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175098

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have left the NHS before normal retirement age in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	221513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of nurses who have left the National Health Service before retirement age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 26/01/2015 16:48:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

174681

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the letter of 15 January 2015 from him and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to the local authorities concerning additional health funding, to which local authorities the letter was sent; and which local authorities have confirmed they will accept the offered funding.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	221335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>In total, 65 local authorities received the letter informing them of additional funding. All of them accepted the offer of this funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These local authorities are listed below:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Allocation (£)</p></td><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Allocation (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>425,000</p></td><td><p>Milton Keynes UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; North East Somerset UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>North East Lincolnshire UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>North Lincolnshire UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Plymouth UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Poole UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol UA</p></td><td><p>425,000</p></td><td><p>Reading UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>Richmond Upon Thames</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>425,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>425,000</p></td><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>425,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>425,000</p></td><td><p>South Gloucestershire UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Southampton UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>Swindon UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Warrington UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>West Berkshire UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>425,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>Wokingham UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>520,000</p></td><td><p>York UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton UA</p></td><td><p>325,000</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/01/2015 13:39:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

174682

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the letter of 15 January 2015 from him and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to local authorities concerning additional health funding, what the total amount will be of additional funding made available to local authorities through the ring-fenced grant referred to in that letter.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	221336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made £25 million available to support councils to reduce delayed transfers of care attributable to social care through a ring-fenced grant.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>65 local authorities in total will receive funding. The proportion of the £25 million they received is determined by the size of their local population over 65 years of age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/01/2015 13:39:57 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

174741

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recommendation on the NHS Choices website that all children are offered vision screening between the ages of four and five by an orthoptist-led service, if he will introduce a national vision screening programme for children.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	221304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee recommends that all children between 4 - 5 years of age should continue to be screened for vision defects by an orthoptist led service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This service is already offered nationally as part of the NHS Healthy Child Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/01/2015 13:41:09 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

174751

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to pages five and six of the summary of findings of the Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust Quality Report of 9 January 2015, if he will publish the full list of organisations which were asked to share what they know about that hospital.
tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
uin	221375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC is responsible for developing and implementing its methodology for assessing whether providers are meeting the registration requirements through its inspection and monitoring of providers.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has provided the following information:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pages five and six of CQC’s inspection report for Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust outline the background of the Trust, including additional statistical data. These pages also include detail of the composition of the CQC inspection team and the specifics of how it carried out this inspection. This includes a list of organisations that hold data about the trust that CQC share information with.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although listed in the report, The Royal College of Radiologists was not contacted prior to this inspection. The CQC is always happy to be contacted by the Royal Colleges at any time if they do have concerns about an inspection report. Monitor was erroneously listed in the report as being contacted, in place of the NHS Trust Development Authority. This error will be corrected in an addendum to the report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Before inspecting the Trust, CQC reviewed a range of information it held, and asked other organisations to share what they knew about the hospital. The organisations CQC contacted were: the General Medical Council, the Health and Care Professionals Council, Health Education England, National Peer Review Programme, NHS England (relevant national and local teams), NHS Litigation Authority, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, the College of Emergency Medicine, the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Surgeons, local authorities, the NHS Trust Development Authority, local clinical commissioning groups and the local Healthwatch.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CQC contacts a range of organisations before each inspection and will tailor which organisations are contacted depending on the sector of the inspection and the data sources that are already available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/01/2015 14:38:19 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

174755

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he takes to ensure that all patients assessed as requiring inpatient treatment for eating disorders are admitted; and what criteria are used to decide whether a patient requires inpatient treatment for such disorders.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	221451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>There has been no moratorium on commissioning. NHS England is unable to generally introduce ‘new’ permanent provision without going through a fair and transparent process letting all organisations who wish to provide that service respond to the transparent process. Before introducing any permanent changes in service provision of this kind, all commissioners of care undergo a fair and transparent process open to all potential providers of care. This is fair to those who provide services, and to ensure National Health Service patients are served by the most capable provider who meets the requisite standards of quality for patients and provide value for taxpayers in line with statutory requirements on all commissioners overseen by the healthcare regulator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is able to contract additional beds to meet any emergency need for services that they are responsible for commissioning (in line with Monitor’s expectations). Some contracts are flexible, allowing expansion when the need arises. Information on such “flexed” additional beds is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As far as the provision of inpatient treatment is concerned, the assessment process leads to a clinical decision set against the national specification to ensure that those who are within the criteria are admitted if appropriate and that no viable alternative is available to maintain independent living, such as outreach or day services. It is a clinical decision in all cases to admit and to ensure that a care pathway that meets the assessed needs of the individual is followed.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The NHS England Service Specification and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines can be found here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/c01-spec-eat-dis.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/c01-spec-eat-dis.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg9" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg9</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 221452 question first answered 23/01/2015 11:35:01 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

174756

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England (a) currently and (b) since the establishment of that body has operated a moratorium on the commissioning of additional funded beds for inpatient eating disorder treatment.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	221452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>There has been no moratorium on commissioning. NHS England is unable to generally introduce ‘new’ permanent provision without going through a fair and transparent process letting all organisations who wish to provide that service respond to the transparent process. Before introducing any permanent changes in service provision of this kind, all commissioners of care undergo a fair and transparent process open to all potential providers of care. This is fair to those who provide services, and to ensure National Health Service patients are served by the most capable provider who meets the requisite standards of quality for patients and provide value for taxpayers in line with statutory requirements on all commissioners overseen by the healthcare regulator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is able to contract additional beds to meet any emergency need for services that they are responsible for commissioning (in line with Monitor’s expectations). Some contracts are flexible, allowing expansion when the need arises. Information on such “flexed” additional beds is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As far as the provision of inpatient treatment is concerned, the assessment process leads to a clinical decision set against the national specification to ensure that those who are within the criteria are admitted if appropriate and that no viable alternative is available to maintain independent living, such as outreach or day services. It is a clinical decision in all cases to admit and to ensure that a care pathway that meets the assessed needs of the individual is followed.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The NHS England Service Specification and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines can be found here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/c01-spec-eat-dis.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/c01-spec-eat-dis.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg9" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg9</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 221451 question first answered 23/01/2015 11:35:01 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

174757

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated with the gamma knife at University Hospital, Bristol, since it opened in October 2013; and whether NHS England approved those patients' treatment through individual funding requests.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	221450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>University Hospital Bristol has advised that it has treated the following number of patients with gamma knife since it opened in October 2013:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time period</p></td><td><p>Number of patients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14 (October 2013 – March 2014)</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (April 2014 – December 2014)</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>243</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Gamma knife is delivered as one treatment per patient. As these patients were all treated under NHS England commissioning policies, individual funding requests were not required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/01/2015 14:52:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

174762

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the minimum number of annual procedures NHS England requires hospitals to deliver before they are allowed to treat cancer patients with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	221465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England’s radiotherapy service specification states that providers of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy must serve a minimum population of 2 million and treat 25 cases per year. It should be noted that a range of other factors could also influence the outcome of these discussions, including referral pathways and quality requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/01/2015 14:55:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

174763

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that all stakeholder submissions to NHS England's review into stereotactic radiosurgery are made available to the public.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	221466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>All feedback received via the online consultation for NHS England's Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy Services Needs Assessment and Service Review will be collated and summarised and a report of the consultation findings will be considered by the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England will publish a report outlining the key themes of the consultation findings on its website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/01/2015 14:51:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt