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66067

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Air Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what occasions each Minister within his Department has taken domestic flights on official business since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The available information is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt)</p><p> </p><p>- 24 February 2014 – London to Aberdeen and return flight.</p><p> </p><p>Former Minister of State (Mr Paul Burstow)</p><p> </p><p>- 3 January 2012 – London to Newquay.</p><p> </p><p>Minister of State (Norman Lamb)</p><p> </p><p>- 25 February 2014 - London to Newquay.</p><p> </p><p>- 26 February 2014 - Newquay to London.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Dr Daniel Poulter)</p><p> </p><p>- 10 April 2014 – London to Newquay.</p><p> </p><p>To provide information for other former Ministers since 2010 would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 14/07/2014 15:25:05 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66068

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices have closed since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	204309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold information regarding the number of practices that have closed since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/07/2014 15:39:13 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

66069

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will re-establish the NHS Diabetes website.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	204231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS Improving Quality has taken over the functions of NHS Diabetes and has no plans to establish a diabetes specific website. However, the archived NHS Diabetes website can still be viewed.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improving Quality has a number of programmes of work underway to reduce premature mortality from diabetes and improve the care of people with diabetes including:</p><p> </p><p>- Piloting new pathways of care to detect and manage asymptomatic coronary heart disease in patient groups with diabetic foot disease. The aim is to reduce premature mortality in this group of patients by 600 lives per year from 2015-16;</p><p> </p><p>- Supporting the NHS Health Check programme's ambition to achieve a 66% uptake rate within the eligible population for 2014-15. A key component of these checks is looking for risk factors for diabetes;</p><p> </p><p>- Supporting the implementation of the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy;</p><p> </p><p>- Working to achieve patient centred, co-ordinated services for people living with long term conditions, including diabetes; and</p><p> </p><p>- Providing signposting and links to useful improvement resources relating to diabetes.</p><p> </p><p>More information on this work can be found on the NHS Improving Quality website at:</p><p> </p><p>www.nhsiq.nhs.uk</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/07/2014 13:32:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

66070

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Christie NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a compromise agreement has been reached, or is in the process of being reached, with the currently suspended chief executive of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust on the termination of her employment.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	204260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The decision to settle a dispute with an employee is an employment matter between the Trust and the employee.</p><p> </p><p>We have written to Sir Hugh Taylor, Interim Chair of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, informing him of this enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204258 question first answered 10/07/2014 15:34:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

66071

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to impose a duty on local authorities to commission follow-up services to the NHS Health Check.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	204237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to mandate local authorities to commission follow-up services following an NHS Health Check. It is for local authorities, supported by Public Health England, to work closely with their partners across the health care system, including through Health and wellbeing Boards, to ensure the different elements of the programme, including follow-up services link together. The Department, jointly with Public Health England, have issued guidance to support local authorities in delivering NHS Health Checks, including follow up services. NHS England is also producing an action plan to improve patient management following an NHS Health Check by March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204230 question first answered 14/07/2014 12:39:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

66072

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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 ensure that whistleblowers willing to give evidence on allegations of wrongdoing at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust will not be victimised or otherwise suffer detriment from the Trust for so giving evidence.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	204259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has been very clear that people working in the National Health Service should be supported to raise concerns. Trusts should have whistleblowing policies in place that are compliant with the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p>It is in the interests of patients and staff that trusts foster a culture where NHS workers feel confident that when concerns in the public interest are raised they will be heard. To that end, on 24 June, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced that Sir Robert Francis QC, will lead an independent review of whistleblowing policies and practices in the NHS, which will consider what more can be done to further protect NHS workers who speak out in the public interest.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Secretary of State wrote on 5 March 2014 to all Chairs in NHS trusts and foundation trusts in England to reiterate the vital importance of fostering a culture of openness and transparency in the NHS in which concerns about care can be raised, investigated and acted upon.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced a contractual right to raise concerns and issued guidance for NHS organisations. In March 2012, we strengthened the NHS Constitution to include an expectation that staff will raise their concerns early and a pledge that their employer will act upon those concerns.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducing a Duty of Candour, so that when things go wrong, organisations have a statutory duty to admit mistakes and tell patients what has happened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/07/2014 15:40:21 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

66073

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to provide a separate follow-up service to the NHS Heath Check Programme.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	204230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to mandate local authorities to commission follow-up services following an NHS Health Check. It is for local authorities, supported by Public Health England, to work closely with their partners across the health care system, including through Health and wellbeing Boards, to ensure the different elements of the programme, including follow-up services link together. The Department, jointly with Public Health England, have issued guidance to support local authorities in delivering NHS Health Checks, including follow up services. NHS England is also producing an action plan to improve patient management following an NHS Health Check by March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 204237 question first answered 14/07/2014 12:39:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

66074

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to include a diabetes-related indicator in the Health Premium Incentive scheme; if he will consult the diabetes community on the design of that scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	204232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The independent advisory group, the Health Premium Incentive Advisory Group (HPIAG), was set up as a sub-group of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation to advise Ministers on which indicators from the Public Health Outcome Framework (PHOF) would be suitable for inclusion in the Health Premium Incentive Scheme (HPIS). HPIAG developed a list of technical criteria to guide this assessment and reviewed all the indicators in the PHOF, including those indicators relevant to diabetes, against these criteria. HPIAG concluded that the diabetes related indicators did not meet the criteria and so would not be appropriate for inclusion in the HPIS. HPIAG's report showing which indicator met the criteria has been placed in the Library and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/groups/health-premium-incentive-advisory-group</p><p> </p><p>The PHOF itself was subject to a full public consultation and the report of PHOF consultation has been placed in the library and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework</p><p> </p><p>Ministers are currently considering options for introducing the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ204232 - Lib Doc - Report - Part 1.pdf title Part 1 2 file name PQ204232 - Lib Doc - Report - Part 2.pdf title Part 2 question first answered 14/07/2014 13:28:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

66075

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 566W, on NHS: inovations, to whom in the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit the Innovation, Health and Wealth programme has been reporting during the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	204247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>In my Answer of 17 June 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, column 566W, I referred to the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit in error. My Answer should have referred to the Cabinet Office Implementation Unit.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that it reports centrally to the Cabinet Office Implementation Unit and is not aware of the named individuals within the Unit who receive its monthly reports on the Innovation, Health and Wealth programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 14/07/2014 13:41:09 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

66076

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, columns 566-7W, on NHS: intellectual property, what the name and job title is of the official in NHS England responsible for the intellectual property strategy of the NHS; and what the name and job title is of that official's line-manager.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	204248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Pursuant to my answer of 17 June 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, columns 566-7W, I would like to clarify that overall policy for intellectual property rests with the Intellectual Property Office.</p><p> </p><p>Intellectual property as it affects health services rests with the Department of Health, within the portfolio of Will Cavendish in his capacity as Director General for Innovation, Growth, and Technology, working closely with other health service bodies, including NHS England, wherever relevant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 14/07/2014 16:29:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma