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528823

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Housing: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reductions they aim to achieve in rates of (1) stillbirths, (2) neonatal deaths, and (3) brain injuries, in (a) single pregnancies, and (b) multiple pregnancies, by 2030.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>In November 2015, the Secretary of State announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030. This ambition applies to both single and multiple pregnancies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will publish an annual report on the progress towards achieving this aim and will include information on twins and multiple births. The first report will be published later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL785 HL786 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:50:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

528824

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when, where and how often they plan to publish a formal update on progress made towards achieving their aim of halving the rates in England of stillbirths, neonatal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>In November 2015, the Secretary of State announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030. This ambition applies to both single and multiple pregnancies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will publish an annual report on the progress towards achieving this aim and will include information on twins and multiple births. The first report will be published later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL784 HL786 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:50:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

528825

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	UK Permanent Representation to the EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will include information on twins and multiple births in any formal updates on progress towards their aim of halving the rates in England of stillbirths, neonatal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>In November 2015, the Secretary of State announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030. This ambition applies to both single and multiple pregnancies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will publish an annual report on the progress towards achieving this aim and will include information on twins and multiple births. The first report will be published later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL784 HL785 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:50:19 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

528826

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	UK Permanent Representation to the EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS England’s stillbirth care bundle will be reviewed to assess whether it is having an impact on reducing stillbirths among multiple pregnancies; and what plans they have to update it if further improvements are required.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The <em>Saving Babies Lives care bundle</em> covers all types of pregnancy, including multiple pregnancies. The care bundle will be evaluated so that it can be developed and refined to ensure that it continues to reflect best practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Maternity Transformation Programme Board will drive forward the implementation of the National Maternity Review, <em>Better Births</em>, published in February this year. It will also include work to reduce the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths in England. The formation of the Board marks a clear step forward towards delivering the vision laid out in the National Maternity Review, ensuring that key organisations work together to improve maternity services. <em>Better Births</em> makes recommendations on the use of data including the development of a set of national indicators to aid data comparison. NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement this and the report’s other recommendations, and as part of this are considering the case for a national dashboard. A copy of both <em>Better Births</em> and the <em>Saving Babies Lives</em> care bundle are attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Board held its first meeting on 8 June 2016 and is chaired by Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chief Executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The Board members and the organisations they represent are detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement the vision set out in <em>Better Births</em>, the report of the National Maternity Review. These plans are likely to include commissioning guidance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Person</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah-Jane Marsh</p></td><td><p>Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jane Cummings</p></td><td><p>Senior Responsible Officer, Chief Nursing Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keith Willett</p></td><td><p>Deputy Chair, Medical Director for Acute Care, NHS England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Matthew Jolly</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (obstetrics) / workstream lead (data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (midwifery)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Julia Cumberlege</p></td><td><p>Stakeholder Reference Group Chair / Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework Panel Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flora Goldhill</p></td><td><p>Department of Health / workstream lead (best practice for safer care)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wendy Reid / Bill Irish</p></td><td><p>Health Education England / workstream lead (workforce)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viv Bennett</p></td><td><p>Public Health England / workstream lead (public health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ruth May</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement (Director of Nursing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mike Durkin</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement (Director of Patient Safety)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jimmy Walker</p></td><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lauren Hughes</p></td><td><p>NHS England /workstream lead (local transformation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>James Sanderson</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (choice and personalisation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Medcalf</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (perinatal mental health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tom Denwood</p></td><td><p>NHS Digital / workstream lead (technology)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin Campbell</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (pricing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David Richmond</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cathy Warwick</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigel Acheson</p></td><td><p>Regional delivery lead / Regional Medical Director, South</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roz Lindridge</p></td><td><p>Clinical Networks maternity lead / East Midlands Associate Director, Clinical Networks and Senate</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name saving-babies-lives-car-bundl.pdf title Saving Babies Lives 2 file name national-maternity-review-report (3).pdf title National Maternity Review: Better Births grouped question UIN HL788 HL789 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:59:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

520612

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Doctors: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are providing to aid agencies working in Yemen.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK is the 4th largest donor to the crisis in Yemen and has more than doubled its support over the last year to £85 million for 2015/16 in response to the humanitarian crisis. UK aid is focused on the most urgent life-saving needs, and has so far helped more than 1.3 million Yemenis who have been affected by the conflict with food assistance, medical supplies, water, and emergency shelter.</p><p>We work with partners such as UN agencies and NGOs who have good access and a strong track record of delivering and monitoring assistance in difficult and dangerous places. The security situation in Yemen is, however, impacting the ability of humanitarian organisations to access populations to deliver assistance, and to make assessments of their needs. The UK continues to urge all parties to the conflict to take all reasonable steps to facilitate rapid and safe access for humanitarian agencies to all people in need in Yemen.</p><p>UK aid is also supporting the UN to co-ordinate the international humanitarian response and to facilitate the delivery of aid in Yemen including; the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Air Service and the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism to improve supply of essential goods into Yemen.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/06/2016 11:35:04 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

520613

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Orkambi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that aid and humanitarian help is able to gain access to Sa’ada and Hajjah.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK is the 4<sup>th</sup> largest donor to the crisis in Yemen and has more than doubled its support over the last year to £85 million for 2015/16 to respond to the humanitarian crisis. UK aid is focused on the most urgent life-saving needs, and has so far helped more than 1.3 million Yemenis who have been affected by the conflict with food assistance, medical supplies, water, and emergency shelter. Through our support to UN agencies and NGOs working in Sa’ada and Hajjah, people in need in these Governates are being provided with water, sanitation and hygiene support, health and nutrition assistance, shelter kits and cash to help address emergency food needs.</p><p>We work with partners such as UN agencies and NGOs who have good access and a strong track record of delivering and monitoring assistance in difficult and dangerous places. The security situation across Yemen is, however, impacting the ability of humanitarian organisations to access populations to deliver assistance, and to make assessments of their needs. The UK continues to urge all parties to the conflict to take all reasonable steps to facilitate rapid and safe access for humanitarian agencies to all people in need in Yemen.</p><p>UK aid is also supporting the UN to co-ordinate the international humanitarian response and to facilitate the delivery of aid across Yemen according to where needs are greatest including to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Air Service and the Verification and Inspection Mechanism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/06/2016 11:35:28 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

520614

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Wheelchairs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to support the establishment of independent international monitoring mechanisms in Yemen to investigate human rights violations on all sides of the conflict.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK supported a UN Human Rights Council resolution in October 2015, which called on the UN to provide technical assistance to the Government of Yemen, assist the Yemeni National Independent Commission of Inquiry, and report back to the next session of the Human Rights Council. The UK welcomes Yemen’s commitment to cooperate with the UN on protection of human rights. It is important to continue to support this process until the Commission has reported back to the Human Rights Council in September 2016 where the discussions about the need for any alternative measures can be properly informed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/06/2016 11:45:52 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

520615

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are providing support to the central bank of Yemen to avert financial collapse.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) is a key Yemeni institution. We have made sure that the economy and the state of the CBY are not ignored during the peace talks in Kuwait. We continue to lobby the Government of Yemen and the Houthis and Pro-Saleh General People's Congress at the highest levels to emphasise the seriousness of the economic situation, including pressing for all Yemeni parties to cooperate, take ownership of the issues, and ensure key institutions such as the CBY are protected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/06/2016 15:45:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

520616

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	United Nations: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports of increased malnutrition and starvation in Yemen.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2016 answer text <p>The United Nations report that 14.4 million people in Yemen are facing food insecurity, of which 7.6 million are facing severe food shortages, as cited in the UN’s 2016 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan. The UK government uses this UN report as one if its primary data sources. A number of humanitarian organisations have recently highlighted the acute food security and livelihood needs in Yemen, and the fact that food insecurity is likely to continue at a critical level in the coming months.</p><p>The security situation in Yemen is impacting the ability of humanitarian organisations to access populations to deliver assistance, and to make assessments of their needs. The UK continues to remind all parties to the conflict to take all reasonable steps to facilitate rapid and safe access for humanitarian agencies to all people in need in Yemen. This is essential to ensure that the international community has an accurate understanding of the levels of need in the country, including food insecurity.</p><p>The UK is the 4<sup>th</sup> largest donor to the crisis in Yemen and has more than doubled its humanitarian support over the last year to £85 million for 2015/16. We work through UN agencies and NGOs, including the World Food Programme who provide emergency food support to over 570,000 people, through direct delivery of food or the provision of cash or food vouchers. We have also provided £21.7 million in 2015/16 to UNICEF for the provision of health and nutrition services through hospitals and mobile clinics. We are also funding the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism to improve the supply of essential commercial goods, including food, into Yemen.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/06/2016 11:35:52 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

515533

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Strokes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the National Stroke Strategy and whether the strategy has achieved its aims.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL7913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the National Stroke Strategy or of whether it has achieved its aims. However, we know that good progress has been made on stroke in recent years, with mortality rates decreasing.</p><p> </p><p>Part of this progress is undoubtedly due to improvements in the treatment of stroke, where we have made great strides in several areas. The most recent data from the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Project shows that:</p><p> </p><p>- Over 48% of patients receive brain scanning within one hour of hospital arrival and over 90% within 12 hours;</p><p> </p><p>- 84% of stroke patients spend more than 90% of their time in hospital on a stroke unit;</p><p> </p><p>- Clot busting drugs give a certain cohort of stroke patients a better chance of regaining their independence. 11% of stroke patients admitted to hospital receive these drugs; and</p><p> </p><p>- Over 78% of patients are assessed by a specialist stroke physician within 24 hours of admission, showing that stroke services have made good progress in delivering 7 day specialist medical services.</p><p> </p><p>However we know there is more to do and increases in levels of obesity and an ageing population lead to new pressures.</p><p> </p><p>That is why a Cardiovascular (CVD) Disease Outcomes Strategy was published in 2013. It sets out key actions for commissioners and providers to help further improve outcomes in Coronary Heart Disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England hosts a CVD outcomes collaborative which brings together the relevant National Clinical Directors, the main relevant national charities, the National CVD Intelligence Network, Public Health England and the Department of Health. This collaborative continues to coordinate delivery of the work which was initiated in the CVD Outcomes Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>In February this year, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published interventional procedure guidance on mechanical clot retrieval (thrombectomy) for treating acute ischaemic stroke. The guidance sets out that current evidence on the safety and efficacy of this procedure is adequate to support its use, provided that standard arrangements are in place for clinical governance, consent and audit. This guidance does not oblige commissioners to commission thrombectomy nor hospitals to provide it.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is now undertaking work to inform a decision on whether this is a procedure that should be made more widely available.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL7916 question first answered 04/05/2016 10:58:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger