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535261

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date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will encourage Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group to commission a minor eye conditions service in Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport constituency.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	42406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>General practitioners (GPs), working with secondary care consultants, nurses and lay members, are best placed to co-ordinate the commissioning of high quality care for their patients. They ensure that commissioning decisions are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local health care needs.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have the freedom and autonomy to take responsibility for meeting the needs of local patients and the public by working closely with secondary care, other health and care professionals and with community partners to design joined up services. As such, while CCGs are led by primary care professionals, they are also guided by the expertise of other local clinicians.</p><p> </p><p>The current commissioning arrangements encourage innovation by placing commissioning with those who know patients best and are aware of the latest clinical evidence and technological advances in health and care.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG have no imminent plans to commission a specific minor eye conditions service at this time. CCGs are also able to commission services from local optometrists to provide treatment for minor eye conditions if they feel that is necessary to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p>Those concerned they may have a minor eye condition can visit their GP, optical practice or pharmacy.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/07/2016 16:59:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

533871

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in reducing GP waiting times.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	42256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>There is no national standard for waiting to see a general practitioner (GP) and data on waiting times is not collected centrally. To implement the Government’s commitment to transform GP access however, £175 million has been invested in the Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund to test improved and innovative access to GP services. Across the two waves of the Access Fund, there are 57 schemes covering over 2,500 practices and 18 million patients – a third of the population – have benefited from improved access and transformational change at local level. This includes more appointments being made available, especially at times more convenient for patients, such as weekday evenings and weekends. It also includes different approaches like telephone consultations and better use of the wider primary care workforce (such as Advanced Nurse Practitioners, pharmacists, the voluntary sector, physiotherapists and paramedics) to deliver improved access to patients. These approaches have helped release local GP capacity and more appropriately matched the needs of patients with the most appropriate professional to care for them. In addition to Access Fund sites, other clinical commissioning groups may offer local initiatives for improving access to GPs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/07/2016 16:58:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

533872

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to announce the rate for the NHS-funded nursing care for residents of care homes in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	42252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Mazars LLP were appointed to carry out an independent review of the costs of nursing care by a registered nurse. Mazars’ report[1] recommends that the National Health Service-funded nursing care rate should be £156.25 – 40% higher than the 2015/16 rate. The Government has taken on board Mazars’ recommendation, meaning the rates paid by clinical commissioning groups for eligible care home residents assessed to require the help of a registered nurse are now as follows:</p><p> </p><p>― standard rate - £156.25 per week; and</p><p>― higher rate - £215.04 per week (this is only relevant for those people who were already on the higher rate in 2007 when the single band was introduced).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These rates will be backdated to 1 April 2016 for individuals who were in receipt of NHS-funded Nursing Care from that time and paid on an interim basis whilst regional variation and the element of the rate for staff working on an agency basis are reviewed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.mazars.co.uk/Home/Our-Sectors/Public-Services/Health/NHS-Funded-Nursing-Care-Review" target="_blank">http://www.mazars.co.uk/Home/Our-Sectors/Public-Services/Health/NHS-Funded-Nursing-Care-Review</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 42251 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:33:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

533874

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the reasons for the delay in agreeing the rate for NHS-funded nursing care for residents of care homes in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	42251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Mazars LLP were appointed to carry out an independent review of the costs of nursing care by a registered nurse. Mazars’ report[1] recommends that the National Health Service-funded nursing care rate should be £156.25 – 40% higher than the 2015/16 rate. The Government has taken on board Mazars’ recommendation, meaning the rates paid by clinical commissioning groups for eligible care home residents assessed to require the help of a registered nurse are now as follows:</p><p> </p><p>― standard rate - £156.25 per week; and</p><p>― higher rate - £215.04 per week (this is only relevant for those people who were already on the higher rate in 2007 when the single band was introduced).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These rates will be backdated to 1 April 2016 for individuals who were in receipt of NHS-funded Nursing Care from that time and paid on an interim basis whilst regional variation and the element of the rate for staff working on an agency basis are reviewed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.mazars.co.uk/Home/Our-Sectors/Public-Services/Health/NHS-Funded-Nursing-Care-Review" target="_blank">http://www.mazars.co.uk/Home/Our-Sectors/Public-Services/Health/NHS-Funded-Nursing-Care-Review</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 42252 question first answered 13/07/2016 15:33:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

533599

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Anxiety: Females
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 reduce anxiety disorder in women under 35.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services treat common mental health conditions, including anxiety. More than 3.5 million adults have entered the IAPT programme since its inception in 2008. Of that 3.5 million, over 2.1 million have completed treatment and over 725,000 are in recovery and more than 100,000 people have moved off sick pay and benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced waiting times standards to ensure better access to IAPT so that 75% of people referred to IAPT receive treatment within six weeks and 95% receive treatment within 18 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2016, the Government announced almost £1 billion of additional investment for mental health, which included £290 million of new investment over the next five years to provide mental healthcare for perinatal care.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2016 15:24:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

533609

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the long-term health costs associated with the increase in the number of dental extractions in children under the age of 10 in the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	42185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The tables below shows 1) the number of courses of treatment (CoT) for children age 10 and under in Primary Dental Care which included an extraction and 2) the number of Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) for children aged 10 and under including an extraction due to tooth decay.</p><p> </p><p>During the same period, the population for children age 10 and under rose from 6.9 million to 7.3 million. The figures suggest the total rise in extractions and therefore increases in health costs are broadly in line with the increase in population of this age group over the same period.</p><p>1)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>(CoT) Extractions per 100,000</p></td><td><p>Primary Care (CoT)</p></td><td><p>Population</p></td><td><p>change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>3211.0</p></td><td><p>234,704</p></td><td><p>7,309,300</p></td><td><p>-8,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3380.7</p></td><td><p>242,978</p></td><td><p>7,187,200</p></td><td><p>9,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3317.0</p></td><td><p>233,792</p></td><td><p>7,048,300</p></td><td><p>718</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>3376.9</p></td><td><p>233,074</p></td><td><p>6,902,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> NHS Business Services Authority, extract from FP17 form clinical data set information 2011/12 – 2014/15</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>FCE Extractions per 100,000</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td><td><p>Population</p></td><td><p>change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>462.2</p></td><td><p>33,781</p></td><td><p>7,309,300</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>455.5</p></td><td><p>32,741</p></td><td><p>7,187,200</p></td><td><p>1466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>443.7</p></td><td><p>31,275</p></td><td><p>7,048,300</p></td><td><p>514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>445.7</p></td><td><p>30,761</p></td><td><p>6,902,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre, Hospital Episode Statistics 2011/12 – 2014/15</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is serious about improving oral health for children. Initiatives to improve oral health include targeted interventions in ten high needs areas and reform of the dental contract to focus on prevention.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/07/2016 09:41:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

533388

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with learning disabilities are on the waiting list for a Care and Treatment Review.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	42043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data on waiting lists for Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The number of CTRs completed was added to the Health and Social Care Information Centre‘s Assuring Transformation Collection and data has been collected since January 2016. Between January 2016 and May 2016, 625 CTRs have been completed.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2016 15:28:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

533395

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Southampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support patients and families affected by the closure of the Antelope Centre in Southampton; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	42015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>These are matters for the National Health Service. NHS Improvement advises that the majority of patients requiring Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) care during the period of closure of the PICU at Antelope House will receive this at the Huntercombe unit in Roehampton, London.</p><p> </p><p>The Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, which provides services at Antelope House, is working with partners to provide PICU bed capacity on another site for an interim period of eight months by redistributing staff from the PICU to the hospital’s other two wards. NHS Improvement further advises that the recruitment focus will be on addressing the root causes of staffing issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Antelope House team has begun talking to patients, carers and family members to make sure they are fully aware of decisions that affect them.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 42018 question first answered 11/07/2016 15:29:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

533399

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Education
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 (a) extent of the implementation of the Making Every Contact Count initiative by clinical commissioning groups and local authorities and (b) adequacy of training provided to staff to equip them to provide consistent self-care messages during consultations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Kevin Barron
uin	42002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England, Health Education England (HEE) and NHS England are collaborating with local authorities and National Health Service partners to support local uptake of the Making Every Contact Count (MECC) approach building on the many examples of implementation such as from Warwickshire, Medway and Wigan. Activities to support the commissioning, development and delivery of effective local training have been undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>To support MECC uptake by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local authorities a provider requirement now exists within the NHS Standard Contract; and NHS England’s person-centred care Commissioning for Quality and Innovation for CCGs includes workforce skills that support the local MECC offer. The national MECC advisory group is linking with HEE’s national workforce programme and NHS England’s New Models of Care and Self-Care teams to support and equip the workforce with person centred skills to support and enable self-care and behaviour change. HEE has regional events to support MECC implementation activity across the Sustainable Transformation Plan footprints.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2016 15:36:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

533402

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Southampton
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 recruit specialist staff to facilitate the re-opening of the Antelope Centre in Southampton; by what date he plans for those staff to be recruited; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	42018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>These are matters for the National Health Service. NHS Improvement advises that the majority of patients requiring Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) care during the period of closure of the PICU at Antelope House will receive this at the Huntercombe unit in Roehampton, London.</p><p> </p><p>The Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, which provides services at Antelope House, is working with partners to provide PICU bed capacity on another site for an interim period of eight months by redistributing staff from the PICU to the hospital’s other two wards. NHS Improvement further advises that the recruitment focus will be on addressing the root causes of staffing issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Antelope House team has begun talking to patients, carers and family members to make sure they are fully aware of decisions that affect them.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 42015 question first answered 11/07/2016 15:29:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger