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100592

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	GP Practice Lists: Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) what is the average length of a general practitioner practice list; (2) what has been the level of net immigration since 2000; and (3) what is the number of additional general practitioners they estimate to have been required because of that immigration change since 2000.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Figures for 30 September 2013, the latest date for which published figures are available, showed the average number of patients per general practitioner practice was 7,034.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the level of net immigration for 2000 to 2012 is published by the Office of National Statistics at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/long-term-international-migration/2012/table-2-01a.xls</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Final data, for 2013, will be released on 27 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No estimates are made of the number of additional general practitioners needed specifically related to immigration changes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:23:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

100923

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children under the age of five were taken by their parents to accident and emergency departments for treatment in 2012 and 2013.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
	uin	HL2391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In the following table, we have provided information concerning the number of accident and emergency attendances<sup>1</sup> (excluding planned attendances) for children aged under five by arrival mode, 2012-13 to 2013-14<sup>2</sup> (provisional data)<sup>3</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please be aware that data for 2013-14 is provisional and is therefore, subject to change.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Arrival mode</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14 (provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brought in by ambulance (including helicopter/air ambulance)</p></td><td><p>220,277</p></td><td><p>223,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,572,518</p></td><td><p>1,511,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>21,296</p></td><td><p>36,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,814,091</p></td><td><p>1,771,453</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre<sup>4 </sup></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. HES is not the official source of total A&amp;E activity, this is the NHS England situation reports collection:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, HES permits further analysis of A&amp;E activity as there are a range of data items by which HES can be analysed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. HES figures are available from 2007-08 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage and changes in National Health Service practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The data is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, i.e. November from the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. Health and Social Care Information Centre liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 12:00:01 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100037

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Dismissal
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many general practitioners have been dismissed by primary care trusts, or by the Care Quality Commission, in each year since 2005.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL2243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally collected. Departmental officials are aware that the General Medical Council does collect some demographic data about doctors and this is published in its annual report ‘The state of medical education and practice in the UK’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England, has registered all general practitioner (GP) practices since April 2012. The CQC’s role is to inspect and regulate GP practices, including those practices run by single-handed GPs. The CQC regulates at a provider level and may remove a practice’s registration where care is not meeting the required standard. Actions taken against an individual GP would be the responsibility of NHS England for contractual issues and the General Medical Council for professional issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:18:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

100926

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that the Nursing and Midwifery Council reduces the number of cases that have been awaiting investigation for more than two years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
	uin	HL2394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is an independent body and responsible for matters concerning the discharge of its statutory duties, including pursuing Fitness to Practise (FtP) investigations against its registrants. Statistical information about NMC FtP cases is not routinely collected or held centrally. However, the NMC advises that as at 30 September 2014, it was dealing with 4271 FtP cases, of these 231 cases were aged over 24 months. This compares with 320 such cases as at 8 October 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 13 October 2014, the Government laid a draft Section 60 Order in Parliament to amend the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, the governing legislative framework of the NMC. This Order contains a number of proposed amendments that subject to approval will give the NMC powers that will help it to carry out its FtP regulatory function more effectively and reduce the time it takes the NMC to deal with FtP cases.<em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:24:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100924

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Respiratory System: Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to raise awareness of bronchiolitis among parents with very young children.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
	uin	HL2392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Bronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection that most commonly affects babies and young children under a year old. Most cases are mild and improve without specific treatment within about two weeks, although some children have severe symptoms and need treatment in hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for parents on bronchiolitis, including the symptoms, causes and potential treatments for the condition, is provided by the NHS Choices website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Bronchiolitis/Pages/Introduction.aspx</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the British Lung Foundation has produced a free leaflet on bronchiolitis in babies for parents:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.blf.org.uk/Publication/Detail/Bronchiolitis-and-your-baby</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>and for clinicians the Clinical Knowledge Summary Service run by National Institute for Health &amp; Care Excellence contains easily accessible information about the usual causes of acute chest signs in children and their management:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://cks.nice.org.uk/cough-acute-with-chest-signs-in-children</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:24:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100552

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to help care for dementia patients in the community.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Dementia is a key priority for this Government and we are committed to ensuring people with dementia and their carers receive the best possible care in all care settings. That is why in 2012 we launched the first ever Prime Minister’s Challenge on dementia to increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and understanding and double funding for research in dementia by 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of steps have been taken to help care for dementia patients in the community:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 1 April 2014 we put in place a new Dementia Directed Enhanced Service, which has had over 80% take up by general practitioners to reward practices for facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- In the hospital setting, through the Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation reward (introduced from April 2012), with around 4,000 referrals a month, it is clear that more people with dementia in hospitals are being identified and assessed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The Dementia Care &amp; Support Compact, the care sector’s own response to the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, sets out a commitment to support the delivery of the challenge and improve care and support for people with dementia, their carers and families.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Health Education England, Skills for Care and Skills for Health launched pilots for the new Care Certificate on 28 April 2014. Taking place across a range of health and social care settings, the pilots are testing a set of standards designed to help employers to assess not only workers’ skills, but also the knowledge, behaviours and values that are required to deliver compassionate and quality care. The pilots are nearing completion. Subject to evaluation, we plan to introduce the Care Certificate by 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The Government’s refreshed Mandate to Health Education England, published on 1 May 2014, builds on the existing ambition to have 100,000 National Health Service staff receive Tier 1 training on dementia by setting an ambition for a further 250,000 NHS staff to receive Tier 1 training on dementia by March 2015, with the tools and training opportunities being made available to all staff by the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- 70 communities across England have signed up to the national Dementia Friendly Communities recognition process, with an increased ambition to reach 75 by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 7 May 2014 Public Health England and the Alzheimer’s Society launched a major new campaign with the aim of securing one million people to become dementia friends by March 2015. The campaign is aimed at improving understanding and attitudes about dementia and towards people with the condition. There are currently over 520,000 Dementia Friends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- We have made available £50 million capital funding for 2013-14 for the NHS and local authorities to work with providers to create better care environments to help people with dementia live well with the condition. The projects are now in the process of being evaluated and we will disseminate the key recommendations by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:22:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

100057

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services and Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have given to the Care Quality Commission’s annual State of Care report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health has said “The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) State of Health and Adult Social Care in England 2013-14 report highlights examples of excellent care but it also exposes unacceptable levels of variation. It also confirms that the NHS has seen a period of “hard realities and rapid change” following the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. We need to keep building on this to ensure greater cultural change, continuing transparency and a focus on safety to drive up standards of care across the country.”</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:20:34 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

100623

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the "Nicholson Challenge" still operates within the National Health Service; if so, what efficiency savings have been identified to date; and, if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL2354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The 2010 Spending Review protected health funding in real terms. However, in order to continue to meet rising demands while improving services, it was estimated that up to £20 billion of efficiency savings would be required over the four years from 2011-12 to 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service response to this challenge was organised through the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) initiative, also known colloquially as the ‘Nicholson challenge’ after Sir David Nicholson, who was Chief Executive of the NHS at the time that QIPP originated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS is on track to deliver up to £20 billion efficiency savings, having reported around £15 billion of efficiencies in the first three years, all of which will be reinvested into frontline care.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 12:11:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

100812

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason his Department attended the conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Moscow.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Through the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), 179 countries have agreed to work together to reduce smoking rates, to prevent the uptake by children and to minimise the burden that tobacco use has on health. The United Kingdom remains an active participant in the WHO FCTC, as we have been since it began.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK attended the WHO FCTC to work with other countries to agree further on how this can be achieved around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 211810 question first answered 30/10/2014 17:17:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100729

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Osteoporosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men under the age of 18, (b) women under the age of 18, (c) men between the ages of 18 and 60, (d) women between the ages of 18 and 60, (e) men over the age of 60 and (f) women over the age of 60 have been diagnosed with osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The provision of fracture liaison services (FLS) and falls services is a matter for local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and data on numbers is not collected centrally. NHS England advises that it is aware that provision of good FLS is not uniform across the country and is working with CCGs to support them to develop appropriate local services. It also advises that the FLS model recommended by the International Osteoporosis Foundation and the National Osteoporosis society is recognised as best practice and is being promoted. In addition to this, the guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘Falls: assessment and prevention of falls in older people’ sets out best practice for clinicians on the management of patients aged 65 and over who are susceptible to falls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regarding the cost to the National Health Service of treating fractures attributable to osteoporosis, whilst programme budgeting data provides figures for annual NHS spend on musculoskeletal services in England, the cost of treating individual musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoporosis or specific services such as FLS, is not available as part of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number of people affected by osteoporosis in each of the last five years is not collected. NICE estimates that over 300,000 patients present with fragility fractures to hospitals in the United Kingdom each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 211728 211736 211738 211740 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:37:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100713

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Irish nationals had (a) one and (b) more than one abortion via NHS England in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	211676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>No Irish nationals have had one or more than one abortion via NHS England in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:15:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

100732

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Fractures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups in England provide a fracture liaison service.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The provision of fracture liaison services (FLS) and falls services is a matter for local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and data on numbers is not collected centrally. NHS England advises that it is aware that provision of good FLS is not uniform across the country and is working with CCGs to support them to develop appropriate local services. It also advises that the FLS model recommended by the International Osteoporosis Foundation and the National Osteoporosis society is recognised as best practice and is being promoted. In addition to this, the guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘Falls: assessment and prevention of falls in older people’ sets out best practice for clinicians on the management of patients aged 65 and over who are susceptible to falls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regarding the cost to the National Health Service of treating fractures attributable to osteoporosis, whilst programme budgeting data provides figures for annual NHS spend on musculoskeletal services in England, the cost of treating individual musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoporosis or specific services such as FLS, is not available as part of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number of people affected by osteoporosis in each of the last five years is not collected. NICE estimates that over 300,000 patients present with fragility fractures to hospitals in the United Kingdom each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 211728 211736 211737 211740 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:37:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100726

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups in England provide some form of falls service.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The provision of fracture liaison services (FLS) and falls services is a matter for local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and data on numbers is not collected centrally. NHS England advises that it is aware that provision of good FLS is not uniform across the country and is working with CCGs to support them to develop appropriate local services. It also advises that the FLS model recommended by the International Osteoporosis Foundation and the National Osteoporosis society is recognised as best practice and is being promoted. In addition to this, the guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘Falls: assessment and prevention of falls in older people’ sets out best practice for clinicians on the management of patients aged 65 and over who are susceptible to falls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regarding the cost to the National Health Service of treating fractures attributable to osteoporosis, whilst programme budgeting data provides figures for annual NHS spend on musculoskeletal services in England, the cost of treating individual musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoporosis or specific services such as FLS, is not available as part of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number of people affected by osteoporosis in each of the last five years is not collected. NICE estimates that over 300,000 patients present with fragility fractures to hospitals in the United Kingdom each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 211736 211737 211738 211740 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:37:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100722

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Neurology: Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent specialist nurses for a neurological condition were employed in each region of England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Health Service annual workforce census provides information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the NHS in England but does not separately identify specialist nurses employed in neurological conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>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 can both save the NHS money and, more importantly, improve care and outcomes for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) supports employers with Continuous Personal and Professional Development. HEE's planning process has created the opportunity for employers, through their membership of local education training boards, to prioritise investment between training the future supply of healthcare professional and the development of existing staff, but it is currently for these local partnerships to identify their relative priorities for investment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 30/10/2014 16:25:48 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

101157

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia: Brigg and Goole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Brigg and Goole constituency have been diagnossed with dementia in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	212069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available for the format requested. The number of people on the dementia register is available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence. The number of people recorded on practice disease registers is taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Dementia has been included on the QOF register since 2006-07. The following table shows all available data for East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), and East Riding and North Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) as these cover the Brigg and Goole constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Number of patients on the QOF dementia register in the specified organisations</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS organisation</p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Practices<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Practice List Size<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number on QOF dementia register<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire CCG</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>300,957</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>300,944</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire CCG</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>169,997</p></td><td><p>1,117</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>169,743</p></td><td><p>1,006</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire PCT</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>316,567</p></td><td><p>1,694</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>315,463</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>314,860</p></td><td><p>1,365</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>314,194</p></td><td><p>1,236</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>313,306</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>311,789</p></td><td><p>1,110</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire PCT</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>167,482</p></td><td><p>901</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>166,569</p></td><td><p>771</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>167,044</p></td><td><p>726</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>166,897</p></td><td><p>701</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>165,893</p></td><td><p>664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>164,819</p></td><td><p>638</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Note</em>:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Practices, practice list sizes and number of patients on the dementia register are based only on those general practitioner practices that participated in QOF.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 30/10/2014 16:15:57 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

100731

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much clinical commissioning groups in England spent on falls services in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The provision of fracture liaison services (FLS) and falls services is a matter for local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and data on numbers is not collected centrally. NHS England advises that it is aware that provision of good FLS is not uniform across the country and is working with CCGs to support them to develop appropriate local services. It also advises that the FLS model recommended by the International Osteoporosis Foundation and the National Osteoporosis society is recognised as best practice and is being promoted. In addition to this, the guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘Falls: assessment and prevention of falls in older people’ sets out best practice for clinicians on the management of patients aged 65 and over who are susceptible to falls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regarding the cost to the National Health Service of treating fractures attributable to osteoporosis, whilst programme budgeting data provides figures for annual NHS spend on musculoskeletal services in England, the cost of treating individual musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoporosis or specific services such as FLS, is not available as part of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number of people affected by osteoporosis in each of the last five years is not collected. NICE estimates that over 300,000 patients present with fragility fractures to hospitals in the United Kingdom each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 211728 211737 211738 211740 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:37:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100733

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Fractures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much clinical commissioning groups spent on fracture liaison services in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The provision of fracture liaison services (FLS) and falls services is a matter for local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and data on numbers is not collected centrally. NHS England advises that it is aware that provision of good FLS is not uniform across the country and is working with CCGs to support them to develop appropriate local services. It also advises that the FLS model recommended by the International Osteoporosis Foundation and the National Osteoporosis society is recognised as best practice and is being promoted. In addition to this, the guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘Falls: assessment and prevention of falls in older people’ sets out best practice for clinicians on the management of patients aged 65 and over who are susceptible to falls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regarding the cost to the National Health Service of treating fractures attributable to osteoporosis, whilst programme budgeting data provides figures for annual NHS spend on musculoskeletal services in England, the cost of treating individual musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoporosis or specific services such as FLS, is not available as part of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the number of people affected by osteoporosis in each of the last five years is not collected. NICE estimates that over 300,000 patients present with fragility fractures to hospitals in the United Kingdom each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 211728 211736 211737 211738 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:37:15 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100720

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Osteoporosis: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on prescriptions for the treatment of osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on National Health Service expenditure on drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis in primary and secondary care is in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis have been defined as those included in the following British National Formulary sections:</p><p> </p><p>6.6 Drugs affecting bone metabolism</p><p> </p><p>9.5.1.1 Calcium supplements</p><p> </p><p>9.6 Vitamins (colecalciferol and ergocalciferol only)</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Cost of drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis, England<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug Name<sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Primary Care</p><p>(£ million)</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Secondary Care</p><p>(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alendronic Acid</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alendronic Acid and Colecalciferol</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calcitonin (Salmon)</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calcium</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calcium and Colecalciferol</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clodronic Acid</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colecalciferol</p></td><td><p>42.4</p></td><td><p>48.3</p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>67.6</p></td><td><p>75.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denosumab</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disodium Etidronate</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ergocalciferol</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ibandronic Acid</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pamidronic Acid</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risedronate Sodium and Risedronate Acid</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>22.9</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sodium Clodronate</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strontium Ranelate</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teriparatide</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zoledronic Acid</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td><td><p>23.7</p></td><td><p>25.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Calcium Supplement Preps</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other drugs<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>123.8</p></td><td><p>126.8</p></td><td><p>123.4</p></td><td><p>119.1</p></td><td><p>115.4</p></td><td><p>39.6</p></td><td><p>39.6</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td><td><p>46.2</p></td><td><p>55.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Cost of drugs at NHS list price. It does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income. Totals may not add up due to rounding.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> The patent for some of these drugs may have expired during this period.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup> “Other drugs” includes Calcium and Colecalciferol and Ergocalciferol, Calcium and Etidronic Acid, Calcium and Risedronic and Colecalciferol, Disodium Pamidronate, Ergocalciferol and Calcium, Etidronic Acid, Hydroxyapatite, Parathyroid Hormone, Salcatonin, Tiludronic Acid, other Bisphosphonate and other Preparations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em></p><p> </p><p>Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (primary care)</p><p> </p><p>Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index (HPAI) provided by IMS Health (secondary care)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since some drugs are prescribed to treat more than one condition and as the condition for which a drug is prescribed is not collected, it is not possible to separate the different conditions for which a drug may have been prescribed. The information provided may therefore include costs from the prescribing of these drugs for conditions other than for osteoporosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/10/2014 16:09:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100724

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on the prescription of drugs for the treatment of motor neurone disease in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on National Health Service expenditure on drugs for the treatment of motor neurone disease in primary and secondary care is in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Riluzole is the only drug defined in the British National Formulary as being used for the treatment of motor neurone disease</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Cost of riluzole, England<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Primary Care</p><p>(£ million)</p></td><td><p>Secondary Care</p><p>(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Cost of drugs at NHS list price. It does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>The patent for riluzole expired in the first quarter of 2013.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em></p><p> </p><p>Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (primary care)</p><p> </p><p>Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index (HPAI) provided by IMS Health (secondary care)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since a drug could be prescribed to treat more than one condition and as the condition for which a drug is prescribed is not collected, it is not possible to separate the different conditions for which it may have been prescribed. The information provided may therefore include costs from the prescribing of the drug for conditions other than for motor neurone disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/10/2014 16:04:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100814

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on attendance at the conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Moscow; and whose travel, accommodation and other expenses related to attendance at the conference his Department paid for.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The sixth Conference of the Parties (COP) of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was held in Moscow over 13-18 October 2014. To be able to participate in the full range of business at the COP, the United Kingdom was represented by two officials.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom’s delegation travelled on economy class flights to Moscow and stayed during the COP in the hotel where the conference was held, however total costs are not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:55:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100734

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Osteoporosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on campaigns intended to raise public awareness of osteoporosis and its symptoms in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>In the last five years there has been no budget allocated for specific osteoporosis national campaigns.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since April 2013 Public Health England’s marketing campaign investment approach has been to allocate budget against activity which has the greatest scope to deliver the key public health outcomes. This is based on lifestage rather than disease specific approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More details of the 2014-2017 marketing campaign strategy can be found at</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-england-marketing-strategy-2014-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-england-marketing-strategy-2014-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a considerable amount of information about osteoporosis on NHS Choices website. However it is not possible to calculate the monetary value of this content.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:41:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

101150

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Asthma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the potential saving from extending free prescriptions to all asthma patients arising from reductions in accident and emergency visits and unplanned hospital admissions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	212052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We are unable to make such an estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the cost to the National Health Service of treating asthma patients in accident and emergency or unplanned hospital admissions is not collected by the Department. The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCI) has published information on reasons, for example respiratory problems, for accident and emergency attendance in its <em>Hospital Episode Statistics: Accident and Emergency Attendances in England 2012-13</em>, but this does not identify specific conditions, such as asthma, that may have prompted an accident and emergency visit or unplanned hospital admission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 November 2013, the Department has received 44 representations through the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit and two parliamentary questions, including the hon. Member’s own, regarding extending exemption from prescription charging to people with asthma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 212053 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:45:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

100717

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Impact Assessment for his Department's decision to bring the production of the annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology in house from 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	211710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211708 211709 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100716

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Risk Assessment for his Department's decision to bring the production of the annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology in house from 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	211709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211708 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100735

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 21 October 2014 to Question 210389, which groups who previously accessed free inoculations now no longer do so.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	211765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Under the national seasonal flu vaccination programme, the following people continue to be offered the seasonal flu vaccination.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- those aged 65 years and over;</p><p> </p><p>- those aged six months to under 65 in clinical risk groups;</p><p> </p><p>- pregnant women;</p><p> </p><p>- residents in long-stay care homes;</p><p> </p><p>- carers; and</p><p> </p><p>- health and social care workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have not withdrawn the seasonal flu vaccination from any patient group who was previously offered the vaccination.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As outlined in my reply to the hon. Member I gave on 21 October 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-14/210389/" target="_blank">210389</a> the Government has commenced a programme to extend the seasonal flu vaccination to children aged two to less than 17 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:04:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

101140

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
	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 5 September 2014 to Question 207051, whether a price for the meningitis B vaccine has been agreed with the manufacturer.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	212038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department is continuing negotiations for the supply of the meningococcal B vaccine Bexsero<sup>®</sup> with the manufacturer Novartis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:10:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100706

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Influenza: Vaccination
	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 (a) uptake and (b) effectiveness of the influenza immunisation vaccine campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	211669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Immunisation against influenza for the 2014-15 season commenced in September and good progress has been made. Provisional percentage vaccine uptake rates for various groups as at week ending 19 October are shown in the following table (figures relate to England):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age Group</p></td><td><p>Uptake Rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People aged 65 years or older</p></td><td><p>44.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People aged six months to under 65 years in risk groups</p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pregnant women</p></td><td><p>22.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children aged two years old</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children aged three years old</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children aged four years old</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Vaccine uptake rates for those aged 65 and over, those under 65 with a clinical condition, and pregnant women are slightly higher than at the same point in the last two years. Uptake for two and three year olds is lower than at this point a year ago. For the new cohort of four year olds, vaccination levels are similar to those for two and three year olds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the 2014-15 influenza immunisation programme at this very early stage before the influenza virus is circulating. The planned programme of campaign communication is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:57:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

101151

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	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 potential merits of post-arrival monitoring of travellers whose travel originated from countries affected by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	212055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Symptoms of Ebola can emerge at any time up to 21 days after exposure to the virus and there is therefore a chance that an individual may be well on their return to the United Kingdom, but then subsequently develop symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the entry screening process all returning travellers, including health care workers, humanitarian care workers and any other returnees from an affected country, who have been involved in any activities involving contact with cases of Ebola, will receive information about Ebola symptoms and what to do in the event of becoming unwell.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The screening programme is a valuable point of reassurance that we have met with returning health and humanitarian care workers, and assessed requirements to monitor and support them. Those with any particular risks will be actively monitored for a 21 day period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:08:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

101158

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on whether people displaying symptoms associated with the Ebola virus should attend accident and emergency departments.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	212113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>People are ordinarily told to seek advice, provided that they are not suffering from a severe acute illness requiring immediate emergency care, by calling their Public Health England monitoring officer (if they are in the returning worker monitoring programme) or calling NHS 111. They may advise attendance at an Emergency Department for assessment (in such circumstance the Emergency Department concerned would have been pre-warned of the arrival of the patient to ensure that appropriate infection control measures are in place).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:06:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100738

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to revise the pay bands introduced in the NHS Agenda for Change programme.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	211746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Agenda for Change pay system is a national collective agreement managed in partnership between National Health Service trade unions and NHS Employers (the representative organisation for NHS employers). Any changes are currently agreed in partnership via national collective bargaining.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The underlying banding structure within Agenda for Change, supported by job evaluation provides for equal pay for work of equal value and is sound.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the Government does wish to see further changes to Agenda for Change; including structural reform so that there is a much stronger link to performance and that the highest pay within any band is received by those staff who make the greatest contribution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Agenda for Change also needs to be fairer across all pay bands, rather than currently where higher paid staff receive higher progression. We have urged NHS trade unions to work with NHS Employers on longer term reform of Agenda for Change to ensure it is fairer and financially sustainable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 30/10/2014 16:28:04 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

101149

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Asthma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on extending the right to free prescriptions to all asthma patients; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	212053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We are unable to make such an estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the cost to the National Health Service of treating asthma patients in accident and emergency or unplanned hospital admissions is not collected by the Department. The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCI) has published information on reasons, for example respiratory problems, for accident and emergency attendance in its <em>Hospital Episode Statistics: Accident and Emergency Attendances in England 2012-13</em>, but this does not identify specific conditions, such as asthma, that may have prompted an accident and emergency visit or unplanned hospital admission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 November 2013, the Department has received 44 representations through the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit and two parliamentary questions, including the hon. Member’s own, regarding extending exemption from prescription charging to people with asthma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 212052 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:45:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

100811

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department made to international counterparts during the conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Moscow.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Through the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), 179 countries have agreed to work together to reduce smoking rates, to prevent the uptake by children and to minimise the burden that tobacco use has on health. The United Kingdom remains an active participant in the WHO FCTC, as we have been since it began.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK attended the WHO FCTC to work with other countries to agree further on how this can be achieved around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 211811 question first answered 30/10/2014 17:17:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100813

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department received urging them to boycott the conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department received no such representations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:50:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

101152

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what staff have been designated to carry out the screening of passengers travelling from Ebola-affected countries; and what specific training such staff have received.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	212054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Screening is being carried out by Public Health England health protection practitioners (HPPs), with supervision from health protection consultants. The HPPs are supported by administrative staff for the collation of the health assessment forms, prior to the risk categorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a clear evidence-based algorithm to follow for screening staff at ports. All of the screening staff members have had specific training on the guidelines. In addition, screening staff have also received a briefing (either face-to-face or in the form of a video) on the use of personal protective equipment, and have been trained in the correct use of a tympanic thermometer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have a planned programme of continuous quality improvement, incorporating learning to date from early implementation of the screening programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:13:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100725

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that NHS staff performing the same role in different parts of the country are placed in the same pay bands.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	211747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The NHS Agenda for Change national pay system is supported by a nationally agreed Job Evaluation Scheme and is managed locally by National Health Service organisations. NHS Employers (the representative body for NHS employers) provide guidance to NHS organisations and undertake training delivered by experienced job evaluation experts. There is also nationally agreed guidance in the NHS Terms and Conditions Handbook with advice on job evaluation as part of workforce re-profiling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS organisations are responsible for ensuring that job roles meet their obligations under Equal Pay legislation which require that staff should receive equal pay for work of equal value. Any difference must be objectively justified.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There may be job roles across NHS organisations with the same job title but which include different content and carry different demands. In these cases, the Job Evaluation Scheme is designed to ensure organisations deliver similar outcomes provided similar jobs are being compared. The scheme will also help organisations ensure that the pay band accurately reflect the skills and responsibilities of the job.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 30/10/2014 16:18:28 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

100707

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Neural Tube Defects: Folic Acid
	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 raise awareness of the use of folic acid prior to conception as a preventative measure for neural tube defects.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	211670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) strongly encourages women to take a folic acid supplement from before they are pregnant to the 12th week of pregnancy, to reduce the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect. This advice is included in public health messages around pregnancy and planning a pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance states that advice on folic acid supplementation should be provided as part of antenatal care at first contact with a healthcare professional. Advice on folic acid supplementation for women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, is disseminated through a variety of sources including the NHS Choices website, the NHS Information Service for Parents, the charity ‘Tommy’s’, and Start4Life - PHE’s campaign to give babies the best start in life and reduce the risk of poor health in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE has recently established a media partnership to communicate the key healthy behaviour messages prior to conception in more mainstream women’s magazine media.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department has commissioned the Behavioural Insights Team to look at innovative approaches to raising awareness of the need to take folic acid supplements during pregnancy. This programme of work is scheduled for completion by the end of January 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:59:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

101153

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the final sign-off date is for two cyclotron-based proton beam radiotherapy machines at (a) University College Hospital, London and (b) the Christie Hospital, Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
	uin	212056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The planned date for approval of the preferred bidder of the proton beam equipment to both Trusts is March 2015 with contract signature following shortly after.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:02:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

100737

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the number and value has been of clinical negligence payments made by the NHS as a result of negligence committed by Vanguard Healthcare.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The NHS Litigation Authority has no record of any claims payments made in connection with negligence incurred by Vanguard Healthcare, nor has it been notified by NHS members of its clinical negligence scheme for trusts of any claims where Vanguard Healthcare has been implicated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 30/10/2014 16:31:19 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100736

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the number and value was of clinical negligence payments made by the NHS as a result of negligence committed by private healthcare providers in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	211786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The number and value of clinical negligence payments made by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) as a result of negligence incurred by independent sector providers that are members of one of the NHS LA schemes, up to the 31 March 2014 is detailed in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of Claims with Payments</p></td><td><p>Damages</p><p>Paid</p></td><td><p>Defence Costs</p><p>Paid</p></td><td><p>Claimant Costs</p><p>Paid</p></td><td><p>Total Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Sector</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5,045</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5,045</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Member</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>18,545,522</p></td><td><p>2,651,908</p></td><td><p>9,573,576</p></td><td><p>30,771,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>10,783,424</p></td><td><p>1,073,613</p></td><td><p>3,673,581</p></td><td><p>15,530,617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>719</p></td><td><p>29,328,945</p></td><td><p>3,730,565</p></td><td><p>13,247,157</p></td><td><p>46,306,667</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Independent sector providers of NHS services have only been eligible to join the NHS LA’s clinical negligence scheme for trusts since April 2013. The likelihood of a claim being incurred, reported and settled in the same financial year is very low, hence the low values in the table, but private sectors members now contribute directly to the scheme for their own liabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2013 arrangements were put in place so that sub-contractors would be covered by the NHS member of the scheme. This was to make the system less complex.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since April 2013, claims arising from the activities of independent sector providers have historically been funded by the NHS member organisations that have contracted with them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An element of these claims has been inherited and funded by the Department as a result of the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities on 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 30/10/2014 16:33:48 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

100719

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the next annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology to be laid before parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	211708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211709 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100727

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 16 September 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms S Whyatt.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
	uin	211689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>I replied to the Rt. hon. Member’s letter of 16 September 2014 on 8 October 2014.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 30/10/2014 16:00:56 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

100718

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the next annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	211707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211708 211709 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:23 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

101141

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the decision by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to tighten infection control guidance for US healthcare settings, what steps he has taken to revise guidance for health workers on caring for patients for Ebola.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	212037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) are reviewing the details of the guidance recently published by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify any elements of good practice that should be considered for introduction into the United Kingdom. Initial reviews of the information that we have received so far suggest that the CDC and PHE guidance are functionally comparable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:11:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger