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523973

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Strokes: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of access to stroke rehabilitation services in areas that are socio-economically deprived.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	40014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Although the Department has made no assessment of access to stroke rehabilitation in socio-economically deprived areas, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) undertook an audit in 2015 of the provision and organisation of post-acute stroke care, including rehabilitation services. The audit shows there are variations around the country in the availability of these services to stroke survivors. The Strategic Clinical Networks and the National Clinical Director for Stroke are working with clinical commissioning groups to help address this.</p><p>The SSNAP data can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.strokeaudit.org/results/PostAcute/National.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.strokeaudit.org/results/PostAcute/National.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/06/2016 13:47:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

523976

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of rough sleeping to the NHS.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	40058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>According to the last Departmental estimate, homeless people – primarily rough sleepers and those living in hostels - cost National Health Service hospitals at least £85 million a year, based on around 40,500 people living in hostels (Healthcare for Single Homeless People (2010).</p><p> </p><p>Homeless people consume around four times more acute hospital services than the general population. These extra costs arise from the severity of their health conditions and because they are more likely to be admitted as emergency admissions.</p><p> </p><p>We have made £40 million available through the Homelessness Change/Platform for Life programme to provide tailored hostel accommodation to improve the physical and mental health outcomes of rough sleepers and provide stable, transitional, shared accommodation for young people who are homeless or in insecure housing. We have also encouraged local areas to develop and improve hospital discharge arrangements for people who are homeless through the £10 million Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund, including by more effective multi-agency working.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/06/2016 16:54:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

523978

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Testicular Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the divergence between the below-average incidence of testicular cancer amongst men living in the most deprived areas and the above-average number of deaths amongst that cohort when diagnosed with testicular cancer.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	39918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics, for men diagnosed with testicular cancer between 2009 and 2013 the one year survival estimate was 98.3% and the five year survival estimate was 97.0%, the highest survival rates for any type of cancer.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance on the organisation of healthcare for people with a urological cancer, including testicular cancer - <em>Improving outcomes in urological cancers</em> (NICE guidelines CSG2, September 2002). The guidance recommends which healthcare professionals should be involved in treatment and care, and the types of hospital or cancer centre that are best suited to provide that healthcare. The guidance can be found at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/csg2" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/csg2</a></p><p>Improving the early diagnosis of cancer is a priority for this Government, and was highlighted as a strategic priority in the report <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes</em> published in July 2015 by the independent Cancer Taskforce. In order to continue to support general practitioners (GPs) to identify patients whose symptoms may indicate cancer and urgently refer them as appropriate, NICE published an updated suspected cancer referral guideline in June 2015, which encourages GPs to think of cancer sooner and lowers the threshold for referral. The guideline can be found at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng12" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng12</a></p><p>The health website NHS Choices includes information about the symptoms of testicular cancer and encourages men to be aware of what feels normal for them and to seek help from their GP if they notice any changes. This information can be found at this link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Cancer-of-the-testicle/Pages/Introduction.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/conditions/Cancer-of-the-testicle/Pages/Introduction.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 39945 question first answered 13/06/2016 16:53:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

523986

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Testicular Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer amongst men living in the most deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	39945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics, for men diagnosed with testicular cancer between 2009 and 2013 the one year survival estimate was 98.3% and the five year survival estimate was 97.0%, the highest survival rates for any type of cancer.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued guidance on the organisation of healthcare for people with a urological cancer, including testicular cancer - <em>Improving outcomes in urological cancers</em> (NICE guidelines CSG2, September 2002). The guidance recommends which healthcare professionals should be involved in treatment and care, and the types of hospital or cancer centre that are best suited to provide that healthcare. The guidance can be found at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/csg2" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/csg2</a></p><p>Improving the early diagnosis of cancer is a priority for this Government, and was highlighted as a strategic priority in the report <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes</em> published in July 2015 by the independent Cancer Taskforce. In order to continue to support general practitioners (GPs) to identify patients whose symptoms may indicate cancer and urgently refer them as appropriate, NICE published an updated suspected cancer referral guideline in June 2015, which encourages GPs to think of cancer sooner and lowers the threshold for referral. The guideline can be found at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng12" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng12</a></p><p>The health website NHS Choices includes information about the symptoms of testicular cancer and encourages men to be aware of what feels normal for them and to seek help from their GP if they notice any changes. This information can be found at this link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Cancer-of-the-testicle/Pages/Introduction.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/conditions/Cancer-of-the-testicle/Pages/Introduction.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 39918 question first answered 13/06/2016 16:53:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

523987

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cytomegalovirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cytomegalovirus in infants and children.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	39930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Current UK National Screening Council guidance states that screening for the virus in pregnancy and the neonatal period are not recommended. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline CG62 on Antenatal care states that the available evidence does not support routine cytomegalovirus screening in pregnant women and it should not be offered. NHS England expects trusts to give regard to NICE guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/06/2016 16:53:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

523993

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on the effect of boredom on obesity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has not had any such discussions.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/06/2016 13:31:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

524083

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cytomegalovirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve awareness and education of cytomegalovirus among parents and children.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	40080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England's Start4Life Information Service for Parents includes content on hygiene behaviours designed to help prevent the transmission of cytomegalovirus and links to further information on the condition. Advice includes how parents can keep their babies safe by following basic hygiene rules, with particular emphasis on handling nappies, and provides guidance on instilling hygiene behaviours in young children, for example by making hand washing part of their everyday routine.</p><p>General information about the signs and symptoms of cytomegalovirus is also available on the NHS Choices website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cytomegalovirus/Pages/Causes.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cytomegalovirus/Pages/Causes.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/06/2016 16:55:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

524086

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were paid off-payroll in each agency for which his Department is responsible in each of the last three financial years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	40072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of people paid off payroll, in both of the Department’s agencies, for the last three financial years are presented in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The information given is an average for each financial year. Off payroll staff includes all agency workers, contractors and consultants.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Number of People Paid Off Payroll by Financial Year</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>Public Health England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Headcount</p></td><td><p>Average Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>41.17</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>43.33</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>40.08</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Notes</em></p><p>1. An average figure for the year has been used to take account of staff who leave and/or join within the year.</p><p>2. Headcount refers to the total number of staff in both part-time and full-time employment.</p><p>3. The figures in the table also includes the off payroll workers earning £220 or more per day and reported separately in the agencies respective annual resource accounts.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/06/2016 16:56:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

523509

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Asthma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of patients with severe asthma being referred to a specialist by their GP over the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	39578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/06/2016 13:33:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

523510

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of cancer patients in (a) England and (b) Copeland constituency waited six weeks or more for a diagnostic test in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	39579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/06/2016 16:04:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed