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429113

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of detainees held in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre are receiving medication for mental health problems; and what proportion of those detainees have had their dosage increased since being held in detention.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	16875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of detainees who are prescribed a particular medicine or any changes in prescriptions is not collected centrally.</p><br /><p>It is essential that any person detained within the immigration detention estate receives medical attention appropriate to their clinical needs. Health professionals should assess and keep under review the medicines requirements for each individual to determine the best course of action for that patient, taking into account their views and preferences.</p><p>Health providers at Yarl’s Wood have now established a Health and Wellbeing Group for detainees in recognition of the anxiety levels that many detainees exhibit when they arrive in the establishment. This group supports the detainees to feel less disempowered in their environment and, as such, can pre-empt the escalation of anxiety which when not acknowledged, can lead to more serious mental health presentations.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 25/11/2015 14:47:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

416446

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs: Out-patients
	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 adequacy of the current levels of funding within the NHS for wheelchair provision for outpatients.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	9073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Wheelchair services are the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). No information is currently held centrally about CCGs’ expenditure on wheelchair services or the level of service that they provide, including information about access and patient experience, that would enable the transparent assessment and benchmarking of provision for outpatients.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recently established a new national wheelchair dataset, which went live from 1 July. This will enable the use of data in future to drive improvement in wheelchair services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2015 11:17:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

349557

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs: Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England were waiting for a wheelchair assessment in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many people who have assessed as eligible for a wheelchair since February 2014 have waited (a) more than three, (b) more than six and (c) more than 12 months for the delivery of that equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Wheelchair services are now commissioned by clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Health and Social Care Information Centre collects data about the health and social care system. The requested information is not collected by it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/06/2015 11:57:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

416370

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Putting the wheels in motion: Assessing the value of British Red Cross short-term wheelchair loans, published by British Red Cross, July 2015, what assessment he has made of demand for short-term wheelchair loans.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	8538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Wheelchair services are the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). No information is held centrally about the demand for short-term wheelchair loans, which are predominantly made by charities such as the Red Cross rather than by CCGs themselves.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recently established a new national wheelchair dataset, which went live from 1 July. This will enable the use of data in future to drive improvement in wheelchair services that are provided by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/09/2015 11:12:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

428425

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2015 to Question 219449, what progress has been made in improving wheelchair services following the NHS England review.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	16448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of its review NHS England has set up an improvement support programme working with 11 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to improve services for wheelchair users. The 11 CCGs are:</p><p>- North Yorkshire (NHS Harrogate and Rural District;</p><p>- NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby;</p><p>- NHS Scarborough and Ryedale;</p><p>- NHS Vale of York CCG;</p><p>- North West London (NHS West London);</p><p>- NHS Hounslow;</p><p>- NHS Ealing;</p><p>- NHS Central London;</p><p>- NHS Hammersmith and Fulham;</p><p>- NHS Barnet; and</p><p>- NHS Brent.</p><p>NHS Improving Quality is supporting the programme which will run from September 2015 to March 2016 and include creating guidance, evidence and material to share with other organisations and communities.</p><p>NHS England has also introduced a new national wheelchair dataset with the aim of providing information centrally on the volume, expenditure, access to, and patient experience about wheelchair services to enable transparency and benchmarking. From July 2015, data are being collected quarterly from CCGs.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 24/11/2015 10:22:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

385015

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance
	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 had on the financial position of Warrington and Halton NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	3665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust. However, the Secretary of State meets a number of National Health Service organisations regularly to discuss a wide range of issues, including financial matters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 29/06/2015 16:06:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

423862

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Vulnerable Adults
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department to publish its response to its consultation for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions, entitled No voice unheard, no right ignored.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	13291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department is currently preparing its response to the consultation ‘No voice unheard, no right ignored’. The consultation sought views on a range of issues, including possible legislation to strengthen the rights of people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions. It expects to publish the response during the autumn.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 13292 question first answered 03/11/2015 16:15:12 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

387048

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Older People
	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 encourage people to visit elderly neighbours with poor health.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>In a recent speech to the Local Government Association the Secretary of State for Health urged the public to take more personal responsibility for looking after older people. He stressed that the health service, local government, the voluntary sector as well as individuals themselves need to work together to ensure vulnerable people such as the elderly continue to live their life in the community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Care Act 2014, the Department has required local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from universal services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support. This includes needs that may arise from social isolation. The Department has supported a ‘digital toolkit’ for local commissioners, which was developed by the Campaign to End Loneliness. Since its launch in July 2012, the toolkit has been supporting commissioners in understanding, mapping and commissioning for loneliness and social isolation in their communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Act also provides for greater support for carers to support family and friends who need help. In the Secretary of State’s speech he committed the Department to develop a new carers’ strategy that looks at the best of international practice and examines what more we can do to support existing carers and the new carers we will need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published its strategic vision for volunteering, <em>Social action for health and well-being: building co-operative communities.</em> This sets out how we can support people to give their time, more often and in ways that fit in with their lives, to bring health and wellbeing benefits for themselves and others in their communities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/07/2015 16:28:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

388287

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group were registered as blind in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	6038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of people who are registered as blind or deaf is collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the last available information related to the age distribution for people registered as deaf in England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>under 18</p></td><td><p>18 - 64</p></td><td><p>65 - 74</p></td><td><p>75 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>54,500</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>28,700</p></td><td><p>6,400</p></td><td><p>16,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>56,400</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td><td><p>30,100</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>17,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the latest available information related to the age distribution for people registered as blind in the last five years:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Type</p></td><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>under 18</p></td><td><p>18 - 49</p></td><td><p>50 - 74</p></td><td><p>75 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>152,980</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>19,330</p></td><td><p>30,460</p></td><td><p>98,270</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>10,230</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>7,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>147,810</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td><td><p>18,880</p></td><td><p>29,985</p></td><td><p>94,475</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>9,110</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>985</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td><td><p>5,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>143,385</p></td><td><p>4,275</p></td><td><p>19,570</p></td><td><p>31,620</p></td><td><p>87,920</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>New cases</p></td><td><p>8,875</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>5,915</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 6039 question first answered 14/07/2015 13:38:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

419113

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of people with sight loss in the UK and (b) likely number of people who will have sight loss in 2050.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	10411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no recent estimate of the number of people with sight loss, the likely number who will have sight loss in the future, or of the costs in treating sight loss and eye health issues.</p><p>Information on the number of patients who are blind or have sight loss is not collected centrally. However information is available on the number of people who are registered by local authorities as blind or partially sighted. At March 2014, the number of people on the register of blind people was 143,000 and on the register of partially sighted people 147,700.</p><p>Registration as blind or partially sighted is voluntary so the numbers registered are likely to be an underestimate of the total number of people living with sight loss. Research funded by the Royal National Institute of Blind People, published in 2009<sup>1</sup>, estimated there were almost 2 million people in the United Kingdom living with sight loss and that this number would double to 4 million by 2050.</p><p>Information is collected centrally and published on NHS expenditure on `problems of vision’ across both primary and secondary care. In the latest year for which data has been published<sup>2 </sup>for both primary and secondary care, 2012/13, primary care trust expenditure was £2.3 billion. The Department expects NHS England to commission services for eye health to meet any increased demand, as it would in any other area of healthcare. The ‘Five Year Forward View’<sup>3</sup> sets out the vision for how services may be organised going forward.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><sup>1</sup> <a href="http://www.rnib.org.uk/sites/default/files/FSUK_Report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.rnib.org.uk/sites/default/files/FSUK_Report.pdf</a></p><p><sup>2</sup> <a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/prog-budgeting/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/prog-budgeting/</a></p><p><sup>3</sup> <a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/5yfv-web.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/5yfv-web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 10412 10413 question first answered 13/10/2015 14:27:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth