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417659

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of training a UK citizen as a nurse; and what assessment he has made of how this figure compares with the costs of recruiting nurses from overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	9401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent estimates that the average cost of training a nurse in 2013 was £78,604. This figure reflects the total cost of training and therefore includes costs funded through the public purse, including the NHS bursary, and by the student.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations are best placed to decide how many staff they employ and how best to recruit those staff to meet services tailored to the needs of their patients and local communities, to deliver safe care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/09/2015 12:07:22 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

418700

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage orthodontists to offer NHS appointments to children outside school hours.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	10177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>NHS England contracts for orthodontic services at a local level taking account of the local oral health needs. Therefore opening hours are a matter for agreement between local commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/09/2015 10:09:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

418701

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pregnancy: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the NHS has made of the potential benefits and disadvantages of the use of Doppler scans in preventing stillbirths.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	10175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) which advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries about all aspects of screening is currently looking at the evidence for a variety of tests (including doppler scans) and treatments to see if they would be able to help to reduce stillbirths. The UK NSC will evaluate the benefits and risks of each test and treatment against its internationally recognised criteria before making a recommendation on their introduction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 17/09/2015 14:50:42 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

420125

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospices: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much central government funding was provided for (a) adult and (b) children's hospices in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	11202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Adult hospices in England receive National Health Service funding locally for services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups. Central Government funding of £570,951 was provided as part of the Nursing Technology Fund Grant in 2015/16 to three adult hospices in England.</p><p>In addition to NHS funding for locally commissioned services, children’s hospices received £11 million in 2015/16 through the Children’s Hospice and Hospice-at-Home Grant, which is administered by NHS England.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/10/2015 15:28:09 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

428781

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether British expatriates who pay income tax in the UK will be charged for medical treatment in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	16728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>Since the United Kingdom has a residence based healthcare system, a person who is not ordinarily resident in the UK, including a British national expatriate, is chargeable for any National Health Service hospital services they receive during visits to the UK, unless an exemption category applies, as set out in Regulations. Therefore, entitlement to free NHS care is not linked to the payment of UK taxes.</p><br /><p>Being ordinarily resident in the UK means, in relation to British citizens, living here on a lawful, properly settled basis for the time being. A person can be ordinarily resident in more than one country at a time, depending on their individual circumstances. <br></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2015 14:38:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

429393

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has taken steps to recover costs to the NHS resulting from the actions of Hungarian journalist Ani Horvath as part of an investigation of fraud in the European Health Insurance Cards scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	17013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Department is undertaking a major piece of work to examine and identify areas for improvement in all the administrative systems relating to European Economic Area healthcare payments (incoming and outgoing), including the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) scheme.</p><br /><p>If an EHIC is used fraudulently, the Department will seek to recover the full cost of treatment from the card holder.</p><br /><p>The Department takes any allegations of fraud and abuse seriously and has been working with the NHS on an on-going basis to detect and tackle any suspected fraud and error since the introduction of the online EHIC application system in 2006.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/11/2015 17:42:52 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

429404

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when all NHS patients will be able to access their medical records online; and when the NHS will implement a secure unified email system.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	16976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>From April 2015 patients have had online access to summary information in their general practitioner (GP) records relating to allergies, adverse reactions and medications. By the end of March 2016, general practices are required to offer online access to coded information, such as problem diagnoses, procedures and test results in GP clinical records.</p><br /><p>The National Health Service has used a secure email service, NHSmail, for the last 12 years. This service is available for use by organisations commissioned to deliver NHS health and care or related activities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/11/2015 17:11:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

438661

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	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 potential benefits of putting health warnings on cigarette packaging in different languages as well as English.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	20184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the putting health warnings on cigarette packaging in different languages as well as English. The labelling of tobacco products is harmonised at European Union level and mandates that the official language of the Member State is used on health warnings for tobacco. In the United Kingdom the official language is English.</p><br /><p>Local Stop Smoking Services may choose to publish smoking cessation materials in a range of languages if they consider it beneficial to the local population.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/01/2016 10:13:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

455995

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is taking steps to increase awareness amongst small retailers of EU directive 2014/40/EU, section 14, regulating packet sizes for cigarettes.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	28911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is developing guidance on the implementation of Article 14 of the revised Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) and is considering how best to raise awareness of the changes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/03/2016 14:15:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

517949

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support the children and families of alcoholics.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	36711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is engaged in a work programme which aims to reduce alcohol-related harm to individuals, families and society. PHE works closely with local authorities to support their work of assessing local alcohol-related need and commissioning services and support to meet that need, including identification and brief advice, alcohol treatment and helping ensure that young people’s substance misuse services target vulnerable young people.</p><p> </p><p>PHE is producing a report on the harm alcohol causes to people other than the drinker, in collaboration with governments in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This report will look at the impact of alcohol on others, including the children of parents with alcohol problems. It is due to published this year.</p><p> </p><p>PHE will also provide estimates of the number of children likely to be affected by their parents’ alcohol use and provide advice to national and local government on where action could have the greatest impact on improving life chances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/05/2016 09:33:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias