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347710

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of maternity units likely to close in each region in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the number of maternity units likely to close in each region in each of the next five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/06/2015 14:07:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

347754

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken pursuant to the meeting between the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Quality on 18 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Turner
uin	643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The previous Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, the hon. Member for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (Dr Daniel Poulter), wrote to Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, further to his meeting of 18 March 2015 with the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), on 24 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Minister asked that NHS England officials continue to work with the CCG to try and resolve the issues they raised, as the allocation of funding to CCGs now rests with NHS England, rather than the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has confirmed that their allocations working group is continuing to look at the CCG funding formula to ensure it accurately reflects the true cost of service provision for all areas of the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:52:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1426 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Turner

347787

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Psychiatry: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the mental health budget has been spent on forensic psychiatry in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Information about the proportion of the mental health budget spent on forensic psychiatry is not collected centrally by the Department or NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The commissioning of a range of services to meet the needs of patients on the forensic psychiatric care pathway is the responsibility of NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:45:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

347789

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Quality Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the indirect cost to the NHS of the Care Quality Commission.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England and has a key responsibility in the overall assurance of safety and quality of health and adult social care services. The CQC provides assurance that health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. The CQC monitor, inspect and regulate services against meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and the CQC publish what it finds to help people choose care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC impact assessment on changes to the way they regulate and inspect services, published in September 2014, sets out the estimated costs and benefits of its new inspection model. In its Business Plan 2015-16, the CQC describes how it will continue to improve its effectiveness, and be a regulator that supports changes in health and social care. It is for the trusts to respond to CQC inspections, including when poor quality care is highlighted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/06/2015 14:18:52 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

347269

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Herefordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure Kington in Herefordshire has sufficient full-time GPs.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning general practitioner (GP) services, and is aware of recruiting difficulties in Herefordshire. NHS England is working with the local GP Federation to promote Herefordshire to GP trainees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nationally, there has been an increase of 1,677 full-time equivalent GPs (including Registrars and Retainers) since September 2010. At 30 September 2014 the total number of GPs was 36,920, which represents a real increase in capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition this Government is committed to making 5,000 more GPs available by 2020. We will increase the number of GP trainees from 40% to 50% of all trainee doctors and expect Health Education England to ensure this happens. This will mean 3,250 training places for GPs each year from 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England, working with Health Education England, the Royal College of GPs, and the British Medical Association, published ‘<em>Building the workforce’</em> in January 2015, which sets out plans to increase the size of the GP workforce backed with £10 million funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:23:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347270

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Herefordshire
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 maintain the level of out-of-hours GP cover in Herefordshire.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the National Health Service locally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised by NHS England that Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group currently commissions out of hours general practitioner services from Primecare and confirms there are no current plans to change the level of provision of these services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:25:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347271

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Locums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many locum GPs are available; and what the average daily rate is for a locum GP.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors who provide primary medical services on behalf of the National Health Service. As independent businesses, it is the responsibility of individual GP practices to employ locum GPs to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In employing locums, GP practices must meet the requirements set out in the GP contract regulations to ensure that they are appropriately qualified and registered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:27:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347387

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of implementing in full the guidance issued by NICE in 2013 on in-vitro fertilisation; and on what basis of calculation that estimate was reached.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The commissioning of fertility services is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect all those involved in commissioning infertility treatment services to be fully aware of the importance of having regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility guidelines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of the cost to the National Health Service of implementing the NICE Guideline for Fertility published in February 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 435 question first answered 02/06/2015 13:53:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

347388

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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, if he will take steps to reduce geographical inequalities in provision of in-vitro fertilisation treatment.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The commissioning of fertility services is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect all those involved in commissioning infertility treatment services to be fully aware of the importance of having regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility guidelines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of the cost to the National Health Service of implementing the NICE Guideline for Fertility published in February 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 434 question first answered 02/06/2015 13:53:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

347389

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Paracetamol: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to parents and teachers warning them of the dangers of the internet dare known as the paracetemol challenge, in which children reportedly attempt to consume larger quantities of that medication.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Taking paracetamol in quantities which exceed the recommended dose is extremely dangerous. It can cause irreparable damage to the liver and can be fatal. All medicines, including those bought over-the-counter, must be used responsibly and as advised in the information provided with the medicine. Packs of paracetamol have warnings that medical advice should be sought immediately in the event of an overdose, even if the person feels well.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a restriction on the quantity of paracetamol tablets/capsules in a pack (16 tablets for sale from general retail outlets, e.g. a supermarket and 32 tablets for sale from pharmacists).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is also guidance for retailers not to sell more than two packs in one transaction to strongly discourage multiple sales and multibuy promotions. It is illegal to sell more than 100 tablets or capsules of either paracetamol or aspirin in any one retail transaction. Retailers are advised to exercise their judgement in deciding whether it is appropriate to sell to a child, bearing in mind that medicines are labelled to the effect that they should be kept out of reach and sight of children and that many products are not recommended for use by children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/06/2015 15:22:11 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger