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105986

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many families have received compensation and of what value in cases where a deaf child has received an incorrect diagnosis from NHS audiology services in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Alan Johnson
	uin	212997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not routinely collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 16:48:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	376 label Biography information for Alan Johnson

156312

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Infectious Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals have been rated poor for infection control and cleanliness in each month since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	214924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>We are advised that the information is not available in the form requested broken down by month since 2010. Information for the last two years on infection control and cleanliness is publicly available through NHS Choices at</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/patientsafety/safety-indicators/</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2014 data show that there are 35 hospitals rated as ‘among the worst’. However, it should be noted that significant improvements have been made by the National Health Service in addressing overall levels of Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and clostridium difficile bloodstream infections. These infections have fallen by 57% and 45% respectively since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/11/2014 14:25:07 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

156313

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals have not met their staffing requirements for registered nurse day hours in each month since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	214925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available for the period requested. As part of the Government’s commitment to ensure safer staffing levels, NHS England introduced mandatory reporting of monthly actual and planned nursing and midwifery staffing levels by hospital wards in May of this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached tables show trusts in England for May to September, where monthly average fill rates for registered nursing staff during the day were less than 100%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/11/2014 13:27:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ214925_Trusts below 100 per cent fill rate May-Sept 2014.xlsx title Registered Nursing Staff Table
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

164371

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the relationship between cost savings to the NHS and improved patient safety; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	215712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department commissioned Frontier Economics to investigate the costs of unsafe care in the National Health Service. The final report, <em>Exploring the cost of unsafe care</em> <em>in the NHS</em> suggests that the costs of preventable, adverse events is likely to be more than £1 billion per year, but could be up to £2.5 billion annually. The report, which was published on 16 October, is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.frontier-economics.com/publications/exploring-the-costs-of-unsafe-care-in-the-nhs/" target="_blank">http://www.frontier-economics.com/publications/exploring-the-costs-of-unsafe-care-in-the-nhs/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Sign up to Safety campaign launched in June is now working with healthcare organisations to make the NHS one of the safest healthcare systems in the world and contribute to the goal to halve avoidable harm and save 6,000 lives over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is difficult to disaggregate direct cash releasing savings from this evidence which must take into account the upfront costs of investing in safer care.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/11/2014 16:45:29 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

170447

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the the Nursing and Midwifery Technology Fund (a) has already been allocated and (b) he plans to allocate in future years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	218628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The total funding issued to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts in respect of the Nursing Technology Fund was £29 million in 2013-14. The Department has allocated an additional £35 million in 2014-15, available to NHS trusts, foundation trusts and local authorities on behalf of nursing-led services directly provided by the authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 18/12/2014 16:06:24 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

222544

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the pilots in the Prime Minister's Challenge Fund are not yet fully operational.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	224814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that all 20 of the pilots in wave one of the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund are delivering improved access to general practice, including additional appointments on evenings and weekends. In addition, some of the pilots continue to work on further improvements that will benefit patients such as the development of healthcare apps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/02/2015 16:27:08 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

77415

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on research into idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	205398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Expenditure by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships on research on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011-12</p><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total spend by the NIHR on research on this disease is higher than the figures shown because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/07/2014 16:40:04 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

178986

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of fresh produce supplied to the NHS through NHS supply chain contracts in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 was produced in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	223957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS Supply Chain estimate that the proportion of fresh produce supplied to the National Health Service through NHS Supply Chain contracts in both 2013 and 2014 that was United Kingdom country of origin was 73%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/02/2015 14:45:27 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

100202

	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	Hearing Impairment: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to implement the recommendations in the report of the National Deaf Children's Society entitled Listen Up, published in October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	211344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I met with Jo Campion, Deputy Director for Policy and Campaigns at the National Deaf Children’s Society, today to discuss the Listen Up report and its recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 28/10/2014 16:20:04 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

177722

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Musculoskeletal Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with bodies responsible for medical training on the broadening of the GP training curriculum to ensure there is a workforce development strategy for healthcare professionals within the field of musculoskeletal disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	223301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The content and standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. It has the general function of promoting high standards of education and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that medical students and newly qualified doctors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) will work with bodies that set curricula such as the GMC and the Royal College of general practitioners to seek to ensure general practice training meets the needs of patients.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, HEE has established an independent Primary Care Workforce Commission which is chaired by Professor Martin Roland of University of Cambridge. The Commission will identify models of primary care that will meet the needs of the future National Health Service including greater emphasis on community, primary and integrated services. It will focus on patient and population need; emerging models of care to respond to the population need; and maximising new skill sets and education and training.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 11/02/2015 12:13:08 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck