The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, (b) white northern Europeans, (c) mixed race people and (d) people from other ethnic backgrounds found a matching stem cell donor in each year since 2003-04.
Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 4049, when he expects the review of the Autism Awareness project to be published.
Alistair Burt
Following an interim evaluation, the Department’s commissioned Autism Awareness project, has now entered its second and final phase. Once this Autism Alliance UK project has been completed, it will be reviewed and a report will be published. This is expected in approximately six months’ time.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical professionals have completed each of Health Education England’s e-learning training sessions on female genital mutilation in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16 to date; and which e-learning training packages are currently available for medical professionals to access.
Ben Gummer
Health Education England’s Healthcare Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) e-learning programme was launched on 19 March 2015 and has been available for 11 months to date. We are therefore unable to provide statistics for the periods 2013-14 and 2014-15.
For the period 19 March 2015 to date, the numbers of professionals who have completed each of the e-learning modules are:
― Introduction to FGM – 4,325 times completed by users;
― communication Skills for FGM Consultations – 3,432 times completed;
― legal and Safeguarding Issues Regarding FGM in the United Kingdom – 3,198 times completed;
― FGM: Issues, Presentation and Management in Children and Young Women – 3,116 times completed; and
― FGM: Issues, Presentation and Management in Women and Around Pregnancy – 3,008 times completed.
All five of the above e-learning packages are currently available to healthcare professionals including school nurses, practice nurses, health visitors and general practitioners, via the e-learning for healthcare training platform.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical staff left the NHS before reaching the retirement age in 2014-15.
Ben Gummer
The information is not available in the form requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve the quality of end of life (a) care and (b) provision in the NHS in England.
Ben Gummer
The Government is committed to making improvements in the quality of care people experience at the end of life.
In 2014, we set out five priorities for care of the dying person which should underpin the care being delivered to all dying people. The priorities for care state that an individual plan of care, which includes food and drink, symptom control and psychological, social and spiritual support, is agreed, co-ordinated and delivered with compassion.
The priorities also set out the critical importance of compassion, respect and dignity in delivering care to dying people and the implications, for staff, commissioners and providers, when making decisions about how end of life care services will meet the needs of local people. The new approach to care, based on these fundamental principles, is being used by clinicians across the country.
The Government’s forthcoming response to the independent Review of Choice in End of Life Care will set out further actions we are taking to achieve high quality, personalised end of life care.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical staff left the NHS before reaching the pension age.
Ben Gummer
The information is not available in the form requested.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress his Department has made on the (a) composition and (b) operation of the individual funding requests screening process; and if he will make at statement.
George Freeman
NHS England has advised that updated standard operating procedures for NHS England’s management of individual funding requests was published on 26 February 2016 and is available at:
www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/policies/gp/
Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for managing their own individual funding requests.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Oliver Dowden on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information relating to infertility and its treatment is available to those affected.
Jane Ellison
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have a statutory duty to publish information for patients and donors about fertility treatment and the clinics that it licenses. The Authority is currently reviewing the information published on its website following extensive research and is working with NHS Choices to make sure that all patients are directed to the right information at the right time.
Individuals with fertility problems can discuss these issues with their general practitioners and ask to be referred to a fertility specialist to discuss the difficulties that they are having in conceiving and the options that are open to them.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on developing a cross-departmental strategy to improve access and availability to fitness and sports facilities to improve public health.
Jane Ellison
The Department works closely with other Government departments to achieve a joined-up approach to improving the public’s health, including with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the development and implementation of their Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-02-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Government’s proposals for implementing the recommendations of the independent Mental Health Taskforce.
Alistair Burt
We welcome the publication of the independent Mental Health Taskforce report and accept its recommendations. We will work with NHS England, other health arm’s length bodies and across government to agree how to take these forward.