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100207

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the answer of 21 October 2014 to question 210443, how many clinical commissioning groups commission foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and foetal alcohol syndrome services.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term used to describe a range of conditions associated with prenatal alcohol exposure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Early intervention services can help reduce some of the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and prevent some of the secondary disabilities that result.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for commissioning these services lies with clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2014 11:14:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100208

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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 discussions the Government has had with the private sector and voluntary sector health providers in relation to the Ebola crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Since July 2014, Public Health England (PHE) has been issuing advice to health care providers about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The outbreak was declared an international public health emergency by the United Nations in August. The advice from PHE has been extensive, covering issues such as guidance on the management of patients and infection control and prevention for staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Chief Medical Officer has issued three Central Alerting System alerts on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, on 2 July, 1 August and 7 October. The alert reminded healthcare providers to remain vigilant for cases imported to the United Kingdom, emphasising the importance of taking a full travel history when assessing relevant patients and information on identifying and managing possible cases of Ebola virus disease and actions for all clinicians to ensure preparedness for the possibility of an imported case in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These alerts were cascaded to the entire NHS in England, as well as PHE, PHE Consultants in Communicable Disease Control, PHE Consultants in Health Protection,</p><p> </p><p>Trust Microbiologists, Virologists and Infectious Disease Clinicians, private hospitals across England and Clinical Commissioning Group Leads. The alert was also sent to the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2014 11:32:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100418

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Liver Diseases: Hepatitis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any Commissioning for Quality and Innovation payments are currently in operation relating to (a) liver disease and (b) hepatitis C.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>There are no Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) payments currently in operation relating to liver disease and hepatitis C. However, there are some local acute and community services CQUIN goals relating to specialist assessment or treatment for alcohol misuse, one of the major causes of liver disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More detail on CQUINs can be found on NHS England’s website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2014 16:34:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100807

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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 his Department has spent on public awareness campaigns on cancer in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows spend figures, by the Department and Public Health England, for public awareness campaigns on cancer between 2010-11 and 2013-14:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Media Spend (£ millions)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.55</p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>6.46</p></td><td><p>7.38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. Since 2010-11 the Department has run a serioes of <em>Be Clear on Cancer</em> campagins, in April 2013 reponsibility for these campagins transfrered to Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p>2. Figures are net plus media buying agency fees and commissions (rounded to nearest £10,000)</p><p> </p><p>3. Figures exclude VAT and Central Office of Information (COI) fees.</p><p> </p><p>4. Media spend includes expenditure for advertising on Television, Radio, National Press, Regional Press, Out of Home (Outdoor), Cinema and Digital.</p><p> </p><p>5. Final figures for 2014-15 are not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2014 16:55:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100808

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 210930, when the final independent market survey will report.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>This is an independent report, a publication date has not been agreed, however we expect it to be shortly.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2014 14:34:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100809

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola: West Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff are helping with Ebola in West Africa; and what steps he has taken to provide cover for those staff.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer wrote to National Health Service medical and nursing directors on 19 September seeking volunteers to help efforts on the ground in West Africa. Currently 886 NHS staff have put their names forward. Not all of them will be accepted and NHS trusts will have to agree to their staff taking special leave. Funding for backfilling these posts will be available to NHS trusts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, a number of NHS staff are working as volunteers to tackle Ebola in West Africa. This is primarily done on an individual basis through voluntary and non-Government organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department, with NHS England and others, will ensure that the NHS remains resilient going forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 28/10/2014 16:13:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100880

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the emphasis placed on tackling and preventing lifestyle-related diseases in the NHS Five Year Forward View, published in October 2014, whether he has any plans to review and reform the voluntary responsibility deal.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The emphasis placed on tackling and preventing lifestyle-related diseases in the NHS Five Year Forward View underlines the importance of the Public Health Responsibility Deal and the part it plays in supporting people to make healthier choices and tackle the behaviours which lead to chronic health conditions. Over 700 community, voluntary, public sector (National Health Service as well as national and local Government), public health and commercial organisations have signed up to play their part in improving public health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Deal is already focussed on tackling many of the key causes of lifestyle-related ill health outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View, including obesity, smoking and harmful drinking. The Deal’s pledges tackle a wide range of issues, including: healthier diets (e.g. reformulation for reduced salt levels, elimination of trans-fats and calorie reduction); fostering a culture of responsible drinking (e.g. lower alcohol by volume products, alcohol labelling, increasing awareness of alcohol units); increasing physical activity levels (e.g. physical activity in the workplace and active travel) and improving the health of their staff (e.g. accreditation of occupational health services, supporting employees with mental health conditions in the workplace, smoking cessation and healthier staff restaurants). The Deal will continue to play an important part in delivering these ambitions.</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 29/10/2014 17:09:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100881

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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, pursuant to his contribution of 13 October 2014, Official Report, column 30, on bed capacity for dealing with potential Ebola patients, how many additional beds will be made available; and at which hospitals they will be made available.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	211872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Health Service has two ‘Trexler’ beds on stand-by 24 hours a day at the Royal Free Hospital in London, available for use within six hours maximum to allow staff to be mobilised. If needed further beds at the Royal Free Hospital, Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital and Sheffield Teaching Hospital would be made available, totalling 12 beds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department believes this will be sufficient even in the event of an increase in the numbers of cases of Ebola in this country. If there is a significant upscale in numbers further beds could be made available. This would amount to at least 26 beds referenced in the Secretary of State for Health’s statement on 13 October, <em>Official Report, </em>Column 30.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/10/2014 17:30:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

101140

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2014 to Question 207051, whether a price for the meningitis B vaccine has been agreed with the manufacturer.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	212038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department is continuing negotiations for the supply of the meningococcal B vaccine Bexsero<sup>®</sup> with the manufacturer Novartis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:10:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

101141

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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, with reference to the decision by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to tighten infection control guidance for US healthcare settings, what steps he has taken to revise guidance for health workers on caring for patients for Ebola.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	212037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) are reviewing the details of the guidance recently published by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to identify any elements of good practice that should be considered for introduction into the United Kingdom. Initial reviews of the information that we have received so far suggest that the CDC and PHE guidance are functionally comparable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 17:11:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger