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750630

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
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 6 July 2017 to Question 1450, what the consent and authorisation rate was in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	4423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is set out in the table below. Further information can be found in NHS Blood and Transplant’s Annual Activity Report for 2016/17, which was published on 11 July:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.odt.nhs.uk/statistics-and-reports/annual-activity-report/" target="_blank">http://www.odt.nhs.uk/statistics-and-reports/annual-activity-report/ </a></p><p>Consent/authorisation rates for 2016/17 by nation</p><p>England 63%</p><p>Wales 64%</p><p>Scotland 63%</p><p>Northern Ireland 64%</p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/07/2017 10:43:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

750631

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transplant Surgery
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 6 July 2017 to Question 1450, what the total cost of the UK Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 Strategy has been to date.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	4424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom-wide ‘Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 Strategy (2013)’ aims to optimise every part of the organ donation system in order to maximise the opportunities to save and transform lives, and builds on the significant progress that NHS Blood and Transplant and the National Health Service have made since the Organ Donation Task Force’s recommendations in 2008. As such, we are unable to provide the information in the form requested. The available information is shown in the table below and sets out the total amount of funding provided to NHS Blood and Transplant by the Department and the devolved administrations since the launch of the Strategy.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ millions</p></td><td><p>£ millions</p></td><td><p>£ millions</p></td><td><p>£ millions</p></td><td><p>£ millions</p></td><td><p>£ millions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>62.93</p></td><td><p>64.20</p></td><td><p>65.51</p></td><td><p>73.90</p></td><td><p>73.90</p></td><td><p>73.90</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/07/2017 10:34:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

749429

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
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 6 July 2017 to Question 1450, on organ donors, if he will review that strategy to ensure it meets the target to achieve a consent rate of over 80 per cent by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	3535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The 2020 Oversight Group (with membership from the Department and the devolved administrations, NHS Blood and Transplant, professional bodies and voluntary sector stakeholders) was set up to review the progress of the ‘UK Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020’ Strategy (2013). The Group reviewed the strategy in November 2016 and developed a supplementary action plan, including identifying new actions that might contribute to increasing consent rates. The Group continues to monitor the impact of these actions</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2016/17 show the highest ever consent/authorisation rates, deceased organ donor and transplants rates but we want those rates to rise further, so everyone requiring a transplant stands the best chance of receiving one.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/07/2017 11:33:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

733160

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report, Taking organ transplantation to 2020: a detailed strategy, published in 2013, what progress his Department has made towards increasing consent rates for deceased organ donation to 80 per cent by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	1450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is the organ donor organisation for the United Kingdom and is responsible for promoting organ donation and the matching and offering of donated organs.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 Strategy (2013) sets an ambitious target to achieve world class consent rates to donation after death of over 80% by 2020. One action to achieve this was the development of national strategies to promote a shift in behaviour to increase consent.</p><p> </p><p>The consent/authorisation rate has increased, from 59% in 2013/14 to 63% in 2016/17 but is behind the Strategy’s target of 70% for 2016/17. The rates since 2013/14, and the Strategy target dates, are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Consent/Authorisation<sup>1</sup> rates by financial year</p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>2020 Strategy<sup>2 </sup>target rate (%)</p></td><td><p>Actual rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>61.5</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>61.5</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source – NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup> Authorisation is the term used in Scotland for consent.</p><p><sup>2</sup> UK Taking Organ Donation to 2020 Strategy, July 2013</p><p> </p><p>The 2020 Oversight Group (with membership from the Department and the Devolved Administrations, NHSBT, professional bodies and voluntary sector stakeholders) reviewed the strategy in November 2016. In addition to the specific actions recorded in the Strategy, the Oversight Group identified new actions that might contribute to increasing consent rates. These are outlined in the supplementary action plan available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net/umbraco-assets-corp/2296/tot20-review.pdf" target="_blank">https://nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net/umbraco-assets-corp/2296/tot20-review.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>NHSBT has also introduced several operational initiatives to increase the consent rate, including: a new role within the Specialist Nurse – Organ Donation team that focuses on obtaining consent to build greater expertise and experience; and a number of communications and marketing initiatives to encourage people to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register and to tell their family of their wishes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/07/2017 15:04:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

715070

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cannabis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has commissioned or published reports on the use of medicinal cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	69721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department of Health part funded the Cannabinoid Use in Progressive Inflammatory brain Disease study through the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme. The report of this study was published in February 2015 and is available on the NIHR Journals Library website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/volume-19/issue-12#abstract" target="_blank">http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/volume-19/issue-12#abstract</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 19/04/2017 08:40:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

684058

registered interest
date	03/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
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 the implications for his policies of recent UCAS statistics showing a 23 per cent reduction in applications to nursing courses; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of nursing graduates.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	63028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>At this stage of the application cycle, based on the data the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service published on 2 February, Health Education England (HEE) is confident that the National Health Service will be able to fill the number of nursing and midwifery training places in England.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has increased nurse training commissions by nearly 15% over the last three years and is forecasting that up to 40,000 additional nurses could be available to the NHS by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the increase in training commissions, HEE has also implemented a number of steps to increase nurse numbers within the NHS. These include:</p><p> </p><p>- proactively promoting the Return to Practice programme, aimed at encouraging previously qualified nurses that have left the NHS, to update their skills and qualifications and return to practice within the NHS;</p><p>- the provision of flexible routes into nursing for pre-existing support staff; and</p><p>- working closely with universities to improve attrition rates from courses which will further increase the number of nursing students who graduate.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 62998 question first answered 10/02/2017 09:12:50 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

683389

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to restructure the most junior Agenda for Change pay bands to (a) pay the living wage and (b) maintain pay differentials.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	62938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>It is the Government’s policy that employees should be paid at least the statutory National Living Wage (NLW) introduced in April 2016 and this is the case for all National Health Service staff. NHS trades unions and NHS Employers continue to work in partnership to consider the impact of the NLW on the lowest pay bands within the Agenda for Change pay structure to ensure that staff continue to receive equal pay for work of equal value.</p><p>Based on the current Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts, the NLW is unlikely to affect Agenda for Change staff in 2018/19 or 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/02/2017 09:15:43 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

683391

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to implement a pay award for nursing staff in line with the retail price index.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	62940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government makes its determinations on pay awards informed by recommendations from the independent NHS Pay Review Body (NHS PRB).</p><p> </p><p>The Retail Price Index was discontinued as a national statistic. Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) is a standard measure for understanding changes in earnings in the context of inflation. It is used widely to determine a measure of the real value of earnings and is used by the Bank of England for its 2% inflation target. CPI is an internationally recognised inflation tracker which the independent Pay Review Body also recognise.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to receiving this year's NHS PRB report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/02/2017 09:17:21 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

683398

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
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 increasing the number of nursing graduates.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	62998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>At this stage of the application cycle, based on the data the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service published on 2 February, Health Education England (HEE) is confident that the National Health Service will be able to fill the number of nursing and midwifery training places in England.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has increased nurse training commissions by nearly 15% over the last three years and is forecasting that up to 40,000 additional nurses could be available to the NHS by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the increase in training commissions, HEE has also implemented a number of steps to increase nurse numbers within the NHS. These include:</p><p> </p><p>- proactively promoting the Return to Practice programme, aimed at encouraging previously qualified nurses that have left the NHS, to update their skills and qualifications and return to practice within the NHS;</p><p>- the provision of flexible routes into nursing for pre-existing support staff; and</p><p>- working closely with universities to improve attrition rates from courses which will further increase the number of nursing students who graduate.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 63028 question first answered 10/02/2017 09:12:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

675544

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Analgesics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS has been of purchasing opioid painkillers in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	60736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The net ingredient cost (NIC) to the National Health Service of opiod painkillers of items prescribed in the United Kingdom and dispensed in England in each of the last 10 years is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><p>Cost of British National Formulary 4.7.2 opioid analgesics to the NHS, by primary and secondary care, in England, 2005-15</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Primary Care<sup>1</sup> NIC (£, '000s)</p></td><td><p>Secondary Care<sup>2 </sup>Cost (£, '000s)</p></td><td><p>Total Cost (£, '000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>143,536.2</p></td><td><p>29,363.3</p></td><td><p>172,899.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>177,677.2</p></td><td><p>31,384.3</p></td><td><p>209,061.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>205,366.0</p></td><td><p>33,222.7</p></td><td><p>238,588.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>212,354.8</p></td><td><p>33,118.0</p></td><td><p>245,472.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>237,768.2</p></td><td><p>34,574.2</p></td><td><p>272,342.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>265,503.1</p></td><td><p>34,972.6</p></td><td><p>300,475.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>267,642.6</p></td><td><p>34,172.7</p></td><td><p>301,815.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>272,440.2</p></td><td><p>34,601.4</p></td><td><p>307,041.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>289,751.8</p></td><td><p>34,650.3</p></td><td><p>324,402.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>304,771.2</p></td><td><p>34,666.6</p></td><td><p>339,437.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>313,531.6</p></td><td><p>35,376.5</p></td><td><p>348,908.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA); IMS HEALTH 2016: Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup> NIC is the basic cost of a drug. It does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charge income.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>The cost of the medicines at NHS list price and not necessarily the price the hospital paid. May include drugs dispensed via hospital pharmacies to private patients in private wards within NHS hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 01/02/2017 15:09:53 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn