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229383

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Liability
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 liabilities faced by the NHS from unprocessed care home claims.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	228933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not made any assessment of the liabilities faced by the National Health Service from unprocessed care home claims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, on 15 March 2012, the Department announced deadlines for any new cases to the system which require assessment for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) funding, for previously unassessed periods of care, where there is evidence that the individual may have been eligible for NHS CHC. As a result of this, approximately 59,000 enquiries were received by the NHS. NHS England has made an assessment of the liability of these cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/03/2015 12:16:40 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

229128

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited more than six weeks for (a) an initial NHS hearing assessment and (b) a follow-up NHS hearing aid assessment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	228784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of patients who waited more than six weeks for an initial NHS hearing assessment and a follow-up NHS hearing aid assessment in each of the last five years is not available. Audiology is not one of the key referral to treatment functions which are recorded as a data set.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table, we have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'operation on cochlea' by five year age brackets for the years 2013-14, and provisional data for April to November 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that FCEs are not the number of patients because one patient may have had more than one episode of care within the time period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 <br> April to November<br> provisional</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-14</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-19</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-24</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-29</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-34</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-39</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-44</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-49</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-54</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-59</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60-64</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65-69</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70-74</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75-79</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80+</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>736</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre.<br> <br></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The data for 2014-15 is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, ie November from the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</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 grouped question UIN 228811 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:09:37 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

229130

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults in each region of England were fitted with cochlear hearing aids in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested. Since data for local area teams is not available prior to 2010-11 we have only provided a four year time series for this data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCE) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'cochlear implant' for children (0-17) and adults (18+) by NHS England local area team from 2010-11 to 2013-14. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year. This information has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data concerning the number of NHS patients who have had a hearing test in an audiology clinic, an ear, nose and throat clinic of an audiology department at a local hospital in each of the last five years is not collected. The vast majority of this activity is provided as outpatient care where the recording of procedure and intervention data is not mandated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table we have provided information concerning the number of FCEs with a main or secondary procedure of the fitting of a bone anchored hearing aid for children aged 0-17 and adults aged 18 and over, 2009-10 to 2013-144.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-17</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>1,011</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>1,111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. ‘–‘ in the table represents no available data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. <br></p><p> </p><p>3. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 228769 228772 question first answered 26/03/2015 12:14:24 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ228773.xlsx title Finished consultant episodes of cochlear implants
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

229132

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment
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 audiology services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on spend for audiology services and specific procedures for hearing problems are not available in the format requested. The following table provides NHS programme budgeting figures on ‘problems of hearing’ for the five year period 2008-09 to 2012-13, which is the latest available data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expenditure (£ billion)</p></td><td><p>0.42</p></td><td><p>0.50</p></td><td><p>0.45</p></td><td><p>0.46</p></td><td><p>0.46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information about programme budgeting data can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/prog-budgeting/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/prog-budgeting/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></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 grouped question UIN 228771 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:04:11 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

229136

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults in England were fitted with bone anchored hearing aids in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested. Since data for local area teams is not available prior to 2010-11 we have only provided a four year time series for this data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCE) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'cochlear implant' for children (0-17) and adults (18+) by NHS England local area team from 2010-11 to 2013-14. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year. This information has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data concerning the number of NHS patients who have had a hearing test in an audiology clinic, an ear, nose and throat clinic of an audiology department at a local hospital in each of the last five years is not collected. The vast majority of this activity is provided as outpatient care where the recording of procedure and intervention data is not mandated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table we have provided information concerning the number of FCEs with a main or secondary procedure of the fitting of a bone anchored hearing aid for children aged 0-17 and adults aged 18 and over, 2009-10 to 2013-144.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-17</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>1,011</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>1,111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. ‘–‘ in the table represents no available data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. <br></p><p> </p><p>3. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 228769 228773 question first answered 26/03/2015 12:14:25 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ228773.xlsx title Finished consultant episodes of cochlear implants
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

229137

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
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 (a) hearing aids, (b) cochlear hearing aids and (c) bone anchored hearing aids in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on spend for audiology services and specific procedures for hearing problems are not available in the format requested. The following table provides NHS programme budgeting figures on ‘problems of hearing’ for the five year period 2008-09 to 2012-13, which is the latest available data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expenditure (£ billion)</p></td><td><p>0.42</p></td><td><p>0.50</p></td><td><p>0.45</p></td><td><p>0.46</p></td><td><p>0.46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information about programme budgeting data can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/prog-budgeting/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/resources/resources-for-ccgs/prog-budgeting/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></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 grouped question UIN 228770 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:04:11 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

229139

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Older People
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 causes of increases in the number of hospital admissions of older people for cold-related illnesses since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Andy Burnham
uin	228717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>A greater number of people die, or are admitted to hospital, during the winter than any other time of year. There are, on average, around 25,000 excess winter deaths each year in England; for every one excess winter death it has been estimated that there are approximately eight extra hospital admissions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The causes of excess winter death and illness are complex and interlinked, and include circulating diseases such as influenza, cold temperatures and wider determinants of health, such as poor housing. It is difficult to precisely attribute the relative impacts of each on overall levels of death and illness and there is a degree of variation year on year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cold weather directly increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes, lung disease, flu, falls and injuries and hypothermia. Indirect effects of cold include mental health illnesses such as depression, risk of carbon monoxide poisoning if appliances are poorly maintained or poorly ventilated, and disruption to service provision. Some groups, such as older people, very young children, and people with serious medical conditions are particularly vulnerable to the effects of cold weather.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England publishes the Cold Weather Plan for England to avoid preventable illness and deaths in winter by setting out a series of actions for organisations, communities and individuals, to take throughout the year.</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 26/03/2015 13:06:19 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1427 label Biography information for Andy Burnham

229140

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients discharged from mental health in-patient care have taken their own life within (a) one week and (b) two weeks of that discharge in each year since 2010; and how many investigations have been undertaken into those deaths.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	228774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The first three months after discharge remain a time of particularly high suicide risk – this is especially true in the first 1-2 weeks. Between 2002 and 2012 there were 3,225 suicides in the United Kingdom by mental health patients in the post-discharge period, 18% of all patient suicides.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Post-discharge suicides were most frequent in the first week after leaving hospital when 380 deaths occurred, an average of 35 per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number and proportion who died in the first week after discharge has not changed over the report period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>380 of the 3,225 people counted as post-discharge suicides between 2002-12 died in the first week after leaving hospital. 292 people died in the second week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total number of people who died within three months of in-patient discharge is, as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010: 202</p><p> </p><p>2011: 220</p><p> </p><p>2012: 177 (estimate)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have reviewed the serious incident framework (due to be launched for April 2015) to support better recognition, reporting and investigation of serious incidents (which would include suicide/ self-inflicted death, but also other serious incidents affecting people with mental health needs). We are also exploring changes to the Serious Incident reporting system (STEIS) database to enable incidents, risks, trends and opportunities for learning to be more easily identified.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>This Government is seeking to change the culture that suicide is inevitable for some people. In January this year the Deputy Prime Minister announced our ambition for ‘zero suicides’. This set out an aspiration for every part of the NHS to commit to a ‘zero suicide’ ambition. This ambition has already been adopted in some local areas and we are certain that this kind of approach can work to dramatically reduce suicides.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pioneering work in Liverpool, the South-West and in the East of England means that health workers are already focusing on how they care for people with mental health conditions with a view to preventing suicide. The Deputy Prime Minister called on the health service to look at this work being done by these three pioneering areas.</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 26/03/2015 13:00:55 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

229141

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients have had a hearing test in (a) an audiology clinic, (b) an ear, nose and throat clinic and (c) an audiology department at a local hospital in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	228769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested. Since data for local area teams is not available prior to 2010-11 we have only provided a four year time series for this data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCE) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'cochlear implant' for children (0-17) and adults (18+) by NHS England local area team from 2010-11 to 2013-14. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year. This information has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data concerning the number of NHS patients who have had a hearing test in an audiology clinic, an ear, nose and throat clinic of an audiology department at a local hospital in each of the last five years is not collected. The vast majority of this activity is provided as outpatient care where the recording of procedure and intervention data is not mandated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table we have provided information concerning the number of FCEs with a main or secondary procedure of the fitting of a bone anchored hearing aid for children aged 0-17 and adults aged 18 and over, 2009-10 to 2013-144.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-17</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>1,011</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>1,111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. ‘–‘ in the table represents no available data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. <br></p><p> </p><p>3. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 228772 228773 question first answered 26/03/2015 12:14:24 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ228773.xlsx title Finished consultant episodes of cochlear implants
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

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registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
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 23 March 2015 to Question 228266, what proportion of children and young people who were referred for early intervention treatment in psychosis services started that treatment within two weeks of that referral in the latest quarter for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	228775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Data is not available on the proportion of children and young people who were referred for early intervention treatment in psychosis services and started treatment within two weeks of referral. This is because this information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Minimum Dataset will provide comparative data for NHS services that will be used to improve clinical quality and service efficiency; and to commission services in a way that improves health and reduces inequalities. Current plans are for data from the CAMHS Minimum Dataset to begin to flow no later than January 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020, </em>published October 2014<em>,</em> introduces the first waiting time standards for mental health. It includes a standard which will ensure that by 2016 at least 50% of people of all ages referred for early intervention in psychosis services will start treatment within two weeks. This waiting time standard will come into effect from 1 April 2015. This is backed by £33 million investment.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Deputy Prime Minister announced on 14 March that £250 million additional funding would be available each year, over the next Parliament, starting in April 2015. This will fund improved access for children and young people with mental health problems - at least 100,000 more children and young people will receive treatment by 2020 and the funding will pay for the introduction of new access and waiting time standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government report of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Well-Being Taskforce’s findings, <em>Future in mind,</em> published on 17 March 2015, sets out a clear national ambition in the form of key aspirations that the Government would wish to see by 2020. This includes more access and waiting time standards for services so that children and young people can expect prompt treatment when they need it, just as they can for physical health problems.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></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 26/03/2015 12:58:36 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger