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819897

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the recruitment and retention of specialist cancer staff in that trust; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	121969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>I spoke to Dr Bruno Holthof, Chief Executive of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, on Wednesday 11 January. We discussed how the Trust is not currently changing cancer treatment regimes for its patients, or considering any change outside the standards set out by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. I also sought reassurance from the Trust that it is communicating effectively to patients, families and staff that there are no changes to cancer treatment programmes.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:45:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

819898

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Oxfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the causes of absence of NHS staff in Oxfordshire due to (a) stress and (b) mental health-related illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	121970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Employers across the National Health Service including those in Oxfordshire are responsible for tackling the causes of absence of their staff including stress and mental health related illnesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is supporting the NHS in tackling these causes of absence through its mandate with NHS England which has a Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) incentive programme<sup>1</sup> to improve staff health and wellbeing, and publishes the annual NHS Staff Survey.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s CQUIN programme should encourage trusts to, where appropriate, introduce new services for employees to give them the support they need including quicker access to mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Staff Survey<sup>2</sup> helps trusts benchmark the percentage of staff feeling unwell due to work related stress in the last 12 months against their peers which should inform local improvement plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also commissions NHS Employers3, which is working with NHS England, NHS Improvement and Public Health England to help the NHS tackle the causes of absence due to stress and mental health related illness through advice, guidance and good practice as well as tools and resources such as their emotional wellbeing toolkit “How are you feeling NHS”.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-staff-health-wellbeing-commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation-cquin-2017-19-indicator-1-implementation-support/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-staff-health-wellbeing-commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation-cquin-2017-19-indicator-1-implementation-support/</a></p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup><a href="http://www.nhsstaffsurveys.com/Page/1006/Latest-Results/2016-Results/" target="_blank">http://www.nhsstaffsurveys.com/Page/1006/Latest-Results/2016-Results/</a></p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup><a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/01/2018 15:53:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

819901

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Nurses: Oxfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for shortages in chemotherapy nurses in Oxfordshire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	121973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust continues to meet operational standards for providing cancer care to its patients. The most recent figures for Q2 2017/18 show:</p><p>- Two Week Wait from GP Urgent Referral to First Consultant Appointment: 96.9% (operational standard 95%);</p><p>- One Month Wait from a Decision to Treat to a First Treatment for Cancer: 97.0% (operational standard 95%); and</p><p>- Two Month Wait from GP Urgent Referral to a First Treatment for Cancer: 85.1% (operational standard 85%).</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving the capability and capacity of the cancer workforce in England. Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan on 5 December 2017, setting out plans to increase the numbers working in cancer care, speeding up diagnoses and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Macmillan Cancer Support are currently carrying out a Specialist Adult Cancer Nurse Census</p><p>to understand the current size and location of the specialist cancer nurse workforce. This will</p><p>enable HEE to develop a much more comprehensive picture of how many specialist nurses are working in cancer and what further action and investment might be required to ensure timely and good quality patient care and experience.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:46:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

819906

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the solicitors instructed to defend clinical negligence claims against the NHS where the claim has resolved, and for each such firm (a) what fees were paid, (b) how many claims were made and (c) how many of those were successful as denoted by payment of damages whether by court award or settlement in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	121978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Resolution manages clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service in England on behalf of member organisations. NHS Resolution has provided the following information:</p><p> </p><p>The data extract is for the last audited financial year 2016/17. The 2017/18 data has not yet been audited.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of clinical claims closed (or settled as a Periodical Payment) 2016/17 as at 31 March 2017 by panel firm.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Panel Firm</p></td><td><p>Number of Claims</p></td><td><p>Number of Successful Claims</p></td><td><p>Defence Costs Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bevan Brittan LLP Solicitors</p></td><td><p>1,078</p></td><td><p>609</p></td><td><p>12,213,899</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLM Solicitors</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>823,468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Browne Jacobson Solicitors</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>10,244,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capsticks Solicitors</p></td><td><p>1,123</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>12,279,667</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clyde and Co Solicitors</p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>4,187,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DAC Beachcroft LLP Solicitors</p></td><td><p>2,255</p></td><td><p>1,357</p></td><td><p>22,851,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hempsons Solicitors</p></td><td><p>1,309</p></td><td><p>792</p></td><td><p>15,747,577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hill Dickinson Solicitors</p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>527</p></td><td><p>9,172,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennedys Solicitors</p></td><td><p>964</p></td><td><p>558</p></td><td><p>9,403,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ward Hadaway Solicitors</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>4,247,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weightmans Solicitors</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>513</p></td><td><p>8,620,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>10,313</p></td><td><p>6,007</p></td><td><p>109,793,233</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Defence costs include profit, costs and disbursements such as counsel, expert fees and court fees. It would not be correct to say that these are the sums received by those firms for the services that they alone provide.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The variability in the numbers for the firms is caused by the number of offices the defence firm has on the panel.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/01/2018 17:03:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

819960

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Professions: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist cancer staff in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England are non-UK EU citizens.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	122032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The specific level of detail required to answer this question is not available in the information held by NHS Digital relating to the National Health Service workforce.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:42:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

819973

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department’s Task and Finish Working Group on brain tumours plans to publish its report.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	122045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Task and Finish Working Group on brain tumour’s latest estimate is that their work will be complete before the end of January 2018. The Working Group is undertaking a challenging task in this difficult area. Inputs are being sought from many stakeholders in order to produce a useful and impactful report. Some of these stakeholders are very busy clinicians, and need to be given sufficient time to formulate their inputs – we are committed to involving them.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:44:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

820000

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Respiratory System: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation were available to the NHS in England and (b) were occupied in each week from 20 November 2017 to 7 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	122072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2013, NHS England has commissioned 15 adult respiratory extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) beds per annum from five providers. In periods of high demand, capacity can be increased in line with an agreed standard operating procedure.</p><p> </p><p>During the period 1 November to 31 March, NHS England monitors capacity on a weekly basis (increasing this frequency if required). The number of adult beds occupied in each week from 20 November to 7 January, as recorded on a Monday afternoon (unless otherwise indicated), was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Number of adult beds occupied</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 November</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 November</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 December</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 December</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 December</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 December (Friday)</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 December (Wednesday)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 December (Friday)</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 January (Tuesday)</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To help protect patient identity, in the weeks where the number of beds occupied was fewer than 10, it is not possible to give the exact number of beds occupied.</p><p> </p><p>As with adult ECMO beds, from April 2013 NHS England has also commissioned paediatric respiratory ECMO beds from five providers. In periods of high demand, capacity at these providers can be increased in line with an agreed standard operating procedure. There is no set number of beds per provider because the number of paediatric cases is very small. It is not possible to give information about the number of paediatric beds occupied in each week from 20 November to 7 January due to patient confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 122074 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:08:52 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

820002

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Respiratory System: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation beds have been available to the NHS in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	122074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2013, NHS England has commissioned 15 adult respiratory extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) beds per annum from five providers. In periods of high demand, capacity can be increased in line with an agreed standard operating procedure.</p><p> </p><p>During the period 1 November to 31 March, NHS England monitors capacity on a weekly basis (increasing this frequency if required). The number of adult beds occupied in each week from 20 November to 7 January, as recorded on a Monday afternoon (unless otherwise indicated), was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Number of adult beds occupied</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 November</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 November</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 December</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 December</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 December</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 December (Friday)</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 December (Wednesday)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 December (Friday)</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 January (Tuesday)</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To help protect patient identity, in the weeks where the number of beds occupied was fewer than 10, it is not possible to give the exact number of beds occupied.</p><p> </p><p>As with adult ECMO beds, from April 2013 NHS England has also commissioned paediatric respiratory ECMO beds from five providers. In periods of high demand, capacity at these providers can be increased in line with an agreed standard operating procedure. There is no set number of beds per provider because the number of paediatric cases is very small. It is not possible to give information about the number of paediatric beds occupied in each week from 20 November to 7 January due to patient confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 122072 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:08:52 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

820019

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people with sight loss.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The reasons for sight loss are multiple. They include lifestyle factors such as smoking and obesity as well as medical conditions. Prevention and early detection, along with access to timely treatment are all therefore important. On reduction of smoking and obesity, both key long terms risk factors for vision loss, the Government has well established programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Action is also being taken to reduce sight loss caused by medical conditions. On diabetic retinopathy, a common complication of diabetes which can lead to sight loss, a diabetic retinopathy screening programme led by Public Health England offered screening to 2.4 million eligible people in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Early detection is also key and free National Health Service sight tests are available to those at increased risk of eye disease or likely to be deterred from seeking private tests on grounds of cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:43:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

820025

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Ophthalmology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of workforce capacity in ophthalmology.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The ophthalmology consultant workforce employed in the National Health Service has grown consistently in recent years, averaging 4.3% per year over the period March 2012 to March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital Workforce Statistics for September 2017 show that the full time equivalent number of ophthalmologists in training in England is 797.</p><p> </p><p>Education and training provision for healthcare systems in the NHS in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is a matter for each of the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/01/2018 17:41:04 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon