The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have registered as deaf in 2015.
Alistair Burt
The data requested is no longer collected centrally. On 31 March 2010, 56,360 people were recorded on the deaf register.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK-registered patients received treatment in other European Economic Area countries under the European Health Insurance Card scheme in each of the last five years.
Alistair Burt
The United Kingdom European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) means that people living in the UK are able to travel to the European Economic Area (EEA) safe in the knowledge that they will be able to receive free or reduced cost healthcare should they need it.
EEA countries reimburse the UK for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to EEA EHIC holders, just as the UK reimburses other EEA countries for the cost of them providing healthcare to UK EHIC holders.
The Department does not hold information on how many people have used their UK EHIC to obtain state provided healthcare in another EEA country in any 12 month period. This is because data on UK EHIC usage is recorded by individual treatment episode rather than the card holder.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jamie Reed on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the Phase 2 redevelopment of West Cumberland Hospital, Cumbria has been delayed.
Ben Gummer
This is a matter for the North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust provided an update on progress in relation to delivery of Phase 2 of the re-development of West Cumberland Hospital in a press release issued in June 2015.
The NHS Trust Development Authority advises that the trust is continuing work to identify options that will enable it to progress this phase of the development.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of patients registered at each GP surgery was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
The table below illustrates the average number of patients per practice over the last five years for which data is available:
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2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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Average practice list size |
6,610 |
6,651 |
6,891 |
7,034 |
7,171 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre – General and Personal Medical Services 2004-2014 March 2015
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB16934/nhs-staf-2004-2014-gene-prac-rep.pdf
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with learning disabilities who remained in long-stay hospitals for over 12 months in each of the last five years.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is only available from 2013. The following table shows the number of patients with learning disabilities by length of stay with their current healthcare provider on 30 September 2013, 2014 and 2015.
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Date |
30 September 2013 |
30 September 2014 |
30 September 2015 |
|
Length of stay over one year |
1,949 |
1,920 |
1,810 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all GPs are trained in awareness of learning disabilities.
Ben Gummer
It is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC) to set the standards and outcomes for education and training and approve training curricula to ensure newly qualified general practitioners are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high quality patient care. This includes training in awareness of learning disabilities.
Higher Education Institutions are responsible for ensuring the programmes they provide allow healthcare students to meet the outcomes set out by the GMC upon graduation.
The royal colleges, for example the Royal College of General Practitioners, also have responsibility for developing curricula for general practitioners, in particular postgraduate curricula.
Health Education England (HEE) works with bodies that set curricula such as the GMC and the royal colleges to seek to ensure training meets the needs of patients.
HEE is undertaking a review of curricula of all National Health Service commissioned training programmes to include recognised areas of health including learning disability, mental illness, physical illness and physical ill health and social support needs. HEE will work with regulatory bodies including the GMC to agree the standards and content for education and training; this is anticipated to be completed by April 2017.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) young people moving from CAMHS to adult services are supported and (b) there is a comprehensive transition plan for each such person.
Alistair Burt
The ambitious national programme of work as set out in Future in mind will see a system-wide transformation in children and young people’s mental health. This is specified in the Government’s Mandate to NHS England.
In taking this forward, NHS England has asked all clinical commissioning groups, working closely with their partners, to develop Local Transformation Plans to transform their local offer for mental health and wellbeing services for children and young people. These Plans must address the full spectrum of mental health: from prevention and resilience building, to support and care for existing and emerging mental health problems, as well as transitions between services, including moving from children to adult mental health services.
It is the responsibility of local providers to ensure an appropriate transition plan is in place for each individual that requires one. In 2015, NHS England published a non-mandatory service specification for transitions from child and adolescent mental health services. The aim of this sample specification is to support commissioners responsible for funding transitional services for adolescents with mental health problems. A copy of the guidance can be found at the following webpage:
www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mod-transt-camhs-spec.pdf
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for mental health medications were dispensed to people with learning disabilities in (a) England and (b) each NHS England region in each year since 2010.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the RAND Europe evaluation of Liaison and Diversion services will be published.
Alistair Burt
RAND Europe will publish its evaluation of the 10 Wave 1 Liaison and Diversion (L&D) pilot services when HM Treasury’s decision on the L&D full business case is announced. This decision is expected shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure diabetes (a) care and (b) information provided by Southampton City CCG is responsive and relevant to the needs of the patient.
Jane Ellison
We are advised by NHS England that the Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) commissions diabetes services in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines across primary, community and secondary care. All services are regularly reviewed and service providers are required to report service level data to ensure that the provision is meeting the NICE quality standards. We understand this will include service access data and patient reported satisfaction. The CCG commissions an integrated pathway of diabetes care of which 80% is delivered in primary care.
We are also informed that the Diabetes Community Team provides support into primary care and sees more complex patients as appropriate, it also provides professional education and training and structured education for patients which is in line with the NICE guidelines. NHS England advises that the Southampton City CCG’s acute in-patient team provides care for those admitted into hospital with more acute needs and also provides appropriate out-patient services, professional education and support for patients who access the insulin pump service.
Additionally, in April 2016 the CCG advises it will be implementing a new integrated foot care pathway that will meet the needs of those with low, moderate and increased risk of foot complications and for those with active foot disease.
In regards to providing people with diabetes with information to improve self-management and promote better health and wellbeing, the CCG confirms it works closely with organisations such as Diabetes UK in order to do this. The CCG has engaged with local patients, more recently this engagement has focused on the foot care provision, building on the evidence from the Patient Experience of Diabetes Services Survey in 2013.