The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Brown on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there were in the relative weighting of economic deprivation within the primary health care funding formula in each complete financial year since 2010.
Alistair Burt
It is not possible to estimate the relative weighting specifically for deprivation, as all the factors taken into account in the formula are interrelated.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulances responding to the most serious calls failed to respond within eight minutes in (a) England, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) Denton and Reddish constituency in each of the last five years.
Jane Ellison
The information requested is not available in the format requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance calls were responded to by the (a) police and (b) fire service in (i) England, (ii) Greater Manchester and (iii) Denton and Reddish constituency in each of the last five years.
Jane Ellison
The information requested is not available in the format requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NHS England will take steps to terminate contracts for 0844 numbers entered into by GP surgeries.
Alistair Burt
Regulations introduced in 2010 prevented general practitioner practices from entering into, renewing or extending a contract for telephone services unless it was satisfied that, looking at the arrangements as a whole, patients would not pay more to make calls to the practice than they would to make calls to a geographical number.
The number of practices using premium rate numbers is reducing as contracts come to an end, and a large number of practices using 084 numbers also have a local alternative. NHS England continues to work with practices that have premium rate numbers and will review progress periodically.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of (a) NHS and (b) other expenditure for which his Department is responsible has been for the (i) treatment and (ii) prevention of obesity in each of the last five years.
Jane Ellison
Information on National Health Service expenditure on the treatment and prevention of obesity is not collected centrally. Decisions on spending are a matter for local NHS organisations.
It is not possible to provide comprehensive information about the Department’s expenditure on the treatment and prevention of obesity because a wide range of teams across the Department and other partners contribute to this policy. The Department has invested in a number of nationally-coordinated programmes which contribute to tackling obesity including the National Child Measurement Programme, NHS Health Checks, Change4Life, the School Games and Change4Life School Sports Clubs.
Local authorities have been given ring-fenced funding of £8.49 billion over three years, 2013/14 to 2015/16, to help tackle public health issues including overweight and obesity.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2015 to Question 7630, how many GP practices in each pathfinder area have signed up to care.data to date in total.
George Freeman
The information requested is provided in the following table:
|
Pathfinder clinical commissioning groups. |
GP Practices |
|
Blackburn with Darwen |
23 |
|
Leeds |
15 |
|
West Hampshire |
30 |
|
Somerset |
56 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made with delivering £22 billion of efficiency savings in the NHS identified in its five-year forward plan.
Alistair Burt
The Government is committed to investing £10 billion to fund the National Health Service’s own plan for the future, and the NHS needs to deliver efficiency savings in order to live within its means.
Since May 2015, the Government has taken action to help hospitals clamp down on excessive agency staffing costs, use of management consultants and fees charged by lawyers. Lord Carter’s interim report has outlined how hospitals can save around £5 billion by reducing variations in the way operations and treatments are carried out. Further programmes at work are under way in partnership with NHS England and others.
The Department is working together with the health service, our partners and patients to further develop the programme required to fully achieve the efficiency savings set out in the Five Year Forward View.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many in-patient NHS beds there were in Lancashire on 1 June (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and what the location of those beds was on each of those dates.
Ben Gummer
The information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the average daily number of available overnight beds in hospital trusts in Lancashire during the first quarter of each financial year.
Average daily number of available overnight beds, quarter 1
|
Name |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
|
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
855 |
773 |
836 |
816 |
819 |
810 |
|
Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
228 |
237 |
234 |
235 |
230 |
223 |
|
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust |
908 |
926 |
918 |
926 |
968 |
980 |
|
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust |
748 |
659 |
572 |
520 |
521 |
510 |
|
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
1,010 |
971 |
914 |
886 |
877 |
875 |
|
Total for hospital trusts in Lancashire |
3,750 |
3,566 |
3,473 |
3,383 |
3,415 |
3,398 |
Source:
Quarterly collection of bed availability and occupancy, NHS England
Notes:
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will respond to the Care Quality Commission’s Community Mental Health Survey 2015.
Alistair Burt
The Department will not be responding to the Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s Community Mental Health Survey 2015. Surveys of this nature are an important part of the CQC’s role in improving services. We note them and take account of the findings when developing policies for improvement.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of public health measures designed to limit sugar consumption; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
We requested that Public Health England (PHE), an executive agency of the Department responsible for improving the nation’s health and wellbeing, prepare evidence for the Government on reducing sugar consumption. This was published on 22 October and can be found on the GOV.UK website. Ministers are considering the evidence and working closely with PHE to develop policy in this area.
Sugar Reduction: The evidence for action is available at:
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