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90315

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date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Mileage Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to section 17 of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service handbook, amendment number 33, what assessment he has made of the effects of the change in the fuel allowance to 20 pence per mile on retention of nurses in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	207860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As with all staff covered by the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, nursing staff incurring motoring costs during their National Health Service duties will receive reimbursement of these costs at the published mileage rates to ensure that they are not out of pocket.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The change in fuel allowance for NHS staff to 20 pence per mile for mileage over 3,500 came into force on 1 July 2014 following a regular review of motoring expenses, based on information provided by the Automobile Association (AA) about the running costs of motor vehicles. This process of six-monthly reviews of motoring costs based on AA information was agreed by trade unions and employers, to ensure that NHS staff are not out of pocket for travel costs incurred in the performance of their NHS duties. In agreeing this system, employers and trade unions have recognised that there will be both upward and downward movement in costs, and subsequent mileage rates. These rates will be reviewed in November 2014, and will again be based on information provided by the AA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are unable to correlate the level of reimbursement for motor travel with the rate of recruitment and retention of nurses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest NHS workforce statistics show that there are now over 3,700 more nurses, midwives and health visitors<a title="" href="http://dhsrvbul703/ContactWeb/WinLogon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fContactWeb%2fPQViewAllReply.aspx%3fcorrid%3d8842#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> than in May 2010. NHS workforce statistics for July 2014 will be published in October.</p><p> </p><br /><p><a title="" href="http://dhsrvbul703/ContactWeb/WinLogon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fContactWeb%2fPQViewAllReply.aspx%3fcorrid%3d8842#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Including Health Visitor Minimum Data Set</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 05/09/2014 13:39:39 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

90319

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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, how many people in what age group have been funded for proton beam therapy in each of the last five years; and in what location each person was so treated.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	207871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Children</p></td><td><p>Adults</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Location</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>France, USA and Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>USA (38 patients) and Switzerland (12)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>USA (majority of patients) and Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>USA (majority of patients) and Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>103*</p></td><td><p>21*</p></td><td><p>124*</p></td><td><p>All USA</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Figure includes treatments given and treatments due to be given following approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide a more detailed analysis of age group by location of treatment because it might be possible to identify individual patients from the data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/09/2014 13:12:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

90321

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs (a) excluding retainers and registrars and (b) including retainers but excluding registrars there were in the financial year (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	207856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The annual National Health Service General and Personal Medical Services workforce census, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, shows the numbers of general practitioners (GPs) working in the NHS in England at 30 September each year, which is a snap shot taken at the mid-point of the financial year.</p><p>The numbers of full-time equivalent GPs, excluding retainers and registrars, and including retainers but excluding registrars, working in the NHS in England as at September 2010 and September 2013 are shown in the following table. The latest available statistics are as at 30 September 2013 and were published on 25 March 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 05/09/2014 09:24:56 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ207856 GP numbers v3.xlsx title Table showing GP numbers
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

90323

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Multiple Sclerosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups currently commission specialised multiple sclerosis centres.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	207925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that clinical commissioning groups do not currently commission specialised services for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). NHS England commissions specialised services, including commissioning 15 Adult Neurology centres which will provide services for MS patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/09/2014 13:35:26 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

90324

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
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 the physical care of patients in mental health facilities is safeguarded.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	207926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government has legislated for equal priority for mental and physical health. Our mental health policy supports the developing of an integrated response to people with both mental and physical health problems to avoid diagnostic overshadowing and ensure the delivery of holistic care that properly addresses physical health care needs.</p><p> </p><p>The physical health care of people with mental health problems is a key component of the Parity of Esteem programme. The importance of the issue has been reinforced by the introduction of the first national CQUIN (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation) for mental health inpatients. This requires NHS trusts to implement physical health checks for all inpatients. NHS England is working in partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, amongst others, to promote the CQUIN.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Physical health checks form a key part of any care plan for mental health service users, including assurance of annual physical health checks by Care Coordinators overseen by their local general practitioner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also working with a range of partners and service users to look at ways of improving physical health outcomes in secure mental health settings. This includes a range of physical health outcomes such as promoting healthier lifestyles for service users as well as looking at overall wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/09/2014 14:05:20 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

90325

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Travel: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will have discussions with the travel insurance industry about including cover for mental health problems as standard in travel insurance policies.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	207927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No current discussions are planned between the Secretary of State for Health and the travel insurance industry about including cover for mental health problems in standard travel insurance policies. Decisions on whether to include particular terms and conditions in insurance contracts, including whether to cover mental health problems as standard, are commercial decisions for individual insurers, and the Government does not seek to intervene in these decisions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Equality Act 2010 should provide adequate protection from potentially discriminatory practice. Under the Act, it is illegal to discriminate against people who have a disability (which includes mental health problems), or have had one in the past. This includes refusing to provide a service for someone with a disability, or providing the service on worse terms than for non-disabled people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/09/2014 13:37:22 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

90108

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish timescales and guidance on how local authorities and clinical commissioning groups should work together to meet their respective duties in relation to the provision of health visitors.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	207793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>From 1 October 2015, the Government intends that local authorities take over responsibility from NHS England, for commissioning public health services for children aged 0-5, including health visiting services.</p><p>The Department is working collaboratively with its partners locally and nationally on the transfer of commissioning responsibilities. At local level, NHS England’s area teams, as the local commissioners (not clinical commissioning groups), and local authorities are working to develop plans, including timescales, for a smooth and effective transfer of the commissioning role.</p><p>The Government will mandate the delivery of the key child assessment elements of the Health Child Programme which are led by health visitors, healthcare professionals and their teams. This will allow for the service to be shaped locally, whilst ensuring there is universal coverage of the assessments in the context of a national, standard format (or specification) for the services, and hence that families can be confident they will receive health visiting support.</p><p>The Department and its partners use a range of measures that support this transition and convey associated timescales and guidance. In particular, the service specification, “Public Health Functions to be exercised by NHS England”, published in November 2013, sets out expectations for the commissioning and provision of services and how area teams can work with local authorities ahead of the transfer of commissioning responsibilities in 2015.</p><p>Other mechanisms such as the forthcoming programme of regional 0 to 5 years commissioning transfer events, organised in conjunction with the Local Government Association, provide the means for local staff and key stakeholders to further develop their understanding of working together in respect of future arrangements for the provision of health visitor services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/09/2014 13:43:23 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

90109

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will replace his Department's guidance HM 03 on heating and ventilation of health sector buildings with updated guidance which include requirements to (a) reduce dangerous airborne particles and harmful gases that match or exceed those in European standard BS:EN13779 and (b) reduce the transmission of airborne infections.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	207761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department's extant guidance document, Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 03-01: Specialised ventilation for healthcare premises sets out guidance for minimum standards with respect to ventilation strategy with healthcare premises. HTM 03-01 was published just prior to the publication of BS EN 13779:2007. This will be updated to reflect current standards when it is reviewed. HTM 03-01 forms part of the list of guidance currently under consideration for review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Healthcare premises will currently utilise the guidance provided within HTM 03-01 to assist in the determination of indoor air quality standards. The hospital will select the relevant primary and secondary filtration dependent upon the air quality of the local environment and upon the requirements of the clinical area that is served by the air-handling unit in question to ensure the safety of patients and staff. HTM 03-01 (paragraph 4.132) acknowledges that in areas of higher atmospheric pollution higher standards of filtration may be required. A copy of HTM 03-01 has already been placed in the Library and is available from the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-specialised-ventilation-for-healthcare-premises-parts-a-and-b</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/09/2014 13:53:58 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

90110

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures Public Health England is considering in developing a programme to reduce the deaths attributable to air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	207767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) has begun developing a programme in support of national and local government to reduce the estimated 25,000 deaths each year in England attributable to air pollution. Long-term exposure to air pollution is understood to be a contributory factor to deaths from respiratory and, particularly, cardiovascular disease, i.e. unlikely to be the sole cause of deaths of individuals. This means that it is likely that air pollution contributes a smaller amount to the deaths of a larger number of exposed individuals rather than being solely responsible for a number of deaths equivalent to the calculated figure of ‘attributable deaths’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recognising the role of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and measures already taken, PHE will work with national and local stakeholders and public health partners to develop advice and further actions which can be taken to reduce the health burden caused by particulate air pollution at the local authority level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/09/2014 14:36:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

90112

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Learning Disability: Reasonable Adjustments
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 the examples of good practice detailed in the report Making Reasonable Adjustments to Primary Care Services -Supporting the Implementation of Annual Health Checks for people with learning disabilities, published in March 2014, are being implemented across the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	207629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In July 2013, the Government set out its response to the recommendations made in the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities which set out actions to reduce premature mortality among people with learning disabilities. Progress is monitored by the Learning Disability Programme Board (LDPB), which I chair. The board meets three times a year and includes membership from stakeholders and external agencies. An update report was presented to the LDPB on 17 July which will be published online shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently looking at how it can improve the uptake of annual health checks for people with learning disabilities and it has included this as a key objective in its Learning Disability Programme. The Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory is working with NHS England to ensure the implementation plan is as robust as possible. This work will include examples of good practice from areas where uptake for health checks is high, and how to replicate these successes throughout the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also planning a workshop later this year to bring together key stakeholders, for example, Royal Colleges, Academic Health Science Networks, Primary Care, Strategic Clinical Networks and people with learning disabilities to discuss how quality of care and outcomes can be improved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 207626 207628 question first answered 08/09/2014 14:25:57 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller