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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

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