Department of Health

written question – answered on 23 February 2017.

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  • Nurses: Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62427, on nurses: pay, what other recommendations or advice his Department takes into account when...

  • Carers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the steps taken by organisations to support carers to increase agile working practices.

  • Fast Food: Packaging

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that fast food wrappers do not contain substances which are harmful to human health.

  • Schizophrenia: Medical Treatments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing and other health bodies on a virtual reality game to detect and treat schizophrenia.

  • Cancer

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the potential effect on the four-week diagnostic standard for cancer of any increase in the demand for endoscopy...

  • Obesity: Surgery

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited more than 18 weeks for bariatric surgery in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2012-13.

  • Colorectal Cancer: Screening

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the target uptake rate is for the bowel cancer screening programme in England; how many clinical commissioning groups are meeting that target uptake...

  • Clinical Commissioning Groups: Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for agreeing salary increases for executive, GP and lay members of a clinical commissioning group's governing body; and whether NHS...

  • Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group: Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what salary increases have been awarded to (a) executive, (b) GP and (c) lay members of Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group's governing body in (i)...

  • Eltham Community Hospital: X-rays

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many X-rays have been carried out at Eltham Community Hospital since that hospital opened; and if he will make a statement.

  • Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group: Hospital Beds (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group is of commissioning 17 beds for patients preparing to return home from St Mary's Hospital,...

  • Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group: Hospital Beds

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group has commissioned for respite or rehabilitation of patients returning home from hospital stays; and...

  • NHS: Procurement

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of changes in the value of supplier costs in the NHS as a result of the change in the value of sterling against the (a) euro...

  • Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham have been treated by the NHS for (i) drug and (ii) alcohol...

  • NHS: Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 62814, on NHS Pay, what estimate he has made of what the real-terms change in the salary has been...

  • Antidepressants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the side effects of long-term use of anti-depressants.

  • Antidepressants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for anti-depressant medication were issued in England in each of the last 10 years to (a) adults and (b) children.

  • Family Nurse Partnership Programme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with how many families the family nurse partnership has worked (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority area that it has been in place in each year...

  • Ambulance Services: Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average NHS ambulance response times in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham were in each year since 2010.

  • Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of compensation available to people who have become disabled as a result of taking the Pandemrix vaccination;...

  • Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2017 to Question 63032, and with reference to the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health of February 2016, what...

  • Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Vaccine Damage Payment Act 1979 to make people who have had adverse reactions to the...

  • Palbociclib

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings representatives from NICE (a) have had and (b) plan to have with Pfizer during the consultation period for palbociclib (Ibrance) since the...

  • NHS Property Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2017 to Question 63167, what the (a) maintenance and (b) other associated costs of the 217 vacant properties held by...

  • Prisons: Rehabilitation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent from the public purse on drug rehabilitation services in prisons in each year since 2010.