There have not been any recent Ministerial discussions with Queen\u2019s University Belfast regarding funding for medical research.<\/p>
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The Government provides funding for medical research through the Medical Research Council (MRC). The table below sets out funding to Queen\u2019s University Belfast over financial years 2012/13 to 2016/17:<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | 12/13<\/p><\/td> | 13/14<\/p><\/td> | 14/15<\/p><\/td> | 15/16<\/p><\/td> | 16/17<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
MRC<\/p><\/td> | 2,230,000<\/p><\/td> | 2,513,000<\/p><\/td> | 2,715,000<\/p><\/td> | 3,554,000<\/p><\/td> | 3,782,264<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3980", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Surrey"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Sam Gyimah"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-01-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-01-22T11:32:36.79Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-01-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Queen's University Belfast"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with Queen's University on funding for that institution for medical research.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Strangford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"} ], "uin" : "122499"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/822817", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/822817/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " To raise awareness of cancer symptoms and encourage people with symptoms to go to their doctor without delay, we have run 13 national Be Clear on Cancer awareness campaigns since 2010/11. A national respiratory symptoms campaign ran from April to the end of August 2017, focusing on the symptoms of a persistent cough and inappropriate breathlessness. The campaign covered lung cancer along with other conditions such as heart disease and lung disease.<\/p> <\/p> Public Health England has developed a pilot on the abdominal symptoms which can be a sign of a number of cancers. This ran in the East and West Midlands in February and March 2017. Working in partnership with Be Clear on Cancer, Cancer Research UK has piloted a campaign in the North West on increasing uptake of bowel cancer screening in January and March 2017.<\/p> <\/p> Bowel scope screening has been rolled out to 98% of centres in England and over 300,000 55 year-olds have been screened so far.<\/p> <\/p> As recommended by the UK National Screening Committee and the independent Cancer Taskforce, we are modernising our world renowned cancer screening programmes by introducing Faecal Immunochemical Testing into the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme during 2018/19 and human papillomavirus as the primary test in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme by December 2019.<\/p> <\/p> NHS England\u2019s Accelerate, Co-ordinate, Evaluate (ACE) programme is testing innovative ways of diagnosing cancer earlier, with ACE Wave 2 piloting multi-disciplinary diagnostic centres for patients with vague or non-specific symptoms. The pilots are taking place in London, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Oxfordshire and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven (Yorkshire).<\/p> <\/p> The National Institute for Health Care and Excellence updated referral guidelines for suspected cancer published in June 2015 could save about 5,000 lives a year with general practitioners urged to think of cancer sooner and lower the referral threshold for tests.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4067", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Brine"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Winchester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Steve Brine"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-01-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-01-22T11:49:46.033Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-01-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cancer: Diagnosis"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the rate of early diagnosis of cancer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Strangford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"} ], "uin" : "122500"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/822818", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/822818/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government has not made any assessment of the effectiveness of local authorities' powers to deter pigeons and pests in town centres. However, there is a range of legislation in place to support local authorities in controlling pests and problem wild birds in urban areas.<\/p> <\/p> The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 allows for the control of wild birds, under licence from Natural England, in the interest of public health and safety or to prevent disease. Local authorities, businesses and individuals are also able to take action to manage urban bird populations e.g. using bins with secured lids, ensuring domestic animals are not fed outside and that streets are clear of litter.<\/p> <\/p> Dealing with problems caused by wild birds and pests is the responsibility of the owner or occupier of the property where the problem occurs. Where this is the local authority, it has the same powers to control pests as any other owner or occupier.<\/p> <\/p> There is also a range of legislation in place to support local authorities in managing rodent infestation and statutory nuisances, such as litter and refuse, where these are attracting pests. The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 obliges local authorities to ensure that their districts are kept, as far as is practicable, free of rats and mice.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4098", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Suffolk Coastal"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Dr Thérèse Coffey"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-01-23T15:10:06.74Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-01-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Pest Control: Urban Areas"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of local authorities' powers to deter pigeons and pests in town centres.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Strangford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"} ], "uin" : "122501"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/822819", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/822819/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " It is in the first instance for employers to ensure that the workloads and working patterns of all staff are appropriate.<\/p> <\/p> The Department is supporting the National Health Service in reducing workload related strain on all staff including doctors in hospitals through its mandate with NHS England which has a \u201cCommissioning for Quality and Innovation\u201d (CQUIN) incentive programme1<\/sup> to improve staff health and wellbeing, and publishes the annual NHS Staff Survey.<\/p> <\/p> NHS England\u2019s CQUIN programme should encourage trusts to, where appropriate, introduce new services for employees to give them the support they need including quicker access to mental health and musculoskeletal services.<\/p> <\/p> The NHS Staff Survey2<\/sup> asks staff a range of questions about their health and wellbeing which helps trusts benchmark against their peers to help inform local improvement plans.<\/p> <\/p> The Department also commissions NHS Employers3<\/sup>, who are working with NHS England, NHS Improvement and Public Health England to help the Service tackle the causes of workload related strain including reducing the likelihood and impact of resultant illnesses through advice, guidance and good practice as well as tools and resources for trusts to use.<\/p> <\/p> National terms and conditions for hospital doctors include provisions on managing work: through job plans for consultants, associate specialists and specialty doctors; and work schedules for doctors and dentists in training. There are limits on working hours in legislation; there are stronger contractual limits in the 2016 contract for doctors and dentists in training and all trusts were required to review and, where needed, redesign rotas to ensure compliance with those limits. There are strong safeguards in place for doctors and dentists in training through a system of exception reporting, with oversight by Guardians of Safe Working Hours and Directors of Medical Education reporting to trust boards. Trusts must provide annual reports on rota gaps, and plans for addressing them, to external bodies including regulatory bodies.<\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> <\/p> 1<\/sup>https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-staff-health-wellbeing-commissioning-for-quality-and-innovation-cquin-2017-19-indicator-1-implementation-support/<\/a><\/p> <\/p> 2<\/sup>http://www.nhsstaffsurveys.com/Page/1006/Latest-Results/2016-Results/<\/a><\/p> <\/p> |