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753958

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the potential impact of not reaching agreement with the EU by April 2019 on the supply of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 used to produce technetium-99m which is required for over 80 per cent of diagnostic medicine procedures in the UK; (2) what assessment they have made of the potential impact of delays or disruption to the supply of diagnostic medicine procedures that may result; and (3) what contingency plans they have put in place to mitigate such delays or disruption to that supply after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully aware of the importance of molybdenum-99 and the reliance on this medical radioisotope for diagnostic procedures in the National Health Service. The United Kingdom’s ability to import medical isotopes from Europe and the rest of the world will not be affected by withdrawal from Euratom. It is in everyone’s interest to not disrupt the timely access of treatment to patients and to ensure that cross-border trade with the European Union and Euratom is as frictionless as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 31/07/2017 13:38:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

731081

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many NHS staff members are from (1) EU member states other than the UK, and (2) countries outside the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL89
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. Nationality is self-reported within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.</p><p>As of 31 March 2017, latest data available, there are now 61,934 (headcount) European Union nationals (excluding the United Kingdom), or 5.2% employed in the NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups. There are 75,450 other overseas nationals, or 6.4% employed in the NHS. 80,822 NHS staff records do not contain nationality data, with people either choosing not to specify their nationality or not asked to.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 04/07/2017 15:50:03 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

748834

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many diagnoses of HIV were made as a result of the admission of a patient to a hospital accident and emergency department in each of the last five for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify HIV in the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) accident and emergency (A&amp;E) Diagnosis scheme. A table showing unpublished data collected through the HIV and AIDS Reporting System with Public Health England, is attached due to the size of the data.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 16:07:54 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL497 table formatted.docx title HIV diagnoses in A&E 2011-15
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

750578

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many ectopic pregnancies have been treated in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS regions in England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
	uin	HL710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The data requested cannot be provided by National Health Service region as regional boundaries have changed during this period. A table showing finished admissions episodes with a primary diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy by Government Office Region has been attached due to the size of the data.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 13:49:59 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL710 formatted table.docx title Finished admissions episodes ectopic pregnancy
	tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton

748833

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many hospital admissions for acute anxiety have been recorded in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of acute anxiety from 2011/12 to 2015/16.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Sum of FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8,662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>9,874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>10,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><ol><li>A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider.</li><li>FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes.</li><li>Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</li></ol> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 10:46:48 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

751979

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many individuals infected with blood contaminated by hepatitis C or HIV in the 1970s and 1980s remain alive.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

746106

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many mental health patients in England were sent away from their local area for treatment in each of the past three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Out of Area Placement (OAP) definition was agreed in October 2016. The latest data published on OAPs covers the period from 17 October 2016 to 30 April 2017. During that time 4,153 OAPs have been recorded as starting in England.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 15:00:59 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

731063

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many mentally ill people are currently in prison in England and Wales; what proportion of the prison population have mental illnesses; and what proposals they have to increase the number of beds in specialist hospitals for mentally ill patients.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL71
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The information on how many mentally ill people are currently in prison in England and Wales is not collected centrally. NHS England is currently carrying out a service review across all adult high, medium and low secure services in order to improve access, egress and throughput.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/07/2017 12:19:13 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

732079

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many nursing posts were unfilled in NHS England on the most recent date for which figures are available; and what plans they have to fill those places.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) provide estimates of staff shortages and the plan for tackling these issues as part of their Workforce Plan for England publication.</p><p> </p><p>HEE plan to publish the Workforce Plan for England 2017/18 in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/07/2017 14:28:05 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

755111

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Secure Psychiatric Units: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many patients from BME backgrounds spent a period of their care in locked wards in England during each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
	uin	HL1119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of BME patients being treated in locked rehabilitation wards in England is not collected centrally, though we would expect trusts to pay close attention to such data.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the findings of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) report and shares its concerns about inappropriate use of locked rehabilitation wards. The department will consider the implications in discussion with NHS England, NHS Improvement and the CQC.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1118 HL1120 question first answered 31/07/2017 13:25:20 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

748867

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many people commenced treatment for hepatitis C in the financial year 2016–17 broken down by operational delivery network area.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of people who commenced treatment in the financial year 2016-17 broken down by operational delivery network (ODN) area. The data has been collected by NHS England and was previously unpublished.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Network(ODN)</p></td><td><p>Actual</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barts</p></td><td><p>494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol and Severn Hep C ODN</p></td><td><p>326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern Hepatitis Network</p></td><td><p>586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester and Eastern Cheshire</p></td><td><p>687</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside and North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent Network via Kings</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Central London Viral Hepatitis Network</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East and Cumbria</p></td><td><p>395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Thames Hepatitis Network</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Hepatitis Services</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Hepatology Network</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SW Peninsula Hepatitis C ODN</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Hep C ODN</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex Hep C ODN</p></td><td><p>341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West London</p></td><td><p>562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>9,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 17/07/2017 11:52:58 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

732080

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many vacancies exist in the social care sector in England; and what assessment they have made of the impact of those vacancies on the services being provided to elderly and disabled people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Skills for Care workforce data shows that there were 90,335 vacant posts in the adult social care sector. This equates to a vacancy rate of 6.8%. This data is as at March 2016 for the independent sector and September 2015 for statutory local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Current vacancies, in addition to demographic changes in the population and raised expectations mean there will be an increasing demand on care services in the future, including from the elderly and disabled. Skills for Care, an employer-led workforce development organisation for adult social care, is looking to address this through their recruitment and retention strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/07/2017 12:18:53 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

751974

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	European Committee for Standardization
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how much funding was allocated in 2016–17 to treat alcohol addiction in prisons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:03:13 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

752468

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: Drugs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how much the NHS pays for a one year supply of Apomorphine for a patient with Parkinson's Disease; how much they estimate it costs to manufacture a year's supply of that drug; what assessment they have made of the difficulties of manufacturing Apomorphine to clinical standards; and whether they intend to take any steps to reduce the cost of that drug to the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The drug cost to the National Health Service for a one year supply of Apomorphine for a patient with Parkinson's Disease is estimated to be in the region of £5,300 and £9,000, based on the usual daily dose of 3 – 30mg. However, the maximum daily is 100mg, so the annual cost for some patient’s treatment may be higher.</p><p>We have no estimate of the cost of manufacture. We are not aware of any particular issues relating to the manufacture of this drug. Pharmaceutical companies participate in either the voluntary pharmaceutical price regulation scheme (PPRS) or the statutory medicines price regulation scheme, both of which regulate the cost of medicines to the NHS. Products covered by the statutory scheme are subject to a 15% cut to their list price. Companies in the PPRS pay a percentage of sales to the Government when growth in NHS spending on medicines exceeds an agreed level. NHS purchasers may also negotiate discounts with pharmaceutical companies in addition to national price regulation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:12:09 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

748866

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how much was spent by the NHS on commissioning treatments for hepatitis C in the financial year 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The hepatitis C drug treatment bill for 2016-17 was in excess of £200 million.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 10:46:20 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

748019

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they ensure that, in responding to acid attacks, first responders are adequately equipped to deal with (1) the immediate effects, and (2) the need to prevent prolonged physical damage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
	uin	HL473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Emergency medical technicians and paramedics operate to the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee Clinical Practise Guidelines 2016. This does not refer to the use of Diphoterine. Ambulance personnel would follow the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear advice in the guidelines to disrobe the patient and decontaminate with water.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL475 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:01:51 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

748863

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to address findings from the Health Foundation that in the past three years the NHS has failed to meet its target for ambulance response times for those 999 calls where there is an immediate threat to life.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health announced the publication of the University of Sheffield Report on the Ambulance Response Programme and subsequent recommendations by Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England’s National Medical Director, on 13 July 2017. The report evaluates a series of pilots intended to support ambulance services in England to maintain and improve clinical outcomes for patients in the face of unprecedented increases in demand.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the extensive evidence base detailed in the report, NHS England will put in place a new framework of ambulance performance standards and related operational changes that are focused on patients’ clinical needs and will help the service to operate more efficiently. One of the key consquences of the changes is that the ambulance services in England will be able to more consistently and sustainabily be able to provide rapid responds to calls where there is an immediate threat to life.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will now implement the Ambulance Response Programme recommendations in all ambulance services in the England so that patients across the country will benefit from the improvements seen in the pilot ambulance services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 16:07:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

748864

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that the UK's withdrawal from the EU does not jeopardise or undermine cross–border healthcare provision in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in her Article 50 letter we want to avoid a return to a hard border between the United Kingdom and Ireland and maintain the Common Travel Area (CTA) between us. We recognise that for the people of Northern Ireland and Ireland, the ability to move freely across the border is an essential part of daily life. There is a strong appetite on both sides of the border and in all parts of the UK to maintain the current status quo. The Government has been clear that there will be no immediate changes to our practices surrounding the CTA.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 11/07/2017 15:02:39 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

747375

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve mental health services for young people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We are making an additional £1.4 billion available up until 2020/21 to improve the provision of children and young people’s mental health services, including £150 million specifically to tackle eating disorders.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is delivering a major system-wide transformation programme to improve access and make services more widely available across the country, and implementing the vision set out in <em>Future in Mind. </em>To this end all clinical commissioning groups working with their partners, developed transformation plans for children’s and young people’s mental health in 2015/16, incorporating them last year into their wider NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans. These set out how local agencies are working together to improve children and young people’s mental health across the full spectrum of need.</p><p> </p><p>Later this year, the Government will publish a Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health focused on helping young people receive the best start in life. The Green Paper will have two core themes: preventing mental ill-health and ensuring better access to services.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 17/07/2017 11:51:38 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

749219

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Lighting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they will take in response to claims that hospital patients are paying 50p a minute to make telephone calls.
	tabling member printed	Lord Cotter
	uin	HL555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is not party to the contracts made with any of the companies that provide the bedside telephone service to patients and it has not made an assessment of the contingency arrangements National Health Service trusts have in place, should their service provider be unable to fulfil its contractual obligations. Therefore it has no authority to impose any price changes on the suppliers of the services.</p><p>Patients can use their mobile phones as an alternative in specified areas of the hospital and payphones should be available as an alternative.</p><p>It is the responsibility of the NHS trust to consider contingency arrangements, should it wish to continue to provide this service to its patients. The telephone company contracts are made between individual NHS trusts and their chosen suppliers. Trusts do, in fact, have the ability to renegotiate their terms.</p><p>The bedside telephone is an additional service to that which existed in the past so alternatives already exist in hospitals. It is still possible for relatives and friends to contact a hospital via its main switchboard, and then be transferred to the nurses’ station on a ward to enquire about their relative’s health, as they have always been able to do in the past.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/07/2017 13:02:14 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	3786 label Biography information for Lord Cotter

749243

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	British Business Bank
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Health Foundation's recommendations in its Election Briefing: NHS and Social Care Funding, that (1) the level of NHS spending per person should, as a minimum, be maintained, and (2) health care funding should increase at least in line with the growth of GDP.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service funding as announced in the 2015 Spending Review will see real terms rises in spend per head of 3.6% over the period 2015-16 to 2020-21 or an average of 0.7% in real terms per annum.</p><p> </p><p>NHS funding is planned to increase by 7.5% over the period 2015-16 to 2020-21 or an average of 1.5% in real terms per annum. The Government recognises that the delivery of a strong economy is of vital importance to enable sufficient funding for the future sustainability of the NHS.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 15:07:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

747971

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the age profile of mental health nurses employed by the NHS in England in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the attached table shows the age profile of mental health nurses in the National Health Service in England at 30 September 2007 to 2016. Data for March 2017 is also provided as this is the latest available.</p><p> </p><p>The data is headcount because equality data relates to individuals.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 17/07/2017 11:51:03 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL425 table formatted.xlsx title Age profile of mental health nurses
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

749226

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bacterial Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefit of playing chess and bridge for (1) older people, (2) those with mental health problems and (3) children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
	uin	HL562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the benefit of playing chess and bridge for older people, those with mental health problems or children.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/07/2017 13:02:35 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

750552

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the chronic fatigue syndrome myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) clinical services which were set up between 2004 and 2006; what proportion of patients accessing services recover from ME/CFS or show signs of improvement; and what assessment they have made of the value for money of these services.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>No central assessment has been made of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) clinical services established between 2004 and 2006. The commissioning of services for people with CFS/ME is a local matter, and the management of patients within such services is the responsibility of the commissioners, providers and clinicians responsible for their care. Clinical commissioning groups have a duty to exercise their functions effectively, efficiently and economically</p><p> </p><p>Since its publication in 2007, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline on the management of CFS/ME in adults and children, which set outs best practice on the care, treatment and support of people with the condition, has supported the local National Health Service in delivering services for people with the condition. The guidance recognises the challenges in managing a condition for which there is no definitive diagnostic test, no clear understanding of the causes and process of disease and no cure. The guidance is also clear that there is no one form of treatment to suit every patient and that treatment and care should take into account the personal needs and preferences of the patient. NICE is currently reviewing the guidance to ensure it reflects the latest available evidence and a decision regarding this matter is expected shortly.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/07/2017 11:03:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

749928

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Employment: Epilepsy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the rise in indemnity costs, resulting from the change in the discount rate on personal injury payouts, on the incentives for doctors to practise in general practice.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is aware that the rising cost of indemnity is an area of concern for general practitioners (GPs).</p><p> </p><p>In July 2016 NHS England published a GP Indemnity review which gathered evidence from GPs about the impact on rising costs of indemnity, which found that:</p><p> </p><p>- 95% of GPs surveyed have experienced a rise in their indemnity costs in the recent years;</p><p>- four fifths of GPs responded that they had been deterred in some way from taking certain types of clinical sessions due to the rise in their indemnity costs; and</p><p>- GPs told us that that if indemnity costs continue to rise at recent rates, this may act as a break on the willingness of GPs to join the profession, to remain in the profession, or to increase their workload.</p><p>In recognition of the rising costs of indemnity, NHS England put an extra £30 million in to the GP contract in March 2017 to cover indemnity-related inflation for GPs from 2016-17. A further sum of approximately £30 million will be made available for April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The change in the personal injury discount rate announced by the former Lord Chancellor (Elizabeth Truss MP) in February 2017 has significantly increased the cost of claims. The Department is working closely with GPs and Medical Defence Organisations to ensure that appropriate funding is available to meet additional costs to GPs, recognising the crucial role they play in the delivery of National Health Service care.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/07/2017 13:03:53 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath