Tag: Luciana Berger

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations are enforced, (b) guidance is provided to interested parties and the Advertising Standards Authority in line with his Department’s Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 and (c) necessary court action is taken to stop violations or settle questions of interpretation.

Jane Ellison

The Department has made the Guidance Notes on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 available on the Department’s website and has regularly met with local authorities; the Advertising Standards Authority; the Food Standards Agency; the industry trade association and individual businesses to ensure that the Department’s advice is communicated to businesses and enforcers. Enforcement action, which could potentially result in court action, is carried out by local authorities.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the annual cost of Meningitis B to (a) the NHS and (b) social care.

Jane Ellison

The impact of meningococcal B disease to the National Health Service and social care were included as part of the estimated cost effectiveness analysis by Christensen et al. in their study published in the BMJ on 10 October 2014, ‘Re-evaluating cost effectiveness of universal meningitis vaccination (Bexsero) in England: modelling study’ (BMJ 2014; 349: g5725).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote best practice for sexual health amongst local authorities and (b) disseminate good practice shown by local authorities on sexual health.

Jane Ellison

The Government’s ambitions for sexual health are set out in A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England (March 2013); a copy of which has already been placed in the Library. The first annual review of progress towards the ambitions in the Framework is in development and will include case studies of good and promising local practice. The Department, in partnership with other organisations including Public Health England, Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Public Health, has also produced a number of documents to assist local authorities to fulfil their new role in relation to sexual health commissioning.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Clinical Commissioning groups are wholly compliant with NICE guidance on the provision of fertility treatment.

Jane Ellison

The information requested is not collected centrally. The level of provision of infertility treatment, as for all health services they commission, is decided by local clinical commissioning groups.

NHS England expects that all those involved in commissioning infertility treatment services to be fully aware of the importance of having regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence fertility guidelines.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he or other Ministers of his Department have visited a liver unit since taking office.

Dr Daniel Poulter

Since May 2010 the following visits were undertaken by Ministers in the Department to liver units.

23 November 2010 Anne Milton King’s College Hospital

Tour of our Haematology and Liver Transplantation

departments

13 January 2011 Mr Andrew Lansley King’s College Hospital NHS

Foundation Trust

Tour of Liver Intensive Therapy Unit (LITU) on Cheyne Wing

Since May 2010, the following visits were undertaken by Ministers in the Department to alcohol dependency units that also specialise in liver treatment.

16 December 2010 Anne Milton Hope House in Clapham

(Drugs/alcohol dependency)

21 July 2011 Earl Howe Royal Bolton Hospital

(Alcohol dependency)

1 March 2012 Mr Andrew Lansley The Carpenters Arms

(Rehabilitation charity for alcohol and drugs)

25 October 2012 Anna Soubry Bristol Tranquiliser Project

(Drugs/alcohol dependency)

29 March 2012 Earl Howe Mossley Hill Hospital

(Alcohol dependency treatment centre)

24 January 2013 Anna Soubry Mount Carmel (charity)

(Alcohol Treatment Centre)

6 June 2013 Dr Daniel Poulter Brighton Housing Trust

(Meeting Community Alcohol NHS Team)

13 February 2014 Dr Daniel Poulter The Habour centre, Alcohol and drug service, Plymouth

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many IVF cycles have been provided on the NHS in England in each year since 2010.

Jane Ellison

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that the number of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles that have been provided on the National Health Service in England in each year since 2010 is set out in the table below.

Year	NHS-funded IVF cycles
2010	20,828
2011	21,397
2012	21,242
2013	22,340
2014	22,238

Note: Figures includes cycles in which embryos were created by IVF but not actually transferred to the patient.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the strategy for combating liver disease referred to in the Prime Minister’s message of support for World Hepatitis Day, published on the 10 Downing Street website on 28 July 2011.

Jane Ellison

Responsibility for determining the overall national approach to improving clinical outcomes from healthcare services, including services for people with liver disease, lies with NHS England.

NHS England advises that it is adopting a broad strategy for delivering improvements in relation to premature mortality. It is working with commissioners and Public Health England to support clinical commissioning groups to understand where local challenges lie and to identify the evidence in relation to the priorities for reducing mortality at a national level. NHS England is generally not working within a condition specific framework and has no plans to produce a liver specific strategy.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-02-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many block contracts are in place for mental health services in England; and what the aggregate value is of those contracts.

Norman Lamb

The information requested is not collected for mental health services commissioned by clinical commissioning groups. In 2014/15, the value of specialised mental health services was £1,757 billion. There were 93 block contracts in specialised mental health services representing 19% of the total value of specialised mental health services.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs to the NHS of untreated liver disease in one person.

Jane Ellison

The Department has made no recent assessment of the costs to the National Health Service of untreated liver disease.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of doctors against whom allegations of abuse made by patients have been in each year since 2010.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The information requested is not held centrally by the Department.

The information requested is held by the General Medical Council, an independent body responsible for dealing firmly and fairly with doctors whose fitness to practise is in doubt.