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93697

	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	Doctors: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many doctors were registered to practise medicine by the General Medical Council (GMC) in the last five years; and how many of the first registrations with the GMC in each year were from doctors who gained their primary medical qualification in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom or rest of the world respectively.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL2126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information. This information is held by the General Medical Council and they have provided the information below for the purposes of answering this question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors joining the register for the first time, from 2009 to 2013, by the region of their primary medical qualification and first registration year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>No. of Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EEA</p></td><td><p>2,368</p></td><td><p>2,973</p></td><td><p>2,726</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td><p>3,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EEA</p></td><td><p>2,579</p></td><td><p>2,959</p></td><td><p>2,437</p></td><td><p>2,222</p></td><td><p>2,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>6,876</p></td><td><p>7,010</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>7,083</p></td><td><p>7,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>11,823</p></td><td><p>12,942</p></td><td><p>12,275</p></td><td><p>12,204</p></td><td><p>12,892</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: General Medical Council</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors on the register at the end of each year by the region of their primary medical qualification. The number of registered doctors who hold a licence at the end of each year is also provided. A licence in necessary to work as a doctor in the UK, but holding one does not guarantee that a doctor is working.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>EEA</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Non-EEA</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>21,177</p></td><td><p>19,495</p></td><td><p>64,685</p></td><td><p>59,857</p></td><td><p>145,498</p></td><td><p>139,161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>22,757</p></td><td><p>21,174</p></td><td><p>66,001</p></td><td><p>61,422</p></td><td><p>150,465</p></td><td><p>144,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24,032</p></td><td><p>22,398</p></td><td><p>66,574</p></td><td><p>61,892</p></td><td><p>155,258</p></td><td><p>148,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>25,529</p></td><td><p>23,305</p></td><td><p>67,092</p></td><td><p>61,297</p></td><td><p>159,890</p></td><td><p>151,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>27,114</p></td><td><p>23,931</p></td><td><p>67,821</p></td><td><p>59,893</p></td><td><p>164,688</p></td><td><p>154,397</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: General Medical Council</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Doctors will leave and re-join the register over the course of a year so the difference between each year end total will never be equal to the number of first time registrants in a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. These tables exclude doctors who were registered with a status of “Temporary full registration for special purpose registrations”, which allows doctors to be registered for a temporary period in order to treat non-UK nationals within the UK. For example, we had a significant number of doctors who were registered temporarily in 2012 to accompany their national team to the Olympic or Paralympic games. The tables also exclude “Temporary full registration for visiting eminent specialists”. These registrations are for doctors visiting the UK for a temporary period to provide specialist knowledge and skills in a particular branch of medicine and cannot exceed 26 weeks in a 5 year period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/10/2014 11:35:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

93679

	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	General Practitioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many general practitioner practices in England have closed since June 2010; and how many have opened since January 2013.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL2108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The data requested is shown in the following table. It is not possible to show this by calendar month.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that these figures also include practice mergers and takeovers and do not provide an accurate representation of activity or service provision. For example, the merger of three practices would show as three practices closing and one opening.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Closed: England</p></td><td><p>Opened: England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>79</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>111</p><p> </p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>124</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>126</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (to 31 August)</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HSCIC</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details for opened practices in 2010 to 2012 have not been provided, but are available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/10/2014 12:23:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

93708

	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	General Practitioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many newly qualified general practitioners have started work in (1) the United Kingdom, (2) the South West of England, and (3) Bristol, in the last 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
	uin	HL2137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally. On 25 March 2014 the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) published its annual census on the General and Personal Medical Services workforce, which collects information from general practices in England and reflects the position as at 30 September 2013. The census shows that 2,763 general practitioners (GP) (excluding registrars and retainers) joined the profession between 2012 and 2013. However, the census does not show how many of these joiners were newly qualified GPs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The census also shows that there were 36,294 full time equivalent GPs working in the NHS in England. More information is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB13849/nhs-staf-2003-2013-gene-prac-rep.pdf</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government established Health Education England (HEE) to be responsible for delivering a better health and healthcare workforce for England and for ensuring a secure future supply. HEE has published the number of postgraduate medical trainees that enter general practice specialty training at ST1 in each of the last five years, at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://gprecruitment.hee.nhs.uk/Portals/8/Documents/Annual%20Reports/GP%20ST1%20Recruitment%20Figures%202009-13.pdf</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provision of health services in the UK is a devolved issue. The contacts for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are available from the links below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index.htm</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Wales: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/?lang=en</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/10/2014 11:26:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

93402

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take to ensure that NHS England ensures parity of esteem as required by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, the NHS Mandate for 2013 to 2015 and the Refreshed Mandate for 2014 to 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL2068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government holds the National Health Service to account for achieving parity of esteem as required by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, through setting objectives in the NHS England Mandate for 2013-15 and the refreshed Mandate for 2014-15. In addition to measuring progress on specific objectives in the Mandate, outcomes for mental health patients are monitored through the NHS Outcomes Framework, which forms an essential part of the way in which the Secretary of State holds NHS England to account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our recently published five-year plan,<em> Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020,</em> sets out action the Government is taking to provide better access to mental health services within the next year, including the first ever national waiting time standards for mental health services. It also sets out our vision for further progress by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>£40 million in additional funding has been identified to enable change in the current financial year, and a further £80 million will be freed up for 2015-16 to support implementation of waiting times in mental health services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 28/10/2014 15:13:50 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

92780

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the (1) average and (2) median, earnings of a partner general practitioner in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL2016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The information in relation to salaried general practitioners (GP) (HL2015) is recorded in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Salaried GPs – Income before tax in Cash terms – England and Wales 2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Mean Earnings</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Median Earnings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Income</p></td><td><p>Expenses</p></td><td><p>Income before Tax</p></td><td><p>Gross Income</p></td><td><p>Expense</p></td><td><p>Income before Tax</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£64,700</p></td><td><p>£8,100</p></td><td><p>£56,600</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Data not held</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£53,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>£65,200</p></td><td><p>£11,100</p></td><td><p>£54,100</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Data not held</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£53,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The information relating to partner general practitioners (HL2016) is recorded in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Contractor GPs – Income before tax in Cash terms – England and Wales 2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Mean Earnings</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Median Earnings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Income</p></td><td><p>Expenses</p></td><td><p>Income before Tax</p></td><td><p>Gross Income</p></td><td><p>Expense</p></td><td><p>Income before Tax</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£289,300</p></td><td><p>£184,200</p></td><td><p>£105,100</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>£102,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>£233,800</p></td><td><p>£142,800</p></td><td><p>£91,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>£90,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Copyright © 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p>Source: GP Earnings and Expenses Enquiries</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The tables are presented in cash terms of income before tax for contractor GPs (partners) and salaried GPs under a General Medical Services (GMS) or Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract and exclude expenses. This is taxable income before pension contributions are deducted, made up of gross earnings less total expenses, also known as net income.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The data covers income from both NHS and private sources where a GP has at least some NHS income. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>The median earnings gross income and expenses data is not held, only the income before tax.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data is for GPs under a GMS or PMS contract only</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2015 question first answered 24/10/2014 11:34:33 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

92779

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the (1) average, and (2) median, earnings of a salaried general practitioner in England and Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL2015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The information in relation to salaried general practitioners (GP) (HL2015) is recorded in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Salaried GPs – Income before tax in Cash terms – England and Wales 2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Mean Earnings</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Median Earnings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Income</p></td><td><p>Expenses</p></td><td><p>Income before Tax</p></td><td><p>Gross Income</p></td><td><p>Expense</p></td><td><p>Income before Tax</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£64,700</p></td><td><p>£8,100</p></td><td><p>£56,600</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Data not held</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£53,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>£65,200</p></td><td><p>£11,100</p></td><td><p>£54,100</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Data not held</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£53,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The information relating to partner general practitioners (HL2016) is recorded in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Contractor GPs – Income before tax in Cash terms – England and Wales 2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Mean Earnings</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Median Earnings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Income</p></td><td><p>Expenses</p></td><td><p>Income before Tax</p></td><td><p>Gross Income</p></td><td><p>Expense</p></td><td><p>Income before Tax</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>£289,300</p></td><td><p>£184,200</p></td><td><p>£105,100</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>£102,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>£233,800</p></td><td><p>£142,800</p></td><td><p>£91,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Data not held</p></td><td><p>£90,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Copyright © 2014 Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p>Source: GP Earnings and Expenses Enquiries</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The tables are presented in cash terms of income before tax for contractor GPs (partners) and salaried GPs under a General Medical Services (GMS) or Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract and exclude expenses. This is taxable income before pension contributions are deducted, made up of gross earnings less total expenses, also known as net income.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The data covers income from both NHS and private sources where a GP has at least some NHS income. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>The median earnings gross income and expenses data is not held, only the income before tax.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data is for GPs under a GMS or PMS contract only</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2016 question first answered 24/10/2014 11:34:32 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

92784

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Suicide: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the causes of suicides among young people; and what action they propose to reduce such fatalities by providing more effective and quicker access to mental health services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL2020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The causes of suicides are not currently collected but the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness at the University of Manchester will be setting up a national investigation into suicides by young people under 25, which will be covering antecedents such as bullying, use of social media &amp; contact with services. This investigation will be funded by National Health Service England and is due to begin in April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England and the Department have set up a Taskforce to look into the complex system of provision and commissioning of children and young people’s mental health services. The Taskforce is considering ways to improve access and create services that are more responsive to children’s needs. Additional funding this year is being invested into improving specialised, in-patient mental health services for children and young people. This will help to fund additional bed capacity and case management will also be improved.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/10/2014 11:24:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

93401

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the commissioning of specialised services by NHS England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL2067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health, in his Annual Assessment of National Health Service England’s Annual Report for the last financial year (2013-14), has stated that “[NHS England] must […] ensure that spending controls are effective, particularly around specialised commissioning.” A copy of the Secretary of State’s Annual Assessment has been placed in the library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Section 3B(1)(d) of the National Health Service Act 2006, as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, gives the Secretary of State the power to require the NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England) to commission prescribed services or facilities in relation to England by making regulations. Using this power, the Secretary of State may require NHS England to commission specialised services for people with rare or very rare conditions. Before deciding whether to make regulations, the Secretary of State must (a) obtain appropriate advice for that purpose and (b) consult NHS England. The Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) is a Department of Health appointed expert committee which was established in 2013 to provide the Secretary of State with this advice. NHS England commissions all the services listed in Schedule 4 of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The scope of specialised services directly commissioned by NHS England is kept under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2065 HL2066 question first answered 24/10/2014 11:31:31 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Annual_Assessment_of_NHSE.pdf title Annual Assesment of NHSE
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

93399

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the nature of the relationship between Ministers, the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group and NHS England in prescribing specialised services under the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL2065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health, in his Annual Assessment of National Health Service England’s Annual Report for the last financial year (2013-14), has stated that “[NHS England] must […] ensure that spending controls are effective, particularly around specialised commissioning.” A copy of the Secretary of State’s Annual Assessment has been placed in the library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Section 3B(1)(d) of the National Health Service Act 2006, as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, gives the Secretary of State the power to require the NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England) to commission prescribed services or facilities in relation to England by making regulations. Using this power, the Secretary of State may require NHS England to commission specialised services for people with rare or very rare conditions. Before deciding whether to make regulations, the Secretary of State must (a) obtain appropriate advice for that purpose and (b) consult NHS England. The Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) is a Department of Health appointed expert committee which was established in 2013 to provide the Secretary of State with this advice. NHS England commissions all the services listed in Schedule 4 of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The scope of specialised services directly commissioned by NHS England is kept under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2066 HL2067 question first answered 24/10/2014 11:31:33 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Annual_Assessment_of_NHSE.pdf title Annual Assesment of NHSE
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

92813

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hepatitis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact of the provision of housing on treatment completion for vulnerable populations in the United Kingdom suffering from (1) hepatitis B, and (2) hepatitis C.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL2049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England has not made any formal assessment of the impact of the provision of housing on treatment completion for vulnerable populations in the United Kingdom suffering from hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our estimates of the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B and C infection in the UK population are 180,000<sup>1</sup> and 214,000[2] respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Studies of hepatitis B and C in the UK homeless population are limited but a recent survey of people who inject drugs found that those who had ever been homeless were more likely to have antibodies against hepatitis C (42%) than those that were in stable accommodation (34%)<sup>3</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]Department of Health. (2002a) Getting ahead of the curve: a strategy for combating infectious diseases (including other aspects of health protection). A report by the Chief Medical Officer.London</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2Hepatitis C in the UK, Annual Report 2014 Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/337115/HCV_in_the_UK_2014_24_July.pdf</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3Health Protection Agency, Health Protection Scotland, National Public Health Service for Wales, CDSC Northern Ireland, CRDHB. Shooting Up: Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2008. London: Health Protection Agency, October 2009.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/10/2014 11:27:52 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie