has in turn ensured that all CCGs are receiving a funding increase at least matching inflation, as predicted at the time of the announcement, in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding that CCGs receive is not ring fenced and as such it is up to CCGs at a local level to decide how to allocate their funding in regards to awareness and prevention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Mandate to NHS England requires it to ensure that the new commissioning system promotes and supports participation by NHS organisations and NHS patients in research funded by both commercial and non-commercial organisations. This includes ensuring payment of treatment costs for NHS patients taking part in research funded by Government and Research Charity partner organisations. The main Government funders of health research are the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 215919 215920 215922 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:35:29 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

165987

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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 proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to ovarian cancer research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	215922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service funding has risen in each year of this parliament and is £12.7 billion higher in cash terms in 2014-15 than in 2010-11. Health funding will again grow in real terms in 2015-16, which means an additional £2.1 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England has in turn ensured that all CCGs are receiving a funding increase at least matching inflation, as predicted at the time of the announcement, in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding that CCGs receive is not ring fenced and as such it is up to CCGs at a local level to decide how to allocate their funding in regards to awareness and prevention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Mandate to NHS England requires it to ensure that the new commissioning system promotes and supports participation by NHS organisations and NHS patients in research funded by both commercial and non-commercial organisations. This includes ensuring payment of treatment costs for NHS patients taking part in research funded by Government and Research Charity partner organisations. The main Government funders of health research are the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 215919 215920 215921 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:35:29 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

165988

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to heart disease research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	215920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service funding has risen in each year of this parliament and is £12.7 billion higher in cash terms in 2014-15 than in 2010-11. Health funding will again grow in real terms in 2015-16, which means an additional £2.1 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England has in turn ensured that all CCGs are receiving a funding increase at least matching inflation, as predicted at the time of the announcement, in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding that CCGs receive is not ring fenced and as such it is up to CCGs at a local level to decide how to allocate their funding in regards to awareness and prevention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Mandate to NHS England requires it to ensure that the new commissioning system promotes and supports participation by NHS organisations and NHS patients in research funded by both commercial and non-commercial organisations. This includes ensuring payment of treatment costs for NHS patients taking part in research funded by Government and Research Charity partner organisations. The main Government funders of health research are the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 215919 215921 215922 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:35:29 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

165990

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of clinical commissioning group budgets is allocated to diabetes research, awareness and prevention in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	215919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service funding has risen in each year of this parliament and is £12.7 billion higher in cash terms in 2014-15 than in 2010-11. Health funding will again grow in real terms in 2015-16, which means an additional £2.1 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has responsibility for clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations and, as a result of Government protecting the overall health budget for NHS England, NHS England has in turn ensured that all CCGs are receiving a funding increase at least matching inflation, as predicted at the time of the announcement, in 2014-15 and 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding that CCGs receive is not ring fenced and as such it is up to CCGs at a local level to decide how to allocate their funding in regards to awareness and prevention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Mandate to NHS England requires it to ensure that the new commissioning system promotes and supports participation by NHS organisations and NHS patients in research funded by both commercial and non-commercial organisations. This includes ensuring payment of treatment costs for NHS patients taking part in research funded by Government and Research Charity partner organisations. The main Government funders of health research are the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 215920 215921 215922 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:35:28 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

165993

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness
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 improve public knowledge of mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	215969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has invested £16 million in the Time to Change programme. Time to Change is a national high-profile marketing and media campaign, aimed at reaching 29 million adults, to increase public understanding of mental illness and change their attitudes and behaviour towards mental health problems.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All Government Departments have signed up to the Time to Change programme, and on 10 October, World Mental Health Day, all FTSE 100 companies were challenged to sign up to the programme.</p><p> </p><p>Time to Change statistics show significant reductions in those with mental health conditions reporting discrimination within several life areas, including their social life and securing a job.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In February this year, Time to Change hosted the Time to Talk Day which aimed to get people talking about mental health issues. Over 1 million conversations about mental health took place on the day.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to continue funding the Time to Change programme.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) has been working with employers in supporting employees and raising awareness through the workplace, using tools such as the Workplace Wellbeing Charter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE’s social marketing team are working to embed mental health within their work. PHE will include stress and sleep as key determinants of good mental health in future social marketing campaigns, and emotional wellbeing will be included in the digital information service for parents of babies and young children.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/12/2014 15:29:46 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

165994

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for treatments for mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	215970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department’s most recent estimate of the average waiting times for some mental health services is contained in the impact assessment dated 25 September 2014 which accompanies the Government’s new five-year plan for mental health, <em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em> published on</p><p> </p><p>8 October 2014. <em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em> sets out the immediate actions we will take this year and next to achieve better access and waiting times.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>£40 million in additional funding has been identified to enable change in the current financial year, and a further £80 million will be freed up for 2015-16 to support implementation of waiting times standards in mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England will work together with mental health system partners to develop detailed proposals for the introduction of further access and waiting time standards from 2016 onwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on mean and median waiting times for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) programme by clinical commissioning group in 2013-14 is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The IAPT dataset did not exist before April 2012 and reliable data became available from April 2013 onwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/12/2014 16:21:17 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name Mean and median waiting times for IAPT services by CCG on 2013-14.xlsx title Mean/median waiting times: IAPT services by CCG
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

165995

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dupuytren's Contracture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he and officials in his Department will meet with members of the British Dupuytrens Society to discuss treatments for that condition currently not available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	215971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2013 NHS England has been responsible for securing high quality health outcomes for patients in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The symptoms of Dupuytren's contracture are often mild and painless and do not require treatment. However, for a small number of patients, surgery may be beneficial. In November 2013, NHS England published a commissioning policy statement for surgery for the condition. Although the policy sets out that surgery is not routinely funded, it also sets out criteria by which patients with the most serious symptoms may be eligible for treatment which are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- the patient has a 30 degree fixed flexion deformity at either the metacarpophalanageal joint or proximal interphalangeal joint; and</p><p> </p><p>- the patient cannot flatten their fingers or palm on a table; or</p><p> </p><p>- there has been rapid progression over a few months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If a patient does not meet the criteria, their clinician may submit an individual funding request to NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published an interventional procedures (IP) guideline on treatment with needle fasciotomy in 2004 and an IP guideline on radiation therapy in 2010. These guidelines advise commissioners on the safety and effectiveness of procedures.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/12/2014 15:25:26 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

165997

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Thalidomide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on financial support for victims of thalidomide.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	215976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Departmental officials have regular, ongoing discussions with colleagues in the devolved administrations on the issue of Thalidomide. Following a meeting with the Thalidomide Trust on 23 June 2014, I wrote to Manuela Schwesig, Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, on behalf of all four UK Governments, asking if she would meet with the Trust.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/12/2014 16:05:01 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

166000

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
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 encourage the uptake of the influenza vaccine by people with learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	215811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The 2014-15 Winter Flu plan, and the tripartite Annual Flu letter of 28 April 2014 which accompanied it, stated that those with learning disabilities are eligible for free flu vaccination.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recognised that uptake of flu immunisation amongst people with learning disabilities needs improvement. As a consequence, NHS England has clarified with general practitioners that all people with learning disabilities are eligible for a free flu immunisation. This information has been shared with practices, Clinical Commissioning Groups and Area Teams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissioners have been asked to contact social care providers and Special Schools to emphasise that people with learning disabilities are entitled to a free flu immunisation. In support of this, template letters for schools and social care providers have been developed and made available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/12/2014 16:06:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

166001

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints per 100,000 people were received by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) from (a) members of the public and (b) staff about CQC- regulated services in each social services authority area in England in (i) the last year and (ii) the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	215812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC has advised that the information is not collected by 100,000 population, but has provided information on the number of complaints in the attached tables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/12/2014 16:31:08 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name Complaints received by the CQC by local authority area.docx title Complaints received by CQC by local authority area
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley