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168659

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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 monies have been set aside to fund litigation proceedings launched by independent practitioners in response to the recently acknowledged failings of the Care Quality Commission's Intelligent Monitoring methodology.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	217678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. As the CQC is responsible for developing its own methodology for assessing whether providers are meeting the registration requirements, the CQC would be responsible for any legal proceedings that arose in relation to that methodology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC has advised that it will deal with any legal proceedings that may be brought against it. It has made no specific arrangements, as each case must be reviewed on its merits.</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 11/12/2014 16:10:12 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

168661

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Influenza: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency have received an influenza vaccine in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	217739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of people who received an influenza vaccine is only available for Warrington. The total number of general practitioner registered persons reported to have received influenza vaccine over the past five seasons is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- 2009-10 (pandemic influenza) Warrington Primary Care Trust (PCT) – 17,323 people vaccinated;</p><p> </p><p>- 2010-11 Warrington PCT – 34,214 people vaccinated;</p><p> </p><p>- 2011-12 Warrington PCT – 35,961 people vaccinated;</p><p> </p><p>- 2012-13 Warrington PCT – 36,182 people vaccinated; and</p><p> </p><p>- 2013-14 Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group – 39,275 people vaccinated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/12/2014 15:54:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

168674

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what qualifications are required for working on, designing or undertaking analytical processing under the heading of Intelligent Monitoring; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	217647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC is responsible for the recruitment of its own workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC has advised that it ensures that all staff appointed have the necessary skills and expertise to fulfil their roles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Among the skills, qualifications and experience required for the role are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills and previous experience of working in an analytical role.</p><p> </p><p>- Experience of interpreting and presenting data sets to a wide range of audiences.</p><p> </p><p>- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with experience of preparing and presenting high-level reports on complex issues.</p><p> </p><p>- Understanding of how intelligence is used in a risk based regulatory model.</p><p> </p><p>- Knowledge and understanding of health and/or social care data sets.</p><p> </p><p>- Experience of using management information systems to ensure an integrated information approach.</p><p> </p><p>- Experience of working with consistent analytic frameworks.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The CQC’s Primary Medical Services Intelligent Monitoring team consists of six analytical staff. The team draws on particular expertise from across the CQC, for example clinical, sector policy and statistical advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 11/12/2014 15:33:20 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

168975

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fracking
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 for fracking of shale gas to result in radon contamination of homes.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	906581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>A number of potential radon exposure pathways, including the presence of radon in homes, were considered in the recent report by Public Health England into the potential public health consequences of exposure to chemical and radioactive pollutants as a result of shale gas extraction.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report is available at the following address:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shale-gas-extraction-review-of-the-potential-public-health-impacts-of-exposures-to-chemical-and-radioactive-pollutants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shale-gas-extraction-review-of-the-potential-public-health-impacts-of-exposures-to-chemical-and-radioactive-pollutants</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/12/2014 16:14:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

168976

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Poultry Meat
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 that consumers are protected from high levels of campylobacter in poultry.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	906573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (FSA) is working in partnership with industry to tackle <em>Campylobacter</em>, exploring a range of interventions targeted at different points in the food chain to reduce contamination levels before the meat reaches the consumer. Also, in publishing the quarterly results of its UK-wide microbiological survey of <em>Campylobacter</em> contamination in fresh whole chilled chickens at retail sale, the FSA is maintaining consumer awareness of the issue and encouraging retailer action.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The FSA has provided guidance for consumers on the safety measures that they can take to reduce their risk of spreading and contracting <em>Campylobacter</em> from raw poultry in the home and this featured in its Food Safety Week campaign earlier in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/12/2014 16:19:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

168034

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS medical practitioners at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number and proportion of National Health Service medical practitioners, staff in clinical leadership positions, staff in administrative or support roles and staff in administrative leadership roles by ethnicity. The data is from the latest provisional monthly workforce statistics for August 2014 and the provisional NHS staff earnings estimates, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some staff will be counted twice within this table due to the overlap between the specified staff groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 217279 217280 217283 question first answered 11/12/2014 16:42:43 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Number and proportion of staff by ethnicity.xlsx title Number and proportion of staff by ethnicity
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168035

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of staff in clinical leadership positions within the NHS at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number and proportion of National Health Service medical practitioners, staff in clinical leadership positions, staff in administrative or support roles and staff in administrative leadership roles by ethnicity. The data is from the latest provisional monthly workforce statistics for August 2014 and the provisional NHS staff earnings estimates, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some staff will be counted twice within this table due to the overlap between the specified staff groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 217278 217280 217283 question first answered 11/12/2014 16:42:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Number and proportion of staff by ethnicity.xlsx title Number and proportion of staff by ethnicity
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168036

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS staff in administrative leadership roles at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number and proportion of National Health Service medical practitioners, staff in clinical leadership positions, staff in administrative or support roles and staff in administrative leadership roles by ethnicity. The data is from the latest provisional monthly workforce statistics for August 2014 and the provisional NHS staff earnings estimates, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some staff will be counted twice within this table due to the overlap between the specified staff groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 217278 217279 217280 question first answered 11/12/2014 16:42:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Number and proportion of staff by ethnicity.xlsx title Number and proportion of staff by ethnicity
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168037

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve health outcomes for people who identify as (a) Gypsy, Roma or Travellers and (b) being from other ethnic minority background.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The Inclusion Health programme seeks to improve the way we meet the health needs of some of the most vulnerable groups, including Gypsies, Travellers and Roma. We set up the National Inclusion Health Board, an expert group to provide focus and leadership on the needs of those most vulnerable to poor health outcomes. The board has published guidance on commissioning inclusive health services by ensuring local planning tools – such as the joint strategic needs assessment – are sufficiently comprehensive to take account of the needs of these groups. It has also sought to identify these groups in data collections across the country to provide the intelligence needed to support health and wellbeing strategies for these groups. Other work is in hand, on some of the social circumstances that shape the health outcomes of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, and on the education and training of health professionals for working with these vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have introduced an Equality Delivery System toolkit to help National Health Service organisations comply with the public sector equality duty. This toolkit is designed to support NHS commissioners and providers to deliver better outcomes for all patients and communities, including those from ethnic minority groups. It allows NHS organisations to monitor their equality performance jointly with their patients, communities and staff, in regard to each of the nine characteristics given protection under the 2010 Equality Act, including race.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/12/2014 16:00:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168039

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS staff in administrative or support roles at the latest date for which such figures are available identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number and proportion of National Health Service medical practitioners, staff in clinical leadership positions, staff in administrative or support roles and staff in administrative leadership roles by ethnicity. The data is from the latest provisional monthly workforce statistics for August 2014 and the provisional NHS staff earnings estimates, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some staff will be counted twice within this table due to the overlap between the specified staff groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 217278 217279 217283 question first answered 11/12/2014 16:42:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Number and proportion of staff by ethnicity.xlsx title Number and proportion of staff by ethnicity
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson