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173276

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses worked in the NHS (a) in 2010 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Sir Tony Baldry
	uin	906966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>There are over 6,000 more nurses on our hospital wards since May 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Surrey answering member printed Mr Jeremy Hunt question first answered 13/01/2015 15:13:46 answering member 1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt
	tabling member	93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry

173270

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited longer than four hours in A&E departments in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
	uin	906972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Of almost 22.4 million attendances at all accident and emergency departments in England in 2014, 94.5% of patients were seen within the four hour standard. Of these, just over 1.2 million patients spent over four hours in accident and emergency from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 13/01/2015 15:12:17 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

173272

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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	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 effect of social care budget changes on A&E attendances.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	906970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>There has been no assessment made of the effect of social care budget changes on accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances. However, the Government has legislated to establish the Better Care Fund from 2015-16 to provide better integrated care. One of the conditions of the Better Care Fund is to improve the delivery of health and social care by preventing people reaching crisis point, and to reduce the quantity of non-elective admissions to acute care, which may serve to ease the pressures on A&amp;E departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 13/01/2015 15:13:07 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

172226

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Learning Disability and Autism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the recommendations of the report by Sir Stephen Bubb, entitled, Winterbourne View - Time for Change are being implemented as soon as possible.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	219904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England and the Department of Health are considering the report’s recommendations in the context of the ongoing, system-wide Transforming Care programme, convened in response to events at Winterbourne View Hospital. NHS England will respond to the report by Sir Stephen Bubb in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 13/01/2015 15:31:30 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

172792

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for talking therapy in Birmingham.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
	tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
	uin	220193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on the median waiting times for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services by Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Birmingham for 2013-14 is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of referrals entering treatment</p></td><td><p>Median waiting time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Birmingham and South Central CCG</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG</p></td><td><p>5,135</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Birmingham Cross City CCG</p></td><td><p>9,020</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), IAPT Dataset</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>It is not possible to separate Sandwell from NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG; as such, data for Sandwell is also included in this response</li><li>The IAPT dataset contains information on referrals to IAPT services which provide talking therapies.</li><li>Waiting time is measured by counting the number of days between a referral being received and the first treatment appointment. Currently, the presence of a valid therapy type is used as an indicator of whether treatment was provided in the course of the appointment.</li><li>This data is based upon a count of referrals received by IAPT services, not distinct people. In order to be included in these figures, a referral must have had a first treatment appointment in the reporting period (1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014)</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 13/01/2015 15:33:09 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

172235

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Innovation
	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 publish the results of the Innovation Health and Wealth refresh.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	219842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that the publication of this review has been superseded by the <em>Five Year Forward View</em> which was published on 23 October 2014 and is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/futurenhs/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/futurenhs/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The <em>Five Year Forward View </em>builds on the progress made through the Innovation Health and Wealth work programme, and signals new initiatives to support innovation, such as ‘test bed’ sites to deploy and test new technologies in a real-world setting. <em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>More broadly, both the Department and NHS England have made good progress in delivering the aims of Innovation Health and Wealth, and remain committed to driving improvements in health through developing, testing and spreading innovation across the health system. For example, ongoing improvements are being made to the Innovation Scorecard, to enhance its effectiveness as a tool to support the identification of unjustified variation in the uptake of new technologies in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 13/01/2015 17:06:06 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172242

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	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 discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges and the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research about appropriate dosages for treatment of asthma.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	219788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Prescribing decisions are a matter for clinicians based on their patients’ individual clinical needs and taking relevant advice from sources such as the British National Formulary, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, specialty association publications and any local prescribing policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 13/01/2015 11:18:09 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

172234

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, how the independent organisation that will run the review will be selected; and what the criteria for the selection will be.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	219834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement that I made on 20 November 2014, Official Report, column 14WS. The review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology will consider how to speed up access for National Health Service patients to cost-effective new diagnostics, medicines and devices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to establish the formal terms of reference for the review. These will be published in due course. The exact structure of the review is currently being considered and, as appropriate, procurements will be through standard departmental procurement processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will set out both short and long-term options for action by Government and relevant bodies — including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and NHS England. Officials are already working with these bodies and will continue to do so as the review progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will take into account a wide range of evidence to draw up its recommendations. We anticipate an initial report before the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 219835 219836 219837 question first answered 13/01/2015 11:15:25 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172223

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, if he will ensure that the review will take into consideration the conclusions of NICE following its consideration of responses to the Value-Based Assessment consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	219837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement that I made on 20 November 2014, Official Report, column 14WS. The review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology will consider how to speed up access for National Health Service patients to cost-effective new diagnostics, medicines and devices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to establish the formal terms of reference for the review. These will be published in due course. The exact structure of the review is currently being considered and, as appropriate, procurements will be through standard departmental procurement processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will set out both short and long-term options for action by Government and relevant bodies — including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and NHS England. Officials are already working with these bodies and will continue to do so as the review progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will take into account a wide range of evidence to draw up its recommendations. We anticipate an initial report before the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 219834 219835 219836 question first answered 13/01/2015 11:15:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172222

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, launched on 20 November 2014, what the formal terms of reference are for the review and what the deadline is for the review to report.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	219836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement that I made on 20 November 2014, Official Report, column 14WS. The review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology will consider how to speed up access for National Health Service patients to cost-effective new diagnostics, medicines and devices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to establish the formal terms of reference for the review. These will be published in due course. The exact structure of the review is currently being considered and, as appropriate, procurements will be through standard departmental procurement processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will set out both short and long-term options for action by Government and relevant bodies — including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and NHS England. Officials are already working with these bodies and will continue to do so as the review progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will take into account a wide range of evidence to draw up its recommendations. We anticipate an initial report before the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 219834 219835 219837 question first answered 13/01/2015 11:15:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright