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57636

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on treating (a) anal cancer, (b) penile cancer, (c) cervical cancer, (d) vaginal cancer, (e) vulval cancer, (f) oropharyngeal cancer, (g) genital warts and (h) recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	198632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect National Health Service expenditure on treating individual cancers or other diagnoses. It does collect reference costs, which are the average unit costs to NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given year to NHS patients.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:48:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

57696

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Out of Area Treatment: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients resident in England but receiving health care in Wales have requested that their treatment be delivered in England in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	198553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 198560 question first answered 11/06/2014 15:45:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

57697

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Out of Area Treatment: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients resident in England have requested that their treatment be delivered in Wales in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	198560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 198553 question first answered 11/06/2014 15:45:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

57701

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 7 May 2014, Official Report, column 230W, on abortion, whether his Department has formed a view as to when the Royal college of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians publication, The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion, should be updated in order to take into account new research; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	198620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>An updated guideline, <em>The Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion, </em>was published in 2011. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintaining a watching brief on the needto review recommendations in the light of new research evidence.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:53:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

57702

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds per head of population there were in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	198567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Information is not collected centrally on the catchment populations served by National Health Service hospital trusts in order to estimate beds per head of population at this level. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated hospital beds per 1,000 population<sup>1</sup>, England<sup>2</sup> and Suffolk<sup>3</sup>, 2009-10 to 2013-14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Suffolk</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Beds in wards <br>open overnight</p></td><td><p>Beds in wards <br>open day only</p></td><td><p>Beds in wards <br>open overnight</p></td><td><p>Beds in wards <br>open day only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-<br>10</p></td><td><p>3.04</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>1.80</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-<br>11<sup>4, 5</sup></p></td><td><p>2.71</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>1.92</p></td><td><p>0.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-<br>12</p></td><td><p>2.61</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>1.77</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-<br>13</p></td><td><p>2.56</p></td><td><p>0.22</p></td><td><p>1.70</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-<br>14</p></td><td><p>2.53</p></td><td><p>0.22</p></td><td><p>1.74</p></td><td><p>0.15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1</sup>The response uses Office for National Statistics (ONS) resident populations. However, patients may choose any hospital in England that offers NHS services for their first consultant-led outpatient appointment. Their subsequent inpatient treatment may then be in the same hospital. Locally, NHS hospital trusts will estimate the number of patients they expect to treat (the catchment population), but this information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Data has been provided for England only. Health is a devolved matter in Wales.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>Data for Suffolk includes the number of beds in West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Ipswich Hospitals NHS Trust. Population data are for the former Suffolk Primary Care Trust for 2009 to 2012, and for the West Suffolk clinical commissioning group (CCG) and Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG. No suitable NHS geography exists for Bury St Edmunds.</p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>Bed availability and occupancy data were collected annually before 2010-11. Data have been collected quarterly since 2010-11. Annual figures have been calculated, weighted for the number of days in each quarter.</p><p> </p><p><sup>5</sup>The lower England figure for 2010-11 may reflect a change in the basis of the collection from annual to quarterly. The quarterly data are collected in the month following the end of the quarter, which is timelier and requires less estimation than the previous annual collection.</p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>NHS England, bed availability and occupancy data, 2009-10 to 2013-14</p><p>ONS national and subnational population estimates, 2009 to 2012</p><p>ONS 2012-based national and subnational population projections, 2013</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 16:14:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

57714

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the adequacy of the sentences available under the Cancer Act 1939 for people convicted of fraudulently advertising offers to treat cancer.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	198621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department last consulted on changes to the Cancer Act 1939 in 2006, and subsequently to this a Legislative Reform Order came into force in October 2008.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently have any plans to review the adequacy of the sentences available under the Act for people convicted of fraudulently advertising offers to treat cancer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:48:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

57961

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	College of Emergency Medicine
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 meet the Chair of the College of Emergency Medicine.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	198738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health is planning to meet with the Chair in the near future, to discuss the health system and emergency medicine. The Chair also met with my noble friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Earl Howe) last week to discuss operational resilience plans for the remainder of this year.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:57:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

57963

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cystic Fibrosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust's report entitled Hope for More: Improving access to lung transplantation and care for people with cystic fibrosis, what assessment he has made of the donor lung utilisation rate for transplantation; and what measures he has identified as having the greatest potential to increase such utilisation.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	199027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Currently donated lungs are allocated to the designated cardiothoracic transplant centres on a zonal basis. However, the Cardiothoracic Organs Advisory Group (CTAG) have recently reviewed the allocation policy and have recommended that the size of the allocation zones be adjusted to help ensure equity of access. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have therefore confirmed that for cardiothoracic organs, the zones will be reviewed in August 2014 to coincide with changes in liver allocation zones and from August 2015, heart and lung zones will be disaggregated and the zones reviewed separately.</p><p> </p><p>CTAG have also recommended that NHSBT reviews the consequences of introducing two levels of priority for listing for lung transplants - urgent and routine, and suggest a national allocation scheme for urgent listed patients, and zonal allocation for routine listed patients.</p><p> </p><p>Any proposed change would need to be validated by NHSBT, who will review the criteria for urgent listing and the statistical modelling of the potential impact of such a system. NHSBT will continue to work closely with the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to improve outcomes for patients requiring lung transplants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:43:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

58008

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken to prescribe drugs for heart disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	198751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made no recent assessment of the time taken to prescribe drugs for heart disease. All drugs should be prescribed in accordance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:59:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

58010

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that there is no age discrimination in NHS treatment of breast, prostate and bowel cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The National Health Service has a statutory duty to reduce health inequalities and improve the health of those with the poorest outcomes. The NHS Constitution makes clear that a core duty of the NHS is to promote equality for all groups in society, including older people. A ban on age discrimination in NHS services was introduced in 2012, meaning that NHS services need to do everything they can to ensure that services do not unwittingly discriminate against older people.</p><p> </p><p>As well as the legal and moral imperative, improving the treatment and care of older people affected by cancer can also play a significant role in improving outcomes. Tackling health inequalities and promoting equality of outcome in England is essential to achieving cancer survival rates which match the best performing countries in the world. Furthermore, cancer treatment should always be based on what is right for each individual patient, whatever their age.</p><p> </p><p>In December last year, NHS England National Clinical Director for Cancer, Sean Duffy, launched a ‘call for action' on the treatment for older people, a priority for NHS England and its partners. As part of this, NHS England is setting up an advisory group so it can identify where real improvements can be made in cancer services for older people. We are also supporting an initiative which will make sure that patients are better informed about the options available to them and they are fully involved in decisions about their treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:42:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon