The information is not held. Cosmetic procedures are not usually available through the National Health Service.<\/p>
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The information is not available in the format requested.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3918", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jane Ellison"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Battersea"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jane Ellison"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-12T16:02:43.1Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Ambulance Services: Greater London"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time was that a patient spent receiving treatment in an ambulance in London in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/185", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Islington North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jeremy Corbyn"} ], "uin" : "219556"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/171625", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/171625/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We are committed to ensuring that older vulnerable adults and their carers receive the best possible support in all settings through the Proactive Care Programme, and by ensuring all people aged 75 and over have a named general practitioner (GP) with overall responsibility for their care, providing continuity and oversight of their care. People living with dementia will benefit from this patient focused care.<\/p>
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From April 2015, councils and the National Health Service will pool £5.3 billion of their local budgets under the Better Care Fund. This will require local authorities and the NHS to work together, and engage local partners, including voluntary sector organisations. It is expected that local areas will use some of this to improve care for people with dementia, such as providing access to dementia advisors, reminiscence services and counselling.<\/p>
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Dementia is a key priority for this Government which is why in 2012 we launched the first ever Prime Minister\u2019s Challenge on dementia to increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and understanding and double funding for research in dementia by 2015.<\/p>
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Since the launch of the Challenge, we have made significant progress across all three strands of the challenge including:<\/p>
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- on 28 February 2014, the Secretary of State for Health announced his ambition for improving dementia care and support for people with dementia, their family and carers. This signalled the importance of a tailored plan of care as part of a package of high quality, personalised dementia care and support;<\/p>
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- in the hospital setting, through the Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) reward (introduced from April 2012), with around 4,000 referrals a month, it is clear that more people with dementia in hospitals are being identified and assessed;<\/p>
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- the Dementia Care and Support Compact, the care sector\u2019s own response to the Prime Minister\u2019s Challenge on Dementia, sets out a commitment to support the delivery of the challenge and improve care and support for people with dementia, their carers and families;<\/p>
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- on 1 April, we put in place a new Dementia Directed Enhanced Service which has had over 80% take up by GPs to reward practices for facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia;<\/p>
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- on 22 May, we launched the Dementia Roadmap web based navigation aid with the Royal College of General Practitioners to assist primary care staff effectively support patients, families and carers at the time of diagnosis and throughout the dementia journey; and<\/p>
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- on 10 September 2014, NHS England published a new Dementia Toolkit aimed at helping GPs make a more timely diagnosis and what they can do in terms of vital post-diagnostic support.<\/p>
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The information requested is provided in the table below:<\/p>
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Year<\/p><\/td> | Spend on independent providers £ million<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2009-10<\/p><\/td> | 4,144<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2010-11<\/p><\/td> | 4,757<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2011-12<\/p><\/td> | 5,320<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2012-13<\/p><\/td> | 5,669<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2013-14<\/p><\/td> | 6,554<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Independent providers, both for-profit and not-for-profit, have long through successive governments been providing care to National Health Service patients. Under this Government competition between providers of NHS services has been pursued on the basis of competition for quality through a system of fixed national tariffs. Our position on who should provide services is taken to ensure patients receive the best possible services and outcomes. These decisions are taken by the local clinicians, who are best placed to act for the benefit of their patients.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218445, how much the NHS spent on commissioning private providers in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/171629/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government appreciates that voluntary sector organisations make a substantial contribution to the delivery of high quality local health and social care services. Their unique understanding of local communities often means that they are better placed than others to reach those vulnerable and sometimes hard to reach groups. They have a strong track-record of designing, providing and supporting services based on insight into clients\u2019 needs, and are often well placed to respond flexibly to those needs.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Department provides over £125 million of grant funding per year to the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector to help deliver better health and social care outcomes. This includes the Third Sector Investment Fund which offers grants to the voluntary and community sector to support the development of the sector, build capacity and promote innovation across health and care.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Department also has a long history of working with the sector to develop policy. For example, the development of legislation and the regulations and guidance for the Care Act 2014 were produced in collaboration with expert reference groups including a broad range of VCSE organisations.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Care Act also gives local authorities flexibility to delegate most of their care and support functions under the Act to another body, although the local authority will retain overall responsibility for the fulfilment of the function. Such delegation can include the voluntary sector where appropriate. In recognition of the important role of the VCSE sector in adult social care, the Act also gives local authorities a new duty to promote a diverse provider market.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the charitable sector can play an increased role in adult social care.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/171630/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The increase in the General Dental Council (GDC) registration fee is not expected to impact on the availability of dentists for the National Health Service. All dentists must be registered with the GDC in order to practice whether this is for the NHS or privately.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increases in the General Dental Council registration fee on availability of NHS dentists.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/171631", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/171631/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The ruling by the European Court of Justice does not change the Department\u2019s policies on obesity. We will continue to work to help people to improve their diet and reduce physical inactivity, alongside working with partners to shape an environment where the healthier choice is the easier choice.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of obesity care of the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice ruling that obesity can constitute a disability under certain circumstances.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to increase the number and availability of hydrotherapy pools for people living with (a) neuromuscular and (b) other long-term debilitating conditions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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