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 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 2014-04-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department’s agencies, non-departmental public bodies or sponsored bodies have developed their own global health strategies.

Jane Ellison

In addition to the cross-Government global health strategy, Health is Global: An outcome framework for global health 2011-2015, published in 2011, Public Health England is developing a global health strategy.

This will complement, and will be consistent with, Health is Global.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of extending the human papilloma virus vaccination programme to include all boys aged 12 and 13 years.

Jane Ellison

We have not made any estimate of extending the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme to include boys aged 12 and 13 years, as the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has not yet completed its consideration of whether HPV vaccine should be offered to males.