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885940

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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	Contraceptives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage of, GPs in England opt out of providing contraceptive services to their registered patients.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2018, there were three practices (0.04%) that had opted out of providing contraceptive services.</p><p> </p><p>The current general practitioner contract allows practices to opt out of providing contraceptive services to their registered patients. Where they do so, NHS England has responsibility for ensuring patients of those practices have access to such services.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 01/05/2018 11:45:49 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

855403

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) non-medical staff, and (2) managerial staff, were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL6009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) non-medical staff and managerial staff employed in the National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England between September 2007 and September 2017.</p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Non-medical staff and managerial staff in NHS trusts and CCGs in England as at 30 September of each specified year</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>All non-medical staff (FTE)</p></td><td><p>of which: managerial staff (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>943,961</p></td><td><p>31,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>930,923</p></td><td><p>30,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>909,720</p></td><td><p>29,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>891,028</p></td><td><p>27,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>872,125</p></td><td><p>26,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>876,347</p></td><td><p>31,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>895,077</p></td><td><p>32,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>915,087</p></td><td><p>35,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>906,888</p></td><td><p>37,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>901,955</p></td><td><p>37,937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>870,267</p></td><td><p>34,955</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong><em>Source: </em>NHS Digital monthly workforce statistics</p><p>Notes:</p><p>Non-medical staff includes all hospital and community health services staff in trusts and CCGs, both clinically qualified and support staff, within the broad areas of ambulance staff; administrative and estates staff; healthcare assistants and support staff; nurses, health visitors and midwives; scientific, therapeutic and technical staff (including allied health professionals) and healthcare scientific staff.</p><p>Managerial staff include senior managers and managers.</p><p>Due to the change in methodology figures for 2007 and 2008 are not directly comparable to figures from September 2009 onwards. Figures for 2007 and 2008 also include support organisations and central bodies.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/03/2018 13:07:05 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

862902

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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	Psychiatry: Greater Manchester
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional child and adolescent psychiatrists have been recruited by the NHS in Greater Manchester in each of the last two years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL6350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes information on workforce statistics and the latest data shows that the number of full time equivalent (FTE) child and adolescent psychiatrists in Greater Manchester increased by 13 between September 2015 and September 2017.</p><p>The following table shows the number of FTE child and adolescent psychiatrists employed in Greater Manchester between September 2015 and November 2017 and is the latest data available.</p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in Greater Manchester, as at 30 September for each specified year and latest data available, (FTE):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: </em>NHS Digital Monthly Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce statistics</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>FTE figures are given as this is the most accurate measure of service capacity.</li><li>FTE figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.</li></ol> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 27/03/2018 15:20:29 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

852458

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Hospital Beds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many beds were available in NHS hospitals in each year from 2007 to 2017; and what was the total number of instances where a delayed transfer of care occurred in an NHS hospital in each year from 2007 to 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL5941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The average number of available beds and the average number of delayed transfer of care (DTOC) beds in each financial year from 2010-11 is shown in the following table. Data prior to 2010 is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average number of available beds</p></td><td><p>Average number of DTOC beds<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>142,446</p></td><td><p>3,783 (Partial year)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>138,572</p></td><td><p>3,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>136,758</p></td><td><p>3,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>135,943</p></td><td><p>3,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>135,498</p></td><td><p>4,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>131,069</p></td><td><p>4,946</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>130,452</p></td><td><p>6,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 (year to date)</p></td><td><p>129,029</p></td><td><p>5,579</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The number of DTOC beds is an estimate and is calculated by dividing the number of delayed days during the month by the number of calendar days in the month.</p><p>NHS England publishes DTOC data showing the number of delayed days by the following reasons: awaiting completion of assessment; awaiting public funding; awaiting further non-acute NHS care; awaiting residential home placement or availability; awaiting nursing home placement or availability; awaiting care package in own home; awaiting community equipment and adaptations; patient or family choice; disputes; housing – patients not covered by NHS or Community Care Act; or other.</p><p>Data on whether patients with delayed transfers of care are either homeless or waited in excess of a day for collection from hospital by a family member or friend is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5942 HL5943 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:48:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

846832

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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	Measles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of measles there were in England in (1) 2016, and (2) 2017; whether there was a drop in vaccination rates in the UK in 2017; what action they are taking to maintain World Health Organisation measles elimination status; and how they are working with European partners to tackle the recent surge in measles cases in Europe.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL5794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The total number of measles cases in England was 531 in 2016 and figures for 2017 will be published in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Annual vaccine coverage statistics for England for 2016/17 indicate uptake of the first dose measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at two years of age was 91.6%, a 0.3% decrease from 2015/16; the first dose MMR at five years of age reached the 95% World Health Organization (WHO) target, a 0.2% increase from 2015/16; and the second dose MMR at five years was 87.6%, a 0.6% decrease from 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>In adopting the European Vaccine Action Plan 2015–2020, the United Kingdom, along with all 53 Member States of the WHO European Region, has committed to eliminating measles and rubella as one of the Region’s priority immunisation goals. In 2017, Public Health England convened a multi-stakeholder measles and rubella elimination group, to develop a UK-wide strategy with key recommendations for action, to ensure elimination will be sustained.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 08/03/2018 15:06:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

869189

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of staff providing fraudulent qualifications have been detected in the NHS over the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL6562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Data on the number of cases of staff providing fraudulent qualifications detected in the National Health Service over the last three years is collected by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority. The information is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number of cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 18</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/03/2018 16:19:34 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

855399

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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: Doctors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospital doctors were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what was the total number of (1) out-patients, and (2) inpatients, treated by those doctors in each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL6005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital provides workforce statistics and the following tables show the number of Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) full time equivalent (FTE) doctors and qualified nurses and health visitors as at 30 September for each specified year.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service HCHS doctors in England, as at 30 September in each year, 2007 to 2017 FTE</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>HCHS Doctors (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2007</p></td><td><p>87,533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2008</p></td><td><p>91,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>95,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>97,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>98,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>99,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>101,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>103,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>104,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>106,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>109,002</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>S</em><em>ource: </em>NHS Digital NHS monthly workforce statistics</p><p>NHS HCHS: Qualified nurses and health visitors in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England as at 30 September of each year, 2007 to 2017, FTE</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Qualified nurses and health visitors (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2007</p></td><td><p>275,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2008</p></td><td><p>281,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>278,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>279,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>277,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>271,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>274,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>278,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>281,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>284,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>283,853</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>NHS Digital monthly workforce statistics</p><p>Due to the change in methodology figures for 2007 and 2008 are not directly comparable to figures from September 2009 onwards. Figures for 2007 and 2008 also include support organisations and central bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided are for permanent staff employed in the NHS trusts and CCGs in England.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to determine if treatment was provided by a doctor or a nurse as the information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6006 question first answered 14/03/2018 13:08:14 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

852459

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Hospital Beds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many instances there were of a delayed transfer of care occurring where the patient subject to the delayed transfer of care was homeless in each year from 2007 to 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL5942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The average number of available beds and the average number of delayed transfer of care (DTOC) beds in each financial year from 2010-11 is shown in the following table. Data prior to 2010 is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average number of available beds</p></td><td><p>Average number of DTOC beds<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>142,446</p></td><td><p>3,783 (Partial year)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>138,572</p></td><td><p>3,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>136,758</p></td><td><p>3,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>135,943</p></td><td><p>3,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>135,498</p></td><td><p>4,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>131,069</p></td><td><p>4,946</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>130,452</p></td><td><p>6,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 (year to date)</p></td><td><p>129,029</p></td><td><p>5,579</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The number of DTOC beds is an estimate and is calculated by dividing the number of delayed days during the month by the number of calendar days in the month.</p><p>NHS England publishes DTOC data showing the number of delayed days by the following reasons: awaiting completion of assessment; awaiting public funding; awaiting further non-acute NHS care; awaiting residential home placement or availability; awaiting nursing home placement or availability; awaiting care package in own home; awaiting community equipment and adaptations; patient or family choice; disputes; housing – patients not covered by NHS or Community Care Act; or other.</p><p>Data on whether patients with delayed transfers of care are either homeless or waited in excess of a day for collection from hospital by a family member or friend is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5941 HL5943 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:48:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

852460

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Hospital Beds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many instances there were of a delayed transfer of care occurring where the patient subject to the delayed transfer of care was waiting for longer than one day for a family member or friend to collect them in each year from 2007 to 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL5943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The average number of available beds and the average number of delayed transfer of care (DTOC) beds in each financial year from 2010-11 is shown in the following table. Data prior to 2010 is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average number of available beds</p></td><td><p>Average number of DTOC beds<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>142,446</p></td><td><p>3,783 (Partial year)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>138,572</p></td><td><p>3,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>136,758</p></td><td><p>3,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>135,943</p></td><td><p>3,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>135,498</p></td><td><p>4,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>131,069</p></td><td><p>4,946</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>130,452</p></td><td><p>6,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 (year to date)</p></td><td><p>129,029</p></td><td><p>5,579</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The number of DTOC beds is an estimate and is calculated by dividing the number of delayed days during the month by the number of calendar days in the month.</p><p>NHS England publishes DTOC data showing the number of delayed days by the following reasons: awaiting completion of assessment; awaiting public funding; awaiting further non-acute NHS care; awaiting residential home placement or availability; awaiting nursing home placement or availability; awaiting care package in own home; awaiting community equipment and adaptations; patient or family choice; disputes; housing – patients not covered by NHS or Community Care Act; or other.</p><p>Data on whether patients with delayed transfers of care are either homeless or waited in excess of a day for collection from hospital by a family member or friend is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5941 HL5942 question first answered 13/03/2018 15:48:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

885864

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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	Junior Doctors: Working Hours
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many junior doctors have chosen to opt out of the Working Time Regulations through provisions included in their contracts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL6966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Department and is a matter for individual National Health Service trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The provisions of the new 2016 contract for doctors and dentists in training include contractual limits on working hours that go beyond those in the Working Time Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Where a junior doctor voluntarily chooses to opt out of the Working Time Regulations average weekly limit of 48 hours, the contract provides that hours are restricted to a maximum average of 56 hours per week, across all or any organisations with whom the doctor is contracted to work or otherwise chooses to work. A doctor opting out of the Working Time Regulations weekly hours limit is still bound by all of the other limits set out in the Regulations and in the contract.</p><p> </p><p>Doctors who choose to opt out must give written notice to their employer. The contract requires that records of such agreements must be kept and be made available to relevant recognised unions and appropriate regulators on request.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 01/05/2018 11:31:27 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra