Tag: Norman Lamb

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-02-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the £1.25 billion funding for children and young people’s mental health services announced in the 2015 Budget, published in March 2015, how much of that funding (a) has been transferred to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to date, (b) have the CCGs spent to date and (c) he estimates CCGs will have spent by the end of the 2015-16 financial year; and if he will ensure that any shortfall is rolled over into the 2016-17 budget.

    Alistair Burt

    In total the Government has committed to making available an additional £1.4 billion to be spent over the course of this Parliament to improve children and young people’s mental health.

    In addition to the £1.25 billion made available in the March 2015 budget, an additional £150 million over five years was also allocated in the 2014 Autumn Statement to develop evidence based community eating disorder services for children and young people.

    Of the £173 million additional funding allocated for 2015-16, £105 million has been allocated to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), which comprises of:

    o £75 million to improve local services through Local Transformation Plans; and

    o £30 million for new community based eating disorder services in every area of the country.

    Year to date spend information is not yet available, however, at financial month 9 for 2015-16 it is forecasted that CCGs will have spent £103 million of the £105 million allocated for 2015-16.

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-04-20.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of ex-service people with post-traumatic stress disorder in each of the last 10 years.

    Mark Lancaster

    The Ministry of Defence does not hold any estimates of the number of veterans diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Responsibility for the delivery of clinical and mental healthcare of our veterans lies with the National Health Service in England and the Devolved Administrations.

    The Department is committed to supporting members of our Armed Forces Community. I am pleased that good progress has been made in implementing the entirety of Dr Andrew Murrison’s excellent ‘Fighting Fit’ report and in the provision of funding for national and community based projects to support veterans experiencing mental health issues.

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-05-18.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each (a) NHS trust and (b) foundation trust has paid to his Department in repayment of loans of £25,000 or more issued by his Department in each of the last three years.

    Alistair Burt

    The Department has received loan repayments, of £25,000 or more, for the last three financial years from National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts as set out in the two tables below:

    NHS Trust Loan Repayments

    2013/14 £

    2014/15 £

    2015/16 £

    Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

    £4,300,000

    Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust

    £5,448,000

    £5,248,000

    £95,148,000

    Bradford District Care NHS Trust

    £94,000

    £94,000

    £45,155,000

    Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

    £1,978,000

    £1,722,000

    £9,423,000

    Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    £1,830,000

    £1,830,000

    £2,110,000

    Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

    £12,483,000

    Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

    £500,000

    £12,000,000

    Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

    £12,801,000

    Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

    £156,000

    £456,000

    £576,000

    Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

    £2,202,000

    £20,142,000

    £4,575,218

    East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

    £31,697,900

    East Cheshire NHS Trust

    £17,396,000

    East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

    £3,348,000

    £17,324,000

    East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

    £1,332,000

    £1,332,000

    £2,902,000

    East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

    £460,000

    £460,000

    £36,599,151

    Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

    £21,300,000

    Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust

    £1,596,000

    £3,036,000

    £1,416,000

    Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

    £700,000

    £700,000

    £23,400,000

    Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust

    £1,500,000

    £1,500,000

    £2,390,000

    Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

    £116,000

    £116,000

    £15,116,000

    Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

    £225,481

    Isle of Wight NHS Trust

    £470,000

    £470,000

    £17,689,000

    Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust

    £12,702,080

    Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    £300,000

    £150,000

    £3,000,000

    Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

    £856,000

    £856,000

    £27,256,000

    Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust

    £16,926,721

    London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

    £2,200,000

    £2,200,000

    £22,200,000

    London North West Helthcare NHS Trust

    £0

    £40,000

    £8,988,418

    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

    £600,000

    £600,000

    £16,300,000

    Mersey Care NHS Trust

    £3,356,000

    £3,356,000

    £30,961,583

    Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

    £498,000

    £498,000

    £498,000

    Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

    £1,244,000

    £4,343,000

    £0

    NHS Direct NHS Trust

    £649,000

    £432,000

    £0

    North Bristol NHS Trust

    £682,000

    £902,000

    £1,122,000

    North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust

    £0

    £14,298,000

    £0

    North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

    £1,420,000

    £1,420,000

    £29,210,000

    Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

    £600,000

    £500,000

    £400,000

    Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

    £3,234,000

    £3,234,000

    £3,234,000

    Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    £1,260,000

    £1,260,000

    £15,260,000

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    £31,403,000

    Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

    £32,863,800

    Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

    £2,174,000

    £2,174,000

    £14,674,000

    Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

    £4,172,000

    £4,172,000

    £27,472,000

    Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

    £2,135,000

    £2,588,000

    £2,588,000

    Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals University NHS Trust

    £2,409,000

    £2,780,000

    £37,488,000

    Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

    £1,752,000

    £1,752,000

    £1,752,000

    Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust

    £1,252,000

    £1,252,000

    £1,252,000

    South London Healthcare NHS Trust

    £334,000

    £334,000

    £578,420

    Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

    £1,674,000

    £1,671,000

    £31,841,900

    St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    £1,000,000

    £1,000,000

    £30,825,000

    Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

    £3,782,000

    £4,104,422

    £13,175,661

    Sussex Community NHS Trust

    £2,000,000

    £2,000,000

    £1,000,000

    The Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

    £4,342,000

    £3,642,000

    £1,142,000

    The Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

    £1,300,000

    £1,300,000

    £850,000

    The Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust

    £14,311,000

    The Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

    £1,600,000

    £1,600,000

    £2,400,000

    The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

    £176,000

    £176,000

    £176,000

    Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

    £1,226,000

    £1,226,000

    £1,226,000

    Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

    £764,000

    £764,000

    £764,000

    Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

    £522,000

    £522,000

    £4,538,000

    £71,243,000

    £104,252,422

    £826,406,333

    NHS Foundation Trust Loan Repayments

    2013/14 £

    2014/15 £

    2015/16 £

    5 Borough Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    £573,800

    Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,811,200

    £1,811,200

    £2,117,200

    Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

    £504,960

    £504,960

    £504,960

    Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,081,004

    Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £4,152,220

    Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,095,040

    £1,095,040

    £12,435,920

    Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,182,560

    £2,182,560

    £2,182,560

    Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,828,200

    £3,171,400

    £4,432,554

    Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,367,889

    £1,367,889

    £3,117,889

    Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,000,000

    £1,000,000

    £1,000,000

    Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £14,845,000

    Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

    £5,631,600

    Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £3,548,420

    £3,548,420

    £7,398,420

    Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £8,112,000

    £8,112,000

    £5,112,000

    Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £3,625,000

    £6,125,000

    £44,440,400

    Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,000,776

    £1,000,776

    £1,000,776

    City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,617,200

    £1,617,200

    £3,072,900

    Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

    £250,000

    £250,000

    £250,000

    Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust

    £0

    £594,000

    £15,118,000

    Countess Of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,693,150

    £3,436,300

    £4,282,200

    Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,590,000

    £1,590,000

    £19,994,000

    Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £426,440

    £1,068,160

    £2,434,880

    Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £700,000

    Dorset Health Care University NHS Foundation Trust

    £180,573

    £1,443,276

    Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

    £0

    £1,177,300

    £1,355,800

    Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,634,533

    £2,634,533

    £2,634,533

    Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,055,000

    Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

    £625,000

    £2,952,500

    £6,519,000

    Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,300,000

    £1,931,200

    £1,281,200

    Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

    £0

    £544,880

    £544,880

    Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,444,000

    £11,484,000

    Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    £232,383

    £529,866

    Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £188,996

    £188,996

    £234,187

    Humber NHS Foundation Trust

    £254,500

    £254,500

    £254,500

    Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,480,000

    £1,480,000

    £18,251,000

    King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,011,600

    £1,011,600

    £87,022,600

    Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust

    £176,000

    £352,000

    £2,571,460

    Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £856,440

    £2,657,440

    £20,697,440

    Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    £667,200

    £667,200

    £667,200

    Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £305,800

    Medway NHS Foundation Trust

    £228,480

    £1,127,623

    £22,490,863

    Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £275,778

    Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £444,800

    £444,800

    £15,436,800

    Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £4,729,920

    £830,000

    £1,823,200

    Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,056,464

    £1,056,464

    £1,056,464

    North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,214,596

    £2,214,596

    £2,614,196

    Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,684,077

    Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,766,000

    £4,470,000

    £4,590,000

    Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,120,000

    £2,624,000

    £2,624,000

    Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,337,560

    £1,337,560

    £1,337,560

    Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,404,000

    £1,404,000

    £1,404,000

    Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,250,000

    £1,250,000

    £1,250,000

    Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £17,500,000

    Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £439,240

    Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £388,850

    £777,700

    £777,700

    Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £50,000

    Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

    £3,508,800

    £363,217

    £363,217

    Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

    £3,668,800

    £3,668,800

    £3,668,800

    Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,270,400

    £1,270,400

    £1,270,400

    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,578,000

    Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £441,000

    £882,000

    Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust

    £990,000

    £990,000

    £990,000

    Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

    £0

    £512,000

    £512,000

    Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,250,000

    £625,000

    Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

    £118,493

    £236,986

    £1,301,986

    Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,445,180

    £1,445,180

    £1,445,180

    Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £38,183,000

    Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    £444,400

    £544,400

    £422,400

    South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

    £987,000

    £488,000

    £1,738,000

    South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,243,250

    £3,318,635

    £4,415,510

    South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    £666,000

    £1,332,000

    £1,332,000

    South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,988,640

    £3,016,680

    £13,996,200

    South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

    £872,000

    £428,000

    £428,000

    St George’s Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    £37,691,065

    Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,071,400

    £1,071,400

    £1,071,400

    Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £10,971,000

    Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

    £648,000

    £648,000

    £648,000

    Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

    £3,000,000

    The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £911,400

    £911,400

    £911,400

    The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £390,000

    £390,000

    £1,390,000

    The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £3,500,000

    £3,500,000

    £3,500,000

    The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,156,800

    £1,156,800

    £19,052,400

    The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,625,000

    £2,625,000

    £2,625,000

    The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £550,800

    The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,414,500

    The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

    £236,640

    £683,840

    £1,131,040

    University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £2,801,285

    £2,801,285

    £28,101,285

    University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

    £1,564,800

    £1,564,800

    £1,564,800

    University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

    £4,425,500

    £4,925,000

    £4,925,000

    University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

    £260,370

    £926,370

    £5,834,370

    University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

    £23,400,000

    Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £450,000

    West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

    £500,000

    £65,100

    Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    £3,820,000

    £4,571,611

    £2,157,611

    Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £265,200

    £640,200

    £1,015,200

    York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    £493,827

    £1,081,856

    £1,247,326

    £111,367,131

    £131,201,315

    £596,569,016

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-09-09.

    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to provide additional funding of £350 million per week to the NHS after the UK has left the EU.

    Mr David Gauke

    HM Treasury and the Government as a whole are determined to make a success of leaving the EU.

    The Government has committed to the NHS receiving £10 billion more per year by 2020-21, than it did in 2014-15. This is £2 billion more than the NHS asked for in its own 5 Year Forward View.

  • Norman Lamb – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Norman Lamb – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2015-12-07.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of NHS Blood and Transplant’s report, Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020: A UK Strategy, published in 2013.

    Jane Ellison

    Changing behaviour and attitudes towards organ donation is a key feature of the transplantation strategy Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020. This strategy was developed by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) with the support of the four UK Health Departments and sets the agenda for increasing organ donation and transplantation rates to match world class standards over the next few years.

    UK Government provides NHSBT with around £60 million a year to support various initiatives and specific projects to help raise organ donation and transplant rates. We continue to take action to build on the increase in donation and transplant rates since 2008, and the current number of people on the Organ Donor Register has increased to 22 million people.

    NHSBT works collaboratively with a number of partners to promote organ donation, such as Boots Advantage Card, football clubs and voluntary organisations and the media. Specific initiatives include working with faith groups and communities to encourage organ donation. People can also add their name to the NHS Organ Donation Register via Government owned channels such as applying for a driving licence and paying car tax online.

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-02-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people aged 17 or under of each age were treated in adult mental health wards in each if the last 10 years for which figures are available.

    Alistair Burt

    Whilst we do not have figures for how many young people were treated in adult mental health wards, the data below shows the number who were admitted to adult mental health wards for all available years. These figures may therefore include children who have been admitted when their parents are treated, e.g. a mother for a perinatal mental health condition.

    Age

    2011/12

    2012/13

    2013/14

    2014/15

    Total aged 17 and under

    357

    219

    355

    391

    0

    1

    2

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    2

    6

    2

    7

    2

    8

    3

    9

    3

    10

    3

    11

    3

    12

    1

    1

    2

    8

    13

    3

    2

    3

    8

    14

    11

    5

    9

    8

    15

    32

    14

    29

    31

    16

    100

    51

    104

    106

    17

    210

    145

    208

    210

    The Mental Health Act 2007 introduced new provisions, in effect since April 2010, to help ensure that patients under the age of 18 are accommodated in an environment that is suitable for their age. Young people are all individual, however, and some in the 16 to 18 age group may feel more comfortable in adult wards. Services should take into account the individual’s needs and preferences.

    There are now more inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services inpatient beds (‘Tier 4’) than ever before.

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-02-01.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people aged 17 or under of each age were sectioned under the Mental Health Act in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

    Alistair Burt

    The National Police Chiefs Council has reported figures on the number of children held in police custody as a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act for only three years. These were as follows:

    2012-13 256 255;

    2013-14 161 256; and

    2014-15 145 161.

    Data on children and young people sectioned under other sections of the Mental Health Act are not available centrally.

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-02-19.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were employed as occupational therapists in each of the last five years; what information his Department holds on unfilled vacancies in occupational therapy in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of people trained as occupational therapists.

    Mr Marcus Jones

    The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect information on the number of occupational therapists in employment or the number of unfilled vacancies in occupational therapy.

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-04-20.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the processes and policies in place proactively to identify symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in service-people returning from war zones.

    Mark Lancaster

    The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a range of processes in place to look after the mental health of personnel both on, and returning, from operations, including Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) and the post-operational decompression period. Personnel are given briefings on the possible psychological after-effects of deployment, as well as advice on seeking help and treatment if required. Efforts are being made to reduce the stigma that can be attached to all mental health issues, including PTSD, and this may be encouraging more Service personnel to come forward.

    The MOD has also been working closely with King’s College London on a two-year study, funded by the US Department of Defense, looking at a possible post-operational mental health screening tool. The study was undertaken using UK Armed Forces personnel, and the results are currently being analysed. When published, the study will help us to understand the efficacy of screening; to consider whether such a tool would benefit the UK Armed Forces; and provide evidence on which the US can gauge its current policy on mental health screening.

  • Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Norman Lamb – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2016-06-08.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve awareness and education of cytomegalovirus among parents and children.

    Jane Ellison

    Public Health England’s Start4Life Information Service for Parents includes content on hygiene behaviours designed to help prevent the transmission of cytomegalovirus and links to further information on the condition. Advice includes how parents can keep their babies safe by following basic hygiene rules, with particular emphasis on handling nappies, and provides guidance on instilling hygiene behaviours in young children, for example by making hand washing part of their everyday routine.

    General information about the signs and symptoms of cytomegalovirus is also available on the NHS Choices website at:

    http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cytomegalovirus/Pages/Causes.aspx