Public Health England contributes to the European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT), which reports on congenital anomaly statistics by country.<\/p>
The numbers of babies born with neural tube defects from 2012 to 2016 are displayed in the attached table, due to the size of the data. Data for 2017 and 2018 are not currently available. Validated data for 2017 will be available from April 2019.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4289", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Manzoor"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Manzoor"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1038905/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "HL12742 table formatted.docx"} , "title" : "HL12742 table formatted"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-22T16:13:47.9Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Neural Tube Defects"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many babies have been born in England with neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, in the last five years for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/215", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Corston"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Corston"} ], "uin" : "HL12742"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1038911", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1038911/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
In the event of a \u2018no deal\u2019 European Union exit, there will be no additional controls on food and feed originating from the EU. However, third country high-risk food and feed consignments transiting the EU destined for the United Kingdom will be subject to controls and will need to enter the UK at ports with the required facilities to undertake those controls. Following detailed analysis to determine the possible number of such transits, there is sufficient existing capacity at UK ports with those facilities to undertake all relevant import controls.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4289", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Manzoor"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Manzoor"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-23T11:50:51.33Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Food: Imports"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional food inspectors will be put in place to ensure food imports from the EU are checked at transit ports in the event of a no-deal Brexit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3792", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Jones of Whitchurch"} ], "uin" : "HL12748"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1038929", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1038929/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
During 2019 all local health systems will be expected to set out how they will reduce health inequalities by 2023/24 and 2028/29 including, where applicable, for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities.<\/p>
We are reviewing the collection of data within the National Health Service and working closely with NHS England to complete a scoping exercise to understand how information on protected characteristics is gathered in existing NHS datasets. The Department plans to complete an initial assessment later this year, which will form the basis for future decision-making on NHS data collection by ethnicity.<\/p>
NHS England has produced guidance for general practices clarifying rights of patients and responsibilities of providers in registering with a general practitioner. It also co-produced a leaflet for members of the GRT communities on how to register. These will be kept under review.<\/p>
The Department of Health and Social Care is also working closely with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Education on six community-led pilot projects, two of which are looking to improve health outcomes for GRT communities.<\/p>
The Government commissioned research from the universities of Dundee and York examining how trust in healthcare services could be enhanced amongst Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. The report, Enhancing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller peoples\u2019 trust: using maternity and early years\u2019 health services and dental health services as exemplars of mainstream service provision<\/em>, was published in September 2018. It has made eight key recommendations to the health sector and other key providers, which include increasing collaborative working with those that already have trusted relationships with GRT communities e.g. individuals from third sector organisations, individual health or other sector professionals; and suggested the introduction of literacy help-cards throughout the NHS. These are cards that can be presented to front line staff or receptionists to ask for discreet help with form-filling. A copy of the report is attached.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish correspondence with (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Improvement on any (i) assessment and (b) analysis that indicates a funding shortfall of more than £1 billion in 2019-20.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1038961/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The volume of NHS 111 calls which were abandoned after at least 30 seconds connection time to the NHS 111 service from January to December 2018 is shown in the following table.<\/p> <\/p> Month<\/p><\/td> Volume of calls abandoned after at least 30 seconds<\/p><\/td><\/tr> January 2018<\/p><\/td> 75,488<\/p><\/td><\/tr> February 2018<\/p><\/td> 88,544<\/p><\/td><\/tr> March 2018<\/p><\/td> 113,244<\/p><\/td><\/tr> April 2018<\/p><\/td> 45,718<\/p><\/td><\/tr> May 2018<\/p><\/td> 43,485<\/p><\/td><\/tr> June 2018<\/p><\/td> 46,702<\/p><\/td><\/tr> July 2018<\/p><\/td> 62,784<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2018<\/p><\/td> 41,646<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2018<\/p><\/td> 37,697<\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 2018<\/p><\/td> 44,697<\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 2018<\/p><\/td> 50,703<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 2018<\/p><\/td> 57,375<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: NHS England, NHS 111 minimum data set<\/p> September-2008<\/p><\/td> 281,021<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2009<\/p><\/td> 278,470<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2010<\/p><\/td> 279,883<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2011<\/p><\/td> 277,047<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2012<\/p><\/td> 271,407<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2013<\/p><\/td> 274,627<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2014<\/p><\/td> 278,981<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2015<\/p><\/td> 281,474<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2016<\/p><\/td> 284,288<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2017<\/p><\/td> 283,853<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September-2018<\/p><\/td> 285,674<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics, NHS Digital<\/p>"}
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