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91912

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of workers in the care sector on zero hours contracts in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of such workers were women.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Skills for Care, the social care sector skills council partner for England, has provided the following estimate for adult social care workers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of zero-hours contracts jobs</p></td><td><p>Estimated percentage of all jobs that are zero-hours contracts jobs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>310,000</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>270,000</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>250,000</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Skills for Care workforce estimates 2011 to 2013, NMDS-SC October 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of zero-hours contracts jobs</p></td><td><p>Estimated proportion of zero-hours contracts jobs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>40,000</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>270,000</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Skills for Care workforce estimates 2011 to 2013, NMDS-SC October 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of workers who are women has not changed substantially from 2010/11 to 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is based on sample data provided to Skills for Care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/10/2014 10:08:29 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

91740

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease
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 3 September 2014, to Question 206600, in which clinical commissioning group each of the 617 incidents between 20 March 2014 and 21 July 2014 took place; and what assessment he has made of (a) patient harm, (b) excess days in hospital and (c) additional costs to the NHS resulting from those incidents.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	209177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Incidents reported to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) do not include information about which clinical commissioning group (CCG) commissioned the care where the incident occurred. Only the reporting organisation is included. As such, the information requested linking the incidents to CCGs is not collected or held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NRLS receives reports coded by level of harm. Of the 617 incidents reported between 20 March 2014 and 21 July 2014, 506 resulted in no harm, 94 ‘low’ harm, and 17 resulted in ‘moderate’ harm.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NRLS does not record excess days in hospital or additional costs to the National Health Service arising from reported incidents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 13/10/2014 13:52:42 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

79081

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department's Complaints Programme Board has taken to improve the handling of complaints by people with Parkinson's disease who do not receive their medication on time in hospital or a care home.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The Complaints Programme Board is made up of partners across the health and care system working together to improve complaints handling for the benefit of patients, and to deliver specific commitments related to this in the Government's Hard Truths report. It is important that patients understand how to complain about their care or treatment if they wish to. For that reason, we will shortly publish a simple guide describing how to complain so whatever health condition a patient has, or whatever they want to complain about, they can do so easily and find the right support to help them if they need it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/09/2014 10:48:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78909

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of medication errors involving hospital patients with Parkinson's disease have been reported since the joint patient safety alert on steps to improve data reporting quality was issued by NHS England and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that, between 20 March 2014 and 21 July 2014, 617 incidents in general, acute or community hospitals or mental health facilities involving Parkinson’s disease and medicines used to treat Parkinson’s disease were reported through the National Reporting and Learning System.</p><p>Improving services for people with Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions is a key priority for NHS England. Its strategic clinical networks have a specific focus on patients with neurological problems, such as Parkinson’s disease. NHS trusts and care homes in England should have policies and procedures in place to ensure that people with Parkinson’s disease receive their medicines when they are required to take them to control their illness and symptoms.</p><p>NHS England has recently launched a medication ‘safety thermometer’ that enables health and care organisations to measure aspects of medication safety on a regular basis for improvement purposes. This will enable hospitals to track their progress in reducing the number of omitted doses of medicines, including of those used to treat Parkinson’s disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 206629 question first answered 03/09/2014 09:44:33 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78911

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the National Patient Safety Agency rapid response report on reducing harm from omitted and delayed medicines in hospital, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that hospitals in England and Wales are able to supply Parkinson's disease medications to patients in a timely way.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that, between 20 March 2014 and 21 July 2014, 617 incidents in general, acute or community hospitals or mental health facilities involving Parkinson’s disease and medicines used to treat Parkinson’s disease were reported through the National Reporting and Learning System.</p><p>Improving services for people with Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions is a key priority for NHS England. Its strategic clinical networks have a specific focus on patients with neurological problems, such as Parkinson’s disease. NHS trusts and care homes in England should have policies and procedures in place to ensure that people with Parkinson’s disease receive their medicines when they are required to take them to control their illness and symptoms.</p><p>NHS England has recently launched a medication ‘safety thermometer’ that enables health and care organisations to measure aspects of medication safety on a regular basis for improvement purposes. This will enable hospitals to track their progress in reducing the number of omitted doses of medicines, including of those used to treat Parkinson’s disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 206600 question first answered 03/09/2014 09:44:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

61189

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he plans to publish the consultation referred to by the Minister of State for Health in his Department's announcement entitled Government Response to Tobacco Standardised Packaging Review, published in April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	200093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The consultation could not be published in the period leading up to the European and local elections. It is now being finalised and will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2014 14:56:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell