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418708

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date	14/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England seeks to recover the cost of its translation and interpretation services for patients who are not UK residents.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Duncan
uin	10102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>A person who is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom is subject to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 which apply charges to overseas visitors for any NHS hospital services they receive, unless an exemption category in the Charging Regulations applies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Overseas visitors who ordinarily reside outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and who have not paid the Health Surcharge, nor meet any exemption from charge will be charged 150% of the national tariff. Charging 150% of the national tariff provides for additional administrations charges incurred with treating overseas visitors such as translation services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Charges for overseas visitors who ordinarily reside within EEA states can be claimed from the country they normally reside in.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/09/2015 15:44:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan

418709

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England spent on translation and interpretation services for hospital patients in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Duncan
uin	10103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally. National Health Service organisations have a duty to follow equalities legislation. This includes making sure their communities can understand information about the NHS services and that patients and clinicians can communicate with each other. We encourage the NHS to be efficient and save money by working together and sharing resources.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 10104 question first answered 21/09/2015 15:52:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan

418710

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information NHS England holds on expenditure on translation and interpretation services for (a) EU and (b) non-EU patients.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Duncan
uin	10104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally. National Health Service organisations have a duty to follow equalities legislation. This includes making sure their communities can understand information about the NHS services and that patients and clinicians can communicate with each other. We encourage the NHS to be efficient and save money by working together and sharing resources.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 10103 question first answered 21/09/2015 15:52:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan

416349

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisons: Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for a prisoner to see a dentist after having submitted a medical application (a) nationally and (b) at HM Prison Leicester in the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Duncan
uin	8852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Data is not available in the requested format. A snapshot survey of prison dental services was published by Public Health England in July 2014, in partnership with NHS England and the National Offender Management Service. This identified that approximately 55% of prisoners needing dental treatment following examination were seen within four weeks. A copy of the survey, <em>A survey of dental services in adult prisons in England and Wales </em>is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The survey also identified that prisoners held in category B prisons, including Her Majesty’s Prison Leicester, waited three to four weeks for treatment on average following examination to identify required treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/09/2015 11:06:06 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer attachment 1 file name PQ 8852 A Duncan PHE survey of prison dental services in England & Wales 2014.pdf title A survey of dental services in adult prisons
tabling member	343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan