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168659

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monies have been set aside to fund litigation proceedings launched by independent practitioners in response to the recently acknowledged failings of the Care Quality Commission's Intelligent Monitoring methodology.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
	uin	217678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. As the CQC is responsible for developing its own methodology for assessing whether providers are meeting the registration requirements, the CQC would be responsible for any legal proceedings that arose in relation to that methodology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC has advised that it will deal with any legal proceedings that may be brought against it. It has made no specific arrangements, as each case must be reviewed on its merits.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 11/12/2014 16:10:12 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

48229

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the role independent pharmacies play in relieving pressures on other health and welfare services; and what steps he has taken to disseminate best practice.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	196239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Pharmacy already plays a vital role in supporting the health of people in their local communities, providing high quality care and support, improving people's health and reducing health inequalities. However, as we move to more integrated care, there is real potential for pharmacists and their teams to play an even greater role in the future, particularly in keeping people healthy, supporting those with long term conditions and helping make sure patients and the National Health Service get the best use from medicines.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England's public consultation, <em>Improving care through community pharmacy –</em> <em>a call to action</em>, which closed on 18 March, has provided an important opportunity to explore the contribution community pharmacists and their teams can make. This will inform a strategic framework for commissioning wider primary care services in the autumn. A copy of the consultation document is at:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/qual-clin-lead/calltoaction/pharm-cta/</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, NHS England's <em>The earlier, the better</em> campaign, launched in January 2014, specifically sought to raise the profile of community pharmacy with the public, to increase the number of people accessing community pharmacy services when they have a minor ailment and reduce pressures on other parts of the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>On 14 April, the Department and NHS England published <em>Transforming Primary Care - Safe, proactive, personalised care for those who need it most</em>. This sets out plans for more proactive, personalised and joined up care, part of which is harnessing the potential of pharmacists. This recognises the vital role that pharmacists have in optimising medicines use, helping to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and supporting people to manage their own care. A copy has been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 196241 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name 196239_and_196241_-_Library_document[1].pdf title Transforming Primary Care document
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

48233

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has he made of the cost to the economy of untreated mental illness.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	196255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The International Classification of Diseases is the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes. This includes the analysis of the general health situation of population groups. It is used to monitor the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems.</p><p>The Tenth Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems includes in Chapter V a detailed classification of more than 300 mental and behavioural disorders. Its publication follows extensive field-testing by more than 100 clinical and research centres in 40 countries.</p><p>Aggregate primary care trust (PCT) expenditure on mental health was £11.28 billion in 2012-13, which is 11.9% of the £94.78 billion total spend by PCTs. The estimate of expenditure on mental health does not include the majority of expenditure on primary care appointments which is recorded as a separate programme category.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide an estimate of expenditure on physical health. A number of programme categories will have elements of expenditure which could be classified as non-physical, for example, learning disabilities, neurological and social care.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of the cost to the economy of untreated mental illness.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 196245 196254 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

48237

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS funding is allocated to (a) mental and (b) physical health care.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	196254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The International Classification of Diseases is the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes. This includes the analysis of the general health situation of population groups. It is used to monitor the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems.</p><p>The Tenth Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems includes in Chapter V a detailed classification of more than 300 mental and behavioural disorders. Its publication follows extensive field-testing by more than 100 clinical and research centres in 40 countries.</p><p>Aggregate primary care trust (PCT) expenditure on mental health was £11.28 billion in 2012-13, which is 11.9% of the £94.78 billion total spend by PCTs. The estimate of expenditure on mental health does not include the majority of expenditure on primary care appointments which is recorded as a separate programme category.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide an estimate of expenditure on physical health. A number of programme categories will have elements of expenditure which could be classified as non-physical, for example, learning disabilities, neurological and social care.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of the cost to the economy of untreated mental illness.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 196245 196255 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

48241

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to increase public understanding of the services offered by independent pharmacies.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	196241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Pharmacy already plays a vital role in supporting the health of people in their local communities, providing high quality care and support, improving people's health and reducing health inequalities. However, as we move to more integrated care, there is real potential for pharmacists and their teams to play an even greater role in the future, particularly in keeping people healthy, supporting those with long term conditions and helping make sure patients and the National Health Service get the best use from medicines.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England's public consultation, <em>Improving care through community pharmacy –</em> <em>a call to action</em>, which closed on 18 March, has provided an important opportunity to explore the contribution community pharmacists and their teams can make. This will inform a strategic framework for commissioning wider primary care services in the autumn. A copy of the consultation document is at:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/qual-clin-lead/calltoaction/pharm-cta/</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, NHS England's <em>The earlier, the better</em> campaign, launched in January 2014, specifically sought to raise the profile of community pharmacy with the public, to increase the number of people accessing community pharmacy services when they have a minor ailment and reduce pressures on other parts of the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>On 14 April, the Department and NHS England published <em>Transforming Primary Care - Safe, proactive, personalised care for those who need it most</em>. This sets out plans for more proactive, personalised and joined up care, part of which is harnessing the potential of pharmacists. This recognises the vital role that pharmacists have in optimising medicines use, helping to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and supporting people to manage their own care. A copy has been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 196239 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name 196239_and_196241_-_Library_document[1].pdf title Transforming Primary Care document
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

48242

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department use to define illness as mental as opposed to physical.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	196245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The International Classification of Diseases is the standard diagnostic tool for epidemiology, health management and clinical purposes. This includes the analysis of the general health situation of population groups. It is used to monitor the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems.</p><p>The Tenth Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems includes in Chapter V a detailed classification of more than 300 mental and behavioural disorders. Its publication follows extensive field-testing by more than 100 clinical and research centres in 40 countries.</p><p>Aggregate primary care trust (PCT) expenditure on mental health was £11.28 billion in 2012-13, which is 11.9% of the £94.78 billion total spend by PCTs. The estimate of expenditure on mental health does not include the majority of expenditure on primary care appointments which is recorded as a separate programme category.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide an estimate of expenditure on physical health. A number of programme categories will have elements of expenditure which could be classified as non-physical, for example, learning disabilities, neurological and social care.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of the cost to the economy of untreated mental illness.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 196254 196255 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

48260

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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 reduction of avoidable harm by better medicines reconciliation for hospital patients with Parkinson's.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	196344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) issued joint guidance, <em>Technical patient safety solutions for medicines reconciliation on admission of adults to hospital</em> in December 2007, which aims to reduce medication errors, which occur most commonly on transfer between care settings and on admission to hospital. This guidance applies to all patients, including those with Parkinson's disease and is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/11897/38560/38560.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The NPSA also issued a Rapid Response Report on <em>Reducing harm from omitted and delayed medicines in hospital </em>in February 2010. This makes reference to medicines where timeliness of administration is crucial, including those for Parkinson's disease. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/alerts/?entryid45=66720</p><p> </p><p>NICE, the NPSA and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have all identified the key role of pharmacists in medicines reconciliation and the majority of hospitals now have pharmacists on admission wards to help ensure patients' medicines are reconciled promptly.</p><p> </p><p>A strong reporting culture, where safety incidents are reported and monitored is essential to improving safety for all patients, including those with Parkinson's disease. NHS England and the <a title="Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) website - Opens in a new window" href="http://www.mhra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency</a> jointly issued two patient safety alerts on 20 March 2014 to help healthcare providers increase incident reporting for <a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/2014/03/20/med-devices#mederr" target="_blank">medication errors</a> and <a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/2014/03/20/med-devices#meddev" target="_blank">medical devices</a>. The alerts instruct providers to take specific steps that will improve data reporting quality; and will see the establishment of national networks to maximise learning and provide guidance on minimising harm relating to these incident types.</p><p> </p><p>The measures announced by my Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Health on 26 March, as part of his invitation to NHS organisations to ‘Sign up to Safety', are also likely to lead to an increase in the number of reported incidents of harm in the National Health Service even though care will be getting safer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 196360 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

48264

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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 improve reporting of instances in which the medication regimes of hospital patients with Parkinson's are disrupted through delays or errors in medicines reconciliation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	196360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) issued joint guidance, <em>Technical patient safety solutions for medicines reconciliation on admission of adults to hospital</em> in December 2007, which aims to reduce medication errors, which occur most commonly on transfer between care settings and on admission to hospital. This guidance applies to all patients, including those with Parkinson's disease and is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/11897/38560/38560.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The NPSA also issued a Rapid Response Report on <em>Reducing harm from omitted and delayed medicines in hospital </em>in February 2010. This makes reference to medicines where timeliness of administration is crucial, including those for Parkinson's disease. This is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/alerts/?entryid45=66720</p><p> </p><p>NICE, the NPSA and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society have all identified the key role of pharmacists in medicines reconciliation and the majority of hospitals now have pharmacists on admission wards to help ensure patients' medicines are reconciled promptly.</p><p> </p><p>A strong reporting culture, where safety incidents are reported and monitored is essential to improving safety for all patients, including those with Parkinson's disease. NHS England and the <a title="Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) website - Opens in a new window" href="http://www.mhra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency</a> jointly issued two patient safety alerts on 20 March 2014 to help healthcare providers increase incident reporting for <a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/2014/03/20/med-devices#mederr" target="_blank">medication errors</a> and <a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/2014/03/20/med-devices#meddev" target="_blank">medical devices</a>. The alerts instruct providers to take specific steps that will improve data reporting quality; and will see the establishment of national networks to maximise learning and provide guidance on minimising harm relating to these incident types.</p><p> </p><p>The measures announced by my Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Health on 26 March, as part of his invitation to NHS organisations to ‘Sign up to Safety', are also likely to lead to an increase in the number of reported incidents of harm in the National Health Service even though care will be getting safer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 196344 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

48269

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions officials in his Department have had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the development of NICE's highly specialised technologies programme since 1 January 2014; what the content of those discussions was; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	196411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Departmental officials have had no such discussions. Officials may discuss individual highly specialised technology topics with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, including at the topic selection stage.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

48274

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in demand for child and adolescent mental health following the launch of the MindEd e-portal; and what steps it is taking to accommodate that increase.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	196448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the increase in demand for child and adolescent mental health following the launch of the MindEd e-portal on 25 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We know that many schools want to do more to help children who are, or may be, experiencing mental health problems. Many now have their own programmes and mental health support – such as a school-based counsellor, whilst others have whole school approaches to mental and emotional health. We want to ensure that such programmes offer the best support possible, but also that schools are better able to identify mental health problems in their pupils sooner.</p><p> </p><p>The Department funded the MindEd website which will help anyone working with children, including all school staff, to spot the signs of mental health problems in children and help them get the support they need. Spotting the signs of mental health problems early in children and young people is essential to prevent problems from escalating and continuing into adulthood.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Medical Officer has recommended better data on children and young people's mental health. The Department, with arms lengths bodies (ALBs) and other key partners, is currently looking at the options available for arranging a survey of children and young people to look at prevalence of mental health conditions. We are seeking advice from colleagues in the Department's Health and Social Care Information Centre to consider options for the survey, and what such a survey would be able to tell us.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger