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519045

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which bodies are responsible for maintaining food hygiene standards in state funded primary and secondary schools; and what steps he is taking to support those schools which are found to be in need of improvement in that area.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	37236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for food hygiene inspections of schools. Food hygiene legislation requires these premises to be registered as food businesses. The Food Standards Agency, which sets policy for and monitors enforcement of food safety legislation by local authorities, has advised that approximately 99% of educational establishments have satisfactory or better food hygiene standards.</p><p>Local authorities work with food businesses to make improvements in any premises that fail to meet satisfactory standards during inspections and may take a range of enforcement actions as considered appropriate in the circumstances of each case. The hon. Member or members of his constituency may contact the relevant local authority or the Food Standards Agency for detailed information about specific premises that may be of concern to him.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/05/2016 10:33:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

519183

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Registration
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 ensure that non-medical scientists and technicians working in the health sector are registered with the Science Council or other relevant professional bodies.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	37121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>Voluntary registration schemes, such as those overseen by the Science Council, provide an important mechanism for assuring the standards of professional staff. It is a matter for individual staff and their employing organisation as to how they make use of the assurance provided by voluntary registration schemes.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/05/2016 14:10:50 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

519184

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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, how many students studying (a) nursing and (b) psychiatric nursing at the University of Hull received NHS bursaries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	37137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The total number of students studying nursing at the University of Hull who received an NHS Bursary in each of the last five academic years and the number of these students who were studying mental health nursing in each of the last three academic years is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Academic Year (September – August)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of student nurse bursary holders<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of student mental health nurse bursary holders<sup>1,2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>893</p></td><td rowspan="5"><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>848</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>861</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>848</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>826</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source data: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Includes nil award holders (European Union fees only students and students whose living allowance element of the bursary has been reduced to nil after income assessment)</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Data prior to 2012/13 not available</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/05/2016 14:05:24 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

519185

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases
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 geographic variation in access to surgical and transcatheter interventions for heart valve disease.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	37122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is working with professionals across the healthcare system to look at ways in which services and outcomes for patients with heart valve disease can be improved further, for example, by encouraging practitioners to follow clinical guidelines.</p><p>Service specifications and policy for the surgical and interventional treatment of heart valve disease are published by NHS England’s Cardiothoracic Clinical Reference Group. These define what NHS England expects to be in place in order for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services. NHS England is working on the next iteration of the specifications, which will include important standards relating to mitral valve surgery.</p><p>In addition, NHS England is holding a clinical summit on 15 June 2016, which will bring together cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to examine the issues relating to heart valve disease, including variation. Outputs from discussions will be used to inform the future commissioning approach within specialised commissioning.</p><p>Information on the number of people with an undiagnosed heart valve condition is not collected centrally. Patients with undiagnosed heart valve disease, once diagnosed, may require a range of treatments, including surgery. Therefore it is not possible to estimate what the aggregate costs might be.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37124 question first answered 23/05/2016 10:28:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

519186

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Science
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 ensuring that all science-related government contracts and outsourced activities are awarded to organisations that demonstrate a commitment to high professional standards and invest in the professional development of their scientific workforce; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	37123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>All procurement processes must identify key objectives, performance indicators and critical success factors and ensure these are reflected in the tender documents against which organisations are invited to bid. Where appropriate, specific ongoing training and development needs can be included as specific terms in the final signed contract.</p><p> </p><p>The Department awards research contracts through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Contractual conditions require that the research is carried out by appropriately experienced, qualified and trained personnel with all due skill, care and diligence.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR Faculty includes all of the people funded through NIHR contracts who work in the national health service, universities and registered charities in England. The NIHR Faculty offers career pathways in research and provides training and development opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 23/05/2016 14:25:12 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

519187

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on the number of people in the UK with undiagnosed heart valve disease; and if he will estimate the potential cost to the NHS of treating such people.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	37124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is working with professionals across the healthcare system to look at ways in which services and outcomes for patients with heart valve disease can be improved further, for example, by encouraging practitioners to follow clinical guidelines.</p><p>Service specifications and policy for the surgical and interventional treatment of heart valve disease are published by NHS England’s Cardiothoracic Clinical Reference Group. These define what NHS England expects to be in place in order for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services. NHS England is working on the next iteration of the specifications, which will include important standards relating to mitral valve surgery.</p><p>In addition, NHS England is holding a clinical summit on 15 June 2016, which will bring together cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to examine the issues relating to heart valve disease, including variation. Outputs from discussions will be used to inform the future commissioning approach within specialised commissioning.</p><p>Information on the number of people with an undiagnosed heart valve condition is not collected centrally. Patients with undiagnosed heart valve disease, once diagnosed, may require a range of treatments, including surgery. Therefore it is not possible to estimate what the aggregate costs might be.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37122 question first answered 23/05/2016 10:28:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

519188

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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, how many nursing students who enrolled on pre-registration nurse education courses in each region held a prior degree-level qualification in any subject in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	37125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The information about the proportion of student nurses that have already studied for a degree before entering training as a nurse is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/05/2016 14:26:28 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

519189

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's news story of 13 September 2015, From 2020 people with suspected cancer will be diagnosed faster, when his Department plans to make tailored recovery packages available for cancer patients, including those with rarer cancers.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	37113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>In its report <em>Achieving World Class Cancer Outcomes: A Strategy for England 2015-2020</em> (July 2015), the independent Cancer Taskforce called for an acceleration of the commissioning and provision of services to support people affected by cancer to live as healthy and as happy lives as possible. Over the last few years, NHS England has been working with Macmillan Cancer Support to roll out the Recovery Package, which describes a set of actions that ensure that the individual needs of all people going through cancer treatment and beyond, including rare cancers, are met by tailored support and services. By working through a Recovery Package, patients and clinicians assess patients’ holistic needs and plan appropriately for their care and support, they ensure that a treatment summary is sent between a patient’s hospital and their general practitioner (GP), that they are appropriately followed up by their GP, and can attend health and wellbeing events for patients and carers.</p><p>In September 2015, the Department announced that by 2020, the 280,000 people diagnosed with cancer every year will benefit from a tailored recovery package. In April 2016, NHS England published guidance on the commissioning of these services to support people living with and beyond cancer, and will continue to support both Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprints and clinical commissioning groups to put this guidance into action.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 37293 question first answered 23/05/2016 10:35:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

519190

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department ensures that the delivery of drug and alcohol treatment by local authorities conforms to the NHS constitution.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	37104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>Section 2 of the Health Act 2009 as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires local authorities to have regard to the National Health Service constitution in performing their health service functions which include the commissioning of services to treat dependence on drugs and alcohol.</p><p>Public Health England supports local authorities in their public health functions by providing a range of supportive guidance and materials, as well as bespoke data, value for money tools, topical briefings, and advice on good practice.</p><p>The Department distributes funding to local authorities through the Public Health Grant to carry out their public health functions. The grant conditions include a requirement for each local authority to have regard to the need to improve the take up of, and outcomes from, its drug and alcohol misuse treatment services. Local authorities are also required to report annual expenditure on drug and alcohol services.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/05/2016 10:31:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

519219

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to hospital trusts on the discharge of frail elderly patients.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	37238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In this Parliament, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published a guideline on “Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs” in December 2015. The guideline aims to improve people's experience of admission to, and discharge from, hospital by better coordination of health and social care services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s “Quick Guide: Improving Hospital Discharge into the Care Sector” also provides practical advice for local health and care systems on how to improve hospital discharge for people with packages of care at home or with care home places.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/05/2016 14:06:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching