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971606

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to minimise the use of automated telephone messages by (a) the NHS and (b) general practices.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	173562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Many National Health Service organisations, including general practices, use automated telephone messages as a way of reminding patients about their upcoming appointments. This can provide improved access to care for patients in a way that makes best use of clinicians’ time while avoiding missed appointments and their associated costs. We would expect NHS organisations to respond to feedback to ensure they use automated messages as effectively as possible and if patients wish to opt out of such reminders, they may contact their local NHS provider to request this.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/09/2018 11:22:07 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

971620

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle the fire risk to (a) vulnerable adults and (b) young children in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	173591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Guidance on fire safety, including patients with specific dependencies such as vulnerable adults and young children, is provided to National Health Service organisations in the Health Technical Memorandum 05 publications, generally referred to as Firecode. All Firecode guidance will be reviewed in the light of the recommendations of the Grenfell Inquiry.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/09/2018 13:28:46 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

971649

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Public Lavatories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in increasing (a) the number of and (b) access to Changing Places toilets in hospitals and other health settings.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	173573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>We recognise that the number of Changing Places toilets in hospitals and healthcare settings is limited at present. Several actions are underway to improve provision and access to these facilities on the National Health Service estate.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Changing Places has been included as an indicator in the Learning Disability Improvement Standards, published in June 2018 by NHS Improvement, which will be used to measure how well trusts support people with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care is working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in reviewing the Approved Document Part M guidance in relation to Building Regulations, which considers accessibility with a view to increasing provision of Changing Places.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is considering what other actions may be taken to improve provision and availability of Changing Places toilets across the NHS estate.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/09/2018 13:01:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

971669

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals operate at a staff vacancy rate of 11 per cent or higher in (a) Harlow, (b) Essex, (c) East of England and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	173567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2017, NHS Improvement collects vacancy rates of medical staff from individual National Health Service providers and publishes them as part of its ‘Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector’ report. This data goes to trust level, but not specifically to hospital level.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/09/2018 13:34:32 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

971686

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been supplied with NHS-funded hearing aids in each clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	173501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total spend on audiology services in £ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted Patient Care</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>161.8</p></td><td><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td><td><p>193.5</p></td><td><p>201.0</p></td><td><p>196.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>255.5</p></td><td><p>328.2</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td><td><p>396.5</p></td><td><p>385.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 173502 173503 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:24:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

971687

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on audiology services (a) nationally and (b) by each clinical commissioning group in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	173502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total spend on audiology services in £ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted Patient Care</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>161.8</p></td><td><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td><td><p>193.5</p></td><td><p>201.0</p></td><td><p>196.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>255.5</p></td><td><p>328.2</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td><td><p>396.5</p></td><td><p>385.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 173501 173503 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:24:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

971688

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the projected spend on audiology services is (a) this year and (b) next year, broken down (i) nationally and (ii) by clinical commissioning group.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	173503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total spend on audiology services in £ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted Patient Care</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>161.8</p></td><td><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td><td><p>193.5</p></td><td><p>201.0</p></td><td><p>196.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>255.5</p></td><td><p>328.2</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td><td><p>396.5</p></td><td><p>385.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 173501 173502 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:24:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

971775

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	173649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department information systems record sickness absence relating to “mental health disorders”, but not for “mental health reasons”. Mental health disorders can include disorders such as stress, anxiety, depression and long term mental illness.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the broader category of how many days have been lost in the Department due to sickness absence relating to mental health disorders since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Days Lost</p></td><td><p>2,151.4</p></td><td><p>1,457.9</p></td><td><p>1,932.8</p></td><td><p>1,510.9</p></td><td><p>2,153.2</p></td><td><p>2,193.9</p></td><td><p>1,851.8</p></td><td><p>1,832.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/09/2018 12:59:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971303

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the primary outcome results of the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	172640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is aware of the literature that has been published to date in relation to the DiRECT Trial, and are of the view that the results of the trial suggest that very low calorie diets could potentially be highly impactful if it should prove possible to deliver the intervention at scale.</p><p> </p><p>At present, the duration of the effect of the intervention trialled (i.e. the duration of any period of remission) is unknown and NHS England has not yet seen a cost effectiveness analysis, or other economic data from the trial. It is therefore not yet possible to establish the overall effectiveness of the intervention at this time. Whilst waiting for the two year outcomes data to be published, NHS England is exploring opportunities to pilot these approaches at greater scale to further understand their potential.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/09/2018 12:54:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

971325

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer related operations have been carried out at (a) Royal Lancaster Infirmary, (b) Furness General Hospital and (c) Westmorland General Hospital in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	172494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of cancer-related operations is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The information on the number of chemotherapy treatments undertaken is not available in the format requested. A count of finished consultant episodes (FCE) data with a primary diagnosis of cancer, receiving a treatment of chemotherapy is provided for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, between the years 2007-08 to 2016-17 and is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally there has been a continuing rise in demand for cancer services, with urgent general practitioner referrals for cancer rising by over 70,000 compared to last year.</p><p> </p><p>Achieving the 62-day standard was a key objective in the Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2017-18 and this has been rolled forward into 2018-19. NHS England is investing this year in initiatives to recover and maintain the 62-day standard nationally, such as pathway coordinators and timed, standardised pathways.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service is committed to achieving the 62-day cancer waiting times standard in 2018/19, and to maintaining performance against the other cancer waiting times standards.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 172495 question first answered 17/09/2018 12:53:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ172495 - Chemotherapy Treatment - Format.xlsx title PQ172494,172495 attached document
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron