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385725

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Andrew Lansley
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have decided to appeal the ruling that the official diary of Andrew Lansley in the period running up to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 be disclosed; and if not, when that diary will be disclosed.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>An application has been made to the Court of Appeal seeking permission to appeal the ruling of the Upper Tribunal.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/07/2015 14:55:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

385726

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 23 June (HL Deb, col 1471), what steps they are taking to ensure that the ministry of chaplains in United Kingdom hospitals and hospices remains a part of end-of-life care.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Bristol
uin	HL850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>We value the important role chaplaincy services play in delivering compassionate, personalised care, including at the end of life. The five Priorities for Care of the Dying Person, which the Government introduced in June 2014 and is attached, set out the importance of sensitive communication and the spiritual care of dying people and those important to them. As a member of the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People, the College of Health Care Chaplains was integral to the development, dissemination and implementation of the Priorities for Care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It remains the case that local National Health Service trusts are responsible for determining, delivering and funding religious and spiritual care in a way that meets the needs of their patients, carers and staff. NHS England is not involved in commissioning chaplaincy services locally. However, NHS England maintains a dialogue with chaplaincy associations through the NHS Chaplaincy programme and the Chaplaincy Leaders Forum as part of NHS England’s work on improving patient care, promoting equality and reducing inequalities in health outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As health is a devolved issue, the commissioning and provision of chaplaincy services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland should be addressed to the relevant devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL851 question first answered 08/07/2015 15:02:42 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name One_chance_to_get_it_right.pdf title One Chance To Get It Right
tabling member	3892 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Bristol

385727

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Ministers of Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 23 June (HL Deb, col 1471), what steps they are taking to ensure (1) that NHS England continues to commission adequate healthcare chaplaincy services, and (2) that, as stated by the Minster of State for Community and Social Care on 17 December 2013 (HC180621), local NHS trusts continue to be "responsible for determining, delivering and funding religious and spiritual care in a way that meets the needs of their patients, carers and staff."
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Bristol
uin	HL851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>We value the important role chaplaincy services play in delivering compassionate, personalised care, including at the end of life. The five Priorities for Care of the Dying Person, which the Government introduced in June 2014 and is attached, set out the importance of sensitive communication and the spiritual care of dying people and those important to them. As a member of the Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People, the College of Health Care Chaplains was integral to the development, dissemination and implementation of the Priorities for Care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It remains the case that local National Health Service trusts are responsible for determining, delivering and funding religious and spiritual care in a way that meets the needs of their patients, carers and staff. NHS England is not involved in commissioning chaplaincy services locally. However, NHS England maintains a dialogue with chaplaincy associations through the NHS Chaplaincy programme and the Chaplaincy Leaders Forum as part of NHS England’s work on improving patient care, promoting equality and reducing inequalities in health outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As health is a devolved issue, the commissioning and provision of chaplaincy services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland should be addressed to the relevant devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL850 question first answered 08/07/2015 15:02:42 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name One_chance_to_get_it_right.pdf title One Chance To Get It Right
tabling member	3892 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Bristol

385729

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to encourage the elderly to adopt or interact with pets, in the light of research regarding the positive impact they can have on people who suffer depression or loneliness.
tabling member printed	Lord Hanningfield
uin	HL853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Loneliness is a complex problem and affects people in many different ways and it can have a severe impact on people’s mental wellbeing. The reasons why people become socially isolated are diverse and a range of approaches may be needed to address these. In providing advice or support to people who are lonely or depressed local authorities could suggest interaction with pets but this will depend on the individual and the reasons behind their condition.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/07/2015 16:02:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2650 label Biography information for Lord Hanningfield

385730

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Multiple Sclerosis: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that people with multiple sclerosis currently accessing beta interferon and glatiramer acetate through the Risk Sharing Scheme continue to access these treatments after data collection for the Scheme ends in summer 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Dubs
uin	HL854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The end of data collection for the Multiple Sclerosis Risk Sharing Scheme will not affect the availability of the beta interferons and glatiramer acetate through the Scheme. The NHS Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Group (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 require commissioners to fund the provision of the Scheme drugs for those patients who meet the clinical guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/07/2015 15:04:14 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	805 label Biography information for Lord Dubs

385731

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Multiple Sclerosis: Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that specialist multiple sclerosis nurses funded through the Risk Sharing Scheme remain in post after data collection for the Scheme ends in summer 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Dubs
uin	HL855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Risk Sharing Scheme remains in operation until 2016. We will work with NHS England and the four drug company members of the Scheme to ensure that specialist nursing support for MS patients is not disrupted when the Scheme comes to an end.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/07/2015 15:21:43 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	805 label Biography information for Lord Dubs

385850

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Out of Area Treatment: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with a postal address in Wales have used hospital services in (a) Countess of Chester, (b) Arrowe Park, Wirral, (c) Clatterbridge, Wirral, (d) The Christie, Manchester, (e) Agnes Hunt, Gobowen and (f) Liverpool Children's Hospital in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	4251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Counts of accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances<sup>1</sup>, admitted patient finished admission episodes<sup>2</sup> and outpatient attendances<sup>3</sup> for patients with an Area Team of residence<sup>4</sup> of Wales by the selected hospital providers<sup>5</sup>, 2013-14</p><p> </p><p>Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Hospital provider</p></td><td><p>A&amp;E attendances</p></td><td><p>Finished admission episodes</p></td><td><p>Outpatient attendances</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>2,942</p></td><td><p>6,703</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>14,404</p></td><td><p>14,185</p></td><td><p>66,514</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>The Christie NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>3,167</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4,520</p></td><td><p>40,577</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>1,282</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><sup>1</sup> Official Source of A&amp;E activity data</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>HES is not the official source of total A&amp;E activity, this is the NHS England situation reports collection - http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/</p><p>However, HES permits further analysis of A&amp;E activity as there are a range of data items by which HES can be analysed.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><sup>2</sup> Finished admission episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><sup>3</sup> Outpatient Attendances</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Attendances at outpatient clinics. Includes first and follow-up attendances and telephone consultations, excludes did not attends (DNAs) and cancellations.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><sup>4</sup> Area team of residence</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>The area team containing the patient’s normal home address. This does not necessarily reflect where the patient was treated as they may have travelled to another area for treatment.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><sup>5 </sup>Hospital Provider</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>A provider code is a unique code that identifies an organisation acting as a health care provider (eg NHS trust or primary care trust). Data from some independent sector providers, where the onus for arrangement of dataflows is on the commissioner, may be missing. Care must be taken when using this data as the counts may be lower than true figures.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2015 11:45:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint

385851

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were recruited by each NHS Trust in Lancashire in 2014; and how many of those nurses trained (a) at the University of Central Lancashire, (b) at Edge Hill University, (c) at Bolton University, (d) at other universities, (e) in Italy, (f) in Spain, (g) in other EU countries and (h) in non-EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on where nurses, or other staff, received training. It is the responsibility of local National Health Service organisations to recruit the appropriate staff required to deliver services for the health needs of their local populations.</p><p> </p><p>The number of nurses joining NHS trusts in Lancashire is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce turnover: Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting joiners to the NHS by selected trusts in Lancashire between January 2014 and January 2015, headcount</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Between January 2014 and January 2015</p></td><td><p>headcount</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Joiners</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), provisional monthly NHS workforce data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Turnover data is based on headcount.</p><p> </p><p>Figures based on data from all English NHS organisations who are using the Electronic Staff Record.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information on turnover statistics:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB17272/nhs-work-stat-jan-2015-turn-tab-qrtly.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB17272/nhs-work-stat-jan-2015-turn-tab-qrtly.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monthly data</p><p> </p><p>Provisional monthly NHS workforce data figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly workforce data does not include Primary care staff or Bank staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/provisionalmonthlyhchsworkforce" target="_blank">www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/provisionalmonthlyhchsworkforce</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data quality</p><p> </p><p>The HSCIC seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where changes impact on figures already published, this is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/07/2015 11:57:24 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385852

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transplant Surgery: Intensive Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the number of intensive care unit beds in the UK on the number of transplants that per capita the NHS can provide.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	4312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant launched a new United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy in July 2013. <em>Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020</em> sets out the action necessary to increase organ donation and transplant rates building on the significant increase in donor and transplant rates since 2008. It is vital that all potential donors are identified and referred to the specialist donation team. The strategy recognises that commissioners should keep the demand for intensive care beds under review to ensure that intensive care capacity is not a barrier to donation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were 10.6 adult critical care, paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care beds per 100,000 population in England in May 2015. The numbers of such beds in the rest of the United Kingdom is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 4316 question first answered 03/07/2015 11:48:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

385291

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Skin Cancer
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidelines are issued to Clinical Commissioning Groups regarding patients with high-risk skin cancers such as melanoma.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has published a service specification for adult skin cancer services that sets out what the National Health Service must have in place to offer high quality skin cancer treatment, care and support. Embedded in this is the current best practice guidance on skin cancer published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE is developing a guideline on the assessment and management of melanoma. NICE currently expects to publish its final guidance in July 2015. Further information is available at the following link and a copy of the webpage has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-cgwave0674" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-cgwave0674</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, NICE is currently in the process of updating its Public Health guidance on skin cancer prevention: information, resources and environmental changes (PH32).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/07/2015 13:52:29 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name NICE webpage.pdf title NICE webpage
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere