https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics<\/a><\/p> <\/p>
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These statistics however will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.<\/p>
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As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring data for Universal Credit, therefore it is not yet possible to give a definitive list of what statistics will be provided in the future.<\/p>
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of Universal Credit have applied for (a) budgeting advances and (b) alternative payment arrangements; how many such applications were successful; and what the average amount awarded for a successful application has been to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Frank Field"}
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I spoke to the President of Ghana and others in Government when I visited Ghana earlier this year about furthering economic development in the country. Those discussions included how we could help to foster growth in the agricultural sector in ways that will benefit poor farmers. I visited sites where DFID is supporting initiatives to do this.<\/p>
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In Ghana, DFID has three projects whose primary aim is to enable poor farmers to earn more income. One is centred on two irrigation schemes that will benefit thousands of small-scale farmers. Another is an investment fund to help agricultural businesses. The third provides support to improve the way that markets work for poor people, concentrating on six agricultural products. DFID aims to ensure that 30,000 poor producers in Ghana have improved access to services by March 2016.<\/p>
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her Ghanaian counterparts on the use of UK aid to support small-scale farmers in that country.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Frank Field"}
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In September 2013 the Government published the UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategy 2013 to 2018 which is led by the Department of Health, Public Health England and Defra. An annual progress report and implementation plan for the strategy is due for publication in November. This report will describe progress in implementing the strategy. It will include the further measures on animal health to be taken over the next four years to respond to the risk of AMR and to promote the responsible use of antibiotics.<\/p>
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I refer the right hon. Member to my answer of 14 October 2014 (PQ 210244).<\/p>"}
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Our Ambassador and his team regularly discuss human rights and political reform with the Government of Bahrain at the highest levels. We are supportive of the reforms underway in Bahrain and commend the steps taken by the Bahraini government to implement the recommendations set out in the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry and UN Universal Periodic Review. Whilst progress has been made in a number of areas, we are clear that more needs to be done. I will continue to encourage the Government of Bahrain to ensure that the recommendations are fully implemented.<\/p>"}
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Achieving earlier diagnosis of cancer is key to our ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives per year by 2014-15. We are investing £450 million to achieve early diagnosis of cancer through better public awareness, better screening and better access to key diagnostic tests. However we know that early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer can be very difficult as the symptoms are shared with a wide range of benign conditions.<\/p>
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<\/p>
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer (2005) are available to help general practitioners assess when it is appropriate to refer patients for suspected cancer, including pancreatic cancer. NICE is in the process of updating the guidelines to ensure that these reflect latest evidence and can continue to support general practitioners (GPs) to identify patients with suspected cancer symptoms and urgently refer them as appropriate. NICE\u2019s anticipated publication date for the revised guidelines is May 2015.<\/p>
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<\/p>
We understand that NHS England has asked NICE to develop a clinical guideline and quality standard on pancreatic cancer.<\/p>
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<\/p>
At a local level, it is for individual clinical commissioning groups to promote and enhance the diagnostic capability to deliver better outcomes. Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments that may be used for pancreatic cancer are commissioned at the moment by NHS England. NHS England\u2019s pancreatic cancer service specification clearly defines what it expects to be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective pancreatic cancer services. This service specification has been developed by specialised clinicians, commissioners, expert patients and public health representatives to describe core and developmental service standards.<\/p>
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<\/p>
NHS England has also committed to make up to £6 million available over the next three years to support six trials by Cancer Research UK into the use of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), an innovative radiotherapy treatment. This will allow patients to receive SABR treatment now, where clinicians think they could benefit. At the same time doctors can fully assess the effectiveness of these treatments so that in future, if it proves to be effective, they will be available for all relevant patients on the NHS. One of these six trials will be on pancreatic cancer.<\/p>
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<\/strong><\/p> <\/p>
The Department published Improving Outcomes for Upper Gastro-Intestinal Cancers in 2001, which describes best practice in the delivery of services for patients with all types of upper gastro-intestinal cancer, including pancreatic cancer.
NICE has recommended gemcitabine as a treatment option for pancreatic cancer in technology appraisal guidance published in May 2001, subject to certain clinical criteria and is currently appraising a number of other pancreatic cancer drugs. Patients have the right to drugs and treatments that have been recommended by NICE technology appraisal guidance for use in the National Health Service, where their doctor believes they are clinically appropriate.
A number of drugs to treat pancreatic cancers are also available through the Cancer Drugs Fund.<\/p>
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Since 1 April 2013 NHS England has been responsible for commissioning Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) aids for patients with complex disability whose needs require specialised assessment, including for patients with motor neurone disease. Commissioning of non-specialised AAC aids is the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups.<\/p>
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NHS England has published a service specification for specialised AAC aids that sets out what should be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services. The specification can be found at:<\/p>
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www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d01-com-dis-equ-alt-aug-comm-aids.pdf<\/a><\/p> <\/p>
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<\/p>
NHS England has identified an additional £22.5 million funding for AAC and Environmental Controls in 2014-15. They have been working closely with the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) to ensure this funding is equitably distributed across England in a fair and consistent manner. The MNDA are representing all patients on the panel which is reviewing this funding allocation.<\/p>
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Following the Francis report[1] many trusts increased their spend on temporary staffing to meet safe staffing levels.<\/p>
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The Department expects trusts to have a strong grip on their finances, and manage their contract and agency[2] staffing spend responsibly through effective and efficient workforce planning and management.<\/p>
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The proportion of National Health Service foundation trusts staff budgets that consisted of expenditure on contract and agency staff in each of the last five financial years is set out in the following table:<\/p>
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Year<\/p><\/td> | Proportion<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2013-14<\/p><\/td> | 5.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2012-13<\/p><\/td> | 4.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2011-12<\/p><\/td> | 4.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2010-11<\/p><\/td> | 4.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2009-10<\/p><\/td> | 5.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The proportion of NHS trusts staff budgets that consisted of expenditure on contract and agency staff in 2013-14 is 6.3%. Previous years are not available as agency and contract staff were not identified separately from other non permanent staff[3].<\/p> <\/p>
[1] http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com/<\/a><\/p> <\/p> [2]The definition of Contract / Agency staff is: \u201cAgency\u201d employee payments for the employment of staff where the staff remain employees of the agency and \u201cContract staff\u201d where the NHS trust has control over numbers and qualifications of staff (in contrast to a service obtained under contract) .<\/p> <\/p> [3] non-permanent staff are defined as \u201cothers engaged on the objectives of the organisation including staff on inward secondment or loan from other organisations, bank/agency/temporary staff and contract staff.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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