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101567

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 contingency plans the Government is making for quarantine procedures for people entering the UK from countries where the Ebola virus is present in the event of a further spread of that virus.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	212378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>In addition to departure screening in affected countries, entry screening has been introduced for people travelling to the United Kingdom from Ebola infected areas. This also provides them with clear advice about immediate actions should they develop any relevant symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are already public health powers in place to enable the quarantining of an individual suffering from the symptoms of Ebola should they be needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the threat posed to the UK by the spread of Ebola virus disease, and the measures required to tackle it, under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:23:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

101647

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	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging for NHS services required because of injuries caused by alcohol or drug misuse.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	212524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>We recognise that drinking alcohol and drug use does place significant strain on the National Health Service, but there are both ethical and practical reasons not to seek payment from patients. The founding principle of the NHS is that services are free of charge, available to all on the basis of need, not ability to pay. It is funded accordingly, from general taxation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:40:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

105962

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
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 reduce variation in the price of IVF cycles between clinical commissioning groups.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	212894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>For National Health Service funded in-vitro fertilisation treatment, it is for clinical commissioning groups to decide with which fertility clinics to contract and agree the price payable with the service provider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/11/2014 17:39:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

142239

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Fees and Charges
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 effect of his Department’s guidance on charging for residential accommodation on the financial independence of adults in residential care.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	213681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Charging for Residential Accommodation Guidelines (CRAG) supports local authorities to interpret the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992. This guidance and the regulations will be repealed from April 2015 when new provisions under the Care Act 2014 come into force.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new charging framework introduces minimal changes in order to respond to the call for continuity and to enable local authorities to focus on preparing for implementation of the reforms recommended by the independent Commission on Funding Reform that the Care Act will also introduce. From April 2016 this will see the introduction of a cap on care costs that will protect people from the risk of catastrophic costs and an extension to the point at which means tested support becomes available. As the published impact assessment shows, this means that up to 100,000 more people will be better off by 2024-25. We are in the process of updating the modelling and will publish a revised impact assessment shortly. In addition, from April 2015 we are introducing a universal deferred payment agreement scheme that means people should not be forced to sell their home in their lifetime to pay for care.</p><p> </p><p> </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 18/11/2014 15:42:59 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

156640

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
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 duties relating to adult social care currently carried out by local authorities that could be transferred to charities in order to increase efficiency and quality of care.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	215170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Under the Care Act, from April 2015 local authorities will have the power to delegate nearly all of their adult care and support functions, except for some powers and duties around safeguarding, integration, and charging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance on delegation, published in October 2014, sets out how this will allow local authorities to work more efficiently and innovatively, including with charities, and provide better quality care and support to local populations. The guidance also notes that many external organisations may have specialist expertise or capacity that could mean delegation is the best approach.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>When a local authority delegates any of its functions, it retains ultimate responsibility for the carrying out of that function.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/11/2014 12:40:16 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

49470

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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 recent steps he has taken to raise awareness of the conditions that can lead to young sudden cardiac death and sudden death syndrome.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	197438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries about all aspects of screening policy and supports implementation. It is currently reviewing the evidence for screening young people between the ages of 12 to 39 years for the major causes of sudden cardiac death. A public consultation will open shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NHS England is working with the Chief Coroner to discuss what the coronial system can do to help reduce sudden cardiac death in the young. As a result, the Chief Coroner has written to local Coroners asking them to make families of those who have died of the condition aware that it may be inherited, and encouraging them to contact either the British Heart Foundation, Cardiac Risk in the Young, or their general practitioner for testing and counselling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

57963

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cystic Fibrosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust's report entitled Hope for More: Improving access to lung transplantation and care for people with cystic fibrosis, what assessment he has made of the donor lung utilisation rate for transplantation; and what measures he has identified as having the greatest potential to increase such utilisation.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	199027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Currently donated lungs are allocated to the designated cardiothoracic transplant centres on a zonal basis. However, the Cardiothoracic Organs Advisory Group (CTAG) have recently reviewed the allocation policy and have recommended that the size of the allocation zones be adjusted to help ensure equity of access. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have therefore confirmed that for cardiothoracic organs, the zones will be reviewed in August 2014 to coincide with changes in liver allocation zones and from August 2015, heart and lung zones will be disaggregated and the zones reviewed separately.</p><p> </p><p>CTAG have also recommended that NHSBT reviews the consequences of introducing two levels of priority for listing for lung transplants - urgent and routine, and suggest a national allocation scheme for urgent listed patients, and zonal allocation for routine listed patients.</p><p> </p><p>Any proposed change would need to be validated by NHSBT, who will review the criteria for urgent listing and the statistical modelling of the potential impact of such a system. NHSBT will continue to work closely with the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to improve outcomes for patients requiring lung transplants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/06/2014 15:43:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

64516

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: North Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on NHS general dental services in North Yorkshire in 2008-09 and in each year since.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount spent on general dental services and personal dental services contracts by the former North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) for 2008-09 to 2012-13 is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>General and Personal Dental Services</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>38,857</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>40,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>41,773</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>43,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>46,694</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>NHS Summarisation schedules</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p>1. General dental services cannot be separately identified in the published figures. The total gross expenditure for general dental service and personal dental service contracts is categorised between either independent contractor led contracts or on salaried led services provided by the PCT.</p><p> </p><p>2. Contractor led contracts are all primary care dental services commissioned from practitioners or corporate bodies where payments are processed on the PCT's behalf by the Dental Services division of the NHS Business Services Authority. Salaried led services include the cost of any dental or support staff directly employed by the PCT and personal dental services or PCT dental services that are directly managed by PCTs or commissioned from other National Health Service trusts either within or outside their area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/07/2014 15:40:49 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64517

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organ donations have been received in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2008-09 and in each year since.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Deceased organ donors at hospitals in Yorkshire and the Humber - by financial year as at 30 June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (to date)</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total organ transplants for Yorkshire and the Humber residents<sup>1</sup> - by financial year as at 30 June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p><p>(to date)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Organs</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Transplant counts are based on recipient residence postcode rather than transplant unit</p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2014 14:39:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64518

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the starting salary of a full-time equivalent NHS nurse in York was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in 1996-97 and in each year since.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	202892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Since the introduction of Agenda for Change in October 2004, nurses who are newly qualified start at Agenda for Change Band 5. Prior to Agenda for Change they started at Whitley Grade D. National salary scales apply for NHS nurses in York. The starting salary for a full-time equivalent NHS nurse in cash and real terms is shown in the following table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cash Terms Starting Salary (£)</p><p>(Full Time)</p><p>(National Scale)</p></td><td><p>Real Terms Starting Salary (£)</p><p>(Full Time)</p><p>(National Scale)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>11,895</p></td><td><p>17,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>12,385</p></td><td><p>17,646</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>12,855</p></td><td><p>17,972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>14,400</p></td><td><p>19,744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>14,890</p></td><td><p>20,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>15,445</p></td><td><p>20,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>16,005</p></td><td><p>20,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>16,525</p></td><td><p>20,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>18,114</p></td><td><p>22,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>18,698</p></td><td><p>22,705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>19,166</p></td><td><p>22,623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>19,683</p></td><td><p>22,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>20,225</p></td><td><p>22,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>20,710</p></td><td><p>22,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>21,176</p></td><td><p>22,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>21,176</p></td><td><p>21,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>21,176</p></td><td><p>21,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>21,388</p></td><td><p>21,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>21,478</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Starting pay for a newly qualified nurse is normally the minimum of the scale applicable to basic grade qualified nurses as follows:</p><p>1996-97 to 2003-04: Whitley D Grade</p><p>2004-05 o 2013-14: Agenda for Change Band 5</p><p> </p><p>2. Starting pay is taken from national pay scales.</p><p> </p><p>3. Figures given include any staged increases in the year in question.</p><p> </p><p>4. The starting pay given for 2004-05 is the minimum of the Agenda for Change Band 5 scale at the effective date of implementation of Agenda for Change on 1 October 2004.</p><p> </p><p>5. The 2014-15 starting salary change is due to an adjustment to ensure all staff on Spine Point 15 eligible for incremental progression received at least 1% when progressing to Spine Point 16, which is also the current starting Spine Point for a newly qualified nurse.</p><p> </p><p>6. The cash terms data has been converted into real terms using the latest official Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflator series taken from the HM Treasury website on 30 June 2014 and last updated on 20 December 2013.</p><p> </p><p>7. It is not possible to convert the 2014-15 cash starting salary to real terms because of the way the GDP deflator series operates.</p><p> </p><p>8. To be as up to date as possible, the real terms data is presented in 2013-14 prices. This involves using the HM Treasury forecast GDP deflator value for 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/07/2014 15:59:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley