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177384

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Home Care 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 the burden of unnecessary bureaucracy on agency care workers so as to maximise the time spent with those for whom they provide home care.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	223116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>It is not clear what ‘bureaucracy’ is being referred to. Some bureaucracy or form-filling is required for legitimate purposes e.g. care records and forms related to employment (for example timesheets to enable staff to be paid, record of training and development for regulation by the Care Quality Commission).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care and Support statutory guidance issued under the Care Act 2014 clearly articulates that local authorities should ensure that commissioned services result in effective provision of care. It states:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4.31 When commissioning services, local authorities should assure themselves and have evidence that contract terms, conditions and fee levels for care and support services are appropriate to provide the delivery of the agreed care packages with agreed quality of care. This should support and promote the wellbeing of people who receive care and support, and allow for the service provider ability to meet statutory obligations to pay at least minimum wage and provide effective training and development of staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This applies whether staff are directly employed or are agency staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Act guidance can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315993/Care-Act-Guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315993/Care-Act-Guidance.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 10/02/2015 16:38:58 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

50445

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
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 beneficial effects on patient wellbeing and rate of recovery of hospital beds overlooking green spaces.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	198308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Healthcare facilities should provide a therapeutic environment in which the overall design of the building contributes to the process of healing. In 2013, the Department published design guidance for acute and mental health hospital inpatient settings acknowledging that views outside, together with access to sunshine or direct daylight, have been shown to benefit a patient's recovery. This might include landscaped gardens or a courtyard with good-quality natural planting. Copies of the guidance, <em>Health Building Note 04-01: Adult in-patient facilities</em> and <em>Health Building Note 03-01: Adult Acute Mental Health Units</em>, have been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ198306_8 - Library Doc - Report - Part 1.pdf title Health Building Note 03-01 2 file name PQ198306_8 - Library Doc - Report - Part 2.pdf title Health Building Note 04-01 grouped question UIN 198306 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

50446

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
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 studies his Department has assessed on the treatment of depression and anxiety by increasing access to green spaces in urban areas.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	198306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Healthcare facilities should provide a therapeutic environment in which the overall design of the building contributes to the process of healing. In 2013, the Department published design guidance for acute and mental health hospital inpatient settings acknowledging that views outside, together with access to sunshine or direct daylight, have been shown to benefit a patient's recovery. This might include landscaped gardens or a courtyard with good-quality natural planting. Copies of the guidance, <em>Health Building Note 04-01: Adult in-patient facilities</em> and <em>Health Building Note 03-01: Adult Acute Mental Health Units</em>, have been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ198306_8 - Library Doc - Report - Part 1.pdf title Health Building Note 03-01 2 file name PQ198306_8 - Library Doc - Report - Part 2.pdf title Health Building Note 04-01 grouped question UIN 198308 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

48540

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 uses to decide whether to prescribe Kadcyla using funds from the Cancer Drugs Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	196787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for administering the Cancer Drugs Fund. Its national Cancer Drugs Fund clinical panel added Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) for the treatment of HER2-positive locally advanced/unresectable or metastatic breast cancer to its national cohort policies list in February 2014. Further information on how the panel made its decision is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/cdf/</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	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

48577

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 ensure the prescription of drugs by doctors is not influenced by financial payments from pharmaceutical companies.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	196748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The offer of gifts and benefits to healthcare professionals is strictly regulated under regulation 300 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. This provides that, where medicines are being promoted to healthcare professionals who prescribe or supply medicines, no gift, pecuniary advantage or benefit may be offered or supplied unless it is inexpensive and relevant to the practice of medicine or pharmacy. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency or the industry self-regulatory body, the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, would investigate any complaint about inappropriate payments made by pharmaceutical companies under this regulation.</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	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn