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1047742

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2019 to Question 206215 on air pollution, if he will take steps to commission further research into the effects on health of ultrafine particles.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	212303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is investing over £1 billion a year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR will consider funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including the effect of ultrafine particles. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will also consider areas for research into air pollution and more specifically ultrafine particles from research recommendations and priorities identified by the Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollutants and by Public Health England.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2019 17:24:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1046782

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Fractures: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged 65 and over suffered a hip fracture as a result of a fall in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	211755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of hip fracture and where there was an external cause of fall, for patients aged 65 and over for the years 2009-10 to 2017-18, is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of admissions, not patients, as the same patient may have been admitted on more than one occasion within the time period:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>36,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>35,734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>35,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>35,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>37,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>36,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>35,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>35,891</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>36,544</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2019 17:17:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1046783

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Domestic Accidents: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many falls among people aged 65 and over led to a hospital admission in each year since 2009-10; and what the five most frequent types of such falls resulting in such admissions were.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	211756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for patients aged 65 and over which have been classified as having been caused by a fall is shown in the following table. These are for the financial years 2009-10 through to 2017-18. This is a count of admissions, not patients, as the same patient may have been admitted on more than one occasion within the time period:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Count of FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>274,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>295,136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>309,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>259,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>266,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>282,719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>291,531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>294,559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>312,301</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>The five most frequent specified types of falls which have resulted in admissions for patients aged 65 and over in the financial years 2009-10 through to 2017-18 are listed below:</p><p>1) Fall on the same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling</p><p>2) Other fall on the same level</p><p>3) Fall on and from stairs and steps</p><p>4) Fall involving bed</p><p>5) Fall involving chair</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2019 17:18:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1046792

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Patients: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many incidents recorded in the National Patient Safety Agency's National Reporting and Learning System were classified as never events in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	211764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows data collected on Never Events from 2010/11, the first year when data was available. Never Events are serious incidents or errors that should never occur if proper safety procedures are followed.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Never Events Data was collected by the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) and the Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS) until 2013. Since April 2013 data has been collected from StEIS only. The data from these two systems are not directly comparable due to differences in the way incidents are identified and reported. The number of events, and definitions of events contained in the Never Event List, are modified regularly, so direct year-on-year comparisons are not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The data for 2017/18 is provisional and still to be confirmed in the annual data summary.</p><p> </p><p>Number of Never Events</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Data Source</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>NRLS</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>StEIS</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>NRLS</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>StEIS</p></td><td><p>326</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>NRLS</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>StEIS</p></td><td><p>329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>StEIS</p></td><td><p>338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>StEIS</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>StEIS</p></td><td><p>345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>StEIS</p></td><td><p>445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18 (provisional)</p></td><td><p>StEIS</p></td><td><p>393 (April 2017-January 2018) 76 (February-March 2018)*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>*Revised framework and list of Never Events from 1 February 2018</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2019 17:20:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1046800

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Malnutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS patients died of starvation in NHS hospitals in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	211772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Information relating to death by starvation is National Health Service hospitals is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>There is no statutory definition of “starvation” in the Health and Social Care Act 2008, or subordinate legislation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2019 17:22:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1046874

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent funding has been made available for research into myalgic encephalomyelitis.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	211844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), on behalf of the Department, funded £1,495,363 of programme research on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), over the last three financial years (up to 2017/18). Further information on this research is available through the NIHR Journals Library at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including ME/CFS; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2019 17:21:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1047012

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Haemochromatosis: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has made available for research into haemochromatosis.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	211845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including haemochromatosis. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. Information on individual projects funded by the NIHR can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p><p> </p><p>NIHR funded infrastructure is currently supporting a clinical trial into haemochromatosis, through the NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre. The trial is testing a new formulation of hepcidin as a treatment for haemochromatosis.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/01/2019 17:21:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse