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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure a consistent structure of oversight for prisoners' healthcare during the transfer of responsibility from HM Prison Service to the NHS.

Asked by

Julie Morgan (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 2003

Reference

144071; 415 c1132-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions in the National Service Framework for long-term conditions will address the needs of long-term epilepsy sufferers; what progress he has made in addressing the concerns raised in the National Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy-related Death, published in May 2002.

Asked by

John Baron (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 December 2003

For answer on

17 December 2003

Answered on

17 December 2003

Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what provisions in the National Service Framework for long-term conditions will address the needs of long- term epilepsy sufferers; [144703] (2) what progress he has made in addressing the concerns raised in the National Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy-related Death, published in May 2002. [144704] Dr. Ladyman: In February 2003, we published an action plan for epilepsy services which addresses the key recommendations in the National Clinical Audit of Epilepsy Related Deaths audit and the Chief Medical Officer's 2001 Annual Report on epilepsy. This will be complemented by two key initiatives, which are planned for publication next year. The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) is developing a clinical guideline for the diagnosis, management and treatment of epilepsy, which it plans to publish next July. It is also looking at the clinical and cost effectiveness of new anti- epilepsy drugs in children and adults and plans to publish an appraisal in the new year. These will help address any variations in clinical practice and contribute to the improvement of services. We are developing the national service framework (NSF) for long-term conditions, which will focus on improving the standard of general neurology care across England for people with conditions such as epilepsy. The NSF will address a range of key issues, for example: the need for equitable access to a range of services; good quality information and support, for patients and carers; the ability to see a specialist and get the right investigations and diagnosis as quickly as possible; and, maintaining independence and quality of life. We currently plan to publish the NSF late next year for implementation over 10 years from 2005.

Date

17 December 2003

Reference

415 c992W; 144703;144704

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts have developed policies for osteoporosis in their health improvement programmes for older people; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Robert Key (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

142993; 415 c780W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the targets for service improvements for adults with learning disabilities set out in the White Paper, Valuing People, to be achieved. - Inc ref to 'Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century' (Cm 5086)...

Asked by

Bob Blizzard (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 2003

Reference

143502; 415 c755-6W

House

House of Commons

Written Statement on increases in the fees for care services currently regulated by the National Care Standards Commission

Written Statement on increases in the fees for care services currently regulated by the National Care Standards Commission. (Inc table).

Member

Stephen Ladyman (Labour)

Department

Department of Health

Type

Written statements

Date

11 December 2003

Reference

415 c106-8WS;415 c104-6WS

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to produce national minimum standards of care for residential services provided by the NHS. - Including ref to Care Standards Act.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 December 2003

Reference

141527; 415 c599W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures (a) have been recently introduced and (b) are proposed to provide appropriate residential care for those less than 50 years of age suffering from dementia in (i) England and (ii) Wirral; what (a) recent measures have been introduced and (b)...

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2003

Reference

415 c306W; 141461;141462

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress towards the development of the National Service Framework for long-term conditions. - (Holding answer 2 December 2003).

Asked by

John Baron (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 December 2003

Reference

140720; 415 c78-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultant neurologists, (b) physiotherapists and (c) speech and language therapists he estimates are needed to implement the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions from 2005; how many of each group are in post; what action he is taking...

Asked by

Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 November 2003

For answer on

20 November 2003

Answered on

20 November 2003

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) consultant neurologists, (b) physiotherapists and (c) speech and language therapists he estimates are needed to implement the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions from 2005; how many of each group are in post; what action he is taking to make up any shortfall; and if he will make a statement. [140114] Dr. Ladyman: The national service framework (NSF) for long term conditions will focus on improving the standard of neurology services across England. It will also address some of the generic issues that are important to people with non-neurological disabilities, such as access to rehabilitation services; provision of good quality information; support for carers; and, access to community equipment, assistive technology and wheelchairs. We recognise the important role that doctors, allied health professionals and other professionals play in providing appropriate services and support for people with long term conditions, their families and carers. We are increasing the numbers of these professionals as part of the NHS Plan commitment to increase the national health service work force. As at 30 June 2003, there were 407 consultants in neurology, representing an increase of 33 per cent. since September 1999. We are working towards increasing their numbers further and in 2003-04 have provided central funding to support implementation of a further 10 specialist registrar posts in neurology. Trusts will also have the opportunity to create up to an additional 20 locally funded specialist registrar training opportunities. We are also increasing the numbers of speech and language therapists and physiotherapists entering training each year. There are now 140 more (an increase of 31 per cent.) training places for speech and language therapy and 811 more (an increase of 60 per cent.) for physiotherapy. Additionally, as part of the process of developing the NSF work is in hand to consider relevant work force issues such as the need for increased numbers of staff but also for new ways of working, including skill mix, role extensions and multi-disciplinary working, based around patient needs. We expect that the group looking at these workforce issues will make recommendations on the future supply of professionals and development of new ways of working to inform national workforce planning processes.

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1393-4W;413 c1389-90W; 140114

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the standards governing the delivery of domicilary care for the elderly and the arrangements for monitoring compliance with them.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

140107; 413 c1379W;413 c1375W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inspections and approvals have been undertaken of (a) residential care homes, (b) nursing care homes, (c) residential care home managers and (d) nursing care home managers since the National Care Standards Commission was established; and if he will make a...

Asked by

Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

139554; 413 c1369W;413 c1365W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many managers of nursing care homes assessed by the National Care Standards Commission since its inception, had (a) at least first level registered nurse qualifications and (b) no nursing qualifications; how many nursing care homes have published their registered managers' qualifications...

Asked by

Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2003

Reference

413 c1369W;413 c1365W; 139555;139556;139559

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish the National Service Framework for long-term conditions; if he will provide additional ring-fenced funding for the implementation of the National Service Framework for Long-Term Conditions.

Asked by

Brian Iddon (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

413 c863W; 139488;139499

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures within Valuing People are aimed at children; and what plans he has to expand its remit. - Includes ref to White Paper, Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century (Cm 5086), and Making Change Happen...

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

138495; 413 c873W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the formal status is of the national minimum standards of the National Care Standards Commission.

Asked by

Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

139558; 413 c863W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Government will ensure that the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions is given sufficient priority by primary care trusts; and what the reasons were for the decision not to set milestones and targets.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 November 2003

For answer on

18 November 2003

Answered on

18 November 2003

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the Government will ensure that the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions is given sufficient priority by primary care trusts; and what the reasons were for the decision not to set milestones and targets. [138461] Dr. Ladyman: Our strategy to support delivery of the NHS Plan is to set a clear national framework of standards backed up by strong inspection regimes and increasingly to give more responsibility to front-line health and social services providers so that local organisations have more flexibility and freedom to plan, resource and deliver services. As a result we set fewer central targets. Progress in policy areas not directly linked to national targets can be monitored and driven forward in a number of ways, for example: Primary care trusts can set local targets and performance manage progress locally. The Commission for Health Improvement (to become, subject to legislation, the Commission for Healthcare, Audit and Inspection) and the Social Services Inspectorate (to become, again subject to legislation, the Commission for Social Care Inspection) will take account of nationally set standards including national service frameworks when inspecting hospitals and other providers, and may undertake themed inspections. Patients' forums will be able to identify where services are not meeting the standards. Patient feedback, both informal and formal (for example, patient surveys), will provide a local means of identifying shortfalls in services. Policies like the expert patients programme and the patients choice programme are also giving people an increasing say in local services and their own treatment.

Date

18 November 2003

Reference

138461; 413 c860-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures aimed at children with learning disabilities will be included in the National Service Framework for children.

Asked by

Tim Loughton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

138494; 413 c605W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care home inspectors are employed; how many vacancies there are in each region for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 November 2003

For answer on

17 November 2003

Answered on

17 November 2003

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many care home inspectors are employed; how many vacancies there are in each region for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [136868] Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Headquarters East Midlands Eastern London North East North West Number of Inspectors on 0.00 113.25 122.61 133.76 74.91 204.01 Establishment (wte) Headcount of Inspectors 0 110 128 146 75 199 in Post Number of Inspectors in 0.00 103.31 122.30 136.46 72.41 191.10 Post (wte) Vacancies 0.00 9.94 0.31 -2.70 2.50 12.91 Percentage of Inspectors 0.00 91.22 99.75 102.02 96.66 93.67 in post South East South West West Midlands Yorkshire/ PVH National Humberside Number of Inspectors on 256.13 195.99 144.26 132.86 61.35 1,439.1 Establishment (wte) Headcount of Inspectors 261 205 150 135 66 1,475 in Post Number of Inspectors in 246.79 189.39 139.29 129.41 59.73 1,390.1 Post (wte) Vacancies 9.34 6.60 4.97 3.45 1.62 48.94 Percentage of inspectors 96.35 96.63 96.55 97.40 97.36 96.60 in post _________________________________________________________________________________________________. wte--whole-time equivalent

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

136868; 413 c576-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis he has made of the (a) levels and (b) patterns of services for older people in order to facilitate comparisons across health authorities. - Inc ref to www.doh.gov.uk/performanceratings/2002 and "Improvement, Expansion and Reform".

Asked by

Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

137937; 413 c610W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of converting residential rooms operated by the Leonard Cheshire Organisation at the Holehird home for the disabled in Windermere to comply with new national care standards.

Asked by

Tim Collins (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

137922; 413 c577W

House

House of Commons

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