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535270

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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	Pharmacy: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to review the health impact of prescribing from online pharmacies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	42439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>As health professionals, online prescribers are regulated by their respective professional regulator. The General Medical Council (GMC) expects all doctors to take account of its guidance on remote prescribing and relevant clinical and other guidelines, regardless of how they prescribe.</p><p> </p><p>Doctors working independently or in private practice, including on-line prescribers, with a business based in England, are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), if they provide a regulated activity and are within scope of the CQC registration. They are required to provide people with safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led care.</p><p> </p><p>Online pharmacies, like other registered pharmacies, are regulated by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and are required to comply with the GPhC’s standards for registered pharmacies. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, working in online pharmacies, are also regulated by the GPhC and must comply with the GPhC’s standards of conduct, ethics and performance.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not recently reviewed on-line prescribing.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/07/2016 08:26:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

454194

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is from referral to the commencement of a talking therapy course in (a) the North West and (b) Warrington.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	27905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table. The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) dataset contains information on referrals to IAPT services which provide talking therapies. Information is provided both for Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and for all 33 North West CCGs combined for the year 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>Table: The number of referrals entering treatment<sup>1</sup> in the year, with mean and median waiting times to first treatment (days), for IAPT services in 2014/15. Data shown for NHS Warrington CCG and all North West CCGs combined<sup>2</sup>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total number of referrals entering treatment<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Average (mean) waiting time to first treatment appointment (days)<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Median<sup>5</sup> waiting time to first treatment appointment (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Organisation name</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Warrington CCG</p></td><td><p>3,265</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All North West CCGs combined</p></td><td><p>123,445</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><sup>1</sup>In order to enter treatment a referral must have a first treatment appointment (an appointment with a therapy type recorded) in the year.</p><p><sup>2</sup>CCG is based on GP Practice. Where GP Practice is not recorded, or cannot be assigned to a CCG, the referral is categorised as 'Unknown'.</p><p><sup>3</sup>In order to enter treatment a referral must have a first treatment appointment in the year. Referral received date not necessarily in the year.</p><p><sup>4</sup>The mean was used as the average.</p><p><sup>5</sup>Means and medians have been rounded to the nearest whole number.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting time is measured by counting the number of days between a referral being received and the first treatment appointment. For 2014/15, the presence of a valid therapy type is used as an indicator of whether treatment was provided in the course of the appointment.</p><p> </p><p>Entering treatment figures are rounded to the nearest 5</p><p> </p><p>Please note: It is generally advised that the median is used as the more reliable measure of average waiting time, as this accounts better for any outliers in the data</p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Dataset</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/02/2016 09:51:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

427702

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for access to talking therapies is in (a) Warrington and (b) the North West; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	16040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><br /><p>Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT): Average (mean) waiting time in days from referral to first treatment, for referrals that finished a course of treatment<sup>1</sup> in April, May, June, and July 2015, all England and selected clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)<sup>2</sup>.</p><p><strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><em>Averages</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p>Mean waiting time (days) for all referrals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCG Name</p></td><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>July 2015<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>31.3</p></td><td><p>31.1</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>31.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS WARRINGTON CCG<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>34.9</p></td><td><p>33.9</p></td><td><p>29.5</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN CCG</p></td><td><p>32.4</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td><td><p>72.5</p></td><td><p>93.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS BLACKPOOL CCG</p></td><td><p>104.4</p></td><td><p>112.9</p></td><td><p>113.8</p></td><td><p>132.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS BOLTON CCG</p></td><td><p>25.7</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>26.1</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS BURY CCG</p></td><td><p>50.1</p></td><td><p>50.9</p></td><td><p>51.0</p></td><td><p>50.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS CENTRAL MANCHESTER CCG</p></td><td><p>91.1</p></td><td><p>106.5</p></td><td><p>109.8</p></td><td><p>139.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS CHORLEY AND SOUTH RIBBLE CCG</p></td><td><p>39.0</p></td><td><p>31.7</p></td><td><p>98.6</p></td><td><p>124.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS OLDHAM CCG</p></td><td><p>51.2</p></td><td><p>50.2</p></td><td><p>50.7</p></td><td><p>47.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS EAST LANCASHIRE CCG</p></td><td><p>35.8</p></td><td><p>30.6</p></td><td><p>87.5</p></td><td><p>95.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS EASTERN CHESHIRE CCG</p></td><td><p>117.6</p></td><td><p>107.5</p></td><td><p>109.4</p></td><td><p>112.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS HEYWOOD, MIDDLETON AND ROCHDALE CCG</p></td><td><p>54.0</p></td><td><p>51.2</p></td><td><p>44.1</p></td><td><p>50.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS GREATER PRESTON CCG</p></td><td><p>60.0</p></td><td><p>57.1</p></td><td><p>159.7</p></td><td><p>132.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS HALTON CCG</p></td><td><p>96.1</p></td><td><p>92.5</p></td><td><p>72.5</p></td><td><p>53.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS SALFORD CCG</p></td><td><p>54.9</p></td><td><p>43.0</p></td><td><p>49.9</p></td><td><p>50.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS KNOWSLEY CCG</p></td><td><p>56.9</p></td><td><p>64.5</p></td><td><p>59.3</p></td><td><p>52.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS LANCASHIRE NORTH CCG</p></td><td><p>83.7</p></td><td><p>101.6</p></td><td><p>218.6</p></td><td><p>208.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS NORTH MANCHESTER CCG</p></td><td><p>106.6</p></td><td><p>93.5</p></td><td><p>87.9</p></td><td><p>98.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS SOUTH MANCHESTER CCG</p></td><td><p>87.4</p></td><td><p>75.8</p></td><td><p>74.1</p></td><td><p>85.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS SOUTH CHESHIRE CCG</p></td><td><p>53.6</p></td><td><p>35.8</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>30.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS SOUTH SEFTON CCG</p></td><td><p>150.8</p></td><td><p>143.1</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>118.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS SOUTHPORT AND FORMBY CCG</p></td><td><p>150.5</p></td><td><p>141.6</p></td><td><p>124.4</p></td><td><p>107.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS STOCKPORT CCG</p></td><td><p>53.0</p></td><td><p>45.2</p></td><td><p>41.4</p></td><td><p>40.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS ST HELENS CCG</p></td><td><p>96.9</p></td><td><p>78.9</p></td><td><p>75.8</p></td><td><p>87.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP CCG</p></td><td><p>59.7</p></td><td><p>59.8</p></td><td><p>50.5</p></td><td><p>49.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS TRAFFORD CCG</p></td><td><p>29.1</p></td><td><p>29.2</p></td><td><p>31.6</p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS VALE ROYAL CCG</p></td><td><p>18.8</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS WEST CHESHIRE CCG</p></td><td><p>39.1</p></td><td><p>40.1</p></td><td><p>44.1</p></td><td><p>40.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS WEST LANCASHIRE CCG</p></td><td><p>38.2</p></td><td><p>38.9</p></td><td><p>176.1</p></td><td><p>131.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS WIGAN BOROUGH CCG</p></td><td><p>61.2</p></td><td><p>67.8</p></td><td><p>70.5</p></td><td><p>58.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS FYLDE &amp; WYRE CCG</p></td><td><p>48.1</p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td><td><p>127.3</p></td><td><p>174.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS WIRRAL CCG</p></td><td><p>30.4</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td><td><p>41.4</p></td><td><p>217.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS LIVERPOOL CCG</p></td><td><p>171.9</p></td><td><p>164.5</p></td><td><p>130.2</p></td><td><p>116.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong></strong></p><p><em></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>In order to finish a course of treatment, a referral must have ended in the year with at least two treatment appointments having been attended in the course of the referral.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>CCG is based on submitted organisation code of Commissioner, or derived from the GP Practice or the patient's postcode, depending on the validity of these fields. For more information, please see the Metadata document published at www.hscic.gov.uk/iaptmonthly.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Data for Warrington CCG in July 2015 has been suppressed (replaced with an asterisk &quot;*&quot;) in order to protect patient confidentiality. This is because the average is based on a count of referrals finishing a course of treatment that is less than 5.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The information provided are mean average waiting times in days for referrals this is not the same as people, as a patient may have more than one referral in the year) to IAPT services that finished a course of treatment between 1 April 2015 and 31 July 2015. Data are for all England and selected CCGs. To finish a course of treatment, a referral must have ended in the year with at least two treatment appointments having been attended in the course of the referral.</li></ol><br /><ol><li>IAPT do not publish data at regional levels such as the North West of England. For this reason, this analysis includes data for Clinical Commissioning Groups within the following NHS Area Teams in lieu of a single figure for the North West:</li></ol><p>- Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral Area Team;</p><p>- Greater Manchester Area Team;</p><p>- Lancashire Area Team; and</p><p>- Merseyside Area Team.</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Source</em></p><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre, Community and Mental Health Team</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/11/2015 17:52:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

388632

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
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 effect of hospital car parking charges on (a) pensioners, (b) carers, (c) people with long-term conditions and (d) people on low incomes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	6202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not made any national assessment of the effect of hospital car parking charges on specific groups. Decisions on hospital car parking, including charging, are taken locally by National Health Service foundation trusts and NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 23 August, 2014, the Department published the <em>NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles</em>, which set out a nationally consistent approach for hospitals to take to car parking. This includes guidance on the provision of concessionary parking. The principles are available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help NHS organisations deliver the above principles the Department published <em>NHS Car Parking Management: Environment and Sustainability (HTM 07-03)</em> on 25 March 2015. This guidance is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-car-parking-management-htm-07-03" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-car-parking-management-htm-07-03</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both documents make it clear that NHS organisations should work with patients, staff, visitors, local authorities and public transport providers when planning their parking provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/07/2015 15:04:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

385015

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance
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 on the financial position of Warrington and Halton NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	3665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust. However, the Secretary of State meets a number of National Health Service organisations regularly to discuss a wide range of issues, including financial matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/06/2015 16:06:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones