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58383

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospital Beds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital day beds were taken because of delayed discharge relating to inaccessible housing available for disabled outpatients in (a) 2013-14 and (b) May 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
	uin	199260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text This data is not collected centrally. answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:31:17 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

78010

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role NHS England plays in the development of advice given by the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group to Ministers on which specialised services should be included in regulations setting out those services which NHS England must commission.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	206003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text NHS England puts forward proposals to the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG), and provides information to support the Group's considerations chiefly via its Clinical Reference Groups. NHS England also provides expert members of PSSAG in areas such as finance, informatics, medicine and nursing. Further information about NHS England's input to the process by which advice is prepared for ministers is set out in the publication "Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group - Recommendations to Ministers" published on 2 May 2014, which includes a complete list of PSSAG members. www.gov.uk/government/publications/specialised-service-recommendations-to-ministers In addition, as required by section 3B of the National Health Service Act 2006 (as amended), NHS England is consulted before regulations are made by the Secretary of State. answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/07/2014 16:33:41 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

65890

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people over the age of 75 years were diagnosed with dementia after being admitted to hospital as an emergency inpatient in England in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	204074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text Data on the number of patients diagnosed with dementia following an emergency admission is not collected centrally. However, data is gathered on the referral of clinically appropriate cases for specialist diagnosis of dementia and appropriate follow up for those aged 75 and over, who were admitted as an emergency and stayed for more than 72 hours. Data is only available for 2013-14 and is shown as follows: 2013-14 Q4 – 13,238 Q3 – 12,223 Q2 – 11,143 Q1 – 9,230 Total 45,834 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/07/2014 13:50:21 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

48843

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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 steps his Department has taken to address patient concerns regarding the use of transvaginal mesh implants.
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
	uin	196957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Work to improve outcomes for women undergoing procedures involving urethral tape and vaginal mesh is currently under way and is being led by NHS England. The Department is involved in this work alongside the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the specialist societies (The British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG) and The British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS)) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director, NHS England has written to the National Health Service to highlight the need to ensure that</p><p> </p><p>- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance for these procedures is followed;</p><p>- consent procedures are standardised so that they comply with up to date evidence and follow BSUG and BAUS guidance;</p><p>- all pelvic organ prolapse procedures and all incontinence operations, but particularly those involving mesh, are recorded on a recognised database e.g. the BSUG or BAUS surgical databases;</p><p>- all adverse events are reported to MHRA; and</p><p>- surgery for removal of tapes or prolapse mesh or repeat surgery for incontinence or prolapse is performed in units which can demonstrate relevant specialist care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

48547

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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, how many (a) meetings, (b) items of written correspondence, (c) phone calls, (d) consultation responses, (e) tenders and (f) other individual communications and contacts his Department has had with (i) Johnson & Johnson, (ii) Ethicon and (iii) BARD.
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
	uin	196778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Within the last 12 months, the Department has had regular communication with a number of pharmaceutical, device and diagnostic manufacturers, on a wide range of topics. However, the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

92579

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Huntington's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made to the level of support available for patients with Huntingdon's disease in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	209847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Whilst there have been no changes to the level of support so far, the Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group is about to consider a draft Neuropsychiatry service specification at its meeting next week which will, if implemented, be of relevance for patients with Huntington’s Disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/10/2014 12:46:47 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

101915

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what detailed assessments he has made of the effectiveness of the National Dementia Strategy; and if he will publish the full results of that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	212686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>While the Department has not undertaken a detailed assessment of the effectiveness of the National Dementia Strategy, it has commissioned an independent assessment of the improvements in dementia care and support since 2009, which incorporates the progress made under both the National Dementia Strategy (2009-14) and the current Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia. The National Dementia Strategy was superseded by the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia launched in 2012, which builds on and takes forward at pace the work commenced as part of the National Dementia Strategy. The Prime Minister's Challenge concludes at the end of March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Dementia Strategy has been the subject of more detailed work by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia and other organisations this year, which is being used to inform the Department’s work on the future of dementia care and support. The APPG published a report in May 2014, ‘Building on the National Dementia Strategy: Change, progress and priorities’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 212671 question first answered 06/11/2014 15:27:13 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

101923

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an official review of the National Dementia Strategy has taken place.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	212671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>While the Department has not undertaken a detailed assessment of the effectiveness of the National Dementia Strategy, it has commissioned an independent assessment of the improvements in dementia care and support since 2009, which incorporates the progress made under both the National Dementia Strategy (2009-14) and the current Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia. The National Dementia Strategy was superseded by the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia launched in 2012, which builds on and takes forward at pace the work commenced as part of the National Dementia Strategy. The Prime Minister's Challenge concludes at the end of March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Dementia Strategy has been the subject of more detailed work by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia and other organisations this year, which is being used to inform the Department’s work on the future of dementia care and support. The APPG published a report in May 2014, ‘Building on the National Dementia Strategy: Change, progress and priorities’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 212686 question first answered 06/11/2014 15:27:13 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

65507

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Winterbourne View Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which facilities patients of Winterborne View were transferred on that hospital's closure; and in which facilities those patients are now.
	tabling member constituency	Stourbridge
	tabling member printed	Margot James
	uin	203622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>When Winterbourne View Hospital was closed, the remaining patients were transferred to a variety of learning disability care provision. The range of provision included medium and low secure hospitals; NHS Assessment and Treatment facilities; independent hospitals that offer rehabilitation; and specialist residential homes that care for people with challenging behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 July 2014, of the 48 individuals who, at some point, were patients at Winterbourne View Hospital, 10 people are still in hospital; 20 people are living in a residential home; five people are living in supported living accommodation and 12 people have their own tenancy. One person passed away in 2013, who had moved into a residential home.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 09/07/2014 14:55:09 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4115 label Biography information for Margot James

48276

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 120W, on haemolytic uraemic syndrome, what discussions NHS England has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) since 1 January 2014 on NICE's appraisal of eculizumab; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	196426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>We understand that NHS England was formally consulted on the scope of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) evaluation of eculizumab for atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome. NHS England was also consulted on the evaluation consultation document, which was published on 27 February.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of NICE's draft guidance on eculizumab, NICE sought further advice from NHS England on what considerations relating to the management of its specialised commissioning budget it considers should be taken into account in formulating a recommendation. The response from NHS England will be considered by NICE at the next meeting of the evaluation committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien