Tag: Luciana Berger

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of Public Health England’s marketing budget has been allocated to each of the six Big Ambitions referred to in its 2014-15 business plan.

Jane Ellison

The core Public Health England (PHE) marketing budget for 2014-15 is £53 million. The allocation to each of the six big ambition areas is as follows:

Ambition	Campaign	Budget for 2014-15	Percentage of total budget
Tobacco	Smokefree	£11,689,200	21.72
Obesity	Change 4 Life	£9,360,000	17.39
Dementia	Vascular dementia programme and dementia friends	£5,460,000	10.14
Best start in life	Start4Life and Information Service for Parents	£3,450,000	6.41
Alcohol	Alcohol	£2,000,000	3.72
Tuberculosis (TB)		£0	0.0
		£31,959,200	59.38

The current assessment of the evidence shows that a national marketing campaign on TB would not be a cost effective investment so there is no marketing budget allocation to this ambition area.

In addition to the individual campaign costs stated above an additional £3.3 million is also spent on call centres and £2.6 million is also spent on infrastructure costs such as evaluation. The final budget will be subject to clearance by the Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform Group.

PHE’s 2014-15 Marketing strategy is due for publication in early July and will provide more detailed information on the full marketing programme.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who used to work in his Department have taken up jobs at Public Health England; and what their job titles and salary levels (a) were at his Department and (b) are at Public Health England.

Jane Ellison

Public Health England (PHE) was established as an Executive Agency of the Department of Health on 1 April 2013. 184 staff from the Department were transferred to PHE as part of a planned transfer of functions. Their terms and conditions of employment, job titles and salary levels all remained the same.

PHE has since appointed 21 staff formerly employed by the Department as set out below. These appointments were made following competitive selection procedures carried out in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.

PHE Job Title*	PHE Salary Level	Change (if any)
Head of Engagement	Grade 6 (Inner London)	Promotion
Programmes Manager	SEO (Inner London)	Promotion
Deputy Director of Strategy	SCS1
Integration Manager	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Head of Operations and Corporate Management	Grade 6 (Inner London)
Healthy Adults Coordinator	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Tobacco Control Programme Manager	Grade 7 (National)	Pay Reduction
Head of One to One Marketing	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Deputy Director – International Commercial Healthcare Policy	SCS1
Programmes and Policy Manager	Grade 7 (National)
Business Manager	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Strategy Unit Team Member	Grade 7 (National)	Promotion
Head of Planning	Grade 6 ((Inner London)
Integration and Engagement Manager	Grade 7 (National)	Promotion
Deputy Director of Strategic Partnerships	SCS1	Promotion
Strategic Partnership Manager	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Engagement and Policy Manager	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Expert Advisor – Behavioural Insight	Grade 6 (Inner London)	Promotion
Senior Nutrition Science Officer	SEO (Inner London)	Promotion
Head of Communications Drugs and Alcohol	Grade 7 (Inner London)	Promotion
Senior Alcohol Policy Adviser	HEO (Inner London)

* Previous Department of Health job title not available

PHE’s Salary Levels were published in November 2012 in the Public Health England People Transition Policy Module 2 Module 2 and can be found at:

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213175/single-combined-document.pdf

Senior Civil Service salary levels are set centrally by the Cabinet Office. The range for SCS1 is £60,000 to £117,800.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the policy of NHS England on the number of cycles of IVF it provides to armed forces personnel is to provide fewer than the number recommended by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Jane Ellison

NHS England has a number of interim policies in place, including the policy for the provision of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) for Armed Forces personnel.

A review of the interim policy in relation to the provision of IVF for Armed Forces personnel has recently been undertaken. Following detailed costing of a move to the levels recommended in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline, it was agreed in May 2014 to increase the number of cycles of IVF to three if clinically appropriate and if eligibility criteria are met.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of Public Health England’s total budget has been allocated to (i) tobacco, (ii) obesity, (iii) alcohol, (iv) TB, (v) dementia and (vi) the Best Start in Life strategy for 2014-15.

Jane Ellison

Public Health England’s (PHE) financial reporting is currently based upon the Directorates and teams around which their work is focused. The six areas of focus identified in the Parliamentary Questions are currently supported by individuals and teams across PHE’s various directorates (Operations, Health Protection, Health and Wellbeing, Knowledge etc.), so the total cost of each of the above areas cannot currently be accurately provided.

During the course of 2014-15, one of the priorities identified by PHE’s Finance team is to enhance and tailor their inherited financial reporting arrangements so that it can report on their activities and priorities as well as its Directorates and teams. PHE will be able to provide this information in the future, but it is unfortunately not available now. Once PHE has developed new financial reporting arrangements they will ensure that this is published transparently.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome in each of the last four years.

Jane Ellison

The following table contains the number of finished admission episodes where there was either a primary or secondary diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome in England.

It should be noted that these figures are not a count of people as the same person may have had more than one episode of care within any given time period.

Number of finished admission episodes (FAEs)¹ with either a primary or secondary diagnosis² of fetal alcohol syndrome³ for the years 2009-10 to 2012-13.⁴

Age	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
0	45	45	34	68
1	27	40	31	25
2	20	17	27	22
3	6	16	10	36
4	10	8	17	14
5	5	9	16	5
6	6	4	11	9
7	27	4	20	6
8	5	23	5	8
9	4	5	40	5
10	7	7	2	4
11	1	5	6	8
12	3	2	8	5
13	4	5	2	4
14	1	4	1	7
15	1	–	4	3
16	2	4	–	2
17	1	–	4	1
18+	9	14	32	20
Total	184	212	270	252

Notes:

¹Finished admission Episodes (FAEs)

A FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.

²Number of episodes in which the patient had a primary or secondary diagnosis

The number of episodes where this diagnosis was recorded in any of the 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) primary and secondary diagnosis fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) record. Each episode is only counted once, even if the diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record.

³ICD-10 diagnosis code

ICD-10 diagnosis code used Q86.0 Fetal alcohol syndrome (dysmorphic)

⁴Assessing growth through time (Admitted patient care)

HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.

Data quality:

HESs are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. Health and Social Care Information Centre liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.

Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the forthcoming National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quality standard on fertility will be considered for a CCG Outcome Indicator.

Jane Ellison

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not yet published its final quality standard on fertility. NICE’s Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set (CCGOIS) Advisory Committee makes recommendations on potential indicators derived from its published guidance and quality standards for inclusion in the CCGOIS which are then considered by NHS England.