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147558

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
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 develop and support the cancer screening programme.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	214020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The NHS Cancer Screening Programmes screen millions of people each year in order to detect cancer or abnormalities which could develop into cancer if left undetected and untreated. They are supported by a national co-ordinating team and regional quality assurance teams in Public Health England (PHE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the specific programmes, NHS England and PHE are working together to set up screening centres for Bowel Scope Screening (BSS) for 55 year-olds as an addition to the current NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Our commitment is to have BSS rolled out to 60% of screening centres in England by the end of March 2015, and to all screening centres in England by the end of 2016. In addition, as part of the original programme, PHE are piloting a new form of home testing kit (faecal immunochemical testing - FIT) which is easier to use and potentially more accurate than the current faecal occult blood (FOB) test used in the programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme has developed considerably with the use of digital mammography in screening clinics and the extensions to the age range for screening women, including the current randomised controlled trial screening 47-49 and 71-73 year-old women. Around 97.1% of women who have had invasive breast cancer detected by screening are alive five years later and over three quarters of the women whose cancer is detected by the programme do not need chemotherapy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NHS Cervical Screening Programme is currently piloting the use of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as the primary screen for cervical disease in order to achieve better, more personalised outcomes for women. Through early detection and treatment the NHS Cervical Screening Programme can prevent around 75% of cervical cancers developing; where an early cancer is found, women with cervical cancer diagnosed by screening have a better chance of being cured than those who present with symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All NHS screening programmes are based on National Screening Committee recommendations using the best evidence available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/11/2014 14:08:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

147560

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
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 support the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	214021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Through <em>Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer </em>(2011), the Government has invested an additional £750 million in improving cancer services, including over £450 million supporting earlier diagnosis. Earlier diagnosis is an essential element in delivering against the Government’s ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives from cancer per year by 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative, the Department continues to work in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), NHS England, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and other public and voluntary sector organisations to support centrally led Be Clear on Cancer symptom awareness campaigns and work to support general practitioners and primary care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know that diagnosis at an early stage of a cancer’s development leads to improved survival chances. An indicator on the proportion of cancers diagnosed at an early stage is therefore a useful proxy for assessing improvements in cancer survival rates. This is why the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) includes an indicator on the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>PHE has published the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 or 2 as part of PHOF. This has also been published as part of the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcome Indicator Set. PHE’s National Cancer Intelligence Network is using these staging data to examine the impact of the Be Clear on Cancer campaigns on any shift in the stage at diagnosis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 214022 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:00:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

147561

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it an objective of his Department to reduce late stage (3 and 4) cancer diagnosis and increase the proportion of cancers diagnosed at early stage (1 and 2).
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	214022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Through <em>Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer </em>(2011), the Government has invested an additional £750 million in improving cancer services, including over £450 million supporting earlier diagnosis. Earlier diagnosis is an essential element in delivering against the Government’s ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives from cancer per year by 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative, the Department continues to work in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), NHS England, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and other public and voluntary sector organisations to support centrally led Be Clear on Cancer symptom awareness campaigns and work to support general practitioners and primary care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know that diagnosis at an early stage of a cancer’s development leads to improved survival chances. An indicator on the proportion of cancers diagnosed at an early stage is therefore a useful proxy for assessing improvements in cancer survival rates. This is why the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) includes an indicator on the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>PHE has published the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 or 2 as part of PHOF. This has also been published as part of the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcome Indicator Set. PHE’s National Cancer Intelligence Network is using these staging data to examine the impact of the Be Clear on Cancer campaigns on any shift in the stage at diagnosis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 214021 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:00:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

142210

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patient safety incidents have been reported to the National Reporting and Learning System in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Paul Uppal
uin	213780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold information on the number of patient safety incidents that have occurred in England in each year since 2000. Patient Safety Incidents occurring in the National Health Service are reported to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) whose primary purpose is to enable learning from patient safety incidents. The NRLS was established in late 2003 as a largely voluntary scheme for reporting patient safety incidents, and therefore it does not provide the definitive number of patient safety incidents occurring in the NHS. However, from 1 April 2010 it became mandatory for all providers registered with the Care Quality Commission (including all NHS trusts and foundation trusts) in England to report all serious patient safety incidents to the Care Quality Commission. To avoid duplication of reporting, providers of NHS services are encouraged to report all incidents resulting in death or severe harm to the NRLS which then reports them to the Care Quality Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At present, more than 100,000 patient safety incidents (including those resulting in no harm) are reported to the NRLS each month. However, these data are collated on a quarterly, rather than monthly basis. Detailed breakdowns on incidents reported are published twice-yearly and can be accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/collections/quarterly-data-summaries/" target="_blank">http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/collections/quarterly-data-summaries/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent spreadsheet providing quarterly data for the number of patient safety incidents reported to the NRLS from October 2003 to June 2014 is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NRLS is a dynamic reporting system, and the number of incidents recorded as occurring at any point in time may increase as a greater proportion of incidents are reported. Experience in other industries has shown that as an organisation’s reporting culture matures, staff become more likely to report incidents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 213775 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:22:48 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name NRLS Quarterly Data Workbook- Patient Safety Incidents.xls title Patient Safety Incidents- October 2003- June 2014
tabling member	4078 label Biography information for Paul Uppal

142212

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patient safety alerts have occurred in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Paul Uppal
uin	213781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Patient safety alerts are a crucial part of NHS England’s work to alert the healthcare system rapidly to risks and provide guidance on preventing potential incidents that may lead to harm or death. They are publications providing urgent information to healthcare providers via the Central Alerting System. Prior to the establishment of NHS England, patient safety alerts were issued by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not record the number of patient safety alerts issued by month; however, a list of alerts with their issue dates for the period 2013-2014 is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A full list of alerts issued by NPSA from 2002-2012 can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/alerts/" target="_blank">http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/alerts/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 18/11/2014 16:15:31 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Patient safety alerts.xlsx title List of Patient Safety Alerts 2013-14
tabling member	4078 label Biography information for Paul Uppal

142213

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who were discharged from acute mental health services received a seven-day follow-up in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	213815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The available information is provided below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Mental Health Minimum Data Set has data for the number of discharges from acute mental health services that received a seven-day follow-up in 2013-14. In 2013-14 there were 85,572 eligible discharges. Of these 62,121 were followed up within seven days, this represents 75.2% of eligible discharges being followed up within seven days.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>MyNHS includes an indicator, for seven-day follow-up, from mental health trusts. This is an important safety indicator, showing the continuity of care between in-patient and community teams providing mental health services.</p><p> </p><p><br> These indicators have been chosen as they tell us something about how services are performing. Being open and transparent has real benefits when it comes to improving outcomes for patients, and MyNHS is part of the Government’s commitment to create the most open and transparent healthcare system in the world. It will give professionals and organisations the opportunity to compare themselves with their peers; learn from each other and improve their services.</p><p> </p><p>MyNHS, will feature a dedicated section for mental health information, aiming to improve outcomes for those using mental health services as part of our push for parity of esteem with physical health services. The mental health indicators cover a range of issues including patient experience, bed occupancy and follow up care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 18/11/2014 15:58:41 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

142216

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England plans to introduce the new perinatal mental health pathway.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	213816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has committed in its business plan to develop and deliver by March 2015 a pathway to support women with perinatal mental health problems. NHS England is undertaking a detailed review of those services where a good maternal mental health pathway is in place and plan to share the learning from this review through guidance for commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 18/11/2014 12:54:07 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

142219

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the Chief Medical Officer to include a review of perinatal mental health in her forthcoming report on women's health.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	213817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer's report is an independent report made to government. The Chief Medical Officer selects the topics to cover, guided by her duty to increase transparency about the state of the public's health and to advocate for change benefiting the public's health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The current Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, releases her annual report in two volumes. She expects to publish, in September 2015, a volume focussing on some of the issues directly related to women's health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Chief Medical Officer and her Editor in Chief, Dr Edward Mullins, are currently discussing proposed report content with healthcare professionals, academics, voluntary sector organisations, representatives of patient groups and policy officials in government organisations. These discussions inform the Chief Medical Officer's final decision on the detailed report content which she expects to make in December 2014. The Chief Medical Officer will then send invitations for written contributions to her report to selected individuals in December 2014 and January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will relay the hon. Member’s interest in perinatal mental health to the Chief Medical Officer.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 18/11/2014 16:05:14 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

142221

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research on the potential implications for his Department's policy and resources of the comparative effect on (a) mental and (b) physical health of (i) death of a close relative, (ii) divorce and (iii) moving out of a long-term family home.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	213808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Death of a close relative, divorce, and moving out of a long-term family home are all life events that can have significant impact on health and wellbeing. The Department has no plans to commission research specifically on the potential implications for the Department’s policies and resources of the comparative effect of these life events on mental and physical health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Policy Research Programme (PRP) commissions high quality, research-based evidence relevant to the full policy remit of the Department. Details of commissioned projects are available on the website of the PRP Central Commissioning Facility at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.prp-ccf.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.prp-ccf.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/11/2014 16:09:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

142222

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the uptake of the Sign up to Safety campaign in each (a) region and (b) clinical commissioning group area.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Paul Uppal
uin	213774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>As at the end of October 2014, a total number of 136 organisations have agreed to participate in the Sign up to Safety campaign. A breakdown by Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p><p>By AHSN region</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West of England</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Peninsula</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Coast</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East and North Cumbria</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>136</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information has not been split by clinical commissioning group. However 16 clinical commissioning groups have signed up to the campaign to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 18/11/2014 15:40:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4078 label Biography information for Paul Uppal