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348905

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student midwives there were in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	1424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The following table includes the estimated number of student midwives (degree and diploma courses) for the period 2013-2014. The estimate is based on the number of starters on at training programme and a known attrition rate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of student midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,567</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health Education England</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/06/2015 16:22:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

348906

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for student midwives were commissioned in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	1435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of planned midwifery training places for the period 2014-15 to 2015-16 as per the Health Education England workforce plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Planned Commissions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2,563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health Education England workforce plan(s) for England 2014-15 and 2015-16</p><p> </p><p>The table includes students enrolled on the degree and 18 month diploma courses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/06/2015 16:12:25 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

348922

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
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 ensure that there are adequate staffing levels in mental health and community care.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	1403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has mandated Health Education England (HEE) to provide national leadership on education, training and workforce development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE sets out its commissioning intentions based upon the needs of local employers, providers, commissioners and other stakeholders who come together as members of HEE’s Local Education Training Boards (LETBs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE’s national workforce plan for England is an aggregate of local LETB’s plans, but the advice and input of clinical advisors and patient representatives, as well as the Royal Colleges and other stakeholders, is also listened to and considered. It is this discussion and involvement locally and nationally that makes this a plan for the whole of the National Health Service in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/06/2015 16:10:21 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

348929

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which recommendations from the Francis Inquiry (a) his Department implemented during the previous Parliament and (b) he plans to implement during the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	1485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p><em>Culture Change in the NHS<strong>[1]</strong>,</em> published in February 2015, outlined progress in implementing Sir Robert Francis QC’s Inquiry recommendations. An annexe to this report outlined progress for each of the 290 recommendations[2]. This report shows that for the overwhelming majority of recommendations, progress has either been substantial, or the relevant action is now complete.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Key achievements include new rigorous inspection regime, a robust special measures regime to help struggling hospitals get back on their feet, new Fundamental Standards and a Duty of Candour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to driving change in the key Francis-related areas of leadership, patient safety and the importance of establishing a learning culture in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/403010/culture-change-nhs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/403010/culture-change-nhs.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/403012/culture-change-nhs-annex.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/403012/culture-change-nhs-annex.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 12/06/2015 10:54:49 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

348934

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects a final decision to be made following completion of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation Pneumococcal Sub-committee's review of the adult pneumococcal vaccination programme for (a) over-65s and (b) at-risk groups; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	1489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Pneumococcal Sub-committee has been undertaking a review of adult pneumococcal vaccination during 2015. Subject to the availability of the necessary data, it is anticipated that the advice of the Pneumococcal Sub-committee will be considered by the JCVI at their next meeting in October 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As set out in the JCVI Code of Practice, JCVI will consider the advice of the Sub-committee and may decide to issue an interim statement for a short period of consultation with those stakeholders who submitted evidence that informed the Committee’s advice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The JCVI Code of Practice is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224864/JCVI_Code_of_Practice_revision_2013_-_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224864/JCVI_Code_of_Practice_revision_2013_-_final.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2015 14:32:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

348935

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation plans to publish a consultation following the conclusion of the Pneumococcal Sub-committee's review of the adult pneumococcal vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	1490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>As set out in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Code of Practice, the JCVI will consider the advice of the Sub-committee and may decide to issue an interim statement for a short period of consultation with those stakeholders who submitted evidence that informed the Committee’s advice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The JCVI Code of Practice is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224864/JCVI_Code_of_Practice_revision_2013_-_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/224864/JCVI_Code_of_Practice_revision_2013_-_final.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2015 15:24:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

348936

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support and guidance is available from his Department and NHS England for families and carers of people with dementia.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	1491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 aims that every person with a diagnosis of dementia, their family and their carer should have access to the advice and information on the care and support available to them locally and how this can be accessed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Challenge would like to see, by 2020, more carers of people with dementia being made aware of and offered the opportunity for respite, education, training, emotional and psychological support so that they feel able to cope with their caring responsibilities and to have a life alongside caring. The Challenge would also like to see more employers having carer friendly policies and practice enabling more carers to continue working and caring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department contributed to the funding of the Alzheimer’s Society’s ‘Dementia Guide’, designed to help guide people with dementia and their carers through their journey with dementia. The Guide provides useful information for carers, following a diagnosis of dementia, and includes advice to help people understand a diagnosis of dementia to enable them to live well with the condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are various resources supported by the Department and NHS England that can be accessed by families and carers. For example the Dementia Roadmap (a web based platform developed by the Royal College of Practitioners) provides high quality information about the dementia journey alongside local information about services, support groups and care pathways, primarily to assist primary care staff to more effectively support people with dementia, their families and carers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s 2015/16 Dementia Enhanced Service encourages general practitioner practices to increase the health and wellbeing support offered to carers of patients diagnosed with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is supporting the Dementia Action Alliance’s Carers Call to Action and the establishment of a new involvement network for family carers of people with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have a responsibility to assess carer’s eligible needs for support. This will mean more carers, including carers of people with dementia, are able to have an assessment, comparable to the right of the people they care for, and a support plan setting out how their needs will be met.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2015 15:08:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348948

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to councils on transitioning from Fairer Charging Policies for Home Care and other non-residential social services to the Care and Support Statutory Guidance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	1330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Care and Support Statutory (CASS) Guidance was published in October 2014. Section 23 of the Guidance covers the transition to the new legal framework and paragraphs 23.14 and 23.15 focus on issues for financial assessments. In addition, the Department has arranged for answers to the most frequently asked questions about the CASS Guidance to be published on the Local Government Association’s website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the arrangements under the Care Act are broadly the same as those under the previous legislation. Local authorities design their own local charging policies in consultation with their local population for care outside a care home and have considerable discretion in the design of these policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/06/2015 14:32:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348954

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with postural tachycardic syndrome; if his Department funds research into that condition; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	1341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of people diagnosed with postural tachycardia syndrome is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department funds the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Researchers at the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre have undertaken a study exploring the characteristics of patients with postural tachycardia syndrome in the United Kingdom. The findings were published in the journal BMJ Open in 2014 which is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/6/e004127.full" target="_blank">http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/6/e004127.full</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including diagnosis and treatment of postural tachycardia syndrome. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2015 14:30:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

348967

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bladder Cancer: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to increase the supply of the BCG vaccine for the treatment of patients affected by bladder cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	1401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The supply problems with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) bladder instillations are affecting countries worldwide, and have arisen due to manufacturing problems. One of the two United Kingdom licensed BCG bladder instillations has been unavailable since 2012, and the manufacturer of the other has increased its production as far as possible to help meet the shortfall. The Department and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency are working closely with both suppliers, as well as others in the supply chain, to ensure that everything possible is being done to make supplies available for patients who need this treatment. The Department has also been in close contact with the British Association of Urological Surgeons who have issued advice for clinicians.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/06/2015 13:47:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright