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78723

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care places in the UK have been occupied by Meningitis B patients since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available for England is shown in the following table. Information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the Devolved Administrations.</p><p>Number of critical care periods and critical care bed days with a primary diagnosis of meningitis for the period April 2013-March 2014 (provisional data):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Diagnosis</p></td><td><p>Critical care periods</p></td><td><p>Critical care bed days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viral meningitis</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacterial meningitis</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>1,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other /unspecified causes</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occurring in another disease</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>653</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Meningococcal B disease is caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. Information on usage of critical care beds resulting from meningococcal B disease is not separately identifiable. Information on meningococcal septicaemia has not been provided.</p><p>2. The data provided covers English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p>3. 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>4. The following International Classification of Disease (ICD)-10 codes have been used to define meningitis:</p><p>A87 Viral meningitis</p><p>G00 Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified</p><p>G03 Meningitis due to other and unspecified causes</p><p>G01.X* Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere (in the 1st or 2nd position)</p><p>G02* Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic disease classified elsewhere (in the 1st or 2nd position)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 10:56:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78724

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Intensive Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average daily cost is of keeping a patient in an intensive care unit.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table. It is from reference costs, which are the average unit costs to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year to NHS patients. Reference costs for acute care are collected by healthcare resource groups (HRGs), which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments that consume similar levels of healthcare resource. HRGs for critical care, which are organised into neonatal, paediatric and adult critical care, represent the daily cost of the part of the patient’s stay that requires care in a designated critical care bed. Adult critical care is further differentiated into burns, spinal injuries, and all other critical care units. The HRGs cover critical care areas, such as an intensive therapy unit or high dependency unit, but may include temporary, non-standard locations.</p><p>Average daily cost of critical care in England, 2012-13:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average unit cost per day</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neonatal critical care</p></td><td><p>£645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paediatric critical care</p></td><td><p>£1,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult critical care: burns intensive care units</p></td><td><p>£1,984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult critical care: spinal injury intensive care units</p></td><td><p>£887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult critical care: all other adult critical care units</p></td><td><p>£1,168</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> Reference costs, Department of Health</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 02/09/2014 13:35:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78725

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at what age babies will be eligible for vaccination with the Bexsero vaccine.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that there should be a carefully planned national meningococcal B immunisation programme for infants, using a three dose schedule of Bexsero<sup>®</sup>(at two, four and 12 months of age), subject to the vaccine being available at a cost-effective price .</p><p>The JCVI has also advised that when the programme starts there should be a one-off, opportunistic catch-up programme for babies aged three and four months of age who would have not had the opportunity to receive the vaccine at two months of age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 11:00:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78731

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of Meningitis B there have been in the UK since January 2013; and in how many such cases individuals have (a) died, (b) required amputation of limbs, (c) become blind, (d) become deaf and (e) contracted other central nervous system complications as a result of Meningitis B.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>There were 667 laboratory confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal B disease in England from January 2013 to March 2014, which is the latest available information.</p><p>There were 40 deaths registered in England in 2013 in which the underlying cause was meningococcal infection. Data about deaths from meningococcal B infection are not separately available. Information on deaths for 2014 will be available in July 2015.</p><p>Information on complications associated with invasive meningococcal B disease is not routinely collected as part of meningococcal surveillance. Many of the complications continue to develop, evolve and be tested after the diagnosis is confirmed, especially long-term complications such as behaviour, communication or memory problems, and, therefore, cannot be collected in real-time.</p><p>The most robust and comprehensive data on long-term complications following meningococcal B disease in children in England is in a recent study published in <em>The Lancet Neurology</em> in 2012, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.</p><p>Information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 12:47:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ206540 - Document - meningococcal serogroup B disease.pdf title Lancet Neurology - MenB disease in children study
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78732

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Roads: Horses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the (a) emergency services and (b) NHS of dealing with injuries arising from wild horses on road in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	206471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally and no estimate has been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 02/09/2014 13:38:29 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

78734

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sunbeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring in legislative proposals to (a) require that sunbeds should be supervised, (b) limit access to sunbeds for repeat customers and (c) obligate the display of health warnings.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	206516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department has noted the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin's report on sunbed regulation in England and is considering the recommendations carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206594 question first answered 02/09/2014 11:09:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

78735

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sunbeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the recommendations of the publication of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin's inquiry into sunbed regulation in England in May 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	206594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department has noted the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skin's report on sunbed regulation in England and is considering the recommendations carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 206516 question first answered 02/09/2014 11:09:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

78736

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Bexsero vaccine is licensed for (a) individual application and (b) use in conjunction with other vaccines.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	206537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>Bexsero, a Meningococcal group B vaccine, was licenced for the active immunisation of individuals from two months of age and older against invasive meningococcal disease caused by <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> group B. It can be administered individually or concomitantly with a number of other vaccine antigens, either as monovalent or as combination vaccines such as diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, <em>Haemophilus influenzae </em> type b, inactivated poliomyelitis, hepatitis B, heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella. When given concomitantly with other vaccines Bexsero must be administered at a separate injection site.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/09/2014 13:40:37 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

78740

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many iPads and iPhones have been purchased by (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England and (c) each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies since May 2010; and what the cost of such purchases has been.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	206565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information about the number of iPads and iPhones procured by the Department and the Department’s non-departmental public bodies is available in the attached table, broken down by financial years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 02/09/2014 13:36:34 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ206565 - Table.docx title Table
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

78743

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Screening
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 implement a national screening plan for HIV.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	206429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>Recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and testing are made by a number of bodies including Public Health England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the UK Chief Medical Officer’s Expert Advisory Group on AIDS, the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC), and professional organisations such as the British HIV Association and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.</p><p>At present there is a national antenatal screening programme which offers screening to all pregnant women. NICE guidelines for groups at increased risk of HIV include a recommendation on HIV testing in primary and secondary care in areas of higher prevalence. In addition, HIV testing is offered to all attendees of genitourinary medicine clinics.</p><p>The UKNSC is commissioning a review of the evidence for a universal screening programme in adults. The Committee hopes to be in a position to consult on the review in early 2015. In addition, NICE is in the process of reviewing its guidance relating to testing in men who have sex with men and black African communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/09/2014 10:49:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick