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91825

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many general practitioners’ surgeries are owned by the doctor or doctors concerned; for how many of those the National Health Service funds part or all of any mortgage payments; and whether any recovery of such funds is made when the doctors retire or when the premises are sold.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL1883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the number of general practitioners’ surgeries that are owned by the doctor or doctors concerned.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service (General Medical Services – Premises Costs) Directions 2013 provide that where a contractor incurs borrowing costs as a result of purchasing practice premises, they may apply to NHS England for reimbursement of these costs. The contractor is reimbursed only for the interest charged, not the capital repayment. Alternatively, the contractor may apply to receive a notional rent payment in lieu of reimbursement of mortgage costs, equivalent to the current market rental value. This is the amount that may be claimed by practices who lease their premises from a third party landlord. No recovery of such funds is made.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/10/2014 13:09:51 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

91833

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Typhoid: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider there to be adequate supplies of typhoid vaccine; and, if not, what are the reasons for any shortage and when they expect adequate supplies to be available.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL1891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Typhoid vaccine is available from Sanofi Pasteur MSD (“Typhim Vi”) and MASTA (“Vivotif”), neither of whom is currently experiencing any supply problems.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/10/2014 12:46:28 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

91834

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Staffordshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a "double lock" system is in operation with regard to the transfer of services from Stafford Hospital, whereby management from both that hospital and the receiving hospital agree that there is overall capacity available, and an independent body reviews the decision before it is implemented.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Trust Special Administrators and local organisations are working together to ensure that the recommendations are implemented to secure safe services for patients across Staffordshire.</p><p>These changes are moving towards the implementation phase and we have been clear that services can only move if it is safe to do so as agreed by both organisations and also externally validated (the ‘double lock’).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1893 question first answered 13/10/2014 13:44:20 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

91835

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Staffordshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why maternity and paediatric services at Stafford Hospital are to be transferred to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire without the application of a "double lock" system.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Trust Special Administrators and local organisations are working together to ensure that the recommendations are implemented to secure safe services for patients across Staffordshire.</p><p>These changes are moving towards the implementation phase and we have been clear that services can only move if it is safe to do so as agreed by both organisations and also externally validated (the ‘double lock’).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1892 question first answered 13/10/2014 13:44:20 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

91836

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Staffordshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why maternity and paediatric services at Stafford Hospital are to be transferred to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire within the next few months when the Trust Special Administrator projected a timescale of two to three years for the safe transition of services.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Trust Special Administrators (TSAs) left local parties to determine the speed of implementation of their recommendations.</p><p>There are current and emerging concerns over the safety of certain services at Stafford Hospital, particularly acute surgery, anaesthetics, radiology and paediatrics – all of which a consultant-led obstetrics unit must have available to operate safely.</p><p>In line with the planned move of acute surgery and anaesthetics in January 2015, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust is considering possible arrangements for other services, including maternity and paediatrics.</p><p>This takes into account both safety issues and implementation of the Trust Special Administrators’ recommendations. These plans are still to be finalised.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/10/2014 13:45:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

91837

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Royal Stoke University Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the most recent statistics for the performance of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire against the target of accident and emergency patients being seen within four hours.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The statistics for patients seen within four hours in accident and emergency at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust for the week ending 28 September, against a target of 95%, is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trust</p></td><td><p>Percentage in 4 hours or less (all) %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>90.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>NHS England</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/10/2014 13:44:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

91838

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Staffordshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assurances they have sought from the University Hospital of North Staffordshire that it will have sufficient capacity in its accident and emergency department when services are transferred from Stafford Hospital in January 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Trust Special Administrators’ proposals were clear in their commitment not to move services unless it is agreed that it is safe to do so, and in the best interests of patients.</p><p>The University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, together with local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and the local health and social care economy, have agreed a range of service improvements to ensure greater resilience and capacity in the accident and emergency services.</p><p>The trust and CCG are currently working with the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team to ensure that the plans in place are sufficiently robust and will support continuous improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/10/2014 13:43:40 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

91857

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Obesity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have figures to support the statement made by the Chief Executive of NHS England in July that the National Health Service needs to tackle obesity among its employees.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold current data on the number of National Health Service staff who are obese. In 2009, the Department estimated in ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People: One Year On’ that of 1.2 million staff in the NHS, 700,000 were likely to be obese or overweight.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England plan to publish their Five Year Forward View later this month. Proposals for the plan include incentives to ensure the NHS as an employer sets a national example in the support it offers its own 1.3 million staff to stay healthy, and serve as “health ambassadors” in their local communities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL1918 question first answered 13/10/2014 13:11:25 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

91858

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Obesity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to National Health Service publication <i>Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: one year on,</i> whether there are any internal surveys on obesity among National Health Service employees.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any internal surveys on obesity among National Health Service employees.</p><p> </p><p>In their audit, <em>Implementing NICE public health guidance for the workplace: a national organisational audit of NHS trusts in England</em>, published this year and repeated from 2011, the Royal College of Physicians reviewed the progress that employers’ across the NHS were making which included tackling obesity. This showed that the percentage of trusts with obesity plans in place rose from 13 in 2010 to 28.</p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts are responsible for the health and wellbeing of their staff. The Department’s supports the NHS to improve staff health and wellbeing by commissioning NHS Employers to help NHS trusts implement five high impact actions: developing local evidence based improvement plans; with strong visible leadership; supported by improved management capability; with access to better, local, high quality accredited occupational health services; and where staff are encouraged and enabled to take more responsibility for their health.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/10/2014 13:12:42 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

91859

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the receptiveness of the public to health advice from medical staff whom they believe to be unhealthy; and on what evidence any such assessment is based.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out an assessment of the public’s receptiveness to advice from medical staff they believe to be unhealthy.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/10/2014 13:11:51 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra