Health

written question – answered on 4 April 2011.

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  • Cancer: Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will issue guidance to strategic health authorities and clinical panels on steps to ensure timely access to the Cancer Drugs Fund by patients with a...

  • Clostridium

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of recurrences of clostridium difficile were due to re-infection rather than relapse in the latest period for which figures are...

  • Dental Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) dental practices of the Care Quality Commission registration process for...

  • Departmental Consultants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has hosted any meetings with representatives of Mandate Communications over the last six months; and if he will make a statement.

  • Departmental Contracts

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts his Department and its associated public bodies signed with Lockheed Martin in each of the last 10 years; and for what purposes each such...

  • Departmental Official Cars

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many...

  • Departmental Public Transport

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus services on...

  • Departmental Travel

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on ministerial travel by (a) ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft...

  • Exercise

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on sporting and physical activity as a means of maintaining health; and whether he is taking steps to reflect this position in health...

  • General Practitioners

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms he plans to put in place for (a) GP consortia and (b) foundation trusts at risk of financial failure; and if he will make a statement.

  • General Practitioners

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to put in place any (a) criteria and (b) limits on performance-related payments to GP consortia.

  • Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospital projects exceeding £50 million (a) started and (b) were completed in each year since 1997.

  • Hospitals: Abuse

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on measures to prevent the mistreatment of elderly patients in hospital.

  • Hospitals: Crimes of Violence

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the policy of the NHS is on steps to protect staff from abusive patients.

  • Hospitals: Crimes of Violence

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidents of violence towards NHS staff were recorded in the last six months.

  • Leprosy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when his Department last reviewed the appropriateness of leprosy as a notifiable disease under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984; (2)...

  • Midwives

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many births per full-time equivalent NHS midwife there were in (a) England and (b) each region in 2010.

  • NHS: Private Sector

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the future role of private healthcare providers in the NHS following implementation of his proposed structural reforms.

  • NHS: Surveys

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what public opinion surveys are commissioned by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS Information Centre; and if he will ensure the continuation of these...

  • Nurseries: Schools

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the provision of school nursery services of the proposals in the Health and Social Care Bill.

  • Nurses: Working Hours

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will undertake an impact assessment in respect of proposals to discontinue night sisters in NHS hospitals.

  • Palliative Care: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will maintain funding for hospital chaplaincy as part of his Palliative Care Funding Review.

  • Prostate Cancer

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to promote Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; and if he will make a statement; (2) what steps the...

  • Regulation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health which regulations have been identified for (a) adoption and (b) revocation by his Department under the Government's one-in, one-out policy between May...

  • Ritalin: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many children in households receiving working-age benefits have been prescribed Ritalin in each year from 1997 to 2010; (2) how many children...

  • Social Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for improvement of the social care system.

  • Strokes: Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of GP-led commissioning on waiting times to access post-stroke therapy services.

  • Strokes: Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of GP-led commissioning on the development of stroke care networks.

  • Visual Impairment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to achieve the World Health Organisation standard of eliminating avoidable blindness by 2020.