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228815

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Written Questions
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 February 2015 to Question 223927, if he will review the range of data collected centrally within his Department and the subjects of Parliamentary Questions received by his Department in the present Parliament to ensure that a higher proportion of hon. Members' Questions can be answered with substantive information.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department answers parliamentary questions where it is able to, based on the information it collects. Transparency in public services and access to open data are key Government priorities. Transparency in the health and social care sector is important to support public accountability of services and choice for service users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/03/2015 12:39:09 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

79066

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Screening
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 (a) widen NHS antenatal screening to cover more diseases and (b) offer the option of further screening to more women.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	206741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee provides advice to Ministers on screening issues. It will continue to keep all antenatal screening programmes under review and will advise further when appropriate.</p><p>All pregnant women are offered screening for thalassaemia, hepatitis B, HIV, rubella susceptibility and syphilis. A test for sickle cell is offered if the fetus is identified of being at higher risk of this condition.</p><p>All pregnant women are also offered ultrasound scans during their pregnancy. This screening identifies Down’s syndrome, and major structural anomalies such as anencephaly, open spina bifida, cleft lip, diaphragmatic hernia, gastroschisis, exomphalos, serious cardiac abnormalities, bilateral renal agenesis, lethal skeletal dyslasia, Edwards’ syndrome (Trisomy 18) and Patau’s syndrome (Trisomy 13).</p><p>To obtain how much the National Health Service has spent on antenatal screening in the last year would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 206738 206739 question first answered 03/09/2014 10:55:59 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

79069

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on antenatal screening in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	206739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee provides advice to Ministers on screening issues. It will continue to keep all antenatal screening programmes under review and will advise further when appropriate.</p><p>All pregnant women are offered screening for thalassaemia, hepatitis B, HIV, rubella susceptibility and syphilis. A test for sickle cell is offered if the fetus is identified of being at higher risk of this condition.</p><p>All pregnant women are also offered ultrasound scans during their pregnancy. This screening identifies Down’s syndrome, and major structural anomalies such as anencephaly, open spina bifida, cleft lip, diaphragmatic hernia, gastroschisis, exomphalos, serious cardiac abnormalities, bilateral renal agenesis, lethal skeletal dyslasia, Edwards’ syndrome (Trisomy 18) and Patau’s syndrome (Trisomy 13).</p><p>To obtain how much the National Health Service has spent on antenatal screening in the last year would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 206738 206741 question first answered 03/09/2014 10:55:59 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

79084

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what diseases are routinely screened for in antenatal screening in NHS hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	206738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee provides advice to Ministers on screening issues. It will continue to keep all antenatal screening programmes under review and will advise further when appropriate.</p><p>All pregnant women are offered screening for thalassaemia, hepatitis B, HIV, rubella susceptibility and syphilis. A test for sickle cell is offered if the fetus is identified of being at higher risk of this condition.</p><p>All pregnant women are also offered ultrasound scans during their pregnancy. This screening identifies Down’s syndrome, and major structural anomalies such as anencephaly, open spina bifida, cleft lip, diaphragmatic hernia, gastroschisis, exomphalos, serious cardiac abnormalities, bilateral renal agenesis, lethal skeletal dyslasia, Edwards’ syndrome (Trisomy 18) and Patau’s syndrome (Trisomy 13).</p><p>To obtain how much the National Health Service has spent on antenatal screening in the last year would be at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 206739 206741 question first answered 03/09/2014 10:55:59 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228816

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nursing and Midwifery Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide funding to the Nursing and Midwifery Council to enable it to avoid increasing annual registration fees for registered nurses.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is an independent body. Accordingly, the NMC Council is responsible for determining the level of the annual fee it charges for registration, which must cover the full cost of its regulatory activity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2012 the NMC identified that £120 per registrant per year is the amount required to cover its regulatory costs. The NMC had intended to increase the level of its fee to £120 in February 2013. However, for two years the NMC’s costs have been subsidised by a £20 million Government grant, which in-part enabled the NMC to charge a lower registration fee of £100 instead of £120.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to offer the NMC a further grant to subsidise the registration fee increase to £120, which came into force on 1 February 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/03/2015 12:41:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

62321

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nursing and Midwifery Council
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 financially assist nurses employed by the NHS to pay the increased fee for the Nursing and Midwifery Council when they come into force later in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	201093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is an independent body and it is therefore for the NMC Council to determine the level of the annual fee it charges for registration. On 26 March 2014, the NMC Council reviewed the level of this fee and agreed a proposal to increase it from £100 per annum to £120 in March 2015. The NMC is running a public consultation between 8 May and 31 July 2014, where its proposal is open to scrutiny. No decision on the proposed fee increase has been made at present.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers keep the issue of professional regulation under regular review and the Department has frequent contact with professional regulators, including the NMC. On 12 March 2014, I met with representatives of the NMC for a regular update meeting. This meeting was not specifically set up to discuss the NMC registration fee, but during this meeting the NMC provided information about its fee review process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 201094 question first answered 23/06/2014 14:45:39 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

62323

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nursing and Midwifery Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on its proposals to increase professional fees for nurses by £20 per annum later in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	201094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is an independent body and it is therefore for the NMC Council to determine the level of the annual fee it charges for registration. On 26 March 2014, the NMC Council reviewed the level of this fee and agreed a proposal to increase it from £100 per annum to £120 in March 2015. The NMC is running a public consultation between 8 May and 31 July 2014, where its proposal is open to scrutiny. No decision on the proposed fee increase has been made at present.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers keep the issue of professional regulation under regular review and the Department has frequent contact with professional regulators, including the NMC. On 12 March 2014, I met with representatives of the NMC for a regular update meeting. This meeting was not specifically set up to discuss the NMC registration fee, but during this meeting the NMC provided information about its fee review process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 201093 question first answered 23/06/2014 14:45:39 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

62320

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered nurses were made redundant by each NHS health trust in England in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	201092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The number (Headcount basis) of Qualified Nursing Staff made redundant, from National Health Service trusts, during 2013 is estimated in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2013 there was a record full time equivalent number of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in the NHS of 312,900.</p><p> </p><p>The 489 redundancies represent just 0.14 % of the total Qualified Nursing workforce in Hospitals and Community Health Services.</p><p> </p><p>The data used in this reply has been extracted from the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Data Warehouse which is a monthly snap shot of the live ESR system. This is the Human Resources and payroll system that covers all NHS employees other than those working in General Practice, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and organisations to which functions have been transferred, such as local authorities. ESR was fully rolled out across the NHS in April 2008. The ESR data used in this response is not centrally validated and its reliability is subject to local coding practice.</p><p> </p><p>Redundancies are identified as those individuals with a reason for leaving of either voluntary or compulsory redundancy. Only those individuals coded as Qualified Nurses, Midwives or Health Visitors are included in the figures. Only redundancies from NHS Trusts are included in these figures, it is possible that Qualified Nurses were also made redundant from other NHS bodies.</p><p> </p><p>ESR reports based on the current organisation structure. This means that if organisations merged during 2013 it is possible that redundancies from, now defunct, organisations are recorded as being from the newly created organisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/06/2014 15:23:56 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ201092 - Table.docx title Table
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228190

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	228084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff working in Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust as at 30 September for each specified year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>2011<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>2012<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>2013<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>September 2014<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff</p></td><td><p>1,853</p></td><td><p>1,817</p></td><td><p>1,739</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>1,894</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Registered Midwives</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td><td><p>1,196</p></td><td><p>2,139</p></td><td><p>2,093</p></td><td><p>2,047</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Registered Midwives</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p> </p><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HCHS: Non-Medical Workforce Census.</p><p> </p><p>HSCIC, HCHS: provisional monthly workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>'-' denotes zero.</p><p> </p><p>Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>2010-2013 figures are taken from the Non-Medical Workforce Census as at 30 September for each specified year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>2014 figures are taken from the provisional monthly workforce statistics as at 30 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics relate to the contracted positions within English National Health Service organisations and may include those where the person assigned to the position is temporarily absent, for example on maternity leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The changes in staff figures in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust over the period of this request are likely to be due to moves in service provider from primary care trusts to neighbouring trusts as part of Transforming Community Services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monthly data</p><p> </p><p>As from 21 July 2010 the HSCIC has published provisional monthly NHS workforce data. As expected with provisional statistics, some figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly workforce data is not directly comparable with the annual workforce census; it only includes those staff on the Electronic Staff Record (i.e. it does not include Primary care staff or Bank staff). There are also new methods of presenting data (headcount methodology is different and there is now a role count). This information is available from September 2009 onwards at the following website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.hscic.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data quality</p><p> </p><p>The HSCIC seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where changes impact on figures already published, this is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 228085 question first answered 25/03/2015 12:18:13 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

79083

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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, how many clinical nurse specialists are employed by each health trust in England.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	206737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of clinical nurse specialists employed by each health trust in England is only available centrally for those working in cancer, diabetes and trauma. This is available through the National Peer Review Programme, which is a quality assurance programme managed by NHS England for the National Health Service. However, the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Government has supported the development of a range of specialist roles within nursing. It is for local NHS organisations with their knowledge of the healthcare needs of their local population to invest in training for specialist skills and to deploy specialist nurses. Specialist nurses provide invaluable support for patients and their families. They are able to provide specialist treatment and advice and act as a gateway to other members of the multidisciplinary team, which improves care and outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/09/2014 10:20:47 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick