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157008

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date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	E. coli
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 hospitals so that a case of E.coli bacteria triggers the procedures that would be followed if a case of MRSA were discovered.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	215426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The management of individual cases of <em>E.coli</em> bloodstream infections is the responsibility of local infection prevention and control specialists. However, the Department has asked its expert Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections to consider the options for reducing the number of <em>E.coli</em> infections, which are not always hospital acquired.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/11/2014 17:18:51 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

156993

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Antibiotics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues on the commissioning of novel antibiotics designed to treat life-threatening infections at a national level through NHS England's specialised commissioning system.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	215485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Generally antibiotic use is determined locally and is driven by microbiology departments and by local antibiotic resistance patterns. There are two specific areas of specialised commissioning where provisions for antibiotics are relevant. A national policy for cystic fibrosis is already available (<a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/a01-ps-a.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/a01-ps-a.pdf</a>) and a policy covering treatment of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) is being developed. This new policy should be introduced from April 2015 and hopes to set policy for Bedaquiline and possibly Delamanid, two drugs recently launched into the United Kingdom market for multidrug resistant TB.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/11/2014 17:35:36 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

156991

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his response to the Law Commission Review of the Regulation of Health Care Professionals published in April 2014; and what his policy is towards the proposal that the Nursing and Midwifery Council should close the specialist public health nursing part of their register.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	215479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Law Commissions’ review of the regulation of health professionals proposed that the third part (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse) of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s register should be removed and should be replaced with annotations to the register to denote those currently registered in the third part of the register. The Department is considering the Law Commission’s proposals and is working closely with the regulatory bodies and the Professional Standards Authority to inform our response, which we will publish in due course. The Government’s views on this, and all other recommendations made by the Law Commissions, will be outlined in this response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/11/2014 17:05:47 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

157001

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS England
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 gender pay gap for employees of NHS England in (a) Stoke Newington and Hackney North constituency, (b) Hackney local authority area, (c) London and (d) England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	215370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>We do not have an accurate estimate of the gender pay gap for employees of NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England does not have offices in Stoke Newington, Hackney North constituency, or Hackney local authority area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/11/2014 17:21:57 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

157009

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) each surgery in the North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group area and (b) each Clinical Commissioning Group area in England were unable to get a GP appointment within 48 hours in each month since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	215434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Data on waiting times to see a general practitioner (GP) is not collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 48 hour waiting time target was removed because it was too inflexible in meeting the needs of patients. The GP patient survey showed that the proportion of people who wanted to get an appointment within two days (and were able to) actually fell between 2008-09 and 2009-10 i.e. when the 48 hour target was in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/11/2014 17:39:40 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

156997

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bayer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Bayer plc in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	215403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings with officials are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/11/2014 17:33:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

156992

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	King's College Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the forecast of a £29 million deficit for Kings College Hospital; and what steps he is taking to protect health services in Bromley.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	215449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>We are advised that Monitor has held several meetings with King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and has requested information from the trust to help identify the reasons for the current year-end deficit forecast. The Trust has commissioned external support to assist in the development of a robust recovery plan which will ensure the trust’s mid-term financial sustainability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also understand that Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is working closely with the Trust to ensure that the Trust’s financial issues do not adversely affect the quality of care for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CCG is investing nearly £20 million in additional out-of-hospital services in Bromley through the <em>Better Care Fund</em>. Increased investment of £2.5 million has also been made available for out-of-hours care in Bromley during the winter period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/11/2014 16:25:29 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart