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  • Liz Kendall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Liz Kendall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of care homes had an emergency admission to a hospital in England in each of the last four years.

    Norman Lamb

    Information is not held centrally on the number of calls to 999 made by or on behalf of residents of care homes, or the number of residents of care homes attending accident and emergency departments.

    Information on the number of residents of care homes who had an emergency admission to a hospital in each of the last four years shown in the following table.

    Number of finished admission episodes for emergency admissions by source of admission in England, 2009-10 to 2012-13

    2009-10

    2010-11

    2011-12

    2012-13

    NHS run care home (from 1 April 2004)

    3,428

    3,396

    3,086

    3,538

    Non-NHS (other than local authority) run care home

    10,965

    10,510

    11,806

    15,158

    All sources of admission

    5,177,887

    5,287,032

    5,242,839

    5,336,043

    Source:

    Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre

    Notes:

    1. Includes activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.

    2. A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.

    3. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage, improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice.

    4. FAEs recorded as "The usual place of residence, including no fixed abode" may contain a number of episodes where patients may have resided in care homes, subsequently designating it as their usual place of residence. Such FAEs were not recorded as admissions from a care home. The number of times this may have occurred is unknown.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount has been spent on building the psychiatric facility at Whyndyke Farm to date; and when that facility will become fully operational.

    Jane Ellison

    This is a matter for the National Health Service locally.

    We have written to Derek Brown, Chair of the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust informing him of the hon. Member’s enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

  • David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which 10 primary care areas in England had the (a) highest and (b) lowest abortion rates per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 44 years in 2013.

    Jane Ellison

    The following tables show the information requested.

    Table 1: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) with the 10 highest abortion rates, 2013

    CCG Name

    Rate per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44 ASR 1, 2

    NHS Barking and Dagenham

    31.4

    NHS Croydon

    26.9

    NHS Greenwich

    26.6

    NHS Lewisham

    26.6

    NHS Waltham Forest

    25.8

    NHS Southwark

    25.0

    NHS Brent

    25.0

    NHS Hounslow

    24.6

    NHS Lambeth

    24.0

    NHS Redbridge

    23.8

    1Rates for CCGs are based on mid-2013 population estimates.

    2Aged Standardised Rates are calculated using the 2013 European Standard Population (ESP).

    Table 2: CCGs with the 10 lowest abortion rates, 2013

    CCG Name

    Rate per 1,000 resident women aged 15-44 ASR 1, 2

    NHS Hardwick

    9.2

    NHS Vale of York

    9.7

    NHS North Durham

    9.9

    NHS South Norfolk

    10.1

    NHS North Derbyshire

    10.1

    NHS North Norfolk

    10.2

    NHS West Suffolk

    10.5

    NHS Rushcliffe

    10.5

    NHS South Lincolnshire

    10.7

    NHS Bath and North East Somerset

    10.8

    1Rates for CCGs are based on mid-2013 population estimates.

    2Aged Standardised Rates are calculated using the 2013 ESP.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken since October 2010 to ensure that local authorities and other interested parties are applying and interpreting the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations in accordance with his Department’s Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007.

    Jane Ellison

    The Department has made the Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 available on the Department’s website and has regularly met with local authorities; the Advertising Standards Authority; the Food Standards Agency; the industry trade association and individual businesses to ensure that the Department’s advice is communicated to businesses and enforcers. Enforcement action, which could potentially result in court action, is carried out by local authorities.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations are enforced, (b) guidance is provided to interested parties and the Advertising Standards Authority in line with his Department’s Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 and (c) necessary court action is taken to stop violations or settle questions of interpretation.

    Jane Ellison

    The Department has made the Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 available on the Department’s website and has regularly met with local authorities; the Advertising Standards Authority; the Food Standards Agency; the industry trade association and individual businesses to ensure that the Department’s advice is communicated to businesses and enforcers. Enforcement action, which could potentially result in court action, is carried out by local authorities.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote best practice for sexual health amongst local authorities and (b) disseminate good practice shown by local authorities on sexual health.

    Jane Ellison

    The Government’s ambitions for sexual health are set out in A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England (March 2013); a copy of which has already been placed in the Library. The first annual review of progress towards the ambitions in the Framework is in development and will include case studies of good and promising local practice. The Department, in partnership with other organisations including Public Health England, Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Public Health, has also produced a number of documents to assist local authorities to fulfil their new role in relation to sexual health commissioning.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he or other Ministers of his Department have visited a liver unit since taking office.

    Dr Daniel Poulter

    Since May 2010 the following visits were undertaken by Ministers in the Department to liver units.

    23 November 2010 Anne Milton King’s College Hospital

    Tour of our Haematology and Liver Transplantation

    departments

    13 January 2011 Mr Andrew Lansley King’s College Hospital NHS

    Foundation Trust

    Tour of Liver Intensive Therapy Unit (LITU) on Cheyne Wing

    Since May 2010, the following visits were undertaken by Ministers in the Department to alcohol dependency units that also specialise in liver treatment.

    16 December 2010 Anne Milton Hope House in Clapham

    (Drugs/alcohol dependency)

    21 July 2011 Earl Howe Royal Bolton Hospital

    (Alcohol dependency)

    1 March 2012 Mr Andrew Lansley The Carpenters Arms

    (Rehabilitation charity for alcohol and drugs)

    25 October 2012 Anna Soubry Bristol Tranquiliser Project

    (Drugs/alcohol dependency)

    29 March 2012 Earl Howe Mossley Hill Hospital

    (Alcohol dependency treatment centre)

    24 January 2013 Anna Soubry Mount Carmel (charity)

    (Alcohol Treatment Centre)

    6 June 2013 Dr Daniel Poulter Brighton Housing Trust

    (Meeting Community Alcohol NHS Team)

    13 February 2014 Dr Daniel Poulter The Habour centre, Alcohol and drug service, Plymouth

  • Stewart Jackson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Stewart Jackson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stewart Jackson on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps so that Public Health England introduces a case-finding spirometry test component as part of the NHS Health Check for people aged between 40 and 74.

    Jane Ellison

    Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for advising the Department on potential content changes to the NHS Health Check programme. The agency has established an Expert Scientific and Clinical Advisory Panel to oversee this process. The panel includes representation from the National Screening Committee, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and wider experts.

    It is not feasible to make frequent changes to the programme. PHE reviews new content proposals every 12 months and will consider spirometry when it next begins this process in the winter of 2014.

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS health trusts have (a) recruited and (b) advertised for staff outside the UK since 1 January 2013.

    Dr Daniel Poulter

    The Department does not hold information on National Health Service trusts that have recruited or advertised for staff outside the United Kingdom since 1 January 2013.

    It is the responsibility of local NHS organisations to plan and deliver a workforce appropriate to the needs of their local population, based on clinical need and sound evidence.

    The nature of the NHS labour market means that supply shortages in specific specialisms and geographies do exist. It is likely that some overseas recruitment will be necessary to support the qualified workforce supply, however, the NHS now has many more healthcare professionals, and is much closer to self-sufficiency – in line with World Health Organization recommendations.

  • Mark Menzies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Mark Menzies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Menzies on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make available additional funding to improve care for people with dementia.

    Norman Lamb

    Improving dementia care is a priority for the Government, and the Prime Minister. On the 28 February, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health announced his ambition for improving dementia care and support for people with dementia, their family and carers.

    NHS England has identified around £90 million annually that is available nationally to the National Health Service to support timely diagnosis of dementia and to ensure that by 2015, two-thirds of people with dementia have a diagnosis and receive appropriate support following diagnosis.

    The Department has committed to double funding for research for dementia by 2015.

    The Department has also provided major funding to improve dementia care for the following:

    – Dementia Friends programme, £2.4 million funded by Cabinet Office and the Department;

    – Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) £54 million in April 2012 and £108 million in April 2013;

    – Dementia Friendly Environments Capital Fund £50 million, October 2012;

    – Dementia Awareness Campaign £3.2 million, September 2012;

    – Dementia Workforce Development Fund for Social Care Staff (administered by Skills for Care) £2.4 million July 2012. In addition to this we have funded further Workforce Projects to the value of £1,640,000 since 2012-13 (£540,000 in 2012-13, £700,000 in 2013-14 and £400,000 planned for 2014-15);

    – Breakthrough Innovation Challenge Prize £1 million announced, June 2012; and

    – Social Services support to Memory Services £10 million, September 2011.