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753958

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the potential impact of not reaching agreement with the EU by April 2019 on the supply of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 used to produce technetium-99m which is required for over 80 per cent of diagnostic medicine procedures in the UK; (2) what assessment they have made of the potential impact of delays or disruption to the supply of diagnostic medicine procedures that may result; and (3) what contingency plans they have put in place to mitigate such delays or disruption to that supply after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully aware of the importance of molybdenum-99 and the reliance on this medical radioisotope for diagnostic procedures in the National Health Service. The United Kingdom’s ability to import medical isotopes from Europe and the rest of the world will not be affected by withdrawal from Euratom. It is in everyone’s interest to not disrupt the timely access of treatment to patients and to ensure that cross-border trade with the European Union and Euratom is as frictionless as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 31/07/2017 13:38:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

753942

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Royal College of Nursing, (2) the Royal College of Midwives, and (3) UNISON, as a consequence of the fall since 2016 reported by UCAS in the number of applications to universities to study for nursing degrees.
	tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
	uin	HL1089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers routinely meet nursing leaders and discuss a range of issues, including recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to reforming nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration education and increasing the number of places available for students so that two in three nursing applicants are no longer turned down for a place; at the same time ensuring these students have more money available to them while they study.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is confident that the National Health Service will have the required number of students it needs starting courses this year and will continue to work with the education sector to deliver these reforms successfully for the longer term.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1090 question first answered 31/07/2017 14:34:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

753910

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer: Mortality Rates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the findings by Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise in its report, Comparator report on patient access to cancer medicines in Europe Revisited, that UK five-year survival outcomes for cancer lag behind the European average for nine out of ten cancers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL1056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Cancer survival rates are at a record high and around 7,000 more people are surviving cancer after successful treatment on the National Health Service compared to three years ago. However, there is more that we can do. NHS England is leading the implementation of the recommendations of the independent Cancer Taskforce to save a further 30,000 lives by 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 31/07/2017 13:27:52 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

753944

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made to date in implementing their plan to provide 10,000 additional nursing student places by 2020; and how much additional funding has been provided to universities as part of this plan.
	tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
	uin	HL1090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers routinely meet nursing leaders and discuss a range of issues, including recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to reforming nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration education and increasing the number of places available for students so that two in three nursing applicants are no longer turned down for a place; at the same time ensuring these students have more money available to them while they study.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is confident that the National Health Service will have the required number of students it needs starting courses this year and will continue to work with the education sector to deliver these reforms successfully for the longer term.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1089 question first answered 31/07/2017 14:34:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

754108

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the cost to the public of a Prescription Prepayment Certificate has remained at the same level while costs of individual prescriptions have risen.
	tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
	tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	6289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making prescriptions affordable to everyone, including to people who may need a large number of prescriptions. Whilst the standard prescription charge has been uplifted year on year to remain broadly in line with inflation and raise valuable revenue for the National Health Service, the Government took the decision to freeze the cost of the three-month and 12-month prescription prepayment certificates to support those with the greatest need.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/09/2017 13:02:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

754075

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Work: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications have been made for social work bursaries for students commencing courses in September 2017; and how many and what proportion of those applications have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	6050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not yet available. The deadline for postgraduate social work students starting courses in September 2017 applying for a bursary is 1 November 2017. A separate deadline of 14 February 2018 applies for postgraduate students starting their course in January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Undergraduate social work students starting in the 2017 academic year will not be eligible for a bursary until their second year of study.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/09/2017 13:09:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

754102

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Autism: Depressive Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many autistic people were diagnosed with (a) an anxiety disorder and (b) depression in (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	6269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of people diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum; the number of people on the autistic spectrum who have been diagnosed with having an anxiety disorder or depression; the number of people with autism who took their own lives, and the number of people with autism who have died within the requested timescales is not available centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We have made no assessment of the effectiveness of tools used in the diagnosis of autism in identifying co-existing mental health problems. The use of such tools is a matter for the clinicians concerned, taking into account relevant clinical guidance such as that published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 6042 6045 6046 6268 question first answered 06/09/2017 13:18:00 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

754134

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions there were of children and young people under 24-years old in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	6209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table below, which shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an emergency admission method, for:</p><p> </p><p>- Asthma;</p><p>- Acute bronchitis; and</p><p>- All emergency admissions.</p><p> </p><p>The data is for the whole of England and those aged less than 24 years. The data is for each financial year between 2010-11 and 2015-16.</p><p>Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><table><tbody><tr><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><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asthma</p></td><td><p>29,807</p></td><td><p>26,302</p></td><td><p>30,251</p></td><td><p>27,325</p></td><td><p>30,092</p></td><td><p>28,605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acute bronchitis</p></td><td><p>618</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>756</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>1,121,415</p></td><td><p>1,086,573</p></td><td><p>1,109,767</p></td><td><p>1,106,448</p></td><td><p>1,125,604</p></td><td><p>1,157,629</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 6207 6208 question first answered 06/09/2017 11:26:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

754135

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bronchitis: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions there were of children and young people under 24-years old with acute bronchitis in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	6208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table below, which shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an emergency admission method, for:</p><p> </p><p>- Asthma;</p><p>- Acute bronchitis; and</p><p>- All emergency admissions.</p><p> </p><p>The data is for the whole of England and those aged less than 24 years. The data is for each financial year between 2010-11 and 2015-16.</p><p>Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><table><tbody><tr><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><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asthma</p></td><td><p>29,807</p></td><td><p>26,302</p></td><td><p>30,251</p></td><td><p>27,325</p></td><td><p>30,092</p></td><td><p>28,605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acute bronchitis</p></td><td><p>618</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>756</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>1,121,415</p></td><td><p>1,086,573</p></td><td><p>1,109,767</p></td><td><p>1,106,448</p></td><td><p>1,125,604</p></td><td><p>1,157,629</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 6207 6209 question first answered 06/09/2017 11:26:24 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

754133

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Asthma: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions there were of children and young people under 24-years old with asthma in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	6207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table below, which shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an emergency admission method, for:</p><p> </p><p>- Asthma;</p><p>- Acute bronchitis; and</p><p>- All emergency admissions.</p><p> </p><p>The data is for the whole of England and those aged less than 24 years. The data is for each financial year between 2010-11 and 2015-16.</p><p>Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><table><tbody><tr><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><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asthma</p></td><td><p>29,807</p></td><td><p>26,302</p></td><td><p>30,251</p></td><td><p>27,325</p></td><td><p>30,092</p></td><td><p>28,605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acute bronchitis</p></td><td><p>618</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>756</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>1,121,415</p></td><td><p>1,086,573</p></td><td><p>1,109,767</p></td><td><p>1,106,448</p></td><td><p>1,125,604</p></td><td><p>1,157,629</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 6208 6209 question first answered 06/09/2017 11:26:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham