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1126575

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Pathology: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of adequate levels of NHS staff in cancer pathology units.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	254258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published the Cancer Workforce Plan for England in December 2017, which committed to the expansion of capacity and skills of the cancer workforce, including an ambition to attract and retain more cancer specialists, including histopathologists, by 2021. In 2019, 100% of specialist pathology training places, including histopathology, were filled.</p><p>Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January 2019, HEE is now working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications for the further development of cancer services.</p><p>Locally, responsibility for assessing and managing staffing levels, including specialty staff, rests with individual NHS trusts who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 10:38:44 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1023177

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	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	Obesity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on patients of the decommissioning of tier three and tier four weight management services by Clinical Commissioning Groups; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	201217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>The requested information is not held centrally. No assessment has been made of the effect on patients of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) decommissioning tier 3 and tier 4 weight management services. CCGs have a statutory responsibility to commission services which meet the healthcare needs of their local population.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 200573 200574 200575 200682 question first answered 18/12/2018 17:11:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1022882

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	Obesity: Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for bariatric surgery in each NHS trust in each of the last five calendar years; and how much has each trust paid in penalties incurred as a result of those waiting lists in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	200680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The requested data is not centrally collected.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/12/2018 12:27:53 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1022885

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	Obesity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of people with obesity in (a) England and (b) each Clinical Commissioning Group area by (i) age and (ii) gender for each of the last five calendar years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	200681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital has advised that obesity data for children and adults in England by age and gender for each of the last five years is available in the Health Survey for England. This information is attached. Data is not available by clinical commissioning group.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ200681 Adult obesity statistics.xlsx title PQ200681 attahced document 2 file name PQ200681 Child obesity statistics.xlsx title PQ200681 attahced document question first answered 18/12/2018 17:09:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1022888

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	Obesity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Clinical Commissioning Groups include weight management services on their list of procedures of limited clinical value.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	200682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>The requested information is not held centrally. No assessment has been made of the effect on patients of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) decommissioning tier 3 and tier 4 weight management services. CCGs have a statutory responsibility to commission services which meet the healthcare needs of their local population.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 200573 200574 200575 201217 question first answered 18/12/2018 17:11:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

946924

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Obesity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a national obesity strategy for adults and children.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	167352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>There are no current plans to develop a national obesity strategy for adults and children. Many of the key measures in both chapters of our childhood obesity plan will have an impact on tackling obesity across all age groups. These include the soft drinks industry levy, sugar reduction and wider calorie reformulation programme, restricting promotions and calorie labelling in restaurants which will improve our eating habits and reduce the amount of sugar we consume.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/09/2018 16:47:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

946925

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Obesity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to mandate that obesity and weight management training is included in the curriculum for the education of every healthcare professional.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	167353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We want all health care professionals to feel confident utilising their skills and everyday opportunities to talk about weight and provide advice to support healthier weight. In Chapter 2 of the Childhood Obesity Plan, we outlined our commitment to provide health and care professionals with the latest training and tools to better support children, young people and families to reduce obesity.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of Higher Education Institutes to set the curricula for the pre-registration training of healthcare professionals to standards set by the individual regulators of each profession.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/09/2018 13:12:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

933892

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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	Hernias: Surgery
	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 inguinal hernia repair procedures have been undertaken in each NHS trust in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	159696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The information is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/07/2018 16:48:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price attachment 1 file name PQ159696 - table formatted.xlsx title Inguinal hernia repair procedures
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

931924

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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	Donors: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether increasing the number of BAME (a) blood, (b) stem cell and (c) organ donations to the NHS would result in savings to the public purse; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	158312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not assessed the cost effectiveness of increasing the number of donations from black, Asian and minority ethnic people of blood, stem cells and organs.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the potential savings of reducing the number of people on dialysis is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment prepared to support the consultation on proposed changes to consent for organ and tissue donation, which ran between December 2017 and March 2018, includes cost and benefit analysis information in respect of all organs, including kidney transplants. The impact assessment was limited to the cost/benefit analysis of changes to consent arrangements in England, and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/666518/Organ_Donation_Opt-Out_Consultation_Impact_Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/666518/Organ_Donation_Opt-Out_Consultation_Impact_Assessment.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 158314 question first answered 06/07/2018 12:42:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

931925

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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	Dialysis Machines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average yearly cost per patient is of dialysis treatment and management.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	158313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>This data is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the total activity, total cost and national average unit cost for all types of renal dialysis.</p><p> </p><p>The activity count for renal dialysis is the number of sessions, not the number of patients. All data shown is for financial year 2016-17, the most recent year for which reference costs have been collected. National Health Service references costs data can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Activity</p></td><td><p>National Average Cost for 2016/17</p></td><td><p>Total Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4,240,850</p></td><td><p>£133.88</p></td><td><p>£567,754,893</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The individual Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs) which make up these data can be found in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>2016-17 HRGs for renal dialysis</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HRG</p></td><td><p>HRG Description</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD01A</p></td><td><p>Hospital Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD01B</p></td><td><p>Hospital Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD02A</p></td><td><p>Hospital Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD02B</p></td><td><p>Hospital Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD03A</p></td><td><p>Hospital Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, with Blood-Borne Virus, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD03B</p></td><td><p>Hospital Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, with Blood-Borne Virus, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD04A</p></td><td><p>Hospital Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, with Blood-Borne Virus, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD04B</p></td><td><p>Hospital Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, with Blood-Borne Virus, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD05A</p></td><td><p>Satellite Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD05B</p></td><td><p>Satellite Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD06A</p></td><td><p>Satellite Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD06B</p></td><td><p>Satellite Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD07A</p></td><td><p>Satellite Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, with Blood-Borne Virus, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD08A</p></td><td><p>Satellite Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, with Blood-Borne Virus, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD08B</p></td><td><p>Satellite Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, with Blood-Borne Virus, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD09A</p></td><td><p>Home Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD09B</p></td><td><p>Home Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Haemodialysis Catheter, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD10A</p></td><td><p>Home Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD10B</p></td><td><p>Home Haemodialysis or Filtration, with Access via Arteriovenous Fistula or Graft, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD11A</p></td><td><p>Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD11B</p></td><td><p>Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD12A</p></td><td><p>Automated Peritoneal Dialysis, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD12B</p></td><td><p>Automated Peritoneal Dialysis, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD13A</p></td><td><p>Assisted Automated Peritoneal Dialysis, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LD13B</p></td><td><p>Assisted Automated Peritoneal Dialysis, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LE01A</p></td><td><p>Haemodialysis for Acute Kidney Injury, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LE01B</p></td><td><p>Haemodialysis for Acute Kidney Injury, 18 years and under</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LE02A</p></td><td><p>Peritoneal Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury, 19 years and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LE02B</p></td><td><p>Peritoneal Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury, 18 years and under</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2018 14:53:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith