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	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	North Korea: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 4 February (HL5344), when Genomic England expects to have reported back to patients from the pilot phase on (1) 100 patients, (2) 250 patients, (3) 500 patients, (4) 1000 patients, and (5) all patients.
	tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
	uin	HL5963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The existing bilateral programme fund, run by our Embassy in Pyongyang, has contributed to a number of projects aimed at improving the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). These include helping to improve food and nutrition for people in rural areas and equipment for the physically disabled. In addition, our funding of English language projects and visits to the UK for government officials, exposes DPRK citizens to other values and cultures. We assess that many of our existing projects contain a human rights element, without strictly being defined as a human rights project. In the coming year we will continue to fund such projects where possible and will assess future human rights projects under the Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy. The amount spent on projects categorised as containing a human rights element between 3 September 2013-8 October 2015 was £270,046.61.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 22/02/2016 16:26:00 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

346782

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent on emergency and urgent care for children and young people as a proportion of the total 2013–14 budget for emergency and urgent care.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL20
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. NHS England and the Department do not monitor the proportion of expenditure on emergency and urgent care, acute care in hospitals and general practitioner and community services for children and young people, as a proportion of the overall National Health Service expenditure on these services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL21 HL22 question first answered 09/06/2015 12:26:55 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

346783

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Children and Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent on acute care in hospitals for children and young people as a proportion of the total 2013–14 budget for acute care in hospitals.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL21
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. NHS England and the Department do not monitor the proportion of expenditure on emergency and urgent care, acute care in hospitals and general practitioner and community services for children and young people, as a proportion of the overall National Health Service expenditure on these services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL20 HL22 question first answered 09/06/2015 12:26:56 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

346784

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Primary Health Care: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was spent on general practitioner and community services for children and young people as a proportion of the total 2013–14 budget for general practitioner and community services.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL22
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. NHS England and the Department do not monitor the proportion of expenditure on emergency and urgent care, acute care in hospitals and general practitioner and community services for children and young people, as a proportion of the overall National Health Service expenditure on these services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL20 HL21 question first answered 09/06/2015 12:26:56 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

346816

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions and Social Workers: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to bring forward the draft Law Commission bill on medical regulation for parliamentary consideration.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
	uin	HL54
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is grateful for the work of the Law Commissions of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in reviewing the regulation of health and (in England) social care professionals. The Law Commissions made 125 recommendations to reform the existing complex and burdensome regulatory system. The joint four United Kingdom country response to the Law Commission was published on 29 January 2015 which accepted wholly or in part the vast majority of its recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The recommendations focussed on modernising and simplifying the legislation to enable the regulators to respond more quickly to emerging risks to patient safety and deal with poor professional practice swiftly and proportionately. This Government remains committed to bringing forward legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows. This will be a substantial Bill and it is important that Parliament has sufficient time to give it the consideration it requires.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/06/2015 12:28:05 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

346820

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to monitor the adoption across England of the pilot fast-track clinical pathway for polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis being developed in Southend University Hospital.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL58
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for the provision of services for people with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis (GCA). Whilst it would not be appropriate for NHS England to direct CCGs to adopt a particular clinical pathway, it continues to ensure that the innovative approach developed in Southend University Hospital is shared and made available to clinicians. The Specialised Rheumatology Clinical Reference Group at NHS England has been developing proposals to establish local rheumatology networks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The aim of these would be to share good and innovative practice across the country and an indication has been proposed for GCA. In addition, NHS England’s innovation team has invited Professor Dasgupta, who developed the GCA pathway, to contribute to the NHS Innovation Exchange Portal to ensure that this knowledge is shared.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/06/2015 12:33:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

346821

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS England: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that NHS England produces prompt and comprehensive replies to correspondence from MPs and Members of the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL59
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is an independent arm’s length body of the Department. NHS England has signed up to a Public and Parliamentary Accountability protocol where it is committed to answering all correspondence in 18 working days, in line with the Whitehall standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Adherence to the protocol is verified by the Department, and where standards are not met the Department will raise these at regular accountability meetings with NHS England and agree improvement actions required.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 03/06/2015 13:25:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

346831

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mesothelioma: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase the United Kingdom’s capacity to conduct research into mesothelioma and associated diseases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL69
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has invited researchers to apply for mesothelioma research funding, in particular to address the research questions identified through the Mesothelioma Priority Setting Partnership and published in December 2014. Eight NIHR programmes are participating in this themed call, including the NIHR fellowships programme which supports outstanding individuals to become the health research leaders of the future.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The NIHR funds infrastructure capacity for experimental medicine to translate scientific developments into benefits for patients. Such infrastructure supporting studies in mesothelioma includes biomedical research centres and units, clinical research facilities, and experimental cancer medicine centres. The NIHR funds infrastructure capacity for later phase trials and studies through the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN). The CRN is currently recruiting to seven studies in mesothelioma.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/06/2015 12:35:35 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

346837

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Staffordshire
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the Staffordshire Distressed Health Economy report by KPMG into the long-term affordability of the Staffordshire local health economy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL75
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>In 2014, NHS England, Monitor and the Trust Development Authority (TDA) commissioned research from four consultancies including KPMG to support 11 challenged local health economies, including Staffordshire, with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans. An overarching summary, <em>Making Local Health Economies Work Better For Patients</em>, was published by NHS England, Monitor and TDA in December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised that consultancy firms (including the case of KPMG in Staffordshire), were not commissioned to produce a report as described in the question, but to support the local health economies (LHEs) with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work based on this support is ongoing, and a number of steps have to be taken in each of the LHEs. These include the consideration of strategic plans, consultations on possible reforms and the implementation of recommendations flowing from this. To release information ahead of these steps could prejudice the outcome.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL76 HL77 HL78 question first answered 09/06/2015 12:38:43 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

346838

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Staffordshire
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which public bodies commissioned the report by KPMG into the long-term affordability of the Staffordshire local health economy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL76
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>In 2014, NHS England, Monitor and the Trust Development Authority (TDA) commissioned research from four consultancies including KPMG to support 11 challenged local health economies, including Staffordshire, with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans. An overarching summary, <em>Making Local Health Economies Work Better For Patients</em>, was published by NHS England, Monitor and TDA in December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised that consultancy firms (including the case of KPMG in Staffordshire), were not commissioned to produce a report as described in the question, but to support the local health economies (LHEs) with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work based on this support is ongoing, and a number of steps have to be taken in each of the LHEs. These include the consideration of strategic plans, consultations on possible reforms and the implementation of recommendations flowing from this. To release information ahead of these steps could prejudice the outcome.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL75 HL77 HL78 question first answered 09/06/2015 12:38:43 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath