Tag: Heidi Alexander

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-04-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals he has visited in an official capacity in 2016; and what the date was of each such visit.

Jane Ellison

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following hospitals in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

29 January 2016 Kings College Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners

5 February 2016 Coombe Wood Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

14 April 2016 Oxford University, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Lord Prior

6 January 2016 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

20 January 2016 East Surrey Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

3 February 2016 St Thomas Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

18 February 2016 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

16 March 2016 Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust

22 March 2016 Guy’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

24 March 2016 Royal Derby Hospital, Derby Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust

24 March 2016 Lings Bar Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

12 April 2016 Royal Brompton Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Ben Gummer

14 January 2016 Watford General Hospital, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

21 January 2016 Salford Royal Hospital, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

21 January 2016 St Mary’s Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 February 2016 Royal Cornwall Hospital, at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

16 February 2016 Mount Gould Hospital, Livewell Southwest

16 February 2016 Tiverton and District Hospital, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

17 February 2016 Dorset County Hospital, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

17 February 2016 Southampton General Hospital, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

29 February 2016 St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

14 March 2016 St Thomas’ Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Alistair Burt

3 March 2016 St Pancras Hospital, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust

11 March 2016 Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

17 March 2016 Kings College Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

14 April 2016 Clock View Hospital and Ashworth Hospital, Mersey Care NHS Trust

George Freeman

7 March 2016 CityLabs, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Rd, Manchester

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following primary care services in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

15 January 2016 Hillfoot Surgery, Pudsey, West Yorkshire

Alistair Burt

11 February 2016 Copes Pharmacy Ltd, London

11 March 2016 Five Oakes Family Practice, Manchester

Jane Ellison

4 February 2016 The Acton African Well Woman Clinic, Hillcrest Surgery, London

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following residential and nursing homes in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

5 February 2016 Coombe Wood Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Ben Gummer

15 February 2016 St Julia’s Hospice, Cornwall Hospice Care

Alistair Burt

25 February 2016 The Betty and Asher Loftus Centre, London

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral contribution of 5 January 2016, Official Report, column 18, what the evidential basis is for the statement that changes to nurses’ training will allow for training 10,000 more nurses over the course of the current Parliament.

Ben Gummer

As set out by the Chancellor in the Spending Review in November 2015, universities will be able to provide up to 10,000 additional training places by the end of this Parliament. This is for nursing, midwifery and allied health subjects.

In 2014, 57,000 applicants applied for 20,033 nursing places on the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) system. Nursing, midwifery and the allied health subjects are popular to study with British students, with nursing the fifth most popular subject on UCAS in 2014. Universities want to train more students for these professions and have the capacity to expand moderately quickly if allowed. There are already examples of universities, such as The University of Bolton and Keele University where these institutions have expanded to deliver additional places for nursing and physiotherapy respectively; with other universities also looking to expand.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 26014, what the baseline year is for the commitment to train 10,000 more nurses, midwives and other allied health professionals over the course of the current Parliament.

Ben Gummer

As announced by the Chancellor in the Spending Review in November 2015, the Government has committed to remove the cap on the number of students studying nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions from 1 August 2017. This will enable universities to offer up to 10,000 new training places for students to start these courses in this Parliament.

This reflects estimates on the level of unmet demand for places in the current system where, as an example, for nursing, around two out of three nursing applicants who currently apply for a place are turned down.

The Government is working with health and higher education delivery organisations to determine an appropriate baseline as part of implementing the reforms.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-04-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care services he has visited in an official capacity in 2016; and what the date was of each such visit.

Jane Ellison

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following hospitals in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

29 January 2016 Kings College Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners

5 February 2016 Coombe Wood Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

14 April 2016 Oxford University, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Lord Prior

6 January 2016 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

20 January 2016 East Surrey Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

3 February 2016 St Thomas Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

18 February 2016 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

16 March 2016 Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust

22 March 2016 Guy’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

24 March 2016 Royal Derby Hospital, Derby Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust

24 March 2016 Lings Bar Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

12 April 2016 Royal Brompton Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Ben Gummer

14 January 2016 Watford General Hospital, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

21 January 2016 Salford Royal Hospital, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

21 January 2016 St Mary’s Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 February 2016 Royal Cornwall Hospital, at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

16 February 2016 Mount Gould Hospital, Livewell Southwest

16 February 2016 Tiverton and District Hospital, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

17 February 2016 Dorset County Hospital, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

17 February 2016 Southampton General Hospital, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

29 February 2016 St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

14 March 2016 St Thomas’ Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Alistair Burt

3 March 2016 St Pancras Hospital, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust

11 March 2016 Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

17 March 2016 Kings College Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

14 April 2016 Clock View Hospital and Ashworth Hospital, Mersey Care NHS Trust

George Freeman

7 March 2016 CityLabs, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Rd, Manchester

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following primary care services in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

15 January 2016 Hillfoot Surgery, Pudsey, West Yorkshire

Alistair Burt

11 February 2016 Copes Pharmacy Ltd, London

11 March 2016 Five Oakes Family Practice, Manchester

Jane Ellison

4 February 2016 The Acton African Well Woman Clinic, Hillcrest Surgery, London

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following residential and nursing homes in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

5 February 2016 Coombe Wood Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Ben Gummer

15 February 2016 St Julia’s Hospice, Cornwall Hospice Care

Alistair Burt

25 February 2016 The Betty and Asher Loftus Centre, London

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of alcohol misuse in each of the last five years.

Jane Ellison

Figures of the cost to the National Health Service of alcohol misuse for each of the past five years is not available. The most recent estimate from 2014 is that alcohol costs the NHS around £3.5 billion per annum(1), just under half of which is due to alcohol related inpatient admissions to hospital.

(1)Source: “Alcohol and drugs prevention, treatment and recovery: why invest?”, Public Health England, http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/why-invest-2014-alcohol-and-drugs.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Care Quality Commission has conducted an impact assessment of the proposed changes to the contract of Experts by Experience.

Ben Gummer

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator for health and adult social care. The CQC is responsible for its own staffing requirements, including any decisions on contracts around the supplying of experts by experience for its inspections of providers.

In line with Cabinet Office approvals processes, the Department:

– gave approval for the CQC to invite tenders for the Experts by Experience programme; and

– having sought and received clarification of the business case from the CQC, the department approved the business case, to enable the CQC to proceed with finalising new contracts for Experts by Experience.

Regulatory impact assessments for the Experts by Experience programme were carried out by the CQC as part of the development of the new regulatory framework in 2014.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-04-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which residential and nursing homes he has visited in an official capacity in 2016; and what the date was of each such visit.

Jane Ellison

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following hospitals in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

29 January 2016 Kings College Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners

5 February 2016 Coombe Wood Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

14 April 2016 Oxford University, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Lord Prior

6 January 2016 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

20 January 2016 East Surrey Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

3 February 2016 St Thomas Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

18 February 2016 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

16 March 2016 Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust

22 March 2016 Guy’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

24 March 2016 Royal Derby Hospital, Derby Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust

24 March 2016 Lings Bar Hospital, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

12 April 2016 Royal Brompton Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Ben Gummer

14 January 2016 Watford General Hospital, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

21 January 2016 Salford Royal Hospital, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

21 January 2016 St Mary’s Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

15 February 2016 Royal Cornwall Hospital, at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

16 February 2016 Mount Gould Hospital, Livewell Southwest

16 February 2016 Tiverton and District Hospital, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

17 February 2016 Dorset County Hospital, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

17 February 2016 Southampton General Hospital, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

29 February 2016 St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

14 March 2016 St Thomas’ Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Alistair Burt

3 March 2016 St Pancras Hospital, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust

11 March 2016 Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

17 March 2016 Kings College Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

14 April 2016 Clock View Hospital and Ashworth Hospital, Mersey Care NHS Trust

George Freeman

7 March 2016 CityLabs, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Rd, Manchester

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following primary care services in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

15 January 2016 Hillfoot Surgery, Pudsey, West Yorkshire

Alistair Burt

11 February 2016 Copes Pharmacy Ltd, London

11 March 2016 Five Oakes Family Practice, Manchester

Jane Ellison

4 February 2016 The Acton African Well Woman Clinic, Hillcrest Surgery, London

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and his team have visited the following residential and nursing homes in an official capacity in 2016 to date.

Secretary of State for Health

5 February 2016 Coombe Wood Perinatal Mental Health Unit, Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Ben Gummer

15 February 2016 St Julia’s Hospice, Cornwall Hospice Care

Alistair Burt

25 February 2016 The Betty and Asher Loftus Centre, London

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2015-11-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral contribution of 28 October 2015, Official Report, column 429, on junior doctors’ pay, what assessment he has made of the proportion of the junior doctor workforce that will not have their pay reduced.

Ben Gummer

Our offer for a new contract for junior doctors guarantees that the 99% of junior doctors who work legal and safe hours will not receive a pay cut compared to their current contract.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on public health of rising levels of alcohol consumption in England.

Jane Ellison

There has been a reduction in overall consumption in recent years which is welcome, but there is no room for complacency. Harms such as liver disease remain much too high.

To help people understand how to keep health risks from alcohol consumption low, the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers published new low risk alcohol guidelines on 8 January 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2016-03-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in the last three months.

Jane Ellison

Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for collecting cancer data to support national cancer registration in England and recognises the importance of collecting data on recurrent breast cancer.

At present pilot work in acute trusts has improved the reporting for breast cancer recurrence and metastasis to the National Cancer Registration Service but the uptake has been slow and the data is not complete. Further work is being scoped by NHS England and PHE based on the recommendation in the recent Independent Cancer Taskforce report to establish robust surveillance systems to collect this data on all cancers.

Data on the number of people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer is not currently available.