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64197

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Standards
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 waiting times for appointments at GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	202575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of timely access to general practice. The Prime Minister's Challenge Fund has allocated £50 million to pilot ways to improve access around the country, to give general practitioners (GPs) the flexibility to meet the needs of the local population. These pilots will benefit more than 7.5 million patients across more than 1,110 practices.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, changes to the GP contract in April 2014 introduced a new Enhanced Service, which includes a commitment to same day telephone consultations with a professional in the GP surgery, where necessary, for the most at risk in the population.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 01/07/2014 15:36:05 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

64200

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma
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 ensure that national guidelines on asthma care are implemented; what data his Department is gathering to improve asthma care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	202655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England is taking a number of actions to improve the care and management of people with asthma.</p><p> </p><p>It is supporting clinical commissioning groups to improve out of hospital treatment for those with asthma by giving doctors more control over the commissioning of asthma services and improving information links between general practitioners and hospitals. The implementation of the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) asthma quality standard, which sets out what good quality care looks like, will also raise the standard of care people with asthma receive.</p><p> </p><p>The National Clinical Director for Respiratory Disease, Professor Mike Morgan, is responsible for working across all five domains of the NHS Outcomes Framework in NHS England in tackling asthma issues, and Dr Jacqueline Cornish, the National Clinical Director for children, young people and transition to adulthood, is working with the Strategic Clinical Networks for maternity, neonates and children and young people, to improve clinical outcomes for children and young people with asthma. NHS England also continues to work with Asthma UK and professional groups in both primary and secondary care to improve outcomes for all those with asthma. It is also working to ensure that everyone with a long-term condition is offered a personalised care plan and an asthma action plan should form part of that.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In terms of data collection on asthma, the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership is considering with NHS England, a national clinical audit of asthma services across the country against NICE quality standards for asthma.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2014 14:15:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

64344

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 241W, on billing, what the value was of all outstanding legacy creditors on 1 June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	202741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>As at 1 June 2014, the value of outstanding legacy creditors was £3,237,153.15.</p><p> </p><p>Following the abolition of primary care trusts (PCTs) and strategic health authorities (SHAs) on 31 March 2013, legacy PCT and SHA finance teams remained in place until 31 August 2013 to process creditor payments relating to pre 1 April 2013. Creditor payments outstanding at 31 August 2013 were transferred to successor organisations, including the Department. The above amount remains outstanding because of due diligence taking place on creditor payments in order to mitigate the risk of making fraudulent or duplicate payments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 01/07/2014 16:37:26 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

64348

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs to the NHS of untreated liver disease in one person.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	202827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department has made no recent assessment of the costs to the National Health Service of untreated liver disease.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2014 14:37:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

64350

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff and at what grades work for the National Clinical Director for Cancer.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	202828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The National Clinical Director (NCD) for Cancer is seconded to NHS England as a senior clinical advisor on cancer. The work of the NCD is supported through a number of NHS England's priority programmes, including the Prevention and Early Diagnosis Programme, the long-term conditions, Older People, and End of life Care programme. In addition, there are a number of relevant clinical reference groups and other staff supporting specialised commissioning functions who are also aligned with the work of the NCD.</p><p> </p><p>The NCD is not an executive post within NHS England and does not directly line manage any NHS England employees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2014 15:22:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

64351

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what organisations or individuals Ministers or officials of his Department have met to discuss standardised packaging of tobacco in the last 12 months; which Ministers or officials were present at those meetings; and who represented each organisation present at those meetings.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	202831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the Gov.UK website at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-2013#department-of-health-dh</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not keep a central diary of the engagements that every Departmental official has had. In discharging their official duties, Ministers, special advisors and Departmental officials meet with representatives from a range of organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2014 13:35:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

64352

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 years and over were admitted to hospital with a condition related to alcohol misuse in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	202829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The attached tables contain the sum of the estimated alcohol attributable fractions (AAFs) for admissions for patients aged (a) 0-17 years and (b) 18 years and over for the years 2010-11 to 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that these figures are not a count of people and represent an estimated number of admissions that were attributable to alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>AAFs are based on the proportion of a given diagnosis or injury that is estimated to be attributed to alcohol. Some diagnoses or injuries will, by definition, be wholly attributable to alcohol and have an AAF of one, others will only be partly attributable to alcohol and have an AAF greater than zero, but less than one. Diagnoses or injuries that are not attributable at all to alcohol will have an AAF of zero.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are derived by summing all AAFs for the relevant admissions and should, therefore only be interpreted as an estimate of the number of admissions that can be attributed to alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, partial AAFs are not applicable to children aged under 16 years, therefore figures for this age group relate only to wholly – attributable admissions.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre - Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2014 report manually implemented new methodology against the 2012-13 data in their report. However, no change to the underlying Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data has been currently made.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2014 14:58:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ202829_-_Table revised.docx title Alcohol Admissions 2011-2013
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

64354

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Liver Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) under 10 and (b) 10 years and over were admitted to hospital with a (i) primary and (ii) secondary diagnosis of liver disease in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	202830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The attached tables give the number of finished admission episodes for children aged (a) under 10 years and (b) 10 - 17years,who were admitted to hospital with a (i) primary and (ii) secondary diagnosis of liver disease from 1997-98 to 2012-13.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 01/07/2014 13:56:05 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ202830 - Table.docx title Table
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

64040

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Telemedicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of people who received telehealth and telecare services in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	202548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England does not currently collect data about the number of people receiving telehealth or telecare services. The latest information held is from the Telehealth Services Association (TSA), which is the industry body for telehealth and telecare. In 2011 the TSA stated that in 2011 there were an estimated 1.37 million telehealth, telecare and telecoaching connections in England.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is establishing a regular survey to gather data on the number of individuals who benefit from telehealth and telecare, and is also developing a set of consistent measures for commissioners which will be more meaningful and demonstrate the impact of these technologies on health outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England recognises the potential of these technologies to empower patients to take greater control over their conditions and provide care that is convenient, accessible and cost-effective. The ambition is to create the right commissioning environment that supports and encourages the use of technology that can improve care and outcomes for patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 01/07/2014 14:22:52 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

64041

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls to 999 were made by or on behalf of residents of care homes in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	202549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the number of calls to 999 made by or on behalf of residents of care homes, or the number of residents of care homes attending accident and emergency departments.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of residents of care homes who had an emergency admission to a hospital in each of the last four years shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of finished admission episodes for emergency admissions by source of admission in England, 2009-10 to 2012-13</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS run care home (from 1 April 2004)</p></td><td><p>3,428</p></td><td><p>3,396</p></td><td><p>3,086</p></td><td><p>3,538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-NHS (other than local authority) run care home</p></td><td><p>10,965</p></td><td><p>10,510</p></td><td><p>11,806</p></td><td><p>15,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All sources of admission</p></td><td><p>5,177,887</p></td><td><p>5,287,032</p></td><td><p>5,242,839</p></td><td><p>5,336,043</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>:</p><p>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Includes activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p>2. A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p>3. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage, improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice.</p><p>4. FAEs recorded as &quot;The usual place of residence, including no fixed abode&quot; may contain a number of episodes where patients may have resided in care homes, subsequently designating it as their usual place of residence. Such FAEs were not recorded as admissions from a care home. The number of times this may have occurred is unknown.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 202550 202551 question first answered 01/07/2014 14:20:50 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall