Tag: 2015

  • Laurence Robertson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Laurence Robertson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of banning raised laying cages for breeding pheasants and partridges; and if she will make a statement.

    George Eustice

    Recent Defra funded research into the use of cages for gamebirds showed that enrichment and space allowance, in the forms provided, had little impact on the welfare of caged pheasants. However, egg production and quality and most measures of pheasant welfare were improved in cages compared to floor pens. For the partridges, the behavioural results indicated that enrichment might be positive for welfare and was probably a more valuable modification than increasing the size of an otherwise barren cage. However, the research also concluded that there might be penalties from parasitism and reduced egg production if enrichment is offered at a conventional space allowance. The published research can be found:

    http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=17541&FromSearch=Y&Publisher=1&SearchText=aw1303&SortString=ProjectCode&SortOrder=Asc&Paging=10#Description

    We intend to discuss the findings of the research with industry and welfare organisations as part of next year’s review of the “Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes”.

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  • Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Mark Pritchard – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Pritchard on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Georgian countertpart on freedom of expression and freedom of the media in that country.

    Mr David Lidington

    We raise human rights concerns with Georgian Ministers and officials, including freedom of expression and freedom of the media, at every appropriate opportunity.

    We are closely monitoring the recent and ongoing court case involving the Rustavi 2 television company and continue to encourage Georgia to abide by the rule of law and due process in relation to all legal cases. We also impress the importance of creating a positive environment for media and civil society organisations working in Georgia.

  • Barry Sheerman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Barry Sheerman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism.

    Mr Tobias Ellwood

    Through the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) over 95,000 people have now been able to buy materials to repair homes that were damaged during the conflict. However, we are concerned that none of the homes destroyed have been rebuilt yet. We therefore welcome the June 2015 agreement between the Israeli and the Palestinian authorities on the Residential Stream of the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism to support the reconstruction of homes that were completely destroyed. DFID is providing £700,000 to the Materials Monitoring Unit which monitors the import, storage, supply and use of construction materials into Gaza under the GRM. The UK is also calling on all donors to disburse pledges made at the October 2014 Cairo Gaza Reconstruction Conference without delay.

  • Tom Blenkinsop – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Tom Blenkinsop – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency plans he has prepared to ease pressures on A&E services during winter 2015-16.

    Jane Ellison

    This year winter planning has been integrated into the overall planning process for the National Health Service with winter monies put into clinical commissioning group baseline funding. As part of planning for the winter, each local system has been asked to implement eight high impact interventions to improve patient flow, the key driver of performance.

    To support the systems under the most pressure, the Emergency Care Improvement Programme will provide intensive expert support over winter to drive improvements in performance.

  • Liam Byrne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Liam Byrne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of which health and wellbeing boards are most effective in reducing misuse of alcohol; and if he will make a statement.

    Jane Ellison

    This data is not available centrally.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctors worked in the NHS in London in each year since 2006.

    Ben Gummer

    The number of full time equivalent NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) doctors in training and equivalents1 in London, as at 30 September each year between 2006 and 2014 and at 30 June 20152 is shown in the following table.

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    10,360

    10,443

    10,916

    11,645

    11,971

    12,083

    12,187

    12,455

    12,584

    12,288

    Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre Medical and Dental Workforce Census.

    Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Provisional NHS HCHS Monthly Workforce Statistics.

    Notes:

    1 Doctors in training and equivalents refers to the Registrar group, Senior House Officer, Foundation Year 2, House Officer & Foundation Programme Year 1, other doctors in training and other staff at these grades that do not hold an educationally approved training post.

    2 June 2015 data is the latest data available. This is sourced from the NHS HCHS Monthly Workforce Statistics.

  • Frank Field – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Frank Field – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS sites charge for parking and have not introduced concessionary arrangements that are clearly signposted for patients and the public.

    Alistair Burt

    Results from the 2015 Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) collection shows that 31% of NHS sites charge for car parking. Of those sites that charge, over 86% currently provide car parking charge concessions.

    The following tables identify the hospital sites that charge, but do not offer concessions, or that offer them but do not prominently display that information.

    It should be noted that the information supplied was collected from NHS organisations and has not been amended centrally.

    Of the Hospital sites that charge for car parking, the following do not offer concessions

    Trust

    Site

    Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    Bassetlaw Hospital Mental Health Wards

    Mersey Care NHS Trust

    Brain Injuries Unit Mossley Hill Hospital

    South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Calderdale Hospital (Dales)

    Anglian Community Enterprise CIC

    Clacton Hospital

    Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Cotswold House, Savanake Hospital

    Sussex Community NHS Trust

    Crawley Hospital

    Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Department Of Psychiatry

    Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Dove Ward

    Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

    Edgware Community Hospital

    Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust

    Elgar Unit

    Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Gosport War Memorial Hospital

    Kent Community Health NHS Trust

    Gravesham Community Hospital

    West London Mental Health NHS Trust

    Hammersmith & Fulham Mhu

    Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

    Hertfordshire & Essex Hospital

    Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Horsham Hospital – Iris Ward

    Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre

    South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

    Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital

    West London Mental Health NHS Trust

    Lakeside Unit

    Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust

    Malvern Community Hospital

    South London And Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

    Maudsley Hospital

    Kent And Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership Trust

    Medway, Gillingham

    Norfolk And Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

    Mental Health Services – Woodlands

    Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital

    Manchester Mental Health And Social Care Trust

    Park House – North Manchester General Hospital

    Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

    Paulton Birth Centre

    Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

    Pembridge Palliative Care Centre

    Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust

    Pershore Hospital

    Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Petersfield Hospital

    The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust

    Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Royal Surrey County Hospital

    Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Savernake Hospital

    Kent Community Health NHS Trust

    Sevenoaks Hospital

    South West London And St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

    Springfield University Hospital

    Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    St Anne’s Centre & Emi Wards, St. Leonards-On-Sea

    West London Mental Health NHS Trust

    St Bernards Wing

    North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping

    Barnet, Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

    St. Michael’s Hospital

    Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Sussex Orthopaedic Centre

    Kent And Medway NHS And Social Care Partnership Trust

    Thanet Mental Health Unit, 164 Ramsgate Road, Margate

    Tees, Esk And Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

    The Briary Unit

    Devon Partnership NHS Trust

    The Cedars (Exeter)

    Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

    The Princess Royal Hospital

    Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

    The Royal Alexandra Hospital For Sick Children

    Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

    The Royal Sussex County Hospital

    Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

    The Sussex Eye Hospital

    South West London And St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

    Tolworth Hospital

    Devon Partnership NHS Trust

    Torbay Hospital

    Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Wexham Park Hospital

    Barts Health NHS Trust

    Whipps Cross University Hospital

    Mersey Care NHS Trust

    Windsor Clinic (Aintree University Hospital)

    Devon Partnership NHS Trust

    Wonford House Hospital

    Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Yeatman Hospital

    Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Woodlands, St. Leonards-On-Sea

    The following Hospital sites offer concessions but do not prominently publicise them

    Trust

    Site

    Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    Amersham Hospital

    Basildon And Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Basildon Hospital

    Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Bradford Royal Infirmary

    Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

    Calderdale Royal Hospital

    London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

    Central Middlesex Hospital

    The Royal Bournemouth And Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Christchurch Hospital

    Cambridgeshire And Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

    City Care Centre

    North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Clacton & District Hospital

    Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Clifton Hospital

    Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

    Croydon University Hospital

    North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Cumberland Infirmary

    County Durham And Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

    Darlington Memorial Hospital

    London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

    Ealing Hospital

    Surrey And Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

    East Surrey Hospital

    Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust

    Evesham Community Hospital

    The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Freeman Hospital

    South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Friarage Hospital

    Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

    Frome Birth Centre (Frome Community Hospital)

    Plymouth Community Healthcare (CIC)

    Glenbourne

    Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust

    Good Hope Hospital

    Guy’s And St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

    Guy’s Hospital

    Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

    Hammersmith Hospital

    Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Heatherwood Hospital

    Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Hexham General Hospital

    Sussex Community NHS Trust

    Horsham Hospital

    Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

    Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

    Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust

    Intermediate Care Unit, Alexandra Wing, Broadgreen Hospital

    Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

    Ipswich Hospital

    Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

    Kidderminster Hospital

    Barking, Havering And Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

    King George Hospital

    King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Kings College Hospital

    Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

    Louth Community Hospital

    Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

    Manor Hospital

    London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

    Meadow House

    Medway NHS Foundation Trust

    Medway Maritime Hospital

    Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Melbury Lodge

    Taunton And Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

    Musgrove Park Hospital

    Norfolk Community Health And Care NHS Trust

    Norwich Community Hospital

    Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Nottingham City Hospital

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

    Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust

    Oswestry Maternity Unit

    Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Poole Hospital

    King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Princess Royal University Hospital

    Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    South West London And St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

    Queen Mary’s Hospital

    Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Queen Victoria Hospital

    Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Queen’s Medical Centre

    Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital

    The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

    Rotherham District General Hospital

    East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

    Royal Blackburn Hospital

    Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Royal Hallamshire Hospital

    Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

    Runcie Unit

    Woking Hospices

    Sam Beare Hospice

    Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

    Skegness Hospital

    Heart Of England NHS Foundation Trust

    Solihull Hospital

    Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Southend Hospital

    North Bristol NHS Trust

    Southmead Hospital

    St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

    St Georges At Queen Mary’s Hospital

    Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

    St Peters

    Barnet, Enfield And Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

    St. Ann’s Hospital

    Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    St. Luke’s Hospital (Rae)

    Care And Support Partnership (Seqol)

    Swindon Intermediate Care Centre

    Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

    The Alexandra Hospital

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    The Churchill Hospital

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    The Horton Hospital

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    The John Radcliffe Hospital

    Worcestershire Health And Care NHS Trust

    The Robertson Centre

    Your Healthcare

    Tolworth Hospital

    Torbay And Southern Devon Health And Care NHS Trust

    Totnes Hospital

    University Hospitals Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust

    University Hospital

    The Lewisham And Greenwich NHS Trust

    University Hospital Lewisham

    North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

    West Cumberland Hospital

    Weston Area Health NHS Trust

    Weston General Hospital

    Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Weymouth Community Hospital

    Virgin Care Services Ltd

    Woking Community Hospital

    Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

    Worcestershire Royal Hospital

    Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Workington Community Hospital

    Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    Wycombe Hospital

    Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    Yeovil District Hospital
  • Rosie Cooper – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Rosie Cooper – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Rosie Cooper on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to encourage restraint in increases in senior NHS executive’s pay.

    Alistair Burt

    My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to all Chairs of NHS organisations on 2 June 2015 setting out a range of measures to ensure executive pay is proportionate and justifiable. He asked the Chairs urgently to review their policies on executive pay; to seek the views of Ministers before making any executive appointment paid more than £142,500 per year; to advise him of all current executive pay more than £142,500 and to provide a justification; to ensure that the HM Treasury guidance on off-payroll executive appointments is followed rigorously. He also announced his intention of introducing a limit on the rates payable to off-payroll interim executives; of introducing a national framework for deciding executive pay throughout the NHS; of clamping down on executives who retire and then return to NHS employment so that they do not gain financially from this; and set out his expectation that new redundancy terms should apply to all executive staff. We are taking this work forward.

  • Helen Hayes – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Helen Hayes – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Hayes on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the ceiling for agency nurse spending for each NHS trust will be made publicly available from 2015-16.

    Alistair Burt

    Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority currently have no plans to make publically available the ceilings for agency nurse spending for each trust in 2015-16. However, if members of the public wish to know this information then they can approach individual trusts for this information.

    The ceiling levels are available at the following website:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nursing-agency-rules

    “

  • David Amess – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    David Amess – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2015-10-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from non-European Economic Area countries granted Tier 2 visas between 6 April 2012 and 5 April 2013 and employed on an annual salary of less than £35,000 are employed by (a) Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Essex teaching hospitals.

    Ben Gummer

    This information is not collected centrally.