The performance standard for ambulance trusts responding to Category A calls is that an ambulance resource should arrive within eight minutes of the call 75% of the time.<\/p>
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We understand that this year to date (1 April 2014 -28 November 2014) the London Ambulance Service has achieved a response rate to \u2018category A\u2019 calls in Westminster of 69.58%.<\/p>
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We are providing extra support to the National Health Service \u2013 including £50 million to help ambulance trusts with additional demand and help them to return to meeting the standard as quickly as possible.<\/p>
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Mental health nurses are not identified separately in the Health and Social Care Information Centre\u2019s (HSCIC) workforce statistics. Mental health nurses work predominantly in psychiatric services but also across a range of settings and the independent sector.<\/p>
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The following table shows the full time equivalent number of nurses who work in the community psychiatry and other psychiatry areas of work in the National Health Service in each of the last five years. The data is taken from the HSCIC\u2019s monthly workforce statistics and is for 31 August in each year.<\/p>
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Nurses working in Community Psychiatry and Other Psychiatry August 2010 to August 2014<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | Number of Full-time Equivalent Nurses in England as at 31 August<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||
Area of Work<\/p><\/td> | 2010<\/p><\/td> | 2011<\/p><\/td> | 2012<\/p><\/td> | 2013<\/p><\/td> | 2014<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Community Psychiatry<\/p><\/td> | 15,999<\/p><\/td> | 15,572<\/p><\/td> | 15,677<\/p><\/td> | 15,651<\/p><\/td> | 15,404<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Other Psychiatry<\/p><\/td> | 25,372<\/p><\/td> | 24,517<\/p><\/td> | 23,649<\/p><\/td> | 22,977<\/p><\/td> | 22,405<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Source:<\/em> Health and Social Care Information Centre<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/166209/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department welcomes the Sir Stephen Bubb report, Winterbourne View: Time to Change,<\/em> commissioned by NHS England.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Officials will work with NHS England to consider the report\u2019s recommendations in the context of the ongoing system-wide Transforming Care <\/em>programme, established in response to events at Winterbourne View Hospital.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> On 13 December 2013, the Department published Winterbourne View: Transforming Care One Year On <\/em>which was a review of progress to date and the on-going work to ensure the right, high quality care for vulnerable people is delivered.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> A further commitment was made in Transforming Care <\/em>for the Department to publish a further two year on progress report. This will be published in 2015 following the publication of the 2014 Learning Disability Census data. This will set out progress made by the Department\u2019s system partners in implementing the commitments in Transforming Care<\/em>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/166213/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " National Health Service datasets do not enable comparisons to be made between the mental and physical health of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities with that of the rest of the population. These datasets \u2013 such as the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities dataset \u2013 use the nationally mandated ethnicity categories from the NHS data dictionary, based on the 2001 census groups. These groups did not include Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities. The 2011 census included a new ethnic category group for Gypsy or Irish Traveller.<\/p> <\/p> The National Inclusion Health Board\u2019s report, Hidden Needs: identifying vulnerable groups in data collections: vulnerable migrants, gypsies and travellers, homeless people and sex workers <\/em>published in March 2014 recommended the adoption of the 2011 census ethnic classification by the NHS data dictionary. The Department, the NHS, Public Health England, and the Health and Social Care Information Centre are considering how this recommendation could be implemented whilst ensuring data consistency.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what National Health Service datasets are available to compare the mental and physical health of people from Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities with that of the rest of the population; and what those sources yield by way of trend information since 2011.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether they will advise the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to prioritise the Quality Standard on hearing loss (adult onset), in the light of proposals from North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to decommission hearing aids for patients with mild to moderate adult onset hearing loss.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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