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50180

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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 improve access to social care assessments for people with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	198039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Care Bill will require local authorities to provide information and advice on how to access care and support in their area including assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill will place local authorities under a duty to assess any adult who appears to have needs for care and support, whatever their level of need. The assessment will look at the person's needs and outcomes they want to achieve, and the person must be involved throughout the process. Authorities will have to ensure that anyone who is undertaking an assessment is appropriately trained to do so, and that where the assessor is not experienced in the condition of the person they are assessing, they must consult someone who is.</p><p> </p><p>These measures will ensure that the person needing care has an effective assessment carried out by an appropriately trained assessor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

50223

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House all risk assessments into standardised tobacco packaging undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL6941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues carefully to consider all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be holding a final, short consultation including draft regulations in which Ministers will ask, in particular, for views on anything new since the last full public consultation that is relevant to the development of this policy.</p><p> </p><p>A further, developed consultation stage Impact Assessment (IA) will be published alongside the upcoming public consultation. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has contributed to the revised IA.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health will continue to work with other government departments on the development of proposals for standardised packaging of tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6913 HL6914 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

50226

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking in response to the predicted increase in tick-transmitted diseases such as Lyme disease.
tabling member printed	Lord Condon
uin	HL6944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the National Health Service have public information on tick-borne diseases on their websites, and PHE works with patient groups to promote the recognition and prevention of Lyme disease. PHE also provides information for health professionals, and wrote to all general practitioners last spring to alert them to the risks. A new leaflet for the public will be released later this month and advertised through social media sites and the PHE website. National parks and other organisations also offer advice to visitors on avoiding tick bites and awareness of Lyme Disease, and PHE will work with these groups to enhance the information available over the summer season. PHE is also developing national guidance for the management of Lyme disease, and a research programme through the Health Protection Research Unit at Liverpool with NHS partners.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

50229

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how often ministers of the Department of Health visit local communities across the country to verify that the figures in relation to health and social care on which policy is based equate with the facts that people experience on the ground.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL6947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department frequently undertake visits to a wide range of health and social care settings across the country during which they meet a large numbers of staff, service users and patients.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2010 Ministers in the Department have undertaken a total of 646 official visits.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

50255

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which official, with what job title, is responsible and accountable for departmental management information in the Department of Health.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Within the Department of Health the official who holds responsibility for Departmental management information is Richard Douglas, Director-General for Finance and the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

50266

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each of the last three years for which figures are available, what was the total National Health Service expenditure on drugs and medicines produced by (1) AstraZeneca, (2) Pfizer, and (3) GlaxoSmithKline; and what percentage of the National Health Service's total expenditure on drugs and medicines each of those figures represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
uin	HL6984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The following table sets out for 2011, 2012 and 2013, National Health Service spend on medicines and percentage of spend, for AstraZeneca, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline in primary care only.</p><p> </p><p>This does not include data on NHS use of medicines in hospitals, as comparable current data sources do not take account of the discounts available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Net ingredient cost and proportion of all primary care spend by manufacturer, in England, for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, based on prescription items dispensed in the community in England.<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacturer name</p></td><td><p>Net Ingredient Cost (£000s)</p></td><td><p>Percentage of all Primary Care</p></td><td><p>Net Ingredient Cost (£000s)</p></td><td><p>Percentage of all Primary Care</p></td><td><p>Net Ingredient Cost (£000s)</p></td><td><p>Percentage of all Primary Care</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AstraZeneca</p></td><td><p>451,931</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>366,037</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>353,981</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pfizer</p></td><td><p>771,631</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>521,610</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>408,643</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GlaxoSmithKline</p></td><td><p>597,634</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>565,881</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>542,992</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (all primary care expenditure on medicines in England <sup>2</sup>)</p></td><td><p>8,164,364</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td><td><p>7,840,390</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td><td><p>7,888,304</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source:</em> Prescription Cost Analysis provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1. </sup>This may not include spend on those medicines made by the companies that are also available generically.</p><p><sup>2. </sup>This total relates to all medicines contained within British National Formulary (BNF) Chapters 1 to 19. The cost of dressings and appliances contained within BNF Chapters 20 to 23 has been excluded.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2536 label Biography information for Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

50267

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using the purchasing power of the National Health Service as a major customer of AstraZeneca and Pfizer to ensure that Pfizer honours any undertakings given in the event of a successful takeover of AstraZeneca.
tabling member printed	Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
uin	HL6985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Both companies supply the National Health Service with vital medicines that are used to treat millions of patients each year. It is for clinicians to make prescribing decisions based on their patient's individual clinical circumstances and our priority is to ensure that patients continue to get the medicines they need.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2536 label Biography information for Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

50285

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Dr Daniel Poulter MP, on 18 March (HC Deb, 574W), how many of the 145 serious data breaches reported for acute trusts were the result of theft; how many individuals were involved; how many trusts were implicated; and how many trusts were involved in more than one such breach.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL7003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>In the period from 1 June 2013 to 14 March 2014 where details of serious incidents have been reported through the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) Incident Reporting tool there have been 21 breaches reported by acute trusts under the categories of either ‘lost or stolen' hardware or paperwork. Seven of these are verified as theft and 14 are possible thefts but this has not been proven. 19 trusts each reported a single incident and one reported two.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of individuals affected are indicated in the volume column of following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>ID</p><p>(IG Incident log look up number)</p></td><td><p>Lost or Stolen?</p></td><td><p>Volume (estimate in some cases)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1581</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1558</p></td><td><p>Stolen</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1564</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1746</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1497</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1421</p></td><td><p>Stolen</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1599</p></td><td><p>Lost/stolen</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1316</p></td><td><p>Stolen</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1255</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1256</p></td><td><p>Stolen</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1251</p></td><td><p>Stolen</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1206</p></td><td><p>Lost/stolen</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1015</p></td><td><p>Lost/stolen</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1160</p></td><td><p>Lost/stolen</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/947</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/879</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/730</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/1385</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/663</p></td><td><p>Stolen</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/493</p></td><td><p>Stolen</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGI/533</p></td><td><p>Lost/Stolen</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

50286

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether persons whose National Health Service data has been compromised are informed of that fact; and, if so, what remedy or compensation is available to them.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL7004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service organisations are individually responsible for managing incidents where patient data has been compromised. Guidance provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre is that data subjects should be informed when personal data about them has been lost or inappropriately placed in the public domain, unless the cost of doing so would be prohibitive or the risk to those concerned is judged to be minimal. Where there is any risk of identity theft it is strongly recommended that this is done.</p><p> </p><p>There are no central guidelines on remedies or compensation. Individuals whose data has been compromised may make a complaint through local NHS complaints procedures or if they believe that an incident resulted from a breach of data protection requirements they may report this to the Information Commissioner. In some circumstances individuals might seek redress through the Civil Courts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

50287

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered strengthening National Health Service data confidentiality by removing the final digit of the postcode from each anonymised patient record uploaded from hospitals, general practitioner practices and other NHS bodies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL7005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Anonymised records cannot include the last three digits of a postcode and would generally not include postcodes at all. A postcode is sometimes needed for analytical purposes, for example to calculate distances from a specific point such as a hazard but where this is the case, the data cannot be classed as anonymised and so there must be a clear legal basis for its use.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford