Oral Answers to Questions — Health

– in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 27 November 2012.

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The Secretary of State was asked—

  • Health Visitors and Nurses (8 speeches)

    How many (a) health visitors and (b) nurses there were in the NHS in May 2010 and the latest month for which figures are available.

  • Brain Tumours (7 speeches)

    What steps the Government are taking to raise awareness of and help those who have brain tumours.

  • Mental Health (10 speeches)

    What plans he has to improve the quality and quantity of mental health crisis care services.

  • Consultancy Costs (8 speeches)

    How much the NHS spent on consultancy in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.

  • National Pay Agreements (6 speeches)

    What estimate he has made of the number of foundation trusts considering plans to opt out of NHS national pay agreements.

  • Cancer Drugs Fund (8 speeches)

    What recent assessment he has made of the cancer drugs fund.

  • Treatment Rationing (17 speeches)

    What steps he is taking to ensure that primary care trusts do not ration access to NHS treatments and operations.

  • Clinical Commissioning Groups (6 speeches)

    Whether he has put in place measures to ensure that clinical commissioning groups do not become for-profit organisations.

  • Vulnerable Groups (Access to Health Care) (6 speeches)

    Whether he has recently reviewed how access to health care treatment can be made easier for vulnerable groups; and if he will make a statement.[ Interruption. ]

  • Pancreatic Cancer (4 speeches)

    How much the Government have spent on (a) treatment, (b) diagnosis and (c) raising awareness of pancreatic cancer since May 2010.

  • NHS South-West Pay, Terms and Conditions Consortium (6 speeches)

    What contact there has been between his Department and the director of the NHS south-west pay, terms and conditions consortium.

  • Osteoporosis (4 speeches)

    What recent representations he has received on strategies to support patients with osteoporosis.

  • Health Care Provision (South-East London) (8 speeches)

    What the process is for deciding the future of health care provision in south-east London; and if he will make a statement.

  • Mindfulness (4 speeches, 1 annotation)

    What recent assessment he has made of the treatment of repeat episode depression by (a) drugs and (b) mindfulness-based intervention.

  • Ambulance Trust Budgets (9 speeches)

    What assessment he has made of the possible effect on patient safety of reductions to ambulance trust budgets.

  • Topical Questions (40 speeches, 1 annotation)

    If he will make a statement on his Departmental responsibilities.

  • Credit Card Debt Limit (1 speech)

    Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23 )

  • European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill

    Considered in Committee .

  • [Dawn Primarolo in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 — Approval of Croatian Accession Treaty (59 speeches)

    I beg to move amendment 6, in page 1, line 7, after ‘approved’, insert ‘, except for those provisions requiring the full application by the United Kingdom in...

  • Clause 2 — Approval of Irish Protocol (13 speeches)

    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

  • Clause 4 — Freedom of movement for Croatian nationals as workers (15 speeches)

    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

  • Clause 5 — Orders under section 4: Parliamentary control. (11 speeches)

    I beg to move amendment 1, page 4, line 4, at end insert ‘or subsequent’.

  • Clause 6 — Extent, commencement and short title (34 speeches)

    I beg to move amendment 4, in clause 6, page 4, line 15, leave out subsection (2) and insert— ‘(2) This Act comes into force in accordance with the following provisions—...

  • Growth and Infrastructure Bill (Ways and Means (No.2) (3 speeches)

    I beg to move, That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, it is expedient to authorise provision for, or in connection with, altering the dates on which...

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