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49467

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are working on the transition to a new system following the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012; and what the cost was of employing such officials in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	197471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Transition Programme (HSCTP) was set up to implement the changes introduced under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The programme was led by the Department and closed on 31 March 2013. All of the organisations in the new health and care system assumed full responsibilities and powers as set out in the Act from 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Any enduring responsibilities that transferred to the Secretary of State for Health, my right hon. Friend the member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), or NHS England from 1 April 2013 are being discharged as part of business as usual arrangements in each organisation. As the HSCTP has closed and the new organisations are in place, there are no longer any officials working on the transition to a new system.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the overall cost of transition is available in the National Audit Office report ‘Managing the transition to the reformed health system' available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/10175-001-Managing-the-transition-to-the-reformed-health-system.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

49489

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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 (a) number and (b) proportion of patients presenting at accident and emergency departments because of an accident in the home in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available centrally.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49490

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed full-time solely on accident prevention in (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>A number of Departmental and Public Health England staff work on areas relevant to accident prevention, but they are employed within teams with wider public health and social care interests rather than being solely employed full-time on accident prevention.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49496

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training posts for nurses were commissioned in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of new pre-registration nursing places that were filled in the last five years. The table includes the students enrolled on the degree and diploma courses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Nursing Total</p><p> </p></td><td><p>20,829</p></td><td><p>20,092</p></td><td><p>17,741</p></td><td><p>17,219</p></td><td><p>18,009</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

49536

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each NHS trust and foundation trust spent on legal costs on individual employment cases in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	197595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data about how much each National Health Service trust and foundation trust spends on legal costs on individual employment cases.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

49537

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on making the term surgeon a protected title.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	197513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>There is currently already provision in the Medical Act 1983 (s.49) which makes it an offence for a person to pretend to be or use the title “surgeon” which implies registration with the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>However, as part of a longer title, the title “surgeon” has not been restricted and is widely used for other specialist employment roles e.g. tree surgeon, veterinary surgeon etc.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Commission has recommended in its report on the regulation of health care professionals and social care professionals in England, published April 2014, that the Government should consider undertaking a full review of existing protected titles and functions, and related offences. We will consider the Law Commission's proposals and produce a formal response in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

49545

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) Monitor to undertake work on or relating to competition issues; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	197535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The following table lists the number of staff currently employed to work on competition issues in the Department, NHS England and Monitor.</p><p> </p><p>The level of spend on employing staff to work on competition issues in each of the last five years could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of Staff Employed</p></td><td><p>Cost of employing such staff in 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£98,760-£121,814<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>0 full time posts</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£1,588,554</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1</sup> The figures shown are the combined cost of the paybands for the 2 staff.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Monitor's competition functions were established by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. In the transition year 2012-13 Monitor hosted the Cooperation and Competition Panel at a cost of £1,068,099</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

48995

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the level of support available for sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	196991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>No recent central assessment has been made of the level of support available for people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Such assessments are conducted at a local level as part of any local area's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). JSNAs are the means by which local leaders work together to understand and agree the needs of all local people, with the joint health and wellbeing strategy setting the priorities for collective action. Clinical commissioning groups are then responsible for commissioning services to meet the assessed needs of the local population they serve.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

48996

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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 deaths in (a) Portsmouth, (b) Hampshire and (c) the South East attributed to air pollution in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	196992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the fraction of mortality in English local authority areas and regions in 2010 and 2011 attributable to long-term exposure to particulate air pollution arising from human activities are published by Public Health England (PHE) as one of the indicators in the Department of Health's Public Health Outcomes Framework. For Portsmouth Unitary Authority this figure was 5.9% in both 2010 and 2011; for Hampshire County Council this figure was 5.3% in 2010 and 5.4% in 2011; and for the South East this figure was 5.5% in both 2010 and 2011.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has also published mortality estimates for 2010 as attributable deaths[1] and associated years of life lost. The estimated mortality burdens attributable to long-term exposure to particulate air pollution arising from human activities were: 95 attributable deaths and 1059 associated years of life lost in Portsmouth Unitary Authority; 601 attributable deaths and 6211 associated years of life lost in Hampshire County Council; and 4,034 attributable deaths and 41,729 associated years of life lost in the South East.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The ‘number of deaths' attributable to a risk factor is a metric which is widely used in communicating about public health risks. Nonetheless, a calculated figure of ‘attributable deaths' does not represent the number of individuals whose length of life has been shortened by air pollution. Long-term exposure to air pollution is understood to be a contributory factor to deaths from respiratory and, particularly, cardiovascular disease, ie unlikely to be the sole cause of deaths of individuals. This means that it is likely that air pollution contributes a smaller amount to the deaths of a larger number of exposed individuals rather than being solely responsible for a number of deaths equivalent to the calculated figure of ‘attributable deaths'. The distribution of the mortality effect within the population is unknown.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

49013

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines cover preoperative pregnancy checks in (a) the NHS and (b) private medical institutions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	197019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Government guidelines on preoperative pregnancy checks are set out in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance: ‘Preoperative Tests: The use of routine preoperative tests for elective surgery'</p><p>(<a href="http://www.guidance.nice.org.uk/CG3/Guidance" target="_blank">www.guidance.nice.org.uk/CG3/Guidance</a>), published in June 2003.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance states that:</p><p> </p><p>- The need to test for pregnancy depends on the risk presented to the fetus by the anaesthetic and surgery. All women of child-bearing age should be asked sensitively whether or not there is any chance that they may be pregnant.</p><p> </p><p>- Women must be made aware of the risks of surgery to the fetus.</p><p> </p><p>- A pregnancy test should be carried out with the woman's consent if there is any doubt about whether she may be pregnant.</p><p> </p><p>- Before having a chest x-ray, all women of childbearing age should be asked sensitively whether they may be pregnant.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh has recently requested that NICE review its guidelines on preoperative tests in relation to potential pregnancy. This will include an assessment of whether the current guidelines covering preoperative pregnancy checks are sufficient in preventing risks to the unborn child.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on pregnancy checks has also been produced by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (<a href="http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/pregnancychecks" target="_blank">www.rcpch.ac.uk/pregnancychecks</a>) and the Royal College of Surgeons (<a href="http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/publications/docs/preop_test.html" target="_blank">www.rcseng.ac.uk/publications/docs/preop_test.html</a>).</p><p> </p><p>These guidelines are equally applicable to the NHS and private medical institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 197455 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown