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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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

421281

	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 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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

421241

	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	Hospitals: Food
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy for ensuring that elderly patients who have missed their daytime meals due to medical tests receive a hot evening meal.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Decisions about hospital food are made locally by National Health Service providers, but we expect them to provide properly for all their patients’ nutritional needs. In the 2015 Patient-led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), 96% of NHS hospitals reported that they provide one or more hot options for the evening meal.</p><br /><p>In August 2014, the Department of Health recommended five food standards to be applied to all hospitals. These include NHS England’s, ‘10 Key Characteristics of Good Nutritional Care in Hospitals’, attached, which are relevant for all patient types (including elderly patients). Two of the characteristics relate to reducing the number of missed meals and providing alternatives when meals are missed. These are:</p><br /><p>- The ward implements Protected Mealtimes to provide an environment conducive to patients enjoying and being able to eat their food; and.</p><br /><p>- Hospital facilities are designed to be flexible and patient centred with the aim of providing and delivering an excellent experience of food service and nutritional care 24 hours a day, every day.</p><br /><p>Implementation of the food standards is included in the NHS Standard Contract 2015/16 and is therefore mandatory. According to PLACE results 2015, 90.8% of NHS hospitals report that they meet the ’10 Key Characteristics of Good Nutritional Care’.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/10/2015 11:58:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name NHS 10 key characteristics.pdf title NHS 10 Key Characteristics
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

420498

	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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of alcohol misuse on the NHS and other public services.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Local communities, services and businesses are best placed to tackle alcohol-related issues in their area and enforce the behaviour and develop the cultures that they want.</p><br /><p>As part of the health and care reforms, local government has been given the responsibility, backed by ring-fenced budgets, to improve people’s health – this includes responsibility for tackling problem drinking.</p><br /><p>We have given local authorities more than £8 billion in funding over three years so they can put the right services in place to help their communities to improve people’s health – this includes responsibility for tackling problem drinking. An example of where this has been done is by Balance, the North East Alcohol Office, who produced a report which details the impact of alcohol misuse on their region’s paramedics.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/10/2015 11:57:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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