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49467

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date	01/05/2014
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, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are working on the transition to a new system following the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012; and what the cost was of employing such officials in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	197471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Transition Programme (HSCTP) was set up to implement the changes introduced under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The programme was led by the Department and closed on 31 March 2013. All of the organisations in the new health and care system assumed full responsibilities and powers as set out in the Act from 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Any enduring responsibilities that transferred to the Secretary of State for Health, my right hon. Friend the member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), or NHS England from 1 April 2013 are being discharged as part of business as usual arrangements in each organisation. As the HSCTP has closed and the new organisations are in place, there are no longer any officials working on the transition to a new system.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the overall cost of transition is available in the National Audit Office report ‘Managing the transition to the reformed health system' available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/10175-001-Managing-the-transition-to-the-reformed-health-system.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

49489

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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 estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of patients presenting at accident and emergency departments because of an accident in the home in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available centrally.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49490

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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, how many people are employed full-time solely on accident prevention in (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>A number of Departmental and Public Health England staff work on areas relevant to accident prevention, but they are employed within teams with wider public health and social care interests rather than being solely employed full-time on accident prevention.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49494

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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 assessment he has made of whether current guidelines covering preoperative pregnancy checks are sufficient to prevent risks to the unborn child.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	197455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Government guidelines on preoperative pregnancy checks are set out in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance: ‘Preoperative Tests: The use of routine preoperative tests for elective surgery'</p><p>(<a href="http://www.guidance.nice.org.uk/CG3/Guidance" target="_blank">www.guidance.nice.org.uk/CG3/Guidance</a>), published in June 2003.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance states that:</p><p> </p><p>- The need to test for pregnancy depends on the risk presented to the fetus by the anaesthetic and surgery. All women of child-bearing age should be asked sensitively whether or not there is any chance that they may be pregnant.</p><p> </p><p>- Women must be made aware of the risks of surgery to the fetus.</p><p> </p><p>- A pregnancy test should be carried out with the woman's consent if there is any doubt about whether she may be pregnant.</p><p> </p><p>- Before having a chest x-ray, all women of childbearing age should be asked sensitively whether they may be pregnant.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Medical Director Sir Bruce Keogh has recently requested that NICE review its guidelines on preoperative tests in relation to potential pregnancy. This will include an assessment of whether the current guidelines covering preoperative pregnancy checks are sufficient in preventing risks to the unborn child.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on pregnancy checks has also been produced by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (<a href="http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/pregnancychecks" target="_blank">www.rcpch.ac.uk/pregnancychecks</a>) and the Royal College of Surgeons (<a href="http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/publications/docs/preop_test.html" target="_blank">www.rcseng.ac.uk/publications/docs/preop_test.html</a>).</p><p> </p><p>These guidelines are equally applicable to the NHS and private medical institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 197019 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

49496

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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, how many training posts for nurses were commissioned in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of new pre-registration nursing places that were filled in the last five years. The table includes the students enrolled on the degree and diploma courses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Nursing Total</p><p> </p></td><td><p>20,829</p></td><td><p>20,092</p></td><td><p>17,741</p></td><td><p>17,219</p></td><td><p>18,009</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

49514

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 42W, on in vitro fertilisation, if he will provide specific references to the available evidence that no genomic DNA is found in the mitochondria but only in the cell nucleus; how their consideration that mitochondrial DNA is not part of the genome relates to the presentation of data on the human genome in the ENSEMBL and OMIM databases; what precise genetic modifications are applied to the eggs or embryos that would prevent any nuclear DNA from the egg or embryo donors from being inherited by the resulting child; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	197463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>We have been advised by the Wellcome Trust that whole mitochondrial DNA genome sequencing has revealed no evidence of nuclear genomic DNA inside mitochondria and data on the human genome available in the ENSEMBL and OMIM databases confirms that there is no nuclear genomic DNA in the mitochondria.</p><p> </p><p>Inheritance of nuclear DNA from the donor egg is prevented in the Maternal Spindle Transfer technique through the removal of the spindle from the donor egg. Given that the nuclear DNA in the form of condensed chromosomes is attached to the spindle, nuclear genomic DNA from the donor will be removed and not inherited by the resulting child. Techniques that allow the visualisation of condensed chromosomes in eggs are used to ensure that all the chromosomes are removed.</p><p> </p><p>For embryos used in the Pronuclear Transfer technique, the nuclear genomic DNA is enclosed within the nuclear membrane of the maternal (egg-derived) and paternal (sperm-derived) pronuclei. The donor nuclear genomic DNA will be removed when the pronuclei are removed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no universally agreed definition of genetic modification in humans. The Government has adopted a working definition for the purpose of taking forward the draft mitochondrial donation regulations, that genetic modification involves the germ-line modification of nuclear DNA that can be passed on to future generations. Therefore, the Government does not accept that mitochondrial donation amounts to genetic modification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 197061 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

49536

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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, how much each NHS trust and foundation trust spent on legal costs on individual employment cases in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	197595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data about how much each National Health Service trust and foundation trust spends on legal costs on individual employment cases.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

49537

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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 his policy is on making the term surgeon a protected title.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	197513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>There is currently already provision in the Medical Act 1983 (s.49) which makes it an offence for a person to pretend to be or use the title “surgeon” which implies registration with the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>However, as part of a longer title, the title “surgeon” has not been restricted and is widely used for other specialist employment roles e.g. tree surgeon, veterinary surgeon etc.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Commission has recommended in its report on the regulation of health care professionals and social care professionals in England, published April 2014, that the Government should consider undertaking a full review of existing protected titles and functions, and related offences. We will consider the Law Commission's proposals and produce a formal response in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

49545

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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, how many staff are employed in (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) Monitor to undertake work on or relating to competition issues; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	197535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The following table lists the number of staff currently employed to work on competition issues in the Department, NHS England and Monitor.</p><p> </p><p>The level of spend on employing staff to work on competition issues in each of the last five years could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of Staff Employed</p></td><td><p>Cost of employing such staff in 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£98,760-£121,814<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>0 full time posts</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£1,588,554</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1</sup> The figures shown are the combined cost of the paybands for the 2 staff.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Monitor's competition functions were established by the Health and Social Care Act 2012. In the transition year 2012-13 Monitor hosted the Cooperation and Competition Panel at a cost of £1,068,099</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams