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448690

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations there are on the ratio of staff to patients in care homes.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	24734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>There are no regulations setting out staff to residents ratio’s in care homes, however all providers of regulated activities have to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality below which care should never fall.</p><p> </p><p>One of the fundamental standards relates to staffing and requires that a provider must have sufficient numbers of suitability qualified, competent, skilled and experienced persons in order to meet the requirements of residents.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has a wide range of enforcement powers that it can use if the provider is not does not meet the fundamental standards.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 02/02/2016 16:12:08 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

448693

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Zika Virus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring is in place for people returning from countries where the Zika virus has been found to detect the presence of that virus.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	24731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) are raising awareness among travellers to ensure they present for medical attention if they develop symptoms, and among health professionals so that they can rapidly investigate and diagnose potential cases of Zika. Updated advice has been published on the PHE Zika virus page and the NaTHNaC website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE is providing tailored advice for relevant health professionals, including obstetricians and general practitioners (GPs). PHE is liaising with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Association of British Travel Agents who have published updates on their respective websites. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has also updated its country travel advice pages with information about Zika virus.</p><p> </p><p>If a case of Zika is suspected, samples are sent to PHE’s Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory and positive results are reported to appropriate colleagues in PHE through the standard mechanisms.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2016 16:24:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

448694

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Zika Virus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional training has been provided to (a) NHS England and (b) Public Health England personnel on the Zika virus.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	24732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS England continues to work closely with Public Health England (PHE) and Government Departments to ensure appropriate advice is provided to the National Health Service in England in line with the current risk assessment. PHE will provide guidance and information specifically targeted at primary care and this will be available shortly. PHE has also produced regular briefing notes for local health protection teams who have been asked to share this with local NHS.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>PHE has raised awareness about Zika virus among public health and clinical colleagues within PHE by circulating a briefing note to all staff. This will support clinicians to identify, investigate and manage cases that may present in clinical practice. The briefing note included information about the outbreak in the Americas and the unusual increase in microcephaly cases in Brazil. It highlighted existing resources available to PHE personnel, including the PHE Zika virus page:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/zika-virus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/zika-virus</a></p><p> </p><p>and the National Travel Health Network and Centre website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>An additional training session will also be provided to the duty doctors in PHE.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2016 15:52:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

448700

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Pregnancy
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 21 January 2016 to Question 23676, how much funding has been allocated to the HEE Perinatal Mental Health programme in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	24674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) was formed in 2013. For data since 2013, HEE does not have information at this level. HEE has various workforce development programmes managed through its thirteen local offices that might support perinatal mental health, but information on expenditure is not collected to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has a mandate commitment to ensure that trained specialist mental health staff are available to support mothers in every birthing unit by 2017. And a further mandate commitment requires HEE to work with the Royal Colleges to support perinatal mental health training being incorporated into the postgraduate training syllabus for doctors by 2017.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/02/2016 11:21:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

448704

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs were aged (a) 50 or younger, (b) between 50 and 60 and (c) over 60 in (i) London, (ii) each London borough and (iii) each trust in London in January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	24852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The tables attached show the information for the ages of general practitioners (GPs) broken down by clinical commissioning group prior to 2013 and primary care trust for the years 2010 to 2013 for Question 24853 and also the ages of GPs at 30 September 2014 which is the most recent data available for Question 24852.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name pq24853 Table 1.xlsx title Average age of GPs in London 2010-2014 2 file name PQ24853 Table 2.xlsx title GPs by selected agebands in London - 30 Sept 2014 grouped question UIN 24853 question first answered 02/02/2016 11:44:22 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

448705

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age of GPs was in (a) London, (b) each London borough and (c) each trust in London in January in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	24853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The tables attached show the information for the ages of general practitioners (GPs) broken down by clinical commissioning group prior to 2013 and primary care trust for the years 2010 to 2013 for Question 24853 and also the ages of GPs at 30 September 2014 which is the most recent data available for Question 24852.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name pq24853 Table 1.xlsx title Average age of GPs in London 2010-2014 2 file name PQ24853 Table 2.xlsx title GPs by selected agebands in London - 30 Sept 2014 grouped question UIN 24852 question first answered 02/02/2016 11:44:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

448706

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs retired in (a) London, (b) each London borough and (c) each trust in London in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	24855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/02/2016 11:33:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

448707

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to support the implementation of the Family Test.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	24856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>Officials in the Department have liaised with the Department for Work and Pensions as the lead Department for the Family Test to embed it and encourage routine use of the Test. This has included training officials on applying the Test, disseminating relevant evidence, learning materials and best practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 through the publication of guidance for officials - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">Family Test Guidance</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health is working to raise awareness of the Family Test amongst its policy staff, so that the impact of policy on the family is considered as a matter of course. We have highlighted the Family Test through the Policy Kit, an online resource for Departmental policy officials. The Family Test is also highlighted in policy induction training, which is available to staff who are new to policy roles in the Department of Health.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2016 14:26:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

448710

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 21 January 2016, Official Report, column 1634, when his Department plans to release the Government's comprehensive childhood obesity strategy.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	24826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>We will be launching our childhood obesity strategy shortly.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2016 14:29:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

448712

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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 care for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	24775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS England commissions services for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) as part of its specialised services remit. Its respiratory interstitial lung disease (adult) specification, which includes IPF, sets out what it expects to be in place in order for providers to offer evidence based, safe and effective services. It is available on the NHS England website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a14-respiratory-inters-lung.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a14-respiratory-inters-lung.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This specification is currently being updated to ensure it includes the most up to date guidance on IPF including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standards published in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The quality dashboards for specialised respiratory services commissioned by NHS England include metrics specific to IPF so it will be possible to ensure that the standard of care is uniform across centres in England. These dashboards are a key tool in monitoring the quality of services, enabling comparison between service providers and supporting improvements over time in the outcomes of services commissioned by NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>Not all aspects of care for IPF are covered by direct commissioning. For example, rehabilitation, oxygen services and acute admissions for exacerbations will be covered by local commissioning arrangements. Work continues at a local level to develop appropriate care pathways for IPF patients to ensure joined up commissioning of the specialist and non-specialist components of IPF management.</p><p> </p><p>NICE quality standards set out markers of high quality care in a particular disease or service area, and are designed to drive up standards of care and to reduce inequalities and variation.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2013, NICE published its clinical guideline on IPF, offering evidence based advice to support clinicians in diagnosing and managing patients with the condition.</p><p> </p><p>Treatment is covered by the NICE guideline on IPF and the subsequent supplement on perfenidone. NICE published technology appraisal guidance in January 2016 recommending the drug nintedanib as an option for patients with IPF meeting specific clinical criteria.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2016 14:34:39 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury