Tag: Liz McInnes

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-04-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of hospitals which do not have a multi-disciplinary diabetes foot care team as advised in NICE guidance.

Jane Ellison

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published clinical guidance and quality standards on the treatment of diabetes and its complications. The NICE Diabetes Quality Standard is clear that people with diabetes who are at risk of foot ulceration should receive regular reviews by a foot protection team in accordance with its clinical guidance. The Health and Social Care Act (2012) places a duty on NHS England to have regard to the NICE Quality Standards. Clinical commissioning groups should also have regard to them in planning and delivering services, as part of a general duty to secure a continuous improvement in quality.

Our mandate to NHS England for next year includes an objective for NHS England “to lead a step change in the NHS in preventing ill health and supporting people to live healthier lives”.

There has been an increase in the provision of access to a Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot care Teams and an indicator measuring performance is included within the National Diabetes Audit to enable progress to be tracked. The focus to date has been on improving access to assessment and treatment by a specialist team. In terms of the proportion of hospitals with a Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Care Team, this was 60% in 2011, 72% in 2013, and the figure for 2015 will be published soon as part of the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit 2015 report.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision the Government has made for the long-term future of the Joint Work and Health Unit.

Penny Mordaunt

Both the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions continue to jointly sponsor the Work and Health Unit as an important part of this Government’s agenda to deliver long-term change to the work and health systems.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there has been in the number of firefighter posts was in Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.

Greg Clark

Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-11-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the Cleveland Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.

Greg Clark

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November, PQ 13946.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average response time to dwelling fires was for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.

Mike Penning

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.

Information on average response times to dwelling fires for each fire and rescue service and for each year is available in Table 3b of the Department’s Fire incidents response times: England publication at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2014-to-2015

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-02-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of a UK withdrawal from the EU on the UK farming industry.

George Eustice

Defra has not made any assessment of the potential effect of a UK withdrawal from the EU on the UK farming industry.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-04-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in reducing the national diabetes-related amputation rate since his 2013 commitment to halving that rate.

Jane Ellison

The NHS Five Year Forward View committed to introducing the first national diabetes prevention programme to be delivered nationwide. As a result, NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK have been working together on Healthier You: the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme which this year will offer at least 10,000 places on an evidence based behaviour change intervention shown to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Preventing diabetes from developing in those at risk will be key to combatting the rise of this condition and its complications, including those resulting in amputation, in the coming years.

We have made achieving a measurable reduction in variation in the management and care of people with diabetes by 2020 a mandate objective for NHS England and improving foot care for people with diabetes is an important part of achieving this. NHS England will support clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and providers in identifying the steps they need to take to improve outcomes for patients with diabetes, including foot care services for inpatients.

Improvements in outcomes for patients with diabetes will be monitored as part of the CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework. Also, the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit, the first of which was published in March, provides data on all diabetes foot care services. This will enable all foot care services to measure their performance against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines and peer units, and to monitor adverse outcomes for people who develop diabetic foot disease.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to include proposals related to musculoskeletal conditions in the planned Green Paper on disability employment.

Penny Mordaunt

The Green Paper will explore a range of ways to improve the prospects and transform the lives of disabled people and people with musculoskeletal conditions and other long term health conditions so that their health needs and employment aspirations are met in the best possible way.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many road traffic collisions English fire and rescue service attended in 2013-14.

Greg Clark

In 2013/14 fire and rescue services in England attended over 28,100 road traffic collisions. They also attended over 1,200 other transport incidents.

This information for all fire and rescue services, together with greater detail and more up-to-date data (for 2014/15), is available in the Department’s Fire Statistics Monitor publication (Table 7):

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-monitor-april-2014-to-march-2015

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-11-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.

Greg Clark

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November, PQ 13946.