The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in each clinical commissioning group area had IVF treatment in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
Jane Ellison
This information is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up rate is of the HPV vaccine for girls in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the UK.
Jane Ellison
Data for the Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group are included within the Nottinghamshire Local Authority, which is within the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Area Team.
The uptake rates for the first dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine given to Year 8 girls (12-13 year olds) from 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015 are:
Nottinghamshire local authority: 89.1%;
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Area Team: 90.0%; and
United Kingdom: 89.5%.
The latest published figures for the HPV vaccination programme cover the 2014/15 academic year, and show the uptake rate for the first dose of this two dose programme. Vaccine uptake data covering the second dose will not be available until autumn 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the one-year survival rates are for women diagnosed with cervical cancer following (a) a routine smear test and (b) diagnosis by other means.
Jane Ellison
Cervical screening is not a test for cancer. Cervical screening detects abnormalities within the cervix that could, if undetected and untreated, develop into cervical cancer. It is unusual to detect an invasive cervical cancer on a screening test and this would need to be confirmed by a diagnostic test.
For those cervical cancers which are detected through screening, the one-year relative survival is 99%. This compares to 86% for all cervical cancers; 83% for those diagnosed after a Two Week Wait referral; and 45% for those diagnosed as an emergency.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nusrat Ghani on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources his Department has allocated to support for older people with mental health issues in (a) England and (b) East Sussex in 2016-17.
Alistair Burt
Funding for mental health is allocated to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) which are best placed to identify the priorities and needs of their local communities. Spending on mental health is expected to increase to £11.7 billion for 2014/15 and CCGs are committed to increasing their spending on mental health each year at least in line with the growth of their overall funding allocation.
NHS England has asked local National Health Service areas to develop and implement sustainability and transformation plans this year to demonstrate how local services will be built around the needs of local people. This includes measures to improve primary care and developing better models of out of hospital care.
We established the Better Care Fund which is enabling local authorities to access around £3.5 billion a year to improve services and achieve better integration of health and social care commissioning. The Better Care Fund is one of the most ambitious programmes across the NHS and local government to date. It creates a local single pooled budget to incentivise the NHS and local government to work more closely together around people, placing their wellbeing as the focus of health and care services, and shifting resources into social care and community services for the benefit of the people, communities and health and care systems.
The independent Mental Health Taskforce published earlier this year made a recommendation for NHS England to that people being supported in specialist older-age acute physical health services have access to liaison mental health teams – including expertise in the psychiatry of older adults. We have accepted these recommendations.
We set out plans for transforming primary care in 2014 which includes supporting people with the most complex needs by general practitioners developing a proactive and personalised programme of care and support tailored to their needs and views. This is being led by the Proactive Care Programme which is designed to bring about a step change in the quality of care for frail older people (including those with mental health problems) and other patients with complex needs. It enables CCGs to shift funding into primary care services and community health services to address issues such as avoidable admissions to hospitals and gaps in service provision.
In February 2015, the Prime Minister launched his new Challenge on Dementia 2020 to make sure that dementia care, support, awareness and research are transformed by 2020. The Challenge Implementation Plan, published in March 2016, set out the actions partners across health and care will take to ensure commitments in the 2020 Challenge are delivered. These include:
– every person diagnosed with dementia having meaningful care following their diagnosis, which supports them and those around them;
– information made available locally on post-diagnosis services and how these can be accessed;
– access to relevant advice and support to help and advice on what happens after a diagnosis and the support available through the journey; and
– carers of people with dementia being made aware of and offered the opportunity for respite, education, training, emotional and psychological support so that they feel able to cope with their caring responsibilities and to have a life alongside caring.
Alongside the Implementation Plan the Department has published, together with key dementia stakeholders, a “Joint Declaration on Post-Diagnostic Dementia Care and Support”. This sets out the key principles of good quality post-diagnostic care for people with dementia.
The Department has prioritised prevention and through the Care Act 2014 it 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.
Local authorities must consider if an adult is socially isolated or lonely when assessing them for adult social care. The Eligibility Regulations require local authorities to take into account whether a person wants to develop and maintain family or other personal relationships when assessing their eligibility for social care.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in Ashfield constituency have had cervical smears in each of the last five calendar years; and what the average number and proportion of women who have had those smears is in all parliamentary constituencies.
Jane Ellison
Cervical screening data is provided at local authority (LA) level.
The screening coverage trend for Ashfield and other LAs in the last five years for women age appropriate can be accessed using the following link:
Manipulation of the tool is necessary for obtaining information for other LAs.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Wollaston on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms he plans to put in place to ensure ministers receive impartial nursing advice after the proposed closure of the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions policy unit in his Department.
Ben Gummer
The Department leads the health and care system in England, working closely with a range of organisations on whose expertise it draws, including the nursing and midwifery expertise in NHS England and Public Health England. The Department’s approach to ensuring that nurses are consulted about future policies is to flexibly access professional advice from a wide range of sources, including arms-length bodies, regulators, stakeholders and professional bodies.
The Department’s policy teams will establish new networks and relationships with stakeholders and partners and collaborate with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to ensure systems are in place to secure advice when developing evidence based policy. These changes do not affect the role of the CNO, who as CNO of the Department already advises, and will continue to advise all Ministers and the Department on the range of nursing and midwifery issues.
The Department is changing the way it works to deliver its essential work for the Government while achieving efficiency savings. All of the changes we are making through the resulting DH2020 programme are being done transparently and communicated to staff.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to contribute to the Government’s aim of reducing the regulatory burden on business by £10 billion in 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.
George Freeman
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), with the Department’s other arm’s length bodies, is expected to contribute to the Department’s contribution to the Business Impact Target and the continued drive to reduce the burden of regulations. The MHRA has developed, in partnership with industry, a burden reduction plan to deliver proportionate regulation and minimise the regulatory burden on industry, while safeguarding public health. Industry partners have been asked to identify potential monetary savings from these actions. The Department will hold the MHRA to account for delivery against this plan.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of his Department’s contribution to the Government’s aim of reducing regulatory burdens on business in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16; and if he will make an estimate of the financial effect of those reductions on business.
Jane Ellison
The Department balances its role in protecting public health with the Government’s aim of reducing regulatory burdens on business. In the period in question this resulted in the following net increases/decreases in annual costs to business.
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Year |
Equivalent Annual Net Direct Cost to Business |
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2013-14 |
£0 |
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2014-15 |
£-2.8 million (net benefit to business) |
|
2015-16 |
£17.6 million (net cost to business) |
The Department is committed to the use of better regulation to achieve our objectives at the least cost to the economy, thereby promoting economic growth and prosperity. When we do regulate, it is only where it is necessary to protect public health and to ensure we provide safe, effective and compassionate care.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philippa Whitford on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child refugees have been reunited with relatives in the UK in the last year.
Mr Robert Goodwill
Data on cases progressed under the Dublin III Regulation is recorded on the main immigration database. However, this data is not held in a way that allows it to be reported on automatically and is therefore not currently available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-06-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the age is of the (a) youngest and (b) oldest person with a profile on the National DNA Database.
Mike Penning
a) The recorded age of the youngest person on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) as at 31 March 2016 was 10.
b) The recorded age of the eldest person on the NDNAD as at 31 March 2016 was 115.
The age recorded for the eldest person is based on what their age would be as at 31 March 2016 from their date of birth recorded at the time of sampling.
It is not their age when they were added to the NDNAD. There is no weeding from the NDNAD due to age or death.