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100188

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	NHS: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by each NHS Trust and NHS foundation trust on contract and agency staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	211294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Following the Francis report many trusts increased their spend on temporary staffing to meet safe staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department expects trusts to have a strong grip on their finances, and manage their agency and temporary staffing spend responsibly through effective and efficient workforce planning and management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Spend by each National Health Service foundation trust on contract and agency staff[1] in each of the last five years is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount spent by each NHS trust on contract and agency staff in 2013-14 is attached. Amounts for 2009-10 to 2012-13 were not separately identified from other non permanent staff[2].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. The definition of Contract / Agency staff is: “Agency” employee payments for the employment of staff where the staff remain employees of the agency and “Contract staff” where the NHS trust has control over numbers and qualifications of staff (in contrast to a service obtained under contract) .</p><p> </p><p>[2] non-permanent staff are defined as “others engaged on the objectives of the organisation including staff on inward secondment or loan from other organisations, bank/agency/temporary staff and contract staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name NHS Trusts Contract and Agency Spend- 5 Years.xlsx title NHS trusts contract and agency spend- 5 years 2 file name NHS Trusts Contract and Agency Spend 2013-14.xlsx title NHS trusts contract and agency spend- 2013-14 question first answered 24/10/2014 12:25:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

100189

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	Hospitals: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times each Minister in his Department has visited (a) West Cumberland Hospital and (b) Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>On 8 July 2010, my Rt. hon Friend the then Secretary of State (Mr Andrew Lansley) visited West Cumberland hospital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 11:58:41 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100190

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	West Cumberland Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of correspondence his Department has received on West Cumberland Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 145 items of correspondence received since 1 October 2013 about West Cumberland Hospital. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 11:55:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100191

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	Cromer Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Minister of State for Care and Support has visited Cromer and District Hospital in his ministerial capacity.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Since September 2012 there have been no Ministerial visits to Cromer and District hospital.</p><p> </p><p>This excludes any visits that my Rt. hon Friend the Minister of State (Norman Lamb) may have undertaken in his constituency capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 12:01:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100192

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	Hospitals: Surrey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times he has visited (a) Frimley Park Hospital and (b) Royal Surrey County Hospital in his ministerial capacity.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>6 April 2011, Mr Andrew Lansley visited Frimley Park hospital</p><p> </p><p>23 December 2013, Mr Jeremy Hunt visited Royal Surrey County hospital</p><p> </p><p>26 June 2014, Mr Jeremy Hunt visited Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p> </p><p>4 August 2014, Mr Jeremy Hunt visited Royal Surrey County hospital</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 11:51:43 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100197

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	Baby Care Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 20 October 2014, Official Report, columns 735-6, to which hospitals he was referring when discussing transfers of care for premature babies in his constituency.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>In Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust provides level 2 specialist neonatal care. If a baby requires level 3 neonatal care, which is the highest level of specialist care, the Trust contacts the nearest level 3 units to locate a suitable available cot. The regional level 3 units are at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in Norwich. However, if cots are not available at these hospitals, further units would be contacted to locate an available cot.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 12:06:05 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100201

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	Mental Health Services: Mother and Baby Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for commissioning perinatal mental health mother and baby units within NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning perinatal mental health units in England. NHS England works with a range of stakeholders at a national level to determine the outcomes expected for specialised services such as perinatal mental health. The service specification for perinatal mental health services can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-c/c06/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-c/c06/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 10:40:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100206

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	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any audits have been carried out since April 2012 which consider how many patients may have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 because a doctor had been influenced by the fact that doing so might make the provision of a bed for their patient more likely; and what were the findings of those audits.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	211396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the regulator of the Mental Health Act 1983. In their annual report for 2012-13 <em>Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2012/13</em>, published in January 2014, the CQC noted concerns raised by the House of Commons Health Committee over whether the Act’s powers of detention were being used improperly to access services. They said they found no direct evidence of unlawful practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 22 August 2014, the CQC published a series of reports relating to its inspection in May 2014 of services provided by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. The CQC found that that bed occupancy at the Trust averaged 96.4% between October and December last year, compared to the average of 85.9% across England. CQC inspectors were told that the pressures on beds meant that most new admissions to inpatient beds were people detained under the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC’s annual report on the Act for 2013-14 is expected to be published early in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/10/2014 11:27:05 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

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