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347706

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lung Diseases: Transplant Surgery
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 improve the matching of donated lungs with people waiting for lung transplants.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) in collaboration with clinicians, organ advisory groups and other interested parties, is in the process of reviewing the current lung allocation process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This review will consider proposals for a national lung allocation scheme and the processes and systems needed to implement this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSBT continues to work closely with clinicians to ensure donated organs are used for transplantation wherever appropriate.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 10:50:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

347714

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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 assessment NHS England has made of the potential effect of three private proton therapy centres becoming operational in England in 2016 on University College Hospital London and the Christie Hospital Manchester's plans to build NHS proton therapy centres.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England’s proton beam therapy (PBT) strategy is to deliver high quality PBT care within an integrated clinical environment using state of the art equipment for National Health Service patients. NHS England is committed to commissioning services from the planned Government-funded PBT facilities at University College Hospital London NHS Foundation Trust and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and as such has not entered into commissioning discussions with any private sector PBT market entrants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2015 15:04:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

347753

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	King George 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 factors he took into account in deciding the timing of the announcement of the closure of accident and emergency services at King George Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-05-27/119/" target="_blank">119</a>.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/06/2015 14:35:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

347755

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Brain Tumours: Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in England have used stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to treat both benign and malignant tumours of the brain; which of those hospitals have contracts with NHS England to deliver SRS; and which non-contracted hospitals have received payment from NHS England for delivering SRS since 1 April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The following hospitals were contracted NHS England providers of stereotactic radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in 2013-14:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge;</p><p> </p><p>- Bupa Cromwell, London;</p><p> </p><p>- Derriford Hospital, Plymouth;</p><p> </p><p>- Mount Vernon Hospital, Middlesex;</p><p> </p><p>- Nova Healthcare/Leeds Teaching Hospitals;</p><p> </p><p>- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals;</p><p> </p><p>- Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire;</p><p> </p><p>- Salford Royal Hospital, Salford/The Christie, Manchester;</p><p> </p><p>- St Bartholomew Hospital, London;</p><p> </p><p>- Thornbury Gamma Knife® Centre, Sheffield;</p><p> </p><p>- The Walton Centre, Liverpool/Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Wirral;</p><p> </p><p>- University Hospital Birmingham; and</p><p> </p><p>- University Hospital Bristol.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In early 2013-14, during the transition period associated with setting up the new commissioning arrangements, NHS England paid for SRS activity from two non-contracted providers: Queens Square Radiotherapy Centre Ltd and the Thornbury Radiosurgery Centre Ltd. However, during 2013 the Thornbury Centre became a contracted provider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 11:08:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

347756

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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, when NHS England will publish the results of its review of stereotactic radiosurgery; and for what reasons NHS England is not publishing all submissions to that review.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England undertook a service review and needs assessment during 2014, with appropriate public consultation, which concluded that a procurement process was required to ensure that patients are able to access high quality sustainable stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy services. The consultation report is due to be published shortly, which will also describe the next steps to further improve these services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with other similar public consultation exercises, NHS England is due to publish a consultation report outlining the key themes of the consultation findings on its website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2015 12:16:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

347786

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the speech at the Hay Festival by the Minister for Life Sciences on 21 May 2015, what plans he has to introduce a sugar tax.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to introduce a sugar tax.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/06/2015 15:02:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

347788

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heroin: Overdoses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions were related to heroin overdoses in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The data requested is published in the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s annual ‘Hospital Episode Statistics, Admitted patient care – England’ report, which are available here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/searchcatalogue?q=title%3A%22Hospital+Episode+Statistics%2C+Admitted+patient+care+-+England%22&amp;area=&amp;size=10&amp;sort=Relevance" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/searchcatalogue?q=title%3A%22Hospital+Episode+Statistics%2C+Admitted+patient+care+-+England%22&amp;area=&amp;size=10&amp;sort=Relevance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/06/2015 15:10:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

347279

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Maternal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether there is a correlation between access to abortion and maintaining a low maternal mortality rate; and what the evidential basis is for that assessment.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment on whether there is a correlation between access to abortion and maintaining a low maternal mortality rate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/06/2015 15:08:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

347287

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hepatitis: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the national improvement framework for hepatitis C being developed by NHS England and Public Health England is expected to be released.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is currently reviewing the commissioning strategy for hepatitis C. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is considering the new oral drugs for hepatitis C treatment. Once NHS England has completed its process and NICE has published new treatment guidelines, NHS England, in partnership with Public Health England and the Department, will review the draft Improvement Framework and make amendments where necessary to ensure it is ‘fit for purpose’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/06/2015 11:53:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

347387

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of implementing in full the guidance issued by NICE in 2013 on in-vitro fertilisation; and on what basis of calculation that estimate was reached.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The commissioning of fertility services is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect all those involved in commissioning infertility treatment services to be fully aware of the importance of having regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility guidelines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of the cost to the National Health Service of implementing the NICE Guideline for Fertility published in February 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 435 question first answered 02/06/2015 13:53:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger