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93734

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the implications for the National Health Service of a successful outcome to the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations between the European Union and the United States.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will not affect the way the United Kingdom Government runs the National Health Service. It has been made clear by negotiators from both the United States and the European Union that it is up to the UK alone to decide how the NHS is run and any assertion that TTIP will undermine the Government’s control of the NHS is a red herring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The TTIP could offer great benefits to British business and for British jobs. Greater consistency in existing and new regulatory requirements would make it easier for companies - especially small and medium enterprises - to access markets and, for patients, potentially help to increase access to new medicines and medical devices.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/10/2014 11:09:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

100021

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Home Care Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to facilitate the portability of home-based care packages between local authorities in different countries in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	905560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Adults with care and support needs should be able to move between countries within the United Kingdom knowing that their care will continue during the move.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the care and support systems in the four countries are different, we are developing principles with the Devolved Administrations to ensure continuity of care for people moving.</p><p> </p><p>These should be published in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/10/2014 15:45:44 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

100022

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patient Choice Schemes
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 promote patient choice.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
uin	905559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to patients having greater choice and control over their healthcare, as this can help drive up standards and improve patient care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We believe that patient empowerment is vital to the National Health Service in the 21st century. This Government is committed to continuing to develop digital platforms to enable this to happen, such as My NHS and the NHS e-Referral Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2014 16:00:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

100023

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer
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 increase early identification of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	905561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>We are investing £450 million in earlier diagnosis of cancer, including improving direct general practitioner access to non-obstetric ultrasound to support earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England ran a regional Be Clear on Cancer campaign early in 2014 to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. The findings of the pilot will be evaluated in 2015, and this evidence would inform any decision to move from a regional to national campaign.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 15:46:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

100024

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Community Health Services: Devon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase funding from the Better Care Fund to improve the transition of community services in Devon.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	905558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Better Care Fund is a pooled budget of £3.8 billion to be spent on integrating Health and Social care. Local areas will decide how best to use their funding to transform the provision of services to their communities, both improving outcomes for people, and driving efficiencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/10/2014 15:44:45 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

91294

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the national Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services' budget is for the present financial year.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	208785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on expenditure on mental health is not collected centrally. There is, in addition, no single budget for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) since these are commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), NHS England, local authorities (LAs) and by schools and comprise many different services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England only holds the budget for directly commissioned services and does not collect the data for services commissioned by CCGs and LAs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recently undertaken a data collection exercise on the CAMHS services it directly commissions to clarify the level of planned spend for 2014/15, within the individual Mental Health contracts. This data is still being validated and therefore a definitive figure is not available at this stage, however, the figures indicate that the planned spend is in the region of £260 million.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the NHS England Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Transformation programme of existing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services is supporting services to deliver evidence based, outcomes focussed user-led services. Its budget is approximately £17 million for 2014-15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 12/09/2014 13:08:36 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

90856

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to require NHS trusts to benchmark executive pay increases against salaries at similarly performing NHS trusts.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	208403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that senior staff must set an example of pay restraint. The latest independent report on executive pay in the National Health Service from Incomes Data Services shows that for the third year running median salary increases for non-medical executive directors in the NHS were zero.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The policy of this and previous Governments is to allow NHS foundation trusts freedom to set their own rates of pay for their executive directors, based on the assessment of their independent remuneration committees of what is necessary to recruit, retain and motivate these staff. NHS trusts, as organisations seeking to achieve foundation trust status, are subject to oversight of their performance by the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA). This includes scrutiny of their executive pay. The TDA has obtained information from all NHS trusts on the numbers of staff paid more than £100,000 per annum and the pay of staff in five executive positions also over £100,000. They have used this information to benchmark the data against comparable organisations. NHS trusts are advised by TDA to bring salaries which are outside the normal range, in line with this range when filling any future vacancies.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/09/2014 13:14:05 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

90857

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on whether pay increases at NHS trusts should be linked to the performance of hospitals at those trusts.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	208404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The pay of all staff in NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts on medical and dental or Agenda for Change terms and conditions is determined by national contracts. The government decided that all staff this year and next should receive at least 1% additional pay through annual incremental pay progression or through a non-consolidated addition. The award of any additional pay for staff on Agenda for Change terms is subject to staff meeting locally agreed performance standards which may be linked to organisational performance. The government and NHS Employers are negotiating with the British Medical Association with the aim of linking pay more effectively to performance in the contracts of medical staff. NHS trusts and foundation trusts have freedom to set their own rates of pay for their executive directors on the advice of their independent remuneration committees and their pay may include a performance-related element. However, the latest independent survey of NHS Boardroom pay from Incomes Data Services indicates that few NHS trusts or foundation trusts award performance-related bonuses to their executive staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/09/2014 12:15:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

90158

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	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS funding has been provided since 2010 for sending children under the age of 18 to weight loss camps.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	207699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Neither the Department, NHS England or Public Health England hold the financial details for National Health Service expenditure on weight loss camps. Weight management programmes form part of local authorities’ public health responsibilities and are commissioned and delivered based on local need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/09/2014 15:03:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

79372

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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 raise awareness of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis among healthcare professionals.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	207026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Information for both health professionals and patients about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is available on the National institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/Conditions-and-diseases/Respiratory-conditions/Pulmonary-fibrosis</p><p> </p><p>A guideline for IPF and a NICE Technology Appraisal for Pirfenidone as a treatment for IPF are available and an IPF Quality Standard is currently in development.</p><p>The British Lung Foundation also offers advice which can be found at:</p><p>www.blf.org.uk/Search?query=idiopathic+pulmonary+fibrosis</p><p> </p><p>Patient and public voice members are represented on the Specialised Respiratory Clinical Reference Group. Details can be found at:</p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-a/a14/</p><p>The NHS standard contract for interstitial lung disease makes reference to the additional roles that specialist centres providing care have in relation to patient education and patient support groups.</p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a14-respiratory-inters-lung.pdf</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 207029 question first answered 01/09/2014 13:32:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy