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806129

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services: Birth Rate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the birth rates were at each freestanding midwife-led unit in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	119330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on the birth rate at each freestanding midwife-led unit in each year since 2011 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in November 2017 reported that at the start of 2017, there were 63 midwife-led units in England, the majority of which have fewer than 500 births annually. Between April 2015 and March 2016, 1.4% of all births in England took place in a freestanding midwifery unit.</p><p> </p><p>More women start labour in midwife-led settings than give birth there due to transfers during labour. The Birthplace study reported a 36% transfer rate from freestanding midwifery units.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/12/2017 13:28:33 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

792993

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which ten areas of England do residents have the longest travel times to their nearest radiotherapy units.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	114778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England advises that a postcode-level dataset that will enable the calculation of travel times to radiotherapy units is currently in development by the National Cancer Registry and Analysis Service. Results will be published in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/11/2017 17:14:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

732894

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans are in place in the event of a licensed medicine becoming unavailable owing to temporary shortage.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	1319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>There is a team within the Department which deals specifically with medicine supply problems, both in the community and hospitals. It works closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the pharmaceutical industry, NHS England and others operating in the supply chain to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when they do arise.</p><p> </p><p>This work is underpinned by joint Departmental/pharmaceutical industry best practice guidelines which give advice to companies on what to do in the event of a shortage. In the event of a shortage, the Department will explore the available options for continued supply, which might include: investigating alternative supplies, expediting regulatory decisions, commissioning clinical advice and ensuring that appropriate communications channels are in place to alert health care professionals. Many potential shortages are resolved before they can have an impact on pharmacies or patients.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also holds an Essential Medicines Buffer Stockpile, which is in place to make the supply chain more robust for key medicines in the event of a pandemic or other emergency.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/07/2017 15:21:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

723875

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospital Wards: Crimes against the Person
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults have taken place on mixed-sex NHS hospital wards in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	71692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Tables of collated numbers of reported physical assaults against National Health Service staff in England are available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/3645.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/3645.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/04/2017 08:19:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

715076

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) other NHS staff have left employment in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016; and how many people in each such category were non-UK EU or EEA nationals.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	69764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes quarterly data on turnover by nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. In addition, NHS Digital publishes staff in post figures bi annually.</p><p> </p><p>Nationality is self-reported within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.</p><p> </p><p>The information is shown in the attached tables. The December data is the most recent data available.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/04/2017 16:35:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name PQ69764 attached document.xlsx title PQ69764 attached tables
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

715077

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost by his Department since 8 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	69825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department has had two reported data-related incidents since 8 May 2015 that involved the loss of electronic or physical documents.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/04/2017 11:18:42 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

715078

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social care workers left employment with the NHS in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016; and how many such workers were non-UK EU or EEA nationals.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	69902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes quarterly data on turnover by nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. In addition, NHS Digital publishes staff in post figures bi annually.</p><p> </p><p>Nationality is self-reported within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.</p><p> </p><p>Social Care Workers have been defined as all staff within the Social Services care setting of the NHS occupation codes.</p><p> </p><p>The information is shown in the attached tables. The December data is the most recent data available.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 18/04/2017 10:59:38 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat attachment 1 file name PQ69902 tables.xlsx title PQ69902 attached tables
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

713491

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many successful negligence claims against NHS England maternity services there have been in each year since 2012; and what estimate he has made of the cost of such claims to NHS England in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	69049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>PHILIP DUNNE</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) collects data by specialty. Although maternity is not listed as a specialty, Obstetrics specialty data is collected.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of successful negligence claims against the National Health Service and the cost of such claims.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Closure Year</p></td><td><p>Number. of Claims</p></td><td><p>Total Estimate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Settlement Year for Periodical Payment Orders)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(total paid and an estimate of<br> total damages for claims settling as Periodical Payment Orders)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>£713,275,314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>651</p></td><td><p>£717,281,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>£629,835,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>£692,266,887</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> NHSLA</p><p><em>Date:</em> March 2017</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/03/2017 14:40:30 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

708549

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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, how many mental health service out of area placements (OAPs) there were in each region in each year since 2012; what the cost of such OAPs was in each such year and region; and what the average distance was that patients travelled in each such year and region.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	66631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Out of Area Placements (OAPs) collection is expected to capture the details of all OAPs in England from both National Health Service and independent providers. Collection began on 17 October 2016, therefore the information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 09/03/2017 09:46:27 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

708554

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has conducted research on replacing or continuing with the European Health Insurance Card scheme once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	66578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Nothing has yet been decided on the future of British citizen medical treatment abroad, including whether to replace or to continue the European Health Insurance Card. Government officials are working on considering the positions and options available to us with the aim of achieving the best outcome for British citizens in the United Kingdom and abroad.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 09/03/2017 16:07:14 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron