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102045

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken to conclude negotiations for a price for including the vaccine for meningitis B in the national immunisation programme; and when those negotiations will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	212858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department is continuing negotiations for the supply of the meningococcal B vaccine Bexsero<sup>®</sup> with the manufacturer Novartis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on these commercial negotiations, which will be completed as quickly as practicable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:50:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

102046

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Young People
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 28 October 2014 to Question 211725, on mental health services: young people, in which areas there is anecdotal evidence of increasing waiting times.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	212839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>We do not have systematic evidence of increasing waiting times across the different ‘tiers’ of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Anecdotal evidence for increasing waiting times we are aware of does not link to specific geographical areas or providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Charity YoungMinds and the <em>CAMHS Benchmarking Report</em> by the NHS Benchmarking Network have both reported increased waiting times for services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>YoungMinds state that lack of access to services and long waiting lists are common issues raised through the YoungMinds Parent’s helpline.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The <em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 4 </em>Report identifies a long waiting time for beds in some areas, and as a result NHS England is investing £7 million this financial year to provide up to 50 additional beds in the areas with greatest need.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We are keen to ensure that children and young people are able to access mental health services as and when they need them. The Children and Adolescent Mental Health Wellbeing Taskforce is focusing on a number of issues which need to be addressed in child and adolescent mental health, including the current complexity faced by children and young people and their parents and carers in understanding and accessing child and adolescent mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October we published a 5 Year Plan <em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em> which sets out the case for comprehensive access and waiting time standards in mental health for people of all ages. It announces the introduction of standard waiting times for Early Intervention in Psychosis services which will be of benefit to young people, and for the adult Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Where adult IAPT services are commissioned to provide a service to 16 and 17 year olds, the waiting time standards will apply to all those attending the service, regardless of their age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/11/2014 15:48:10 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

101881

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many interpreters have been employed by or for the NHS in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the cost of such interpreters has been.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	212606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally. National Health Service organisations have a duty to follow equalities legislation. This includes making sure their communities can understand information about the trust's services and that patients and clinicians can communicate with each other.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/11/2014 16:20:10 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

101893

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services prevalence survey.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	212717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department is currently commissioning a survey into the prevalence of children and young people’s mental health problems. It will not be possible to predict when the results will be published until the scoping exercise is completed and the final specification is agreed and tendered. The main work on the survey, including the data collection, is currently expected to take place in the financial year 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 04/11/2014 16:15:21 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

101894

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what elements in NHS England's Five Year Plan other than Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service impatient beds specifically relate to children.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	212718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View is a publically available document. It lists a number of initiatives specifically targeted at children, such as a commitment to target obesity in children. The NHS leadership articulates an ambition to radically redesign and improve care through developing new care models in partnership with local communities. The vision is of approaches to organising care that are more integrated, more responsive and more tailored to the needs of local populations. Children represent one of the most significant groups of users of health services, and should therefore expect to be amongst the major beneficiaries of these improvements in the health system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/11/2014 16:28:41 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

101895

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Leadership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects that Sir Stuart Rose's report on NHS Leadership will be published.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	212719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Lord Rose’s report on NHS Leadership will be handed to the Secretary of State for Health before the end of this calendar year. It is expected to be published shortly thereafter.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/11/2014 16:24:01 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

101896

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information on the Chief Medical Officer's physical activity guidelines is included in the curriculum for (a) trainee doctors, (b) trainee nurse, (c) trainee health visitors and (d) other medical students.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	212709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The content and standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. It has the general function of promoting high standards of education and to ensure that medical students and newly qualified doctors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) sets standards for education to make sure nurses have the right skills and qualities when they start work. They also set standards for education throughout nurses’ careers, after they initially qualify. The NMC also sets the standards for education of pre-registration health visitors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Medical schools design curricula for undergraduate medical education. In doing so they must ensure that teaching meets the standards of the GMC in order to both gain and maintain GMC recognition of their course.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We would expect bodies with responsibility for curricular to, where appropriate, ensure it reflected changing practice and for example the role that physical health can and does play in ensuring those in their care remain fit and healthy.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/11/2014 16:31:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

101897

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to communicate the Chief Medical Officer's physical activity guidelines to frontline medical professionals.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	212710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) guidelines were published in ‘Start Active Stay Active’ in 2011. There are five factsheets for each age group which accompanies the report and it sets out examples to meet the recommended levels of physical activity. This information is widely available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, Public Health England (PHE) published ‘Everybody Active Every Day’. This places physical activity at the heart of the public health message, building on the CMO’s guidelines and setting out the evidence base for what works to get people active at a population scale. PHE will monitor its progress and measure its impact over time. The Department has also recently commissioned PHE to look into how we can develop more effective messaging on physical activity so that more people are aware of the CMO’s guidelines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 212711 question first answered 04/11/2014 16:34:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

101898

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Exercise
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 monitor implementation of the Chief Medical Officer's physical activity guidelines to ensure that members of the public are reaching the recommended levels of physical activity.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	212711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) guidelines were published in ‘Start Active Stay Active’ in 2011. There are five factsheets for each age group which accompanies the report and it sets out examples to meet the recommended levels of physical activity. This information is widely available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, Public Health England (PHE) published ‘Everybody Active Every Day’. This places physical activity at the heart of the public health message, building on the CMO’s guidelines and setting out the evidence base for what works to get people active at a population scale. PHE will monitor its progress and measure its impact over time. The Department has also recently commissioned PHE to look into how we can develop more effective messaging on physical activity so that more people are aware of the CMO’s guidelines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 212710 question first answered 04/11/2014 16:34:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

101907

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to introduce further measures at airports to prevent the spread of Ebola to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	212791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has put in place enhanced screening and monitoring at the United Kingdom’s main ports of entry for people travelling from the affected Ebola regions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The risk of transmission occurring within the community in the UK is, and remains very low due to the range of robust measures that have been put in place including screening. However, we keep the screening programme under regular review and will take into account any significant changes in the factors underpinning this assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 16:17:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans