Health

written question – answered on 15 October 2012.

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  • Abortion

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects his Department to publish the public consultation on counselling and elective terminations of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.

  • Accident and Emergency Departments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) absolute and (b) percentage change was in the number of (i) accident and emergency attendances and (ii) accident and emergency admissions at...

  • Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients transported to accident and emergency hospitals by ambulance from the London Ambulance Service waited in the ambulance for more than (a)...

  • Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited more than (a) two and (b) four hours in accident and emergency departments at (i) Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals, (ii)...

  • Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited more than (a) two hours and (b) four hours in accident and emergency at (i) North Middlesex University Hospital, (ii) North West...

  • Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited more than (a) two hours and (b) four hours in accident and emergency at (i) St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, (ii) West Middlesex...

  • Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the initial scoping report from the University of Manchester on the Payment by Results for Recovery Pilot Programme will be available.

  • Ambulance Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of ambulances in each NHS trust are staffed by trained paramedics.

  • Ambulance Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the staffing level was for each ambulance trust (a) in May 2010 and (b) at the latest period for which figures are available.

  • Autism

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) he, (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence or (c) the National Commissioning Board will monitor progress towards...

  • Bacterial Diseases: Research

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has provided for research into drug resistant bacterium in the latest period for which figures are available; which...

  • Bisphenol A

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission a review of the health effects on children, pregnant women and cancer sufferers of low dose exposure to Bisphenol A.

  • Bisphenol A

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to phase out the use of Bisphenol A from food and drink applications.

  • Blood Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with ambulance trusts on steps to introduce screening for sepsis.

  • Blood Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many ambulance trusts in England provide sepsis screening in ambulances.

  • Cancer: Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of (a) the number of patients receiving drugs provided through the Cancer Drugs Fund and (b) the amount of funding...

  • Carers: Young People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his strategy is for extending support to young carers over the next three years.

  • Community Nurses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent community nurses operating in the UK there have been in each year since May 1997.

  • Drugs: Rehabilitation Centres

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what means drug rehabilitation centres are regulated; and what steps his Department is taking to enforce the regulation of such centres.

  • Epilepsy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) he, (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence or (c) the National Commissioning Board will monitor progress towards...

  • Harrow Primary Care Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Harrow Primary Care Trust spent on consultancy services in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much it expects to spend in 2012-13; and if he will...

  • Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to introduce a comprehensive and instant patient survey system for the NHS using social media and mobile telephones for the...

  • Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether health commissioners are obliged to commission services to enable clinicians to follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence...

  • Hospitals: Parking

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidelines he has issued to the NHS to prevent the introduction of parking charges at hospitals for disabled patients; (2) what guidelines he...

  • Hospitals: Parking

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to reintroduce the centralised collection of data on income from hospital car parks; and if he will make a statement.

  • Knee Replacements: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average (a) number of operations and (b) waiting time was for patients attending North West London hospitals to have a new knee fitted in (i)...

  • Food Safety

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many instances of the sale of illegal meat there have been in each region in each of the last five years.

  • Medical Records: Data Protection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to take steps to clarify the legal framework for accessing patient data for medical research.

  • Midwives

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new training places will be available for prospective midwives in the next 12 months.

  • Midwives

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of midwives needed in the future.

  • Midwives: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there were for midwives at each NHS acute hospital in London in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make...

  • Morecambe and Lunesdale: Funding

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.

  • NHS: Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2012, Official Report, column 112W, on NHS: pay, if he will request that the Government Actuary's Department...

  • NHS: Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence quality standards will play in the assessment of NHS performance.

  • North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients attended North West London Hospitals NHS Trust to have hernia surgery in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; what the average waiting time was...

  • North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients attended North West London Hospitals NHS Trust to have gallstones removed in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; what the average waiting time...

  • North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients attended North West London Hospitals NHS Trust to have (a) a new hip (b) a hysterectomy and (c) cataracts removed in (i) 2010-11 and...

  • Ministerial Visits: Nottinghamshire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.

  • Nurses: Greater London

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) continence advisers and bladder and bowel specialist nurses and (b) multiple sclerosis specialist nurses in (i) Harrow Primary Care Trust,...

  • Older People: Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the findings of the report by the British Geriatrics Society on rehabilitation services for the elderly.

  • Out-patients: Attendance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of hospital appointments have been missed in (a) Dartford constituency, (b) Kent and (c) the UK; and what estimate he has made of the cost...

  • Patients

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will review the procedures for track and trigger scoring system for acutely ill patients.

  • Patients

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what remedies a patient can seek when he or she has not been treated in accordance with clinical guidelines to his or her detriment.

  • Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the highest paid position is in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies.

  • Psychiatry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on recovered memory therapy of the outcome of the Carol Felstead case.

  • Research

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he plans to spend in (i)...

  • Secondment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff in his Department are on secondment from an external organisation; and in respect of each such member of staff, what the name is of the...

  • Smoking: Health Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS Stoptober campaign will cost.

  • Social Workers: Voluntary Work

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will estimate the number of social work volunteer placements offered by local authorities in the latest period for which figures are...

  • Streptococcus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure the widest possible engagement from stakeholders during the National Screening Committee consultation...

  • Training

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.

  • Tranquillisers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health following the delegation of responsibility for his Department's programme of work on addiction to medicines to the National Treatment Agency (NTA), what...