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1267W Written Answers 6 JUNE 2013 Written Answers 1268W HEALTH Abortion Fiona Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent steps he has taken to reduce the number of repeat abortions; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of these measures; [158183] (2) what recent steps he has taken to reduce the number of abortions carried out on girls under the age of 16; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such measures. [158184] Anna Soubry: The Government’s ‘Framework for Sexual Health Improvement’, published in March this year, contained an ambition to reduce unwanted pregnancy in women of all ages. The document highlights that there is evidence that provision of contraception, particularly long acting methods of contraception, supplied or fitted by the abortion provider can reduce repeat abortions. It also highlights the evidence base for reducing teenage conceptions and why it is vital to continue to make progress in this area. The Department will review progress on all the ambitions in the Framework and a wider set of indicators, including repeat abortions and teenage conceptions, on an annual basis. In the past five years, 2007-11, there has been a 21.3% decrease in the under 16 abortion rate in England. Continuing to reduce the rate of under 18 conceptions is an indicator in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. Fiona Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 5 March 2013, Official Report, column 938W, on abortion, what progress has been made in (a) cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) prosecutions commenced, (c) random inspections of licensed abortion centres and (d) other follow-up steps following the chief medical officer’s letter to abortion providers sent in February 2012. [158309] Anna Soubry: The Crown Prosecution Service has reviewed the evidence and decided not to take further action against some individuals investigated for sex selection abortions. Other investigations continue and we will consider if any further action is required once investigations are fully concluded. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is exploring how it can strengthen the registration process alongside regular inspection activity. The CQC has put in place procedures to identify if pre-signing or other instances of non-compliance are taking place and will review these as part of their inspection activity. The CQC and the Department will continue to act on information received in relation to any allegations of non-compliance with aspects of the Abortion Act 1967 and related regulations. This may include random inspections. All allegations of abortions failing to comply with the Abortion Act 1967 are taken very seriously; an allegation of an illegal abortion should be reported to the police, who should conduct a full investigation. Accident and Emergency Departments Mr Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which accident and emergency units each Minister in his Department has visited since their date of appointment; and what the date of each such visit was. [158313] Dr Poulter: The following table provides details of the visits undertaken by the Secretary of State for Health, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt) and his ministerial team to accident and emergency units in an official capacity since their respective dates of appointment. Date A&E units Secretary of State (Mr Hunt) 3 April 2013 St Thomas Hospital, London 11 April 2013 Watford General Hospital, Watford 18 April 2013 George Elliot Hospital, Nuneaton 9 May 2013 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London 23 May 2013 University College Hospital, London Minister of State (Norman Lamb) 13 November 2012 Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham 25 January 2013 James Paget University Hospital Norfolk Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Dr Poulter) 25 October 2012 The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester 6 November 2012 Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham 20 December 2012 The Homerton Hospital, London 21 March 2013 Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham 17 January 2013 Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield 16 May 2013 Kidderminster Hospital, Kidderminster In addition to a number of visits to urgent assessment centres Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Earl Howe) 12 April 2011 Royal United Hospital, Bath 20 April 2011 Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington 9 January 2012 St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight 17 April 2013 William Harvey Hospital, Kent
1269W Written Answers 6 JUNE 2013 Written Answers 1270W Clinical Commissioning Groups Dr Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether members of the boards of clinical commissioning groups have to declare membership of political parties. [158221] Anna Soubry: The National Health Service Act 2006, as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, sets out the clear requirements on clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in relation to registers of interests and managing conflicts of interest. Under section 140 CCGs are responsible for maintaining registers of interests of the members of its boards. However, it does not specify that membership of a political party should be declared on these registers. CCGs should also make arrangements for managing conflicts of interest and potential conflicts of interest/to ensure they do not affect or appear to affect the integrity of their decision-making process. NHS England is responsible for supporting CCGs to manage conflicts of interest, and has produced guidance setting out the statutory requirements and principles for managing conflicts of interest. The guidance is available at: www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ccgconflict-int-guide.pdf Dementia Debbie Abrahams: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the new dementia diagnosis targets for each Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) showing the (a) CCG name and code, (b) CCG current diagnosis rate, (c) CCG diagnosis rate ambition for 2013-14 and (d) CCG diagnosis rate ambition for 2014-15. [157631] Norman Lamb: Data on clinical commissioning group (CCG) ambitions for improving diagnosis rates through to 2014-15, has been provided by NHS England and, has been placed in the Library. The current CCG diagnosis rates, derived from primary care trust 2011-12 data, are available at: www.dementiaprevalencecalculator.org.uk The diagnosis rates are illustrated at CCG level; the data are not available as a list of CCGs in spreadsheet format. NHS England will support CCGs to learn from each other and to support professional insight into the benefits of timely diagnosis for dementia sufferers. NHS England has an ambition to ensure that two-thirds of people with dementia are identified and given appropriate support by 2015. Further details are available at: http://www.england.nhs.uk/2013/05/15/dementia-targets/ Debbie Abrahams: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he intends to review the National Dementia Strategy for England. [157632] Norman Lamb: The National Dementia Strategy runs until 2014, and the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, which builds on progress made on the strategy, runs until 2015. On 15 May 2013, a report on progress in delivering improvements in dementia care and research was published. A further report is planned for 2014. Health Education Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department’s policy is on providing advice on diet and lifestyle with the objective of reducing the number of hospital admissions. [158319] Anna Soubry: Government advice on a healthy balanced diet is encapsulated in the United Kingdom’s national food guide, ’the eatwell plate’, which is based on long term epidemiological studies, which show that this type of diet can help prevent diet related chronic disease. The Government supports a number of healthy eating initiatives, which help and encourage people to improve their health and well being. This includes the Change4life campaign,5adayscheme, Public Health Responsibility Deal, Healthy Start scheme and through the NHS Choices consumer based information website. Hospitals: Waiting Lists Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the longest waiting time in days for patients in (a) England and (b) London was for (i) fibreoptic endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract and biopsy of lesion of upper gastrointestinal tract, (ii) computed tomography of head, (iii) insertion of prosthetic replacement for lens NEC, (iv) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder, (v) computerised tomography NEC, (vi) continuous intravenous infusion of therapeutic substance NEC, (vii) unspecified diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract, (viii) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of colon, (ix) diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of colon and biopsy of lesion of colon and (x) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of lower bowel using fibreoptic sigmoidoscope in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13; [158401] (2) what the (a) number of total finished consultant episodes, (b) mean waiting time and (c) median waiting time was for (i) fibreoptic endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract and biopsy of lesion of upper gastrointestinal tract, (ii) computed tomography of head, (iii) insertion of prosthetic replacement for lens NEC, (iv) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder, (v) computerised tomography NEC, (vi) continuous intravenous infusion of therapeutic substance NEC, (vii) unspecified diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of upper gastrointestinal tract, (viii) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of colon, (ix) diagnostic fibreoptic endoscopic examination of colon and biopsy of lesion of colon and (x) unspecified diagnostic endoscopic examination of lower bowel using fibreoptic sigmoidoscope in London in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13. [158402] Anna Soubry: The Department does not collect these data for individual procedures. The information available for these procedures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre has been placed in the Library.
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