The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 28901, on nurses: training, if he will make it his policy to collect that information.
Ben Gummer
There are no plans at present to collect this information but this will be kept under review in light of work being undertaken this year by Health Education England.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 28900, on mental health services, if he will make it his policy to collect that information.
Alistair Burt
In January, the Secretary of State for Education and Secretary of State for Health announced the Government’s intention to establish a new regulatory body for social work to drive up standards with an ambition to raise the quality of social work, education, training and practice in both children’s and adult’s social work.
As part of this work, we are exploring the feasibility of establishing a national register for Approved Mental Health Professionals.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Oliver Colvile on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to create a specialist centre for severe asthma in the South West of England.
Jane Ellison
Services for people with severe asthma are commissioned by NHS England in line with a national specification to ensure patient numbers are sufficient to support safe services. NHS England has no plans to change the way it commissions these services in south west England.
Nationally, there are 27 trusts that have identified themselves as providing severe asthma services. NHS England is revising the national service specification to assist local teams in verifying and redefining the local service model to confirm the severe asthma services within each region.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland who have accessed abortion services commissioned by a clinical commissioning group by registering on a temporary or permanent basis with a general practitioner in England.
Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was recharged to the (a) Russian, (b) Chinese, (c) Nigerian, (d) American, (e) Indian, (f) Australian, (g) Pakistan, (h) Brazilian, (i) New Zealand and (j) Canadian government for health treatment by the NHS in 2015.
Alistair Burt
Anyone who is not ordinarily resident in England is deemed an overseas visitor and is subject to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015. These regulations place a legal duty on National Health Service hospitals to establish whether an overseas visitor is chargeable or is exempt from charge under one of a number of exemption categories.
NHS trusts will have their own local data on the status of non-United Kingdom nationals receiving NHS care. This enables them to charge for that care where applicable. However, trusts are only obliged to report totals for amounts charged and recovered. They are not required to include information about the patient’s residency, nationality or migration status. Trusts report amounts charged and recovered as part of their own local accounts process.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to remove the NHS bursary made available to medical students.
Ben Gummer
There are currently no plans to change the current existing arrangements for medical students who are already on the standard student support system for the first four years of their degrees.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of stem cell donors received a transplant within (a) seven and (b) 15 days of request in each year since 2003-04.
Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department offers e-cigarettes on prescription or at a reduced price to people living in deprived areas.
Jane Ellison
Prescriptions for e-cigarettes will be charged like any other medication and normal exemption arrangements will apply including for those on low incomes.
In August 2015 Public Health England published a report that outlined evidence that e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking. Data from local stop smoking services shows that 2/3 of smokers are successful in their quit attempts when combining e-cigarettes with behavioural support. Data from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) suggests in 2015 there were 2.6 million e-cigarette users of which nearly 2 out of 5 no longer smoked tobacco products. This data is available at ASH ‘Use of electronic cigarettes (vapourisers) among adults in Great Britain’, 2015.
http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_891.pdf
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gloria De Piero on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have stopped smoking cigarettes because they have switched to e-cigarettes in each of the last three years.
Jane Ellison
Prescriptions for e-cigarettes will be charged like any other medication and normal exemption arrangements will apply including for those on low incomes.
In August 2015 Public Health England published a report that outlined evidence that e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking. Data from local stop smoking services shows that 2/3 of smokers are successful in their quit attempts when combining e-cigarettes with behavioural support. Data from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) suggests in 2015 there were 2.6 million e-cigarette users of which nearly 2 out of 5 no longer smoked tobacco products. This data is available at ASH ‘Use of electronic cigarettes (vapourisers) among adults in Great Britain’, 2015.
http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_891.pdf
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Oliver Colvile on 2016-03-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist centres for severe asthma there are in England.
Jane Ellison
Services for people with severe asthma are commissioned by NHS England in line with a national specification to ensure patient numbers are sufficient to support safe services. NHS England has no plans to change the way it commissions these services in south west England.
Nationally, there are 27 trusts that have identified themselves as providing severe asthma services. NHS England is revising the national service specification to assist local teams in verifying and redefining the local service model to confirm the severe asthma services within each region.