The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there was in the level of emergency admissions of older people between 2010-11 and 2014-15 in the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Ben Gummer
Between 2010-11 and 2014-15, there was a 5.4% increase in the number of emergency admissions of patients aged 65 and over at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by William Wragg on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the utility of data from the clinic in Brent and Harrow which has been providing men who have sex with men with HPV vaccinations since 2012 when determining that it was necessary to conduct an HPV vaccination pilot before deciding on a national roll-out; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
Experience from the two Brent and Harrow clinics providing human papillomavirus vaccinations to men who have sex with men was shared with Public Health England and has helped to inform the development of the pilot. North West London is unlikely to be representative of England as a whole and the pilot will therefore let us consider provision of this vaccination programme in different geographical areas. It will also consider a wider age range than the service provided in these two clinics. The pilot will cover men up to 45 years of age in line with advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The pilot will help resolve a range of implementation issues and determine whether a national programme can be delivered through Genito-Urinary Medicine and HIV clinics at a cost effective price in line with the JCVI’s advice.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect on people caring for family members of the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the introduction of the Care Act 2014.
Alistair Burt
The Independent Living Fund (ILF) closed on 30 June 2015, with funding and responsibility transferring to local authorities in England and the Devolved Administrations in Scotland and Wales. The Department has not made an assessment of the financial impact on those caring for family members, and at this stage does not plan to do so.
However, the Department has issued statutory guidance to local authorities to support this transfer of responsibility and to prevent any former ILF user having their care interrupted during the transfer. I have recently reminded local authorities of the need to comply with this guidance. In addition, the Care Act 2014 introduced important new rights for carers, and placed a duty on local authorities to assess adults who appear to have care and support needs and to meet those needs which meet the national eligibility criteria.
The Government has committed to publishing a new cross-Government National Carers Strategy before the end of 2016. A wide-ranging call for evidence is now underway to underpin the development of the Strategy, which will gather evidence from stakeholders, and carers themselves, on their experience of caring including issues of personal finance and the support they receive from local authorities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Brown on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to findings presented at the 2015 European Cancer Congress on Lutathera, what assessment he has made of the reported benefits of that drug on treating patients with neuroendocrine tumours.
George Freeman
The clinical research findings on Lutathera, presented to the European Cancer Congress, have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been asked to develop technology appraisal guidance on lutetium-177 dotatate for the treatment of unresectable, somatostatin receptor-positive, gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours. NICE’s guidance is based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and is developed through wide consultation with stakeholders.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Brown on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Lutathera drug was removed from the list of drugs available under the Cancer Drugs Fund.
George Freeman
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (including Luththera) for the treatment of gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours was removed from the Cancer Drugs Fund in November 2015 on the grounds that it represented insufficient value for retention within the Fund.
NHS England’s full decision summary is available at:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/cancer/cdf/cdf-drug-sum/
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Brown on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the use of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy treatments to target carcinoid tumours.
George Freeman
Information on the peptide receptor radionuclide therapy treatments funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) is shown in the table. It is not known for what type of cancer these treatments have been provided.
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Number of patients treated in 2011/121 |
Number of patients treated in 2012/131 |
Number of CDF notifications 2013/142 |
Number of CDF notifications 2014/152 |
Number of CDF notifications 2015/16 (to Sept) 2 |
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Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (to include Lutetium-177 or Yttrium-90 octreotide analogues) |
49 |
117 |
152 |
229 |
116 |
1 Source: Strategic Health Authority returns to the Department of Health
2 Source: NHS England
Information on the number of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy treatments provided outside of the CDF is not collected.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by William Wragg on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date in June 2016 the HPV vaccination pilot for men who have sex with men is planned to commence; and if he will make a statement.
Jane Ellison
The first sexual health clinics involved in the pilot started offering the human papillomavirus vaccine to men who have sex with men, who are already attending the clinic for an existing appointment, on 6 June 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michelle Donelan on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is planned that the Government’s childhood obesity strategy will include measures restricting the marketing of unhealthy foods to children.
Jane Ellison
Our Childhood Obesity Strategy, which will be launched in the summer, will look at everything that contributes to a child becoming overweight and obese. It will set out what more can be done by all.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tania Mathias on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the cost to the NHS of postage of appointment notifications to patients.
George Freeman
The National Information Board’s strategy document Personalised Health and Care 2020 (published November 2014) set out the aim to support greater uptake of the use of digital systems in health and care to create a National Health Service paper free at the point of care by 2020. This will remove the system’s reliance on paper and will help reduce postal service costs for the NHS.
In the case of appointment letters for patients the new NHS e-referral system, introduced last year, already allows healthcare providers to choose not to send out appointment letters, instead allowing patients to access the information directly from the NHS e-referral system. Patients have an option to print off the details of their appointment if they prefer to have a paper copy of the information. We expect increasing numbers of providers will use this functionality to help contain costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine West on 2016-05-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2016 to Question 37016, what assessment he has made of the change in the number of full-time equivalent paramedics employed by the London Ambulance Service over the last three years.
Ben Gummer
We are advised by London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) that during 2015/16, it recruited 717 frontline staff. In doing so, LAS achieved its recruitment target and filled all its available frontline posts.