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registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
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 effect on tax revenues of the introduction of standard packaging of tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	225598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment on Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products was published on 12 February 2015. It specifically considers in detail the potential costs to the exchequer as a result of standardised packaging. This can be found on page 42.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Impact Assessment can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-draft-regulations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-draft-regulations</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/03/2015 17:14:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

222563

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the UK National Screening Committee's policy on screening people over 65 for atrial fibrillation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	224596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>In 2014 the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommended that screening people aged 65 and over for atrial fibrillation should not be offered. This is because the evidence did not show that those identified by screening would benefit from early diagnosis. Ministers have accepted the UK NSC’s recommendation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of its three yearly recommendation review process, the UK NSC will review this recommendation in 2017/18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/02/2015 15:15:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

175746

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Whittington Hospital
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 performance of the Ambulatory Care Centre at the Whittington Hosital since it opened in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	222026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>In February 2012, Whittington Health opened an adult pilot ambulatory care unit. It was co-located within the emergency department with the aim of reducing unnecessary admissions by providing senior clinical decision making and advanced diagnostics at the front door of the hospital.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Following the success of the pilot, a new £3 million dedicated ambulatory care centre opened at The Whittington Hospital in March 2014. This was officially opened by my Rt hon. Friend, Norman Lamb, the Minister of State for Care and Support on 4 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Attendances at the unit have increased from 4,402 in 2012-13 to 6,165 in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The centre plays an important part in supporting timely discharge from wards. Since the unit opened the length of stay at the hospital has reduced by an average half a day for ambulatory conditions. This has increased capacity for wards to take other admissions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised that there is high patient satisfaction with the unit, with over 90% of patients surveyed rate the overall service they receive in ambulatory care as either good or very good.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2015 17:34:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

156306

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the vacancy rate for medical practitioners in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	214837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not collected by the Department. The last annual NHS and General Practitioners Practice vacancy surveys in England were undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The surveys were suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/11/2014 17:25:12 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

156307

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Locums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of how much was spent on locum doctors in the NHS in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	214838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department collects spend on agency and contract staff (which would include locum doctors) but locum doctors are not identified separately.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the Francis[1] report many trusts increased their spend on temporary staffing, including locum doctors, to meet safe staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department expects trusts to have a strong grip on their finances, and manage their contract and agency[2] staffing spend (including use of locum doctors) responsibly through effective and efficient workforce planning and management.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com/</p><p>[2]The definition of Contract / Agency staff is: “Agency” employee payments for the employment of staff where the staff remain employees of the agency and “Contract staff” where the NHS trust has control over numbers and qualifications of staff (in contrast to a service obtained under contract) .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/11/2014 17:18:15 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord