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599469

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus: Disease Control
	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 help prevent the Zika virus from entering the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	48087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The female mosquitoes responsible for Zika virus transmission are not native to the United Kingdom and it is considered highly unlikely they could survive the current UK climatic conditions long enough to become established. The risk to public health posed by Zika virus is, therefore, very low and no greater than the risks posed by other mosquito-borne infections, such as malaria, for example.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England monitors various insect vectors (in particular, mosquitoes) in the UK through surveillance projects that it runs in collaboration with a range of organisations across the UK. In England, detection of an invasive species considered to pose a threat to the UK would trigger the use of appropriate control measures.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is ensuring UK residents travelling to countries with active Zika transmission are encouraged to take measures to minimise the risk of being bitten by mosquitoes, for example through the use of insect repellent.</p><p> </p><p>Up-to-date travel advice is in place, and clinical advice is available to UK medical professionals. More information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/zika-virus-zikv-clinical-and-travel-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/zika-virus-zikv-clinical-and-travel-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 17/10/2016 16:51:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

599575

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young offenders residing within the justice system who have a diagnosed mental health disorder.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	47974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 19/10/2016 15:55:35 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

599460

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery: Merseyside
	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 number of cancelled elective operations in the (a) Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust, (b) St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Services NHS Trust, (c) Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (d) Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, (e) Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust and (f) Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	48124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>NHS England publishes information each quarter on the number of last minute elective operations cancelled for non-clinical reasons. The following table shows this information for the specified trusts in the two most recent quarters. A last minute cancellation is defined as when a patient’s operation is cancelled by the hospital on or after the day of admission, including the day of surgery, for non-clinical reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Number of last minute elective operations cancelled for non-clinical reasons for specified trusts, Quarter 4 2015/16 and Quarter 1 2016/17</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Quarter 4 2015/16</p></td><td><p>Quarter 1 2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Services NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southport And Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>Cancelled elective operations, NHS England</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Note</em>:</p><p>Quarter 2 data will be published on 11 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/10/2016 10:16:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

599545

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Surgery: Liverpool City Region
	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 Liverpool City Region are currently on a waiting list for elective surgery.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	48191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The number of patients reported at the end of August 2016 who were on a referral to treatment pathway and were waiting to start consultant-led treatment for each clinical commissioning group (CCG) within the Liverpool City region are shown in the table below. These patients will be at various points along the pathway including, for example, waiting for an outpatient appointment or a diagnostic test. It is therefore not possible to separately identify how many of these patients were waiting for elective surgery or for an outpatient hospital appointment.</p><p> </p><p>Referral to treatment waiting times for incomplete pathways August 2016</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>CCG</p></td><td><p>August 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton CCG</p></td><td><p>9,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley CCG</p></td><td><p>10,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool CCG</p></td><td><p>31,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Sefton CCG</p></td><td><p>11,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southport and Formby CCG</p></td><td><p>8,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens CCG</p></td><td><p>11,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral CCG</p></td><td><p>21,880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>105,003</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times, NHS England</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 48192 question first answered 19/10/2016 10:13:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

599510

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Stem Cells: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients who have been denied a second allogeneic stem cell transplant following an individual funding request in each of the last three years; and what estimate his Department has made of the associated cost saving to the health service.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	47980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The total number of Individual Funding Requests for a second allogenic stem cell transplant that were declined during the calendar years 2013, 2014 and 2015 is below NHS England’s threshold for releasing individual data, as fewer than 10 individual funding requests were declined.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the complexity of such treatments, and any alternatives used, it is not possible to assess any associated cost impact to the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 17/10/2016 16:46:27 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

599477

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radiology: Staff
	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 enable more radiologists to be trained and approved to carry out breast cancer mammogram imagery.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	48084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Training and recruitment of the workforce needed to deliver care is a matter for the health department in each of the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>In England, Health Education England (HEE) is conducting work to recruit more trainees into Radiology. As part of the investment planning process, Clinical Radiologists have been prioritised with plans to increase training posts by 32 to 1,144 for 2016-17 recruitment. Clinical Radiology has also been one of the five large specialty reviews undertaken by the HEE planning team this year.</p><p> </p><p>Recent trends in Clinical Radiology Consultants in the National Health Service:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>As at 31 March</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Growth 2010-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whole Time Equivalents</p></td><td><p>2,247</p></td><td><p>2,326</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td><td><p>2,472</p></td><td><p>2,531</p></td><td><p>2,653</p></td><td><p>406 (18.1%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>NHS Digital’s NHS Workforce Statistics - October 2015, Provisional statistics</p><p> </p><p>The content and standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. The GMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that medical students and newly qualified doctors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 17:09:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

598898

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Preventive Medicine: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to increase funding for preventative measures to support under 16 year olds to stay healthy and prevent avoidable chronic disease in later life.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	uin	HL2206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Responsibility for commissioning public health services for children from 0-19 now lies with local authorities. This affords the opportunity to commission based on local need and recognises that local government is best placed to identify the needs of their populations and to influence many of the wider factors that affect health and wellbeing.</p><p>The Department launched <em>Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action</em> in August this year. The plan focuses on actions that are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing childhood obesity and maintaining a healthy weight. Physical activity is a key strand of the plan and, from September 2017, we will double the Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium funding to £320 million. A copy of the plan is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 25/10/2016 14:45:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf title Childhood Obesity Plan
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

599523

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS prescription charge penalty charge notices were issued in the last year for which figures are available; and how much was recovered in (a) prescription income and (b) penalty charges and surcharges in the last year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	48026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The number of National Health Service prescription charge penalty charge notices issued between September 2015 and August 2016, which is the most recent 12-month period for which we have complete data, was 780,953. Where no response was received to the initial penalty charge notice a follow up surcharge letter was issued to the patient. For the same period a total of 333,508 surcharge letters were issued.</p><p>The value of the recovered prescription income in this period was £2,556,941, and the value of the income from penalty charges and surcharges was £8,678,911 and £745,830, respectively.</p><p>Since taking over the administration of the Prescription Exemption Checking Service in September 2014, the NHS Business Services Authority has not issued any court proceedings for debt recovery in relation to NHS prescription charges and penalties.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 48027 question first answered 17/10/2016 15:25:36 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

599527

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many proceedings for debt recovery the NHS has issued in the county court for NHS prescription charges and penalties in the last year for which information is available; how many such proceedings resulted in recovery of the outstanding money.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	48027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The number of National Health Service prescription charge penalty charge notices issued between September 2015 and August 2016, which is the most recent 12-month period for which we have complete data, was 780,953. Where no response was received to the initial penalty charge notice a follow up surcharge letter was issued to the patient. For the same period a total of 333,508 surcharge letters were issued.</p><p>The value of the recovered prescription income in this period was £2,556,941, and the value of the income from penalty charges and surcharges was £8,678,911 and £745,830, respectively.</p><p>Since taking over the administration of the Prescription Exemption Checking Service in September 2014, the NHS Business Services Authority has not issued any court proceedings for debt recovery in relation to NHS prescription charges and penalties.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 48026 question first answered 17/10/2016 15:25:36 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

599461

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he take steps to raise awareness among pregnant women of the (a) risks of alcohol consumption and (b) benefits of zero alcohol consumption.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	48111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The new United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ (CMO) low risk drinking guidelines provide the public with the most up to date scientific information to help people make informed decisions about their own drinking.</p><p>The guideline for women who are pregnant or think they could become pregnant, is that the safest approach is not to drink alcohol at all, to reduce risks to the baby to a minimum.</p><p>The UK CMOs’ low risk drinking guidelines can be found at Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-consumption-advice-on-low-risk-drinking" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-consumption-advice-on-low-risk-drinking</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 18/10/2016 10:54:05 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon