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227838

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many in-patient discharges from beds in York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust were delayed because of the unavailability of step-down care beds or community care services in 2009-10 and each subsequent year; how many days on average those patients' discharges were delayed; and what the cost was to the Trust of delayed discharges in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total number of days delayed within the month for all patients delayed throughout the month, by reason for delay, at the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on cost is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reason</p></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><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A. Awaiting completion of assessment.</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>752</p></td><td><p>605</p></td><td><p>620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B. Awaiting public funding.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>617</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C. Awaiting further non-acute (including community and mental health) NHS care (including intermediate care, rehabilitation services etc).</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>518</p></td><td><p>461</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Di. Awaiting residential home placement or availability</p></td><td><p>1,915</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,725</p></td><td><p>1,384</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>1,402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dii. Awaiting nursing home placement or availability</p></td><td><p>1,174</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>1,012</p></td><td><p>1,197</p></td><td><p>1,753</p></td><td><p>3,237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E. Awaiting care package in own home</p></td><td><p>2,879</p></td><td><p>2,734</p></td><td><p>2,297</p></td><td><p>4,837</p></td><td><p>3,741</p></td><td><p>4,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F. Awaiting community equipment and adaptations</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>343</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G. Patient or family choice</p></td><td><p>1,141</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td><td><p>2,180</p></td><td><p>1,775</p></td><td><p>1,291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>H. Disputes</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>I. Housing - patients not covered by NHS and Community Care Act</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> NHS England, <a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>August 2010 was the first month where data was collected on a monthly basis. Prior to that, data was collected weekly as unpublished and un-validated management data.</li><li>Data from 2014-15 includes months from April 2014 to January 2015. Data for February 2015 is due to be published on 27 March 2015.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/03/2015 15:59:45 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

227841

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Staff in the Department are not allowed to download any news applications onto their work-provided phones.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relatively small number of mostly senior staff who use tablets provided by the Department can download news applications, subject to conformance with the Department’s Acceptable Use of ICT Policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 16:02:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227848

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer Drugs Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions NHS England has had with manufacturers on alternative commissioning arrangements for treatments that have been removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund list.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	227776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that, since the removal of a number of drugs from the national Cancer Drugs Fund list on 12 March 2015, representatives of NHS England have had preliminary discussions at the request of one manufacturer around maintaining access to one of the drugs removed from the list.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>Patients currently receiving drugs removed from the list will remain on that treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/03/2015 16:20:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

227849

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	227961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The table presented below is a ‘snapshot’ of the requested breakdown by ethnicity for the Civil Servants in the Department as at 28 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ethnic identity</p></td><td><p>Head Count of Employees</p></td><td><p>Percentage of Employees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White or White British</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>75.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian or Asian British</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black or Black British</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Group</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any other Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undeclared</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>2,027</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the Department’s Public Sector Equality Duty, the Department reports annually on the composition of our workforce. The full report, which includes more detailed diversity information and comparisons is published and available on the GOV.uk website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-equality-information-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-equality-information-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 15:42:54 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227851

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Clacton
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 adequacy of the provision of NHS dental services in Clacton constituency.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	228001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning dental services. As such, the Department has made no assessment of the adequacy of the provision of NHS dental services in Clacton constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that it believes there are sufficient units of dental activity commissioned in the Clacton area to meet oral health needs. NHS England is not aware of any significant complaints in respect of accessing NHS dental provision in this locality.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Nationally, more than 30 million people were seen by an NHS dentist in the 24 month period ending 31 December 2014. Almost 1.6 million more people have been seen by an NHS dentist since May 2010. The Government is committed to working with NHS England to increase access to NHS dentistry.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></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 25/03/2015 13:00:50 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

227858

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the response time performance was of the East of England Ambulance Service in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	228004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Ambulance response time data is published monthly and can be found on the NHS England website using the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2014-15/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/ambulance-quality-indicators-data-2014-15/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/03/2015 12:04:24 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

227867

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy to support nationally set standards, policies and specifications for specialised services.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	227942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend. the Secretary of State has welcomed NHS England's approach of working with a range of national clinical experts and patient and carer representatives to develop nationally consistent service standards (service specifications) and clinical commissioning policies to support the provision of prescribed specialised services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/03/2015 17:30:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

227868

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gastrointestinal Cancer: Drugs
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 effect on gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) patients of the delisting of the drug regorafenib by the Cancer Drugs Fund; and what steps he is taking to ensure that GIST patients have access to appropriate drugs and treatment.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	227939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that the decision to remove regorafenib (Stivarga) for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) from the national Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) list has been subject to a formal appeal and referred back to the CDF clinical panel for reconsideration. Regorafenib will therefore remain available through the Cancer Drugs Fund until this process is completed and subject to the final outcome.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/03/2015 16:23:37 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

227869

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prostate Cancer: Drugs
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 impact on prostate cancer patients of the delisting of the drug cabazitaxel by the Cancer Drugs Fund; what steps NHS England plans to take to maintain access to cabazitaxel for prostate cancer patients until it has been subject to review by NICE; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Individual Funding Request process for cancer drugs.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	227938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that cabazutaxel (Jevtana) was removed from the national Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) list on 12 March 2015 as the CDF clinical panel concluded that the clinical benefits of cabazitaxel in patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, who had received prior treatment with docetaxel, were insufficient for it to merit retention on the national list. The full decision summary is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ncdf-summ-cabaztxl-post-doctxl.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ncdf-summ-cabaztxl-post-doctxl.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Patients currently receiving cabazitaxel through the Fund will remain on that treatment until such a time when they are no longer receiving benefit from the treatment. Clinicians will still be able to apply for individual patients to receive cabazitaxel on an exceptional basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England follows a standard operating procedure when responding to individual requests to fund cancer treatments. This requires a response to the request within 10 working days following a receipt of a complete submission from the clinician. Further details are available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/cdf/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/cdf/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/03/2015 16:27:28 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

227874

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neuromuscular Disorders: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England plans to publish its audit of unplanned emergency admissions of patients with neuromuscular conditions in the north east of England.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
uin	227890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The NHS England Cumbria and North East sub regional team is working with the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign to undertake a local audit of unplanned emergency admissions of patients with neuromuscular conditions, to determine which were potentially avoidable. No completion date has been identified.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/03/2015 16:09:55 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon