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101568

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support and screening facilities his Department has provided for health service volunteers assisting with the Ebola virus crisis in West Africa.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	212400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Health is collaborating with a number of Government Departments, Agencies and non-governmental organisation partners to provide support and screening to health service volunteers assisting with the Ebola crisis in West Africa. This work is being managed by the Department for International Development in conjunction with UK Med.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Med run the <em>UK International Emergency Medical</em>, of UK surgeons, anaesthetists, emergency physicians/nurses and other supporting medical, nursing and paramedical staff. They ensure that those who volunteer for this programme of work are appropriately trained, prepared and accountable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme comprises a robust selection process, pre-deployment preparations and occupational health and psychological screening, training in the United Kingdom with further training and mentoring in Sierra Leone, and advice and support from Public Health England on monitoring health on return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:33:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

91043

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the number of children diagnosed with diabetes between 2005 and 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	208620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre collects information via the National Diabetes Audit and reports on the provision of core diabetes care. However this does not include a full picture of the number of children diagnosed with diabetes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that around 97% of children with diabetes have Type 1, which is unrelated to lifestyle factors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/09/2014 15:23:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

79249

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there were in the number of people diagnosed with diabetes between 2004 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	206839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Quality and Outcomes Framework has been collating data on the number of adults aged 17 years and older who have been diagnosed with diabetes and are on general practice diabetes registers. In 2005 there were 1,766,391 adults aged 17 years and older with diagnosed diabetes on general practice registers. In 2013 this number was 2,703,044.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/09/2014 11:49:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

66109

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Institute for Health Research has reported to his Department the results of the research commissioned on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	204216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme is funding a systematic review of evidence on the benefits, harms and costs of treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.</p><p> </p><p>The researchers have sent the report of the review to the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, based at the University of Southampton, which manages the HTA programme on behalf of the Department. The report is expected to be published in the journal <em>Health Technology Assessment</em> in January 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/07/2014 15:41:39 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

60997

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Muscular Dystrophy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in licensing drugs to deal with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>On 22 May 2014, the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for Translarna (ataluren), an orphan designated medicine for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused by nonsense mutations. Translarna is to be used in patients aged five years and older who are able to walk.</p><p>The CHMP opinion on Translarna will now be sent to the European Commission for adoption of a decision on an European Union-wide marketing authorisation.</p><p>Other products are currently in various stages of development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/06/2014 16:35:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49195

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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, how many complaints against GPs have resulted in a GP being struck off by the General Medical Council in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is an independent body and responsible for dealing firmly and fairly with doctors whose fitness to practise is in doubt. The information in this response has been provided by the GMC.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the numbers of complaints against general practitioners (GPs) and the number of investigations resulting from those complaints in each of the last five years. Table 2 shows the number of GPs erased from the register in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Complaints</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Investigations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,773</p></td><td><p>2,085</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,758</p></td><td><p>564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>7,153</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8,781</p></td><td><p>3,291</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10,347</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,708</p></td><td><p>1,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9,866</p></td><td><p>3,530</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,939</p></td><td><p>1,098</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Erased</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Note</strong><strong>:</strong>The number of complaints and investigations are directly related but the number of erasures are not necessarily related or from the same cohort of cases that are received/investigated for the same year given the timing of complaints and final hearings/appeals. Also to note, the GMC changed the way it recorded enquiries in 2013. The GMC no longer record notification around Performers Lists unless there is a wider fitness to practice concern. The numbers are therefore not directly comparable to previous years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49198

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to families with children with autism.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The Care Bill has simplified the process for adult carers in England to access an assessment of need for social care, based on the appearance of a need for support.</p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act has introduced new arrangements for supporting young people with a special educational need, and their families. A single assessment involving professionals and commissioners, and the child's family, will identify the care needs for the child or young person (from ages 0 to 25) to inform an individual Education, Health and Care Plan focusing on outcomes and the integrated services to deliver them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

48827

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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 tackle the increase of type 2 diabetes; and what work is being done to identify best practice and share knowledge throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	196845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The NHS Health Check programme is a risk assessment and management programme aimed at preventing a range of illnesses, including diabetes. Economic modelling has shown that potentially it can prevent more than 4,000 people a year from developing diabetes.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is supporting local authorities to deliver the NHS Health Check programme. Take up continues to improve with the number of checks being undertaken up by 13% compared to the same period last year.</p><p> </p><p>Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) focus on priority service areas to help improve the quality and equity of care and outcomes by bringing together those who use, provide and commission services in the area they serve. There are 12 Cardiovascular Disease Strategic Clinical Networks, 10 of which have dedicated diabetes clinical leads, and they support the prevention of Type 2 diabetes, and identify and share good practice within their areas. Diabetes UK is supporting meetings between the NHS England National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes, and the diabetes clinical leads and associate directors of the SCNs to help ensure that best practice is shared across all 12 regional networks.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell