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62293

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date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ambulance response time for each category of call was in Bolton in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	200971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>The median response times to treatment for category A<sup>1</sup> calls in the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust<sup>2</sup>, April 2011<sup>3</sup> to April 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Median time (in minutes)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2011</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2011</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2012</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2012</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2012</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2012</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2012</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2013</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2013</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2013</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source</em>: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1</sup>Category A calls are defined as those that are the result of immediately life threatening incidents.</p><p><sup>2</sup>North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides services to the Bolton area. Ambulance response times are not readily available for areas smaller than those covered by one Ambulance Trust.</p><p><sup>3</sup>Information is not available before April 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/06/2014 15:25:24 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

62294

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Family Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department categorises the ellaOne pill as a contraceptive or abortifacient for the purposes of its record keeping.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	200977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>It is classed as a contraceptive.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/06/2014 14:21:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

62295

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure the referral to the relevant authorities of terminating doctors who do not fulfil their statutory obligations to fill in HSA4 forms correctly.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	200974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department has recently issued a range of guidance which will help clinicians to comply with the requirements of the Abortion Act, including their obligations with regard to the completing of HSA4 forms. In addition, we are working with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to take forward their recommendations on tackling under-reporting of abortions for fetal abnormality.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/06/2014 15:17:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

62296

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transplant Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on allowing the transplant of organs from people deceased outside of hospital.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
uin	200975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Organ donation following death outside of hospital is not broadly practiced in the United Kingdom. For organs to remain viable and suitable for transplantation, they must either be kept supplied with oxygen, blood and nutrients, or kept cold so that the metabolism of the cells is slowed right down. When someone's heart stops beating suddenly, the blood supply to organs stop and the cells begin to get starved of oxygen and nutrients and start to die. Therefore, there is a very narrow window of a few minutes between the heart stopping beating and the need for organs to be removed and preserved.</p><p> </p><p>A pilot programme is underway in Edinburgh for retrieval of organs from those who suffer a witnessed cardiac arrest from which they are unable to be resuscitated and are brought within minutes to the hospital. NHS Blood and Transplant is supporting this pilot and, depending on the outcome, will support further similar initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, health care professionals need to obtain consent and get a full medical history to ensure the organs are suitable for transplantation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/06/2014 14:19:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

62297

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Shingles: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the 70 to 79 age group have received a shingles vaccination since the vaccination programme began in September 2013; how many people he expects to take up the offer in the current cohort; when he expects that figure to be met; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	200651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Provisional vaccine uptake data for England show that about 360,000 70 to 79 year olds received the shingles vaccine between 1 September 2013 and 30 April 2014. The actual number will be higher as about 20% of general practitioner (GP) practices are not able to automatically submit uptake information. If it is assumed that the non-reporting practices have similar uptake rates to those that have reported, then the estimated total number of people aged 70 to 79 years receiving the vaccine in the first eight months of the programme, would be around 450,000.</p><p> </p><p>This is the first year of this immunisation programme and there is no formal target for the number to be vaccinated. Eligible patients aged 70 and 79 who have not yet received shingles vaccine during the 2013-14 programme will continue to be offered vaccination under the national programme until 31 August 2014. It is not possible to predict how many will take up the offer of vaccination in this period, but Public Health England expects vaccine uptake to continue to rise, and we would encourage those eligible individuals to contact their GP to arrange their vaccination if they have not already done so.</p><p> </p><p>Further provisional cumulative coverage data will be published on a quarterly basis, with the final annual coverage data for the 2013-14 programme due to be published in autumn 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/06/2014 14:15:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

62298

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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, how much and what proportion of national cancer spend was spent on radiotherapy in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	200655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table:</p><p>Estimated expenditure on cancer services and radiotherapy, 2008-09 to 2012-13, £ millions in 2012-13 prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cancers and tumours</p></td><td><p>Radiotherapy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>5,281</p></td><td><p>401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>5,908</p></td><td><p>435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5,685</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,565</p></td><td><p>473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,681</p></td><td><p>485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>Programme budgeting data, NHS England</p><p>Reference costs, Department of Health</p><p> </p><p>It is not appropriate for a given service to present reference costs as a proportion of programme budgeting expenditure. This is because radiotherapy data are calculated from reference costs, which are the unit costs to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs do not represent all expenditure in the NHS, and are costs to NHS providers whereas programme budgeting data are expenditure by NHS commissioners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 200654 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:09:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

62299

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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, how much in real-terms was spent on cancer services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	200654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table:</p><p>Estimated expenditure on cancer services and radiotherapy, 2008-09 to 2012-13, £ millions in 2012-13 prices</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cancers and tumours</p></td><td><p>Radiotherapy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>5,281</p></td><td><p>401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>5,908</p></td><td><p>435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5,685</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,565</p></td><td><p>473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,681</p></td><td><p>485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>Programme budgeting data, NHS England</p><p>Reference costs, Department of Health</p><p> </p><p>It is not appropriate for a given service to present reference costs as a proportion of programme budgeting expenditure. This is because radiotherapy data are calculated from reference costs, which are the unit costs to National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs do not represent all expenditure in the NHS, and are costs to NHS providers whereas programme budgeting data are expenditure by NHS commissioners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 200655 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:09:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

62300

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gastrointestinal System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on NHS patients receiving Enterra gastric stimulator treatment.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	200638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Funding of gastroelectrical stimulation procedures is a matter for local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). If a clinician considers that a patient in their care may benefit from this procedure, they would need to submit an Individual Funding Request to their CCG so that they can consider the case.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2014 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued new Interventional Procedure (IP) guidance on gastro-electrical stimulation for gastroparesis, which is a chronic disorder in which the stomach empties more slowly than normal. The guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/14531/67802/67802.pdf</p><p> </p><p>NICE's IP Programme assesses the safety and efficacy of (mainly) new procedures that are used for diagnosis or treatment that involve incision, puncture, entry into a body cavity or the use of ionising, electromagnetic or acoustic energy. Unlike NICE's technology appraisals programme, it is not within the remit of the IP Programme to evaluate the cost effectiveness of IPs or to advise the National Health Service on whether IPs should be funded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/06/2014 15:09:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

62301

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sexually Transmitted Infections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the current timetable is for the development of the HIV/STI national clinical audit.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
uin	201000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) commissions and manages the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme on behalf of NHS England. The HQIP has asked for expressions of interest from suitable providers who are able to design and complete a one year feasibility study to inform any future national clinical audit of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. The contract for the work will be awarded this summer. NHS England cannot disclose the number of expressions of interest that have been received at this stage as this is commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 201001 201002 question first answered 23/06/2014 15:09:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

62302

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sexually Transmitted Infections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many expressions of interest from eligible providers to develop the HIV/STI national clinical audit NHS England has received to date.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
uin	201001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) commissions and manages the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme on behalf of NHS England. The HQIP has asked for expressions of interest from suitable providers who are able to design and complete a one year feasibility study to inform any future national clinical audit of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. The contract for the work will be awarded this summer. NHS England cannot disclose the number of expressions of interest that have been received at this stage as this is commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 201000 201002 question first answered 23/06/2014 15:09:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns