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422256

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Physiotherapy: Waiting Lists
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 review the adequacy of waiting times to access NHS physiotherapy services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Department has not undertaken a review of NHS physiotherapy service provision. However, scoping work has started regarding the ability for patients to self-refer to musculoskeletal physiotherapy within primary care.</p><br /><p>The provision of physiotherapy, as for all health services is decided by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and it will take into account the needs of the population overall. The CCG’s decisions are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local healthcare needs. As such, provision of services will vary in response to local needs.</p><br /><p>As defined in the NHS Constitution, patients have the right to expect to be seen and treated within national operational standards ensuing timely diagnosis and treatment, equality of care and patient choice.</p><br /><p>The 18 weeks commitment is a universal right. This commitment should be delivered for every patient, in every specialty and in every organisation unless the patient chooses otherwise or it is not in their best clinical interest.</p><br /><p>In June this year, NHS England, Monitor and the Trust Development Authority jointly wrote to CCG Accountable Officers and Clinical Leaders and Chief Executives of NHS Providers setting out the changes to the Referral to Treatment operational standards and reporting arrangements. A copy of that letter, which outlines the changes in more detail, is attached.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 12396 question first answered 22/10/2015 16:35:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name RTT changes letter.pdf title Changes to RTT letter
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

422257

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Physiotherapy: Standards
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 review the adequacy of NHS physiotherapy service provision; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Department has not undertaken a review of NHS physiotherapy service provision. However, scoping work has started regarding the ability for patients to self-refer to musculoskeletal physiotherapy within primary care.</p><br /><p>The provision of physiotherapy, as for all health services is decided by local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and it will take into account the needs of the population overall. The CCG’s decisions are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local healthcare needs. As such, provision of services will vary in response to local needs.</p><br /><p>As defined in the NHS Constitution, patients have the right to expect to be seen and treated within national operational standards ensuing timely diagnosis and treatment, equality of care and patient choice.</p><br /><p>The 18 weeks commitment is a universal right. This commitment should be delivered for every patient, in every specialty and in every organisation unless the patient chooses otherwise or it is not in their best clinical interest.</p><br /><p>In June this year, NHS England, Monitor and the Trust Development Authority jointly wrote to CCG Accountable Officers and Clinical Leaders and Chief Executives of NHS Providers setting out the changes to the Referral to Treatment operational standards and reporting arrangements. A copy of that letter, which outlines the changes in more detail, is attached.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 12395 question first answered 22/10/2015 16:35:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name RTT changes letter.pdf title Changes to RTT letter
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

422258

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Malnutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital with malnutrition in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	12349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested, however the Health and Social Care Information Centre has provided a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs)<sup>1</sup> with a primary diagnosis<sup>2</sup> of malnutrition in England for 2009-10 to 2013-14.</p><br /><p>Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period. This information is provided in the following table:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>667</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>621</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1</sup> An FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes.</p><br /><p><sup>2 </sup>The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/10/2015 16:27:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

422259

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average retirement age of male GPs has been for each year from 2000 to 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	12367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department in the format requested.</p><br /><p>The average age at which a National Health Service pension is drawn for general practitioners is 62 for males and 61 for females. Pension scheme members must leave their employment in order to claim their pension. This can be done at any time after the age of 55.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 12366 question first answered 22/10/2015 16:45:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

422261

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average retirement age of female GPs has been in each year from 2000 to 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	12366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department in the format requested.</p><br /><p>The average age at which a National Health Service pension is drawn for general practitioners is 62 for males and 61 for females. Pension scheme members must leave their employment in order to claim their pension. This can be done at any time after the age of 55.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 12367 question first answered 22/10/2015 16:45:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

422267

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his departmental spending on children's mental health services will be in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	12278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to give a total figure for investment in children and young people’s mental health in 2015-16, as there is no ring-fenced allocation and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are commissioned variously by NHS England, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), local authorities and schools.</p><br /><p>As such, there is no single budget for CAMHS, and expenditure on these services, including those commissioned by National Health Service organisations, is taken from general allocations with priorities for investment being determined locally.</p><br /><p>However, in addition to resources already available to local communities including through the NHS, local authorities, public health and education, the Government is investing an additional £173 million in 2015-16 to transform support for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, which will include £30 million for eating disorder services.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/10/2015 16:07:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

422268

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with medical organisations on the implications of the recent European Court of Justice ruling against Ireland on the Working Time Directive.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	12279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned Health Education England to take forward the recommendations of the task group led by Professor Sir Norman Williams into the impact of the European Working Time Directive on the training of junior doctors.</p><br /><p>Health Education England has set up a specific working group to take this work forward, with membership including the Royal College of Surgeons and other stakeholders. The group is taking forward work on all the taskforce recommendations. This includes looking at the categorisation of training time and will consider the impact of the recent European Court of Justice ruling on Ireland. Health Education England will deliver an interim report to the Department in due course.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/10/2015 16:08:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

422272

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
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 16 October 2015 to Question 11738, what review his Department has conducted of the working conditions of junior doctors; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The working conditions of junior doctors are a matter for employers. The new contract for doctors and dentists in training will introduce new, stronger limits on working hours and patterns and place a continued contractual obligation on employers to abide by those, ensuring a safer National Health Service for patients all days of the week.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/10/2015 16:28:58 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

422273

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Everolimus
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 16 October 2015 to Question 11615, on Everolimus, when he expects that a timetable for publication will be agreed.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	12357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is currently developingtwo policies for the provision of Everolimus – one for the Tuberous Sclerosis forComplex Related Renal Angiomyolipoma andone for SubependymalGiant Cell Astrocytoma (SEGA).</p><br /><p>Once completed, each policy will need to be considered by the relevant clinical panels, the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group and the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group. It is anticipated that this process will be completed over the coming months and that the policies are likely be published early in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/10/2015 16:31:33 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

422285

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in each Parliamentary constituency to whom the cap on care costs would have applied in 2016-17 if brought into force.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	12435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>We remain committed to the implementation of the cap on care costs, which will offer financial protection and peace of mind. The decision to delay followed careful consideration of feedback from stakeholders that April 2016 was not the right time to implement these significant and expensive reforms. The benefits of the cap have had to be weighed against the need to focus on supporting local authorities in caring for the most vulnerable.</p><br /><p>Information regarding how many people will be affected by the delay by constituency is not held in the format requested.</p><br /><p>Means-tested financial support remains available for those who cannot afford to pay for care to meet their eligible needs.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/10/2015 16:06:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes