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759341

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many formal complaints (a) mental health services and (b) the NHS received in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	10016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The total number of complaints in respect of National Health Service mental health services for 2016/17 is 14,106.</p><p> </p><p>The total written complaints in 2016/17 that the NHS received was 208,400.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/09/2017 11:19:20 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

759344

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The annual pay award for the delegated grades is subject to HM Treasury Civil Service Pay Guidance. The annual pay arrangements for the senior civil service are based on the outcomes of the Senior Salaries Review Body Report and the Government’s response to its recommendations. The arrangements are applied centrally by Cabinet Office. Both groups of staff are covered by the public sector pay policy of average annual awards of 1%. During the three years, the Department implemented pay awards for each group of staff as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Awards for delegated grades for each of the three years were based on 1% of the median salary in each pay grade. This had the effect of applying a slightly higher pay award to those whose salary was below the median compared to those whose salary was above the median, of their respective grade. Overall, an average award of 1% was applied to this group of staff, in each year.</p><p> </p><p>For each of the three years, pay awards for senior civil servants were based on an individual’s position in range, with the establishment of break points in each pay band. A higher award was applied to those whose salary was below the respective break point of their pay band. For years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 a lower award was applied to those whose salary exceeded the break point. For 2017/2018 no award was applied to those whose salary exceeded the respective break point. Overall, an average award of 1% as applied to this group of staff, in each year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/09/2017 10:54:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759345

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure cancer waiting time targets are met.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	9750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service is meeting six out of eight cancer waiting times standards (June 2017) including ensuring that 93% of patients are seen within two weeks of an urgent general practitioner referral and that 96% of patients receive their first treatment for cancer within 31 days of diagnosis. This is despite 970,000 more people being urgently referred in 2016/17 compared to 2009/10 - an increase of 108%.</p><p> </p><p>Achieving the 62-day cancer standard is a key objective in the Government’s Mandate to NHS England for 2017-18 and Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View. NHS England and NHS Improvement are providing support and challenge to those trusts that need to improve their performance against this standard.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has confirmed £200 million of transformation funding to improve cancer services over the next two years. This includes encouraging local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Cancer survival rates are at a record high and the NHS has estimated 7,000 more people are surviving cancer after successful NHS cancer treatment compared to three years ago.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/09/2017 14:32:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

759346

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the receipts were for NHS Property Services from the sale of land in its possession in each of the last five financial years; and for what purposes those receipts were used.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Information relating to receipts to NHS Property Services from the sale of land in its possession in each year since it commenced operations (2013) can be found in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of sites</p></td><td><p>Sales Receipt £ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>24.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>57.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>67.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>53.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>203.30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All monies raised by the Company – which is 100% owned by the Department – are reinvested into capital expenditure and property maintenance in the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/09/2017 11:13:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

759349

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Physiologists: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to introduce statutory regulation of clinical physiologists.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>This Government believes that the statutory regulation of healthcare professionals should be used proportionately and only where the risks to public and patient protection cannot be addressed in other ways, such as through employer oversight, or accredited voluntary registration (AVR).</p><p> </p><p>The Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists maintains a voluntary register for clinical physiologists, and has recently applied for AVR status with the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Voluntary registers that pass the PSA’s assessment can use its quality mark and appear in its list of accredited registers. This list is used by employers, patients, public and service users to choose a practitioner to meet their needs and be assured they are safe and competent to practise.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/09/2017 11:17:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

759354

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many transvaginal mesh implants have been removed by the NHS in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/09/2017 11:14:22 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

759355

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the re-admission rate is for patients who have undergone a transvaginal mesh implant procedure.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/09/2017 11:15:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

759358

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the profits of NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnerships are reinvested into capital expenditure on property maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>All monies raised by NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnerships – which are 100% owned by the Department – are reinvested into the National Health Service. Both companies are consolidated into the Department’s Group accounts, which means they are part of and subject to the capital expenditure plan and limits which apply across the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>Although NHS Property Services made a loss last financial year, the company invested £67 million through the capital investment programme to deliver improvements to the NHS property portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>Community Health Partnerships (CHP) acts as the head tenant for all 305 of the buildings it is responsible for operating and maintaining for 25 years terms. CHP has a capital investment programme to rationalise and modernise its estate as required, but property maintenance is mostly ensured through its tenancy agreements under which the local NHS LIFT companies (in which CHP is a shareholder) are responsible for the full repair and maintenance costs across the building lifecycle for the full term. CHP made a profit before tax of £1.9 million in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/09/2017 11:11:50 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

759359

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inmates are enrolled on stop smoking courses and treatments.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The data are not collected at national level in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/09/2017 13:52:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

759360

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cosmetics: Marketing
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 the marketing of skin bleaching on mental health and wellbeing.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that individuals make informed and safe choices about cosmetic procedures. Since publication of Sir Bruce Keogh’s Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions, in 2013, we have implemented a number of important measures to that end.</p><p> </p><p>These measures include continuation of an extensive programme around body image to help young adults to become more resilient to the pressures that they face. A copy of the 2015 progress report can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/body-confidence-progress-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/body-confidence-progress-report-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council has also published guidance which makes clear the ethical obligations doctors have towards patients and the standards of care they need to provide. The guidance is clear that doctors must market their services responsibly and give patients all the time and information they need so that they can make a voluntary and informed decision about whether to go ahead. A copy of the guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/news_consultation/27171.asp" target="_blank">http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/news_consultation/27171.asp</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/09/2017 10:57:05 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah