Anna Soubry: The Department's Research and Development Directorate has commissioned leading researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to conduct an independent evaluation of the Public Health Responsibility Deal. The evaluation comprises two parts—the scoping study and the main evaluation. The Health Policy journal article, a copy of which has been placed in the Library,...
Anna Soubry: NHS England has responsibility for stroke services. The Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Outcomes Strategy sets out that stroke services which incorporate psychological care deliver best outcomes for people who have had a stroke. There are also National Stroke Strategy recommendations and evidence based national guidance that patients should be routinely screened for mood and cognition after...
Anna Soubry: NHS England has responsibility for cancer services. The latest cancer strategy, Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer, was published in January 2011 and contains the Department's ambition to 'save 5,000 lives' per year by 2014-15. This equates to bringing cancer survival rates up to the European average. At present, NHS England has no plans to develop a further national cancer strategy....
Anna Soubry: Information is not collected in the format requested. The table shows the number of children up to 18 years (registered in primary and secondary care) newly diagnosed with diabetes in the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield primary care trust (PCT) areas and in England in the latest two years for which data is available. NDA audit year Geographical area 2009-10 2010-11 ...
Anna Soubry: The information is not available in the format requested. Information on the number of children aged up to 18 years, registered in primary and secondary care, that were newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2009-10 and 2010-11 in the former (a) Blackburn with Darwen primary care trust (PCT), (b) North Lancashire Teaching PCT, (c) Blackpool PCT, (d) Central Lancashire PCT, (e) East...
Anna Soubry: A number of new NHS 111 launches in March did not go as smoothly as planned. Performance was of particular concern the weekend before Easter. Since Easter, NHS England has put in tighter controls to improve performance, including ensuring providers are able to answer calls in under 60 seconds. Performance has improved during recent weeks, with the majority of areas now meeting performance...
Anna Soubry: There have been ongoing discussions between the Home Office, Public Health England and Department of Health officials as part of the Government's current roll-out of pre-migration tuberculosis screening for non-European Economic Area nationals applying for visas to enter the United Kingdom for more than six months. I have met the Minister for Immigration, my hon. Friend the Member for Forest...
Anna Soubry: Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning ambulance services based on an assessment of local need. Clinicians are best placed to co-ordinate the commissioning of high quality care for their patients, by ensuring that commissioning decisions are underpinned by clinical insight and knowledge of local health care needs. It is the decision of individual ambulance...
Anna Soubry: The blood donor selection criterion relating to men who have had sex with men (MSM) was amended in England, Wales and Scotland from permanent deferral to deferral for 12 months following the last relevant contact. As these are criteria for blood donation, they do not apply to the donation of stem cells and the independent scientific Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and...
Anna Soubry: The United Kingdom is compliant with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and is committed to protecting young people from the harms caused by drugs. The FRANK service is an important element of our work to educate young people about drugs. Regular evaluation of the FRANK service, including the website, is undertaken to ensure that the content is correct, up-to-date and provides a...
Anna Soubry: The Department intends to publish a response in July.
Anna Soubry: The NHS Health Check Programme has been subject to a phased roll out since 2009 and the number of offered appointments and take up reflect this. Estimated returns indicate that about 1 million to 1.4 million checks were offered in 2009-10 and 2010-11, respectively. In 2011-12 this increased to 2.2 million offers and 1.1 million checks received. During 2012-13, 2.57 million offers and 1.26...
Anna Soubry: The information requested is not held by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The FSA holds data on the number of solipeds slaughtered in United Kingdom abattoirs. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr Heath) on 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 74W.
Anna Soubry: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not hold information on the expenditure by local authorities on equine DNA testing and phenylbutazone testing in 2013. The total cost to the FSA for funding local authority and port health authority sampling of beef products for equine DNA in 2013 is £329,150. The cost to the FSA for sampling 1,912 samples from 30 January 2013, when the FSA started 100%...
Anna Soubry: The information is shown in the following tables. Table 1: Number of people on the transplant waiting list in Ashfield constituency as at 18 June 2013 Organ Active Suspended Total Kidney 4 3 7 Liver 1 0 1 Total 5 3 8 Table 2: Number of people on the transplant waiting list in Nottinghamshire as at 18 June 2013 Organ Active Suspended Total Kidney 89 40...
Anna Soubry: If an ambulance trust is an NHS trust, where there is evidence of clinical or financial failure and it is deemed to be the only solution remaining to remedy the situation, then the Secretary of State would consider the powers available to remove an NHS trust board in consultation with the NHS Trust Development Authority. Ambulance trusts are held to account for delivery of their services...
Anna Soubry: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, my noble Friend Earl Howe, has responsibility for ambulance services and would be happy to meet the hon. Member to discuss ambulance services in the Corby and East Northamptonshire area.
Anna Soubry: The Department of Health complies with the Government's prompt payment policy, set by Cabinet Office, that 80% of undisputed invoices are to be paid within five days of receipt at the Department's nominated address. An assessment of potential savings from supplier rebates has not been undertaken by the Department at this time.
Anna Soubry: Clinical directors for cancer strategic clinical networks are appointed by the Area Team Medical Directors of NHS England. The appointments process is on-going with some, but not all, appointments being made. NHS England is required through the mandate to deliver improvements in patient experience for everyone using NHS services in England, including cancer patients. There are already...
Anna Soubry: This information is not yet available. The latest information available is for the five years leading up to 2011-12, and is shown in the following table. Count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a cataracts procedure, for NHS providers, 2007-08 to 2011-12: Activity in English NHS Hospitals FCEs 2007-08 312,747 2008-09 327,742 2009-10 330,599 2010-11 317,315...