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100021

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Home Care Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to facilitate the portability of home-based care packages between local authorities in different countries in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	uin	905560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Adults with care and support needs should be able to move between countries within the United Kingdom knowing that their care will continue during the move.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the care and support systems in the four countries are different, we are developing principles with the Devolved Administrations to ensure continuity of care for people moving.</p><p> </p><p>These should be published in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/10/2014 15:45:44 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

100024

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Health Services: Devon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase funding from the Better Care Fund to improve the transition of community services in Devon.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
	uin	905558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Better Care Fund is a pooled budget of £3.8 billion to be spent on integrating Health and Social care. Local areas will decide how best to use their funding to transform the provision of services to their communities, both improving outcomes for people, and driving efficiencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 21/10/2014 15:44:45 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

100206

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any audits have been carried out since April 2012 which consider how many patients may have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 because a doctor had been influenced by the fact that doing so might make the provision of a bed for their patient more likely; and what were the findings of those audits.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	211396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the regulator of the Mental Health Act 1983. In their annual report for 2012-13 <em>Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2012/13</em>, published in January 2014, the CQC noted concerns raised by the House of Commons Health Committee over whether the Act’s powers of detention were being used improperly to access services. They said they found no direct evidence of unlawful practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 22 August 2014, the CQC published a series of reports relating to its inspection in May 2014 of services provided by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. The CQC found that that bed occupancy at the Trust averaged 96.4% between October and December last year, compared to the average of 85.9% across England. CQC inspectors were told that the pressures on beds meant that most new admissions to inpatient beds were people detained under the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC’s annual report on the Act for 2013-14 is expected to be published early in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/10/2014 11:27:05 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

93559

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on waiting lists for talking therapies.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	210672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department has received representations about waiting lists for talking therapies through parliamentary questions and from the <em>We Need to Talk Coalition</em> which comprises 28 mental health charities, professional organisations, Royal Colleges and service providers.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England’s recently published five-year plan for mental health, <em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020, </em>sets out the immediate actions this year and next to achieve better access and waiting times in mental health services. For the first time national standards for waiting times in mental health services will be set. These will include treatment within six weeks for 75% of people referred to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme, with 95% of people being treated within 18 weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 22/10/2014 15:05:51 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

93562

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Huntington's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Huntingdon's Disease Association on the care of people with Huntingdon's disease.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	210624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no record of contact from the Huntington’s Disease Association in the recent past although a small number of our correspondents have been given details of the organisation’s website (<a href="http://hda.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://hda.org.uk/</a>) so that they might obtain further support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 22/10/2014 14:53:46 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

93575

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the population in the city of (a) Birmingham, (b) Manchester, (c) Leeds, (d) Newcastle, (e) Bristol, (f) Southampton and (g) Nottingham has a long-term medical condition.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	210687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not have the information available in the format requested. In total, more than 15 million people in England have a long-term condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the Office for National Statistics ‘2011 Census: Long-term health problem or disability, local authorities in the United Kingdom’ has data relating to the number of people with disabilities which limit their 'Day-to-day activities'. This is defined as ‘any health problem or disability (including problems related to old age) which has lasted or is expected to last for at least 12 months.’ The Data for Bristol, Southampton and Nottingham is from unitary authorities (UA) and is presented in the following format<sup>1</sup>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Total Population</p></td><td><p>Day-to-day activities limited a lot (%)</p></td><td><p>Day-to-day activities limited a little (%)</p></td><td><p>Day-to-day activities not limited</p><p>(%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>1,073,045</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>81.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>503,127</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>82.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>751,485</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>83.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>280,177</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>81.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, City of UA</p></td><td><p>428,234</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>83.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton UA</p></td><td><p>236,882</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>83.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham UA</p></td><td><p>305,680</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>81.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/datasets-and-tables/index.html?pageSize=50&amp;sortBy=none&amp;sortDirection=none&amp;newquery=long-term+conditions&amp;content-type=Reference+table&amp;content-type=Dataset</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 20/10/2014 15:59:58 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

93582

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has held with the devolved administrations on the standard of care provided for dementia patients across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	210823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>A meeting of officials was held on 25 September 2014 to exchange information on current dementia care practice throughout the United Kingdom. The meeting was chaired by the National Clinical Director for Dementia for England, Professor Alistair Burns, with representatives present from the Department of Health, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland. Future meetings are planned to take place every six months, with information exchanged on any key developments in between meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 22/10/2014 11:52:35 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

93829

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Ashfield constituency have been diagnosed with dementia in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	210944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. The number of people on the dementia register is available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people recorded on practice disease registers is taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dementia was included on the QOF register in 2006-07, and the following table shows all the available data for NHS Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Nottingham North and East CCG, NHS Nottingham West CCG and for the Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) (formerly known as the Nottinghamshire County PCT).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of patients on the (QOF) dementia register for NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCG, NHS Nottingham and East CCG, NHS Nottingham West CCG and Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Practices</p></td><td><p>List Size</p></td><td><p>Dementia register counts</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCG</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>186,107</p></td><td><p>1,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham North and East CCG</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>147,212</p></td><td><p>1,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham West CCG</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>94,059</p></td><td><p>927</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCG</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>184,622</p></td><td><p>1,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham North and East CCG</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>145,292</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham West CCG</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>93,642</p></td><td><p>823</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Nottinghamshire County PCT/Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>671,732</p></td><td><p>4,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>668,390</p></td><td><p>3,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>664,465</p></td><td><p>3,314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>662,003</p></td><td><p>3,073</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>658,900</p></td><td><p>2,902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>649,217</p></td><td><p>2,797</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p> </p><p>1. Practices, Practice List sizes and Number of patients on Dementia Register are based only on those general practitioner practices that participated in QOF.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. Information for 2013-14 is based only on those practices that participated in QOF in both 2012-13 and 2013-14. Therefore, 2013-14 figures are provisional and are subject to change once the full QOF is published 28 October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 09:26:56 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93843

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to support people living with dementia in the (a) community and (b) care system.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	210846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Dementia is a key priority for this Government and we are committed to ensuring people with dementia and their carers receive the best possible care in all care settings. That is why in 2012 we launched the first ever Prime Minister’s Challenge on dementia to increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and understanding and double funding for research in dementia by 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recently a number of steps have been taken to support people living with dementia in the community and in the care system including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- We are aiming for 75 dementia-friendly communities by March 2015. 70 communities across England have signed up to the national Dementia Friendly Communities recognition process, with an increased ambition to reach 75 by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- In the hospital setting, through the Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) reward (introduced from April 2012), with around 4,000 referrals a month, it is clear that more people with dementia in hospitals are being identified and assessed. Between April 2013 and June 2014 there have been 59,961 referrals as a result of the introduction of this CQUIN goal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- We have made available £50 million capital funding for 2013-14 for the NHS and local authorities to work with providers to create better care environments to help people with dementia live well with the condition. The projects are now in the process of being evaluated and we will disseminate the key recommendations by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 1 April 2014 we put in place a new Dementia Directed Enhanced Service, which has had over 80% take up by general practitioners (GPs) to reward practices for facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The Government’s refreshed Mandate to Health Education England, published on 1 May 2014, builds on the existing ambition to have 100,000 NHS staff receive Tier 1 training on dementia by setting an ambition for a further 250,000 NHS staff to receive Tier 1 training on dementia by March 2015, with the tools and training opportunities being made available to all staff by the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Over 200,000 NHS staff have already received foundation level training with a cumulative target of 359,000 to have completed dementia awareness training by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 7 May 2014 Public Health England and the Alzheimer’s Society launched a major new campaign with the aim of securing one million people to become dementia friends by March 2015. The campaign is aimed at improving understanding and attitudes about dementia and towards people with the condition. There are currently over 520,000 Dementia Friends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 10 September 2014 NHS England published a new Dementia Toolkit aimed at helping GPs making a more timely diagnosis and what they can do in terms of vital post-diagnostic support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 3 October 2014 NHS England announced that £5 million will be made available to fund an additional enhanced service for GPs to run between October 2014 and March 2015 to drive improvements in dementia diagnosis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 09:31:16 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

99734

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle loneliness in elderly people and the adverse health effects of chronic isolation.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
	uin	210982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department is raising awareness regarding the issue of loneliness and social isolation and helping local health and wellbeing boards and commissioners to get better at measuring the issue in their local communities. This will help them come up with the right targeted solutions, and drive local improvements that really make a difference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A measure of social isolation has now been included in the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 2013-14 for the first time, marking an important step towards improving the lives of social care users and carers that are experiencing isolation. This measure provides a clear focus for local priority setting, enabling local authorities to determine the scale of the problem in their area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 16:54:10 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough