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78908

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	206658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The United Kingdom has never been fined for an infraction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 14:27:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78723

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care places in the UK have been occupied by Meningitis B patients since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available for England is shown in the following table. Information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the Devolved Administrations.</p><p>Number of critical care periods and critical care bed days with a primary diagnosis of meningitis for the period April 2013-March 2014 (provisional data):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Diagnosis</p></td><td><p>Critical care periods</p></td><td><p>Critical care bed days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viral meningitis</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacterial meningitis</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>1,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other /unspecified causes</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occurring in another disease</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>653</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Meningococcal B disease is caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. Information on usage of critical care beds resulting from meningococcal B disease is not separately identifiable. Information on meningococcal septicaemia has not been provided.</p><p>2. The data provided covers English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p>3. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p>4. The following International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 codes have been used to define meningitis:</p><p>A87 Viral meningitis</p><p>G00 Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified</p><p>G03 Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes</p><p>G01.X* Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere (in the 1st or 2nd position)</p><p>G02* Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic disease classified elsewhere (in the 1st or 2nd position)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 10:56:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78725

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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, at what age babies will be eligible for vaccination with the Bexsero vaccine.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that there should be a carefully planned national meningococcal B immunisation programme for infants, using a three dose schedule of Bexsero<sup>®</sup>(at two, four and 12 months of age), subject to the vaccine being available at a cost-effective price .</p><p>The JCVI has also advised that when the programme starts there should be a one-off, opportunistic catch-up programme for babies aged three and four months of age who would have not had the opportunity to receive the vaccine at two months of age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 11:00:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78726

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services
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 process used to appoint Dr Anthony Marsh to the post of Chief Executive for (a) West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust and (b) East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust; if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between his Department and both ambulance trusts on these appointments; what level of salary Dr Anthony Marsh receives for each role; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	206570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Anthony Marsh was appointed Chief Executive of West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WMAS) in July 2006. Dr Marsh was previously Chief Executive of Essex Ambulance Service.</p><p> </p><p>Dr Marsh became Chief Executive of East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) from 1 January 2014. He was seconded to EEAST at the request of the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) because of persistent poor performance at EEAST and the Trust’s failure to appoint a substantive Chief Executive when it attempted to recruit to the post on several occasions in recent years. He is contracted to work three days a week at EEAST in addition to continuing in his chief executive role at WMAS.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS TDA advises that Dr Marsh’s salary is £232,226.42 per annum in total, which includes a £50,000 uplift to his former WMAS salary for his additional duties at EEAST. EEAST pays 60% of Dr Marsh’s salary. The £50,000 additional salary payment was agreed between the remuneration committees of WMAS and EEAST for the increased responsibility of running two trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS TDA believes that Dr Marsh has already made a significant impact at EEAST, with the recruitment of 400 additional paramedics expected this year, 147 new ambulances now ordered and a £1 million reduction in management costs, which is being re-invested into the front line.</p><p> </p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has not identified any correspondence between the Department and either ambulance trust on these appointments. This search represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 16:08:24 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

78727

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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, what steps he is taking to reduce inequalities covering his public health functions for the whole population.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	206558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Reducing health inequalities is a Government priority, shown by our introduction of the first-ever set of health inequalities duties in the 2012 Health and Social Care Act.</p><p> </p><p>Public health has a key role to play in reducing health inequalities across the whole population through ill health prevention and helping reduce premature, avoidable mortality. We transferred responsibility for improving public health from the National Health Service to local government to bring greater effectiveness and innovation in responding to local health needs. We provided local government with a ring-fenced grant of £5.36 billion.</p><p> </p><p>At local level, Directors of Public Health will champion these health needs and work with local government, NHS colleagues and other sectors to address them.</p><p> </p><p>We established Public Health England (PHE) to provide leadership, and to protect and improve the public’s health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. It supports action on health inequalities at local and national level by promoting good practice and building on the evidence of ‘what works.’</p><p> </p><p>We have recently published <em>Living Well for Longer</em> (April 2014) which provides national support for local action on reducing premature mortality. It sets out what PHE and NHS England will do alongside the Department and the rest of Government to address avoidable and premature mortality across the population, including vulnerable groups such as those on low-income and those with mental illness.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 15:49:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

78728

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	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 effect of moving the immunisation coordinator role from primary care trust into commissioning positions on the availability of immunisation advice to nurse-based practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	206559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) Screening and Immunisation Teams, including immunisation co-ordinators, have been embedded within NHS England area teams since 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Immunisation advice remains available to health professionals, including nurse-based practitioners, through local PHE Health Protection Teams and Screening and Immunisation Teams within NHS England, who are supported by a national expert advice line. Comprehensive web-based advice including such resources as frequently asked questions, also remain available.</p><p> </p><p>We have not made any specific assessment of the possible effect on the availability of immunisation advice to nurse-based practitioners by PHE in this context.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 15:53:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

78729

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding and support his Department provides to the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	206557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) is an independent organisation set up and run by the ambulance trusts themselves, like the parallel organisations for Police and Fire services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not directly provide any money or support to the AACE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 16:02:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

78730

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the resignation letters from the former chairs of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (a) Dr Geoffrey Harris and (b) Maria Bell; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	206556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold copies of resignation letters from the former chairs of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.</p><p> </p><p>The hon. Member may wish to approach the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), which will hold the relevant information. However, the NHS TDA has advised that, as a personal letter, permission would be required before placing this in the public domain in order to meet obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 16:00:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

78731

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of Meningitis B there have been in the UK since January 2013; and in how many such cases individuals have (a) died, (b) required amputation of limbs, (c) become blind, (d) become deaf and (e) contracted other central nervous system complications as a result of Meningitis B.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>There were 667 laboratory confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal B disease in England from January 2013 to March 2014, which is the latest available information.</p><p>There were 40 deaths registered in England in 2013 in which the underlying cause was meningococcal infection. Data about deaths from meningococcal B infection are not separately available. Information on deaths for 2014 will be available in July 2015.</p><p>Information on complications associated with invasive meningococcal B disease is not routinely collected as part of meningococcal surveillance. Many of the complications continue to develop, evolve and be tested after the diagnosis is confirmed, especially long-term complications such as behaviour, communication or memory problems, and, therefore, cannot be collected in real-time.</p><p>The most robust and comprehensive data on long-term complications following meningococcal B disease in children in England is in a recent study published in <em>The Lancet Neurology</em> in 2012, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.</p><p>Information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 12:47:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ206540 - Document - meningococcal serogroup B disease.pdf title Lancet Neurology - MenB disease in children study
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78734

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sunbeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring in legislative proposals to (a) require that sunbeds should be supervised, (b) limit access to sunbeds for repeat customers and (c) obligate the display of health warnings.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	206516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department has noted the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin's report on sunbed regulation in England and is considering the recommendations carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206594 question first answered 02/09/2014 11:09:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby