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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

48910

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 the palliative care service ratings for England were in the most recent period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>There is no national rating system for palliative care services in England. However, The National End of Life Care Intelligence network (NEoLCIN), part of Public Health England, works with partner organisations including NHS England to collect, analyse and present end of life care intelligence, drawing together data and information from a range of sources.</p><p> </p><p>The NEoLCIN has published end of life care profiles at local authority and by clinical commissioning group level. These help commissioners and providers understand the end of life care needs of their populations. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.endoflifecare-intelligence.org.uk/home" target="_blank">www.endoflifecare-intelligence.org.uk/home</a></p><p> </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	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

48911

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 the average cost of seeing a dentist was in England in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Information is available by course of treatment. Information on the average cost of a National Health Service (NHS) course of treatment for an adult charge payer is set out in the following table. Treatment is free for all children and those adults who are exempt from NHS dental charges on income or other grounds.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Average cost of an adult course of treatment in England as at year ending 31 March each year:</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Total courses of treatment</p></td><td><p>Patient Charge revenue</p></td><td><p>Average cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>18,333,000</p></td><td><p>£571,728,263</p></td><td><p>£31.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>18,601,732</p></td><td><p>£597,620,482</p></td><td><p>£32.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>18,965,166</p></td><td><p>£614,270,550</p></td><td><p>£32.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>19,125,127</p></td><td><p>£634,741,351</p></td><td><p>£33.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>19,333,277</p></td><td><p>£657,636,481</p></td><td><p>£34.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> The Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p><em>Notes:</em> The average cost of an adult course of treatment for the years ending 31 March each year has been calculated by dividing the total adult gross fees for April to March for each year by the total number of adult courses of treatment for the same time period.</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	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

48912

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, if he will make an assessment of the case for abolishing prescription charges in England.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not intend to abolish prescription charges in England, which raise in the region of £450 million each year. This is valuable income, which helps the National Health Service to maintain services for patients.</p><p> </p><p>An extensive system of exemption arrangements are in place which mean that around 90% of all prescription items are already dispensed free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>Prescription Prepayment Certificates (PPCs) are also available for those who have to pay NHS prescription charges and need multiple prescriptions. The cost of the annual and three-month certificates have been frozen for the fifth and third years running, at £104 and £29.10 respectively, and will also remain frozen next year. There is no limit to the number of items that can be obtained through a PPC. The annual certificate benefits anyone needing more than 12 items a year, and the three month certificate anyone needing more than three items in that three month period.</p><p> </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	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane