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421281

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date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Amyloidosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made by University College London in association with the National Amyloidosis Centre and GlaxoSmithKline to develop a combined small molecule antibody treatment for amyloidosis.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Results in the first 15 patients with systemic amyloidosis treated with a combination of CPHPC and anti-SAP antibody have been published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>. The phase I study is funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the research team includes researchers at University College London (UCL) and the National Amyloidosis Centre (NAC).</p><br /><p>The National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network (CRN) provides support to help the life sciences industry delivery high quality commercial contract clinical research in the national health service. If a phase II trial is developed, the CRN will work with GSK, the NAC and UCL as appropriate, to deliver the trial.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2653 question first answered 22/10/2015 12:13:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

421282

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Amyloidosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the successful Phase 1 trials combining CPHPC and the antibody –SAP for the treatment of Amyloidosis, when they expect Phase 2 trials to commence, and what resource the National Institute for Health Research is making available to University College London to support this work.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Results in the first 15 patients with systemic amyloidosis treated with a combination of CPHPC and anti-SAP antibody have been published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>. The phase I study is funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the research team includes researchers at University College London (UCL) and the National Amyloidosis Centre (NAC).</p><br /><p>The National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network (CRN) provides support to help the life sciences industry delivery high quality commercial contract clinical research in the national health service. If a phase II trial is developed, the CRN will work with GSK, the NAC and UCL as appropriate, to deliver the trial.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2652 question first answered 22/10/2015 12:13:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

421283

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nurses trained in England were registered for the first time by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The information requested about the number of nurses trained in England registered for the first time by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in 2014-15 is not held centrally.</p><br /><p>The NMC is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and is responsible for nurse registration. Statistical information provided by the NMC states that it registered 14,580, nurses who trained in England, for the first time in 2014-15.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/10/2015 12:13:42 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

421284

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the attrition rate for nursing students expressed as a percentage of reported starters in 2013–14 and 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) does not currently collect this data.</p><br /><p>The Department of Health’s 2015 Mandate to HEE includes a requirement for HEE to reduce attrition rates from training programmes. Paragraph 6.19 sets out that HEE needs to reduce avoidable attrition from training programmes by 50% by 2017.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>A copy of the mandate is attached and also available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-education-england-mandate-april-2015-to-march-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-education-england-mandate-april-2015-to-march-2016</a></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/10/2015 12:15:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HEE_Mandate 1516.pdf title HEE Mandate
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

421285

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nurses removed themselves or were removed from the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register in 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Information about the number of nurses who removed themselves, or were removed from the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Register in 2014-15 is not held centrally.</p><br /><p>The NMC is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and is responsible for nurse registration. Statistical information provided by the NMC</p><p>states that 25,895 nurses, left or were removed from, its register in 2014-15. Of these, 477 nurses were struck off by the NMC.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/10/2015 12:16:04 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

421286

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many European Union and non-European Union nurses were given registered status by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in each of the years 2010–11 to 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
uin	HL2657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested about the number of European Union and non-EU nurses registered by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in each of the years 2010-11 to 2014-15 is not held centrally.</p><br /><p>The NMC is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and is responsible for nurse registration. Statistical information provided by the NMC on initial registration of nurses who trained in the EU (excluding the UK) or overseas (non-EU) per annum for the five financial years specified is shown in the following table.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year (ending 31 March)</p></td><td><p><strong>Overseas </strong> <strong>(non-EU)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>EU </strong> (excluding the UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>2,521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,152</p></td><td><p>2,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>869</p></td><td><p>3,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>5,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>7,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>4,669</p></td><td><p>21,236</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/10/2015 12:17:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

420496

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eyesight: Testing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report <i>An equal right to sight </i>by SeeAbility, and the subsequent response by the College of Optometrists and others, what steps they are taking to ensure that children with learning difficulties have regular and full ocular examinations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL2471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The recent NHS England “Improving Eye Health and Reducing Sight Loss Call to Action” consultation called for a debate on how to tackle eye care inequalities and specifically those experienced by people with learning disabilities. NHS England recently commissioned a service in London that will provide sight tests and dispensing of glasses at a number of special schools. This service is being provided by SeeAbility and is governed by the existing regulatory framework for primary eye care services in England. NHS England will work with SeeAbility to review current levels of provision and determine the extent to which children with learning disabilities struggle to access high street optical practices.</p><br /><p>A copy of the consultation is attached and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/qual-clin-lead/calltoaction/eye-cta/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/qual-clin-lead/calltoaction/eye-cta/</a></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/10/2015 13:18:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name nhs_belongs.pdf title Eye Consultation
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town