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101567

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans the Government is making for quarantine procedures for people entering the UK from countries where the Ebola virus is present in the event of a further spread of that virus.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	212378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>In addition to departure screening in affected countries, entry screening has been introduced for people travelling to the United Kingdom from Ebola infected areas. This also provides them with clear advice about immediate actions should they develop any relevant symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are already public health powers in place to enable the quarantining of an individual suffering from the symptoms of Ebola should they be needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the threat posed to the UK by the spread of Ebola virus disease, and the measures required to tackle it, under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:23:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

101647

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging for NHS services required because of injuries caused by alcohol or drug misuse.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	212524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>We recognise that drinking alcohol and drug use does place significant strain on the National Health Service, but there are both ethical and practical reasons not to seek payment from patients. The founding principle of the NHS is that services are free of charge, available to all on the basis of need, not ability to pay. It is funded accordingly, from general taxation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:40:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

49470

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to raise awareness of the conditions that can lead to young sudden cardiac death and sudden death syndrome.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	197438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries about all aspects of screening policy and supports implementation. It is currently reviewing the evidence for screening young people between the ages of 12 to 39 years for the major causes of sudden cardiac death. A public consultation will open shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England is working with the Chief Coroner to discuss what the coronial system can do to help reduce sudden cardiac death in the young. As a result, the Chief Coroner has written to local Coroners asking them to make families of those who have died of the condition aware that it may be inherited, and encouraging them to contact either the British Heart Foundation, Cardiac Risk in the Young, or their general practitioner for testing and counselling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

57963

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cystic Fibrosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust's report entitled Hope for More: Improving access to lung transplantation and care for people with cystic fibrosis, what assessment he has made of the donor lung utilisation rate for transplantation; and what measures he has identified as having the greatest potential to increase such utilisation.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	199027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Currently donated lungs are allocated to the designated cardiothoracic transplant centres on a zonal basis. However, the Cardiothoracic Organs Advisory Group (CTAG) have recently reviewed the allocation policy and have recommended that the size of the allocation zones be adjusted to help ensure equity of access. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have therefore confirmed that for cardiothoracic organs, the zones will be reviewed in August 2014 to coincide with changes in liver allocation zones and from August 2015, heart and lung zones will be disaggregated and the zones reviewed separately.</p><p> </p><p>CTAG have also recommended that NHSBT reviews the consequences of introducing two levels of priority for listing for lung transplants - urgent and routine, and suggest a national allocation scheme for urgent listed patients, and zonal allocation for routine listed patients.</p><p> </p><p>Any proposed change would need to be validated by NHSBT, who will review the criteria for urgent listing and the statistical modelling of the potential impact of such a system. NHSBT will continue to work closely with the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to improve outcomes for patients requiring lung transplants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:43:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

64517

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Organs: Donors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organ donations have been received in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2008-09 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Deceased organ donors at hospitals in Yorkshire and the Humber - by financial year as at 30 June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (to date)</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total organ transplants for Yorkshire and the Humber residents<sup>1</sup> - by financial year as at 30 June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p><p>(to date)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Organs</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Transplant counts are based on recipient residence postcode rather than transplant unit</p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 14:39:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64521

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients had been waiting for (a) over six months and (b) three months for in-patient admission at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March 1997 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. Information on the number of patients waiting over six months and three months for in-patient admission at what is now York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from March 1997 to March 2010 is shown in the attached table.</p><p>Since 2007, waiting times on a referral to treatment (RTT) basis have been published. Information on the number of patients who waited over six months and over three months on an admitted RTT pathway at York Teaching Hospital NHS FT between March 2008 and March 2012 is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name 202887 Waiting times In-patient York Teaching Hosp FT.docx title Inpatient Waiting Times York Teaching Hospital FT 2 file name 202887 RTT Waiting Times York Teaching Hosp FT.docx title RTT Waiting Times York Teaching Hospital FT question first answered 07/07/2014 15:24:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64522

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for elective admission at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April in 1996 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of patients waiting for elective admission at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for each year between March 1996 and March 2010 is shown in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Month ending</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number waiting at period end</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 1996</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,081</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 1997</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,846</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 1998</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8,445</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 1999</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,715</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,477</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2001</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,317</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2002</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,354</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2003</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,425</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2004</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,714</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2005</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,211</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2006</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,738</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2007</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,055</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2008</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,536</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2009</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,675</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,336</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Note: </em>Data on inpatient waiting lists not collected after March 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>Source:</em> Department of Health KH07, Monthly monitoring return</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 13:32:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64523

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mean and median waiting time was for treatment at accident and emergency in York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in 2007-08 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows the mean and median waiting times for assessment, treatment, and departure at accident and emergency departments at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 15:39:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ202889 Waiting times A&E York Teaching Hospitals FT.docx title Waiting Times A&E York Teaching Hospitals FT
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64524

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for a first out-patient appointment at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April and 1 October in 2004 and on the same dates in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. The number of patients waiting for a first out-patient appointment at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April and 1 October in each year since 2004 are shown in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month ending</p></td><td><p>Number waiting at period end</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2004</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2005</p></td><td><p>7,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2005</p></td><td><p>7,644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2006</p></td><td><p>5,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2006</p></td><td><p>4,416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2007</p></td><td><p>2,728</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2007</p></td><td><p>3,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2008</p></td><td><p>2,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2008</p></td><td><p>2,311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2009</p></td><td><p>2,067</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>1,987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2010</p></td><td><p>1,602</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><ol type="1"><li>Outpatient waiting times are measured from general practitioner referral to first outpatient appointment.</li><li>Figures first published June 2004 and last published March 2010.</li></ol><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Department of Health QM08, monthly monitoring return</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 16:02:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64530

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions there were for alcohol-related illnesses in (a) York, (b) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust area and (c) England in 2008-09 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The following tables contain the sum of the estimated alcohol attributable fractions (AAFs) for admissions for patients in (a) York (b) North Yorkshire and York primary care trust (PCT) area and (c) England over for the years 2008-09 to 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that these figures are not a count of people and represent an estimated number of admissions that were attributable to alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>AAFs are based on the proportion of a given diagnosis or injury that is estimated to be attributed to alcohol. Some diagnoses or injuries will, by definition, be wholly attributable to alcohol and have an AAF of one, others will only be partly attributable to alcohol and have an AAF greater than zero, but less than one. Diagnoses or injuries that are not attributable at all to alcohol will have an AAF of zero.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are derived by summing all AAFs for the relevant admissions and should therefore only be interpreted as an estimate of the number of admissions that can be attributed to alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, partially AAFs are not applicable to children aged under 16 years, therefore figures for this age group relate only to wholly – attributable admissions.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care - Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2014 report manually implemented new methodology against the 2012-13 data in their report. However, no change to the underlying Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data has been currently made.</p><p> </p><p>Sum of partially and wholly alcohol attributable fractions<sup>1</sup> for finished admission episodes (FAEs)<sup>2</sup> for patients for York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, North Yorkshire and York PCT of treatment and England for 2008-09 to 2012-13<sup>3</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>Sum of wholly alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Sum of partially alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1,185</p></td><td><p>3,775.21</p></td><td><p>4,960.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td><td><p>3,673.31</p></td><td><p>4,932.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,268</p></td><td><p>4,065.70</p></td><td><p>5,333.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,225</p></td><td><p>3,952.58</p></td><td><p>5,177.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,217</p></td><td><p>7,936.95</p></td><td><p>10,153.95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire and York PCT</p></td><td><p>Sum of wholly alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Sum of partially alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2,669</p></td><td><p>7,480.90</p></td><td><p>10,149.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,029</p></td><td><p>9,246.72</p></td><td><p>12,275.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3,124</p></td><td><p>10,340.52</p></td><td><p>13,464.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3,097</p></td><td><p>10,846.87</p></td><td><p>13,943.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,930</p></td><td><p>11,465.32</p></td><td><p>14,395.32</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Sum of wholly alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Sum of partially alcohol Attributable fractions (FAEs)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>237,820</p></td><td><p>707,649.50</p></td><td><p>945,469.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>265,246</p></td><td><p>791,716.34</p></td><td><p>1,056,962.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>287,198</p></td><td><p>881,067.56</p></td><td><p>1,168,265.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>304,206</p></td><td><p>916,087.40</p></td><td><p>1,220,293.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>294,786</p></td><td><p>937,677.63</p></td><td><p>1,232,463.63</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Alcohol –related admissions</p><p>The number of alcohol-related admissions is based on the methodology developed by the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO), which uses 48 indicators for alcohol-related illnesses, determining the proportion of a wide range of diseases and injuries that can be partly attributed to alcohol as well as those that are, by definition, wholly attributable to alcohol. Further information on these proportions can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>www.nwph.net/nwpho/publications/AlcoholAttributableFractions.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The AAF is set to 1 (100%) where the admission is considered to be entirely due to alcohol, e.g. in the case of alcoholic liver disease - these records are described as wholly alcohol attributable. The AAF is set to a value greater than 0 but less than 1 according to the NWPHO definition, e.g. the alcohol fraction of an admission with a primary diagnosis of C00 - malignant neoplasm of lip, where the patient is male and between 65 and 74 is 0.44 - these records are described as partly alcohol attributable.</p><p>These wholly and partly AAFs can be aggregated to supply an estimate of activity which can be considered wholly or partly attributable to alcohol.</p><p> </p><p>Partly AAFs are not applicable to children under 16. Therefore figures for this age group relate only to wholly-attributable admissions, where the attributable fraction is one.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Finished admissions episodes</p><p>A 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><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>Assessing growth through time (Admitted patient care)</p><p>HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 13:34:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley