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 UK remaining in the EU on the farming industry.
George Eustice
Defra has not made any assessment of the UK remaining in the EU on the farming industry.
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 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home fire safety checks were completed by fire and rescue services in 2013-14.
Mike Penning
I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.
Fire and rescue services reported that they undertook around 627,000 Home Fire Safety checks during 2013-14.
Data are also collected on fire safety campaigns and initiatives. These include, but do not separate out, schools visits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many visits fire and rescue services made to schools in 2013-14.
Mike Penning
I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.
Fire and rescue services reported that they undertook around 627,000 Home Fire Safety checks during 2013-14.
Data are also collected on fire safety campaigns and initiatives. These include, but do not separate out, schools visits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private prescriptions for (a) benzodiazepines, (b) z drugs and (c) antidepressants were issued in 2013; and whether such private prescriptions are included in the analysis by the NHS of prescription costs.
George Freeman
Information is held by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) on the numbers of original private prescriptions for controlled drugs that are listed in Schedules 2 or 3 to the Misuse of Drug Regulations 2001 (as amended) (“the 2001 Regulations”) and dispensed in the community in England by NHS community pharmacies. These pharmacies submit regular returns to the NHSBSA for monitoring purposes only with no cost information collected.
No benzodiazepine drugs are listed in Schedule 2 to the 2001 Regulations. The benzodiazepines, flunitrazepam, midazolam and temazepam are listed in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Regulations. In 2013, the NHSBSA recorded 3,021 private prescriptions for these drugs, as defined within the British National Formulary Section 4.1.1 Hypnotics, Section 4.8.2 Drugs used in status epilepticus and Section 15.1.4 Sedative and analgesic peri-operative drugs. Other benzodiazepine drugs are listed in Schedule 4 to the 2001 Regulations. No “Z” drugs or antidepressants are listed in Schedules 2 or 3 to the 2001 Regulations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Public Health England and NHS England’s improvement framework for hepatitis C will be published.
Jane Ellison
A publication date for the hepatitis C framework has not yet been confirmed. While NHS England is progressing the hepatitis C framework, Public Health England continues working with NHS England and Operational Development Networks to establish a process of monitoring of treatment access and uptake.