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387048

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage people to visit elderly neighbours with poor health.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>In a recent speech to the Local Government Association the Secretary of State for Health urged the public to take more personal responsibility for looking after older people. He stressed that the health service, local government, the voluntary sector as well as individuals themselves need to work together to ensure vulnerable people such as the elderly continue to live their life in the community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Care Act 2014, the Department has required local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from universal services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support. This includes needs that may arise from social isolation. The Department has supported a ‘digital toolkit’ for local commissioners, which was developed by the Campaign to End Loneliness. Since its launch in July 2012, the toolkit has been supporting commissioners in understanding, mapping and commissioning for loneliness and social isolation in their communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Act also provides for greater support for carers to support family and friends who need help. In the Secretary of State’s speech he committed the Department to develop a new carers’ strategy that looks at the best of international practice and examines what more we can do to support existing carers and the new carers we will need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published its strategic vision for volunteering, <em>Social action for health and well-being: building co-operative communities.</em> This sets out how we can support people to give their time, more often and in ways that fit in with their lives, to bring health and wellbeing benefits for themselves and others in their communities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/07/2015 16:28:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386671

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential provision on the NHS of patches to test blood sugar levels for diabetes patients.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions between my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the Royal Colleges on the potential provision on the National Health Service of patches to test blood sugar levels for diabetes patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/07/2015 13:42:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386672

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been infected by contaminated blood following a blood transfusion in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The following table sets out the number of incidents resulting in a transfusion-transmitted infection (TTI) and the number of recipients affected in each of the calendar years 2010 – 2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>Number of TTI incidents</p></td><td><p>Number of TTI affected recipients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) Annual Report 2014</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/07/2015 13:39:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386674

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lung Diseases: Transplant Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make breathing lung transplants available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is actively supporting and working with clinicians and scientists to explore the potential of a range of novel technologies for organ perfusion and preservation to improve both the quantity and quality of organs available for transplantation. NHSBT has established a Research, Innovations and Novel Technologies Advisory Group to bring together relevant stakeholders to explore the potential impact of novel technologies – both their cost and clinical effectiveness. If evaluation of a technology proves effectiveness, NHSBT will work with the relevant experts in commissioning, organ donation, retrieval and transplantation, to consider the introduction of the technology into routine practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/07/2015 13:54:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386677

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hay Fever: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the treatment of hayfever.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>No recent discussions have taken place between the Ministers of the Department and the Royal Colleges on the treatment of hay fever.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/07/2015 13:41:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386678

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected. However, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance <em>Parkinson’s disease: Diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care</em>, published in 2006, estimates that Parkinson’s affects 100–180 people per 100,000 of the population and has an annual incidence of 4–20 per 100,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/07/2015 13:44:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386679

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Childbirth: Hormone Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the availability of hormone treatment to prevent premature births on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing a clinical guideline on preterm labour and birth which includes prophylactic vaginal progesterone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This topic was referred to NICE in December 2012, as one of a large number of topics that NICE were asked to develop to support the development of a library of quality standards. It was developed with input from the Royal Colleges and subsequent consultation with stakeholders and was strongly supported by the Department’s then professional advisor in obstetrics and gynaecology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE is currently consulting on its draft guideline (consultation will close on 13 July) and expects to publish its final guidance in November 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-cgwave0660" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-cgwave0660</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 07/07/2015 15:55:18 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386680

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Musculoskeletal Disorders: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) hip, (b) shoulder and (c) knee replacement operations were carried out in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>In the following table, we have provided information concerning the number of finished consultant episodes (FCEs)<sup>1</sup> with a main or secondary procedure<sup>2</sup> of hip replacement<sup>3</sup>, shoulder replacement<sup>4</sup> or knee replacement<sup>3</sup>, for the years 2009-10 to 2013-14<sup>4</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Count of FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Hip Replacement</p></td><td><p>Shoulder Replacement</p></td><td><p>Knee Replacement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>94,913</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>76,071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>100,361</p></td><td><p>2,256</p></td><td><p>79,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>104,434</p></td><td><p>3,015</p></td><td><p>83,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>105,499</p></td><td><p>3,673</p></td><td><p>82,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>110,635</p></td><td><p>4,422</p></td><td><p>85,934</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p>2. The number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 (12 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 4 prior to 2002-03) procedure fields in an HES record. A record is only included once in each count, even if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. Note that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary procedure. For example, patients undergoing a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one – counted in a single episode.</p><p> </p><p>3. A number of codes were used to identify hip, shoulder and knee replacements which include conversions and revisions to existing replacements.</p><p> </p><p>4. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.</p><p> </p><p>Note that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 07/07/2015 15:35:06 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386681

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to minimise changes in the named carer for dementia patients.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>We recognise that homecare workers provide a growing range of vital care and support services to enable people to live well with dementia in their homes. We want to see greater provision of innovative and high quality dementia care at home, delivered in a way that is personalised and appropriate to the specific needs of the person with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where local services are concerned, clinical commissioning groups and local authorities are responsible for commissioning high quality dementia care at home based on their local population's needs and ensuing that the services they secure provide the best quality for local people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 21 February 2015 The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 was published, building on the achievements of the Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia 2012-2015. The Government is clear that dementia remains a priority and will implement the 2020 Challenge in full to make sure that dementia care, support, awareness and research are transformed by 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/07/2015 16:02:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386682

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of ovarian cancer; and if he will introduce screening for that cancer for women aged over 50.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) does not currently recommend screening for ovarian cancer except in the context of the Medical Research Council’s UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS). The UK NSC will review the evidence for ovarian cancer screening against its internationally recognised criteria following publication of the UKCTOCS results which are currently expected in early 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/07/2015 13:45:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon