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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

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

101146

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	Blood: Transport
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 promote the use of blood bikes for the transportation of blood to hospital trusts.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
uin	212022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Whilst recognising the work of blood bikes, the Department is not actively promoting their use as it is a matter for individual trusts to decide whether they wish to use such services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:57:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

101147

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	Blood: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide figures showing how much money has been saved by the NHS by the use of blood bikes for the transportation of blood (a) nationally and (b) in the North West region in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
uin	212023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:55:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

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

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

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

101155

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	Queen Alexandra Hospital: 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 the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time for treatment in Queen Alexandra Hospital's accident and emergency department was in each year from 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	212136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Mean and median duration (in minutes) to treatment for Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust accident and emergency (A&amp;E) department, 2009-10 – 2012-13.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of attendances with a valid Duration to Treatment</p></td><td><p>Mean Duration to Treatment</p></td><td><p>Median Duration to Treatment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>102,395</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>108,101</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>118,719</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>128,728</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Analysis Team at the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Mean and median – The mean (average) and median (middle in ranking when all values are sorted in order) duration in minutes to assessment, treatment or departure.</li><li>The information supplied was available by Trust rather than by individual A&amp;E Department and therefore the Department has supplied information on Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust as a whole rather than Queen Alexandra Hospital A&amp;E specifically.</li><li>Duration to assessment – The total amount of time in minutes between the patient's arrival and their initial assessment in the A&amp;E department. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient is initially assessed.</li><li>Duration to treatment – The total amount of time in minutes between the patient's arrival and the start of their treatment. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient began treatment.</li><li>Duration to departure – the total amount of time spent in minutes in the A&amp;E department. This is calculated as the difference in time from arrival at A&amp;E to the time when the patient is discharged from A&amp;E care. This includes being admitted to hospital, died in the department, discharged with no follow up or discharged - referred to another specialist department.</li><li>Hospital provider - A provider code is a unique code that identifies an organisation acting as a health care provider (eg NHS trust or primary care trust). Data from some independent sector providers, where the onus for arrangement of dataflows is on the commissioner, may be missing. Care must be taken when using this data as the counts may be lower than true figures.</li><li>Assessing growth through time (A&amp;E) – 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 NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</li><li>Data quality – The recording of duration in HES A&amp;E is not mandatory and this may particularly have affected the quality of recorded durations to assessment and treatment.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:52:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

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

101162

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	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) children and (b) adults in (i) Fareham constituency, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England were classed as (A) overweight and (B) obese in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	212134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Data on childhood obesity are not collected by parliamentary constituency. The data in the attached table 1 and 2 are for the area of Fareham district, Hampshire County and England. The National Childhood Measurement Programme data collection began in 2006-07 and only collects data on two age groups; reception year (4-5 years) and year 6 (10-11 years).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on adult obesity and excess weight (overweight and obese) for Fareham district, Hampshire County and England are available from the ‘Local Health Profiles’ using data from the ‘Active People Survey’ commissioned by Sport England. The data are only available for 2012 and are presented as a total figure for males and females. This data is not collected by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Excess weight defined as the proportion of the adult population who are overweight or obese in 2012</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Fareham district 64.8%</p><p> </p><p>Hampshire County Council 65.1%</p><p> </p><p>England 63.8%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The proportion of the adult population classified as obese in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Fareham district 26.1%</p><p> </p><p>Hampshire County Council 22.2%</p><p> </p><p>England 23.0%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:57:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Fareham, Hampshire and England- Overweight children.doc title Overweight children in Fareham Hampshire & England
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban