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Lords third reading agreed to on question. Bill passed and sent to the Commons.
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Earl Howe
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Department
Department of Health
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Third reading
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Care Bill (HL) 2013-14
Subjects
Care homes; Health services; NHS; Patients; Social services
Date
29 October 2013
Reference
748 cc1452-1481
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
Motion to consider agreed to on question.
Motion to consider agreed to on question.
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Baroness Northover
Answering member
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Department
Department of Health
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National Health Service (Clinical Commissioning Groups) Regulations 2012
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Armed forces; Health services; Emergency services; NHS; Patients; Northern Ireland; Mental health services; Scotland; Wales; Clinical commissioning groups
Date
29 January 2013
Reference
742 cc494-505GC
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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House of Lords
Health and Social Care Bill. Lords second reading debate (second day). Amendment to decline to give a second reading debated and negatived on division (220 to 354). Second reading agreed to. Lords motion that the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Amendment debated and disagreed to on division (262 to 330). Original motion agreed to on question.
Health and Social Care Bill. Lords second reading debate (second day). Amendment to decline to give a second reading debated and negatived on division (220 to 354). Second reading agreed to. Lords motion that the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Amendment debated and disagreed to...
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Earl Howe
Answering member
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Department
Department of Health
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Debates on bills
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Second reading
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Reasoned amendments
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Health and Social Care Bill 2010-12
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Health; Health services; Education; General practitioners; NHS; Patients; Parliamentary scrutiny; Waiting lists; Standards; Training; Research; Select committees; Healthwatch
Date
12 October 2011
Reference
730 c1671-723
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
My Lords, in fairness to the Chief Nursing Officer, the work she undertook was partly to get the views of patients, who made it clear that cleaning is a top priority. That does not mean that there is any complacency about the issue of mixed-sex accommodation. The noble Baroness refers in her Question to ““mixed-sex wards””, but the target that was set in 1997 was on mixed-sex accommodation. That definition of mixed-sex accommodation was the same one used by the noble Baroness's own Government.
My Lords, in fairness to the Chief Nursing Officer, the work she undertook was partly to get the views of patients, who made it clear that cleaning is a top priority. That does not mean that there is any complacency about the issue of mixed-sex accommodation. The noble Baroness refers in her Question to ““mixed-sex wards””, but the target that was set in 1997 was on mixed-sex accommodation. That definition of mixed-sex accommodation was the same one used by the noble Baroness's own Government.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that Answer. However, as he will be aware from the report by the NHS Chief Nursing Officer, although it is claimed that 99 per cent of people are in single-sex wards, the survey, when questioned, shows quite different figures. Many more people complain than is suggested by the figures. Is the Minister aware that the Chief Nursing Officer has also said that people give priority to clean hospitals rather than to single-sex wards? What a disgrace that it should be either/or.
Subjects
Gender; Hospital wards; NHS; Patients; Privacy
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
693 c412
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, single-sex accommodation should be the norm for elective care and remains the ideal for all admissions. We have made that clear in this year’s NHS operating framework. In emergencies, the need to admit has priority. Some 99 per cent of trusts provide single-sex sleeping accommodation in wards other than A&E admission units and critical care.
My Lords, single-sex accommodation should be the norm for elective care and remains the ideal for all admissions. We have made that clear in this year’s NHS operating framework. In emergencies, the need to admit has priority. Some 99 per cent of trusts provide single-sex sleeping accommodation in wards other than A&E admission units and critical care.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
What progress they are making in phasing out mixed-sex wards in National Health Service hospitals.
Subjects
Gender; Hospital wards; NHS; Patients; Privacy
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
693 c412
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am sure that the noble Lord looked most elegant in that outfit. Of course, it is important that individual hospitals have flexibility to ensure that targets can be delivered while ensuring that safety is a paramount concern. They have flexibility in the way in which wards are managed. However, central targets have ensured that waiting times for patients have been drastically reduced. The targets that we set in train from the centre dealt with mixed-sexed accommodation. Through those targets the health service understands the priority to be given to this important area. Of course, we want to reduce the number of targets, but there will always be a need for some central direction and guidance.
My Lords, I am sure that the noble Lord looked most elegant in that outfit. Of course, it is important that individual hospitals have flexibility to ensure that targets can be delivered while ensuring that safety is a paramount concern. They have flexibility in the way in which wards are managed. However, central targets have ensured that waiting times for patients have been drastically reduced. The targets that we set in train from the centre dealt with mixed-sexed accommodation. Through those targets the health service understands the priority to be given to this important area. Of course, we want to reduce the number of targets, but there will always be a need for some central direction and guidance.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I declare an interest having spent two nights last summer in a bay of an orthopaedic ward with two women and four men. I place on record my gratitude to the nurse who provided me with a pair of pyjama trousers in addition to my surgical gown. Does the noble Lord recognise that targets need to be changed to provide for a greater surplus of beds in hospitals in order to avoid the acute shortage of beds that left me in that position?
Subjects
Gender; Hospital wards; NHS; Patients; Privacy
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
693 c414
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
My Lords, that is not the position at all. It is clear that the original target can be met with men and women being nursed together in some circumstances—principally in emergency areas, including admission and assessment units. As regards some of the survey work that has been undertaken, the discrepancy between the number of trusts which are complying with the original target and the perception of patients in that regard concerns the distinction between mixed-sex wards and mixed-sex accommodation. Clearly, much more needs to be done. More also needs to be done to inform patients. However, I assure the noble Earl that we continue to see this as a priority. The Chief Nursing Officer will issue further guidance later this year. We are not at all complacent about this matter.
My Lords, that is not the position at all. It is clear that the original target can be met with men and women being nursed together in some circumstances—principally in emergency areas, including admission and assessment units. As regards some of the survey work that has been undertaken, the discrepancy between the number of trusts which are complying with the original target and the perception of patients in that regard concerns the distinction between mixed-sex wards and mixed-sex accommodation. Clearly, much more needs to be done. More also needs to be done to inform patients. However, I assure the noble Earl that we continue to see this as a priority. The Chief Nursing Officer will issue further guidance later this year. We are not at all complacent about this matter.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Earl Howe
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I note what the Minister said but there is still a certain lack of clarity. In 2004, NHS managers told the Secretary of State that mixed-sex accommodation had been eliminated in99 per cent of trusts and yet she subsequently discovered through work done by journalists and many case studies—examples provided by patients themselves—that this clearly was not the case. Does the Minister put this anomaly down to inaccurate data collection or has the problem got worse over the past three years as trusts have found themselves under increasing financial pressure?
Subjects
Gender; Hospital wards; NHS; Patients; Privacy
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
693 c413-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I hope very much that the whole ethos and value of the NHS is to treat patients as people who deserve dignity and quality of care, and of course they should not be treated as supplicants. The noble Lord has been asking questions about single-sex accommodation for a number of years; and I have been answering questions about the same subject for what seems any number of years. The health service has made considerable progress. It did reach the target of 95 per cent of trusts eliminating mixed-sex accommodation except in areas such as emergency admissions where it is not always practical to do so. The problem arises because eliminating ““mixed-sex accommodation”” is taken to mean removing mixed-sex wards. In modern health service terms that is not possible because of the need for specialisation. That is why the emphasis is on segregation within wards. I agree that that has been the cause of some confusion for patients.
My Lords, I hope very much that the whole ethos and value of the NHS is to treat patients as people who deserve dignity and quality of care, and of course they should not be treated as supplicants. The noble Lord has been asking questions about single-sex accommodation for a number of years; and I have been answering questions about the same subject for what seems any number of years. The health service has made considerable progress. It did reach the target of 95 per cent of trusts eliminating mixed-sex accommodation except in areas such as emergency admissions where it is not always practical to do so. The problem arises because eliminating ““mixed-sex accommodation”” is taken to mean removing mixed-sex wards. In modern health service terms that is not possible because of the need for specialisation. That is why the emphasis is on segregation within wards. I agree that that has been the cause of some confusion for patients.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Stoddart of Swindon
(Independent Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, the Minister will recall that I have been pursuing this matter since 1994. We still do not have a resolution of it. All the reports show that patients, particularly women, rate this problem as very important indeed. As we are presently spending £91 billion a year—equivalent to £1,500 per person each year—is it not appalling that we cannot solve this problem? Can he assure me that hospital staff have the idea that patients are top and should be treated properly as customers and not supplicants?
Subjects
Gender; Hospital wards; NHS; Patients; Privacy
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
693 c412-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
No, my Lords; I do not accept any of those comments. We have targets in order to reduce long waiting times for treatment. Time and again patients have made it clear that that is what they want. On the question of whether this is done by managerial diktat, the answer is no. Fifty years ago there were single-sex wards, but specialisation in today’s modern health service means that patients need to receive specialist care in the same area. That leads to the safest possible care. We have to ensure that in that context there is segregation in those ward areas, and this is being done.
No, my Lords; I do not accept any of those comments. We have targets in order to reduce long waiting times for treatment. Time and again patients have made it clear that that is what they want. On the question of whether this is done by managerial diktat, the answer is no. Fifty years ago there were single-sex wards, but specialisation in today’s modern health service means that patients need to receive specialist care in the same area. That leads to the safest possible care. We have to ensure that in that context there is segregation in those ward areas, and this is being done.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Tonge
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does the Minister agree that failure to eliminate mixed-sex wards is due in large part to hospital managers trying to achieve unrealistically high bed occupancy rates? Does he also agree that, like the failure to control MRSA, this problem is due in great part to the obsession with targets, which militate against good patient care?
Subjects
Gender; Hospital wards; NHS; Patients; Privacy
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
693 c413
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many National Health Service patients have died after being infected while in hospital in each of the last seven years.
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many National Health Service patients have died after being infected while in hospital in each of the last seven years.
Asked by
Lord Morris of Manchester
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 June 2007
Information on numbers of deaths from infections contracted in hospital is not available. Death certificates rarely specify the place where an infection was acquired. Death certificates do, however, record the place of death. The Office for National Statistics publishes analyses of deaths in England and Wales with meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or clostridium difficile (C. difficile) mentioned on the death certificate. The following tables present the number of death certificates mentioning MRSA from 1999-2005 and C. difficile in 1999 and from 2001-2005 by place of death. Information on C. difficile is not available for 2000 (please see note 3).
| Table 1: Number of deaths mentioning MRSA¹ by place of death, England and Wales, 1999 to 2005² | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own home | NHS general hospital | Non-NHS general hospital | Hospice | NHS nursing home | Non- NHS nursing home | Private residential home | Local authority residential home | Other | Total places | |
| 1999 | 4 | 422 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 487 |
| 2000 | 10 | 583 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 669 |
| 2001 | 11 | 649 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 734 |
| 2002 | 7 | 720 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 800 |
| 2003 | 12 | 855 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 955 |
| 2004 | 24 | 1,023 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 1,168 |
| 2005 | 22 | 1,412 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 87 | 37 | 9 | 35 | 1,629 |
| Total | 115 | 6,893 | 31 | 34 | 74 | 392 | 134 | 31 | 182 | 7,886 |
| Notes: | ||||||||||
| ¹ Identified using the methodology described in Griffiths C, Lamagni TL, Crowcroft NS, Duckworth G and Rooney C (2004) Trends in MRSA in England and Wales: Analysis of Morbidity and Mortality Data for 1993-2002 (Health Statistics Quarterly 21, 15-22). | ||||||||||
| ² Deaths occurring in each calendar year. |
| Own home | NHS general hospital | Non-NHS general hospital | Hospice | NHS Nursing home | Non-NHS nursing home | Private residential home | Local authority residential home | Other places | Total | |
| 1999 | 9 | 881 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 975 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1,106 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 1,214 |
| 2002 | 10 | 1,322 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 1,428 |
| 2003 | 15 | 1,665 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 1,788 |
| 2004 | 15 | 2,075 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 17 | 8 | 58 | 2,247 |
| 2005 | 28 | 3,512 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 80 | 32 | 8 | 112 | 3,807 |
| total | 85 | 10,561 | 18 | 21 | 87 | 233 | 84 | 25 | 345 | 11,459 |
| Notes: | ||||||||||
| ¹ Identified using the methodology outlined in annual ONS reports on deaths involving C. difficile | ||||||||||
| ² Place of death records where the death occurred. This information does not imply anything about where any infection was acquired. | ||||||||||
| 3 Data is not available for 2000, as deaths were coded to ICD=9 in this year. C. difficile is not easily identifiable in ICD-9. Data from 1999 and 2002-2005 were coded to ICD-10, where there is a specific code for C. difficile. | ||||||||||
| 4 Deaths registered in 1999, deaths occurring in 2001-2005. |
Subjects
Death; Hospitals; Infectious diseases; NHS; Patients; MRSA; Clostridium
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
4383; 693 c94WA
House
House of Lords
What progress they are making in phasing out mixed-sex wards in National Health Service hospitals.
What progress they are making in phasing out mixed-sex wards in National Health Service hospitals.
Asked by
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
25 June 2007
Answered on
25 June 2007
My Lords, single-sex accommodation should be the norm for elective care and remains the ideal for all admissions. We have made that clear in this year’s NHS operating framework. In emergencies, the need to admit has priority. Some 99 per cent of trusts provide single-sex sleeping accommodation in wards other than A&E admission units and critical care.
Subjects
Gender; Hospital wards; NHS; Patients; Privacy
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
693 c412
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government:What assessment they have made of the clinical and public service implications of the remarks of Professor Nicholas Fisk of Imperial College, London, on (a) the survival rates of patients treated with cord blood compared to those given bone marrow transplants; (b) the validation of cord blood...
asked Her Majesty's Government:What assessment they have made of the clinical and public service implications of the remarks of Professor Nicholas Fisk of Imperial College, London, on (a) the survival rates of patients treated with cord blood compared to those given bone marrow transplants; (b) the validation of cord blood...
Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 June 2007
The recent finding that stem cell transplantation using umbilical cord blood is comparable to unrelated bone marrow transplantation for treating leukaemia is encouraging. The Government and NHS Blood and Transplant are monitoring these developments extremely carefully. The Government accepted the findings of the United Kingdom Stem Cell Initiative in 2005 and announced investment of over £100 million to 2008 to develop stem cell therapies. Further investment in all forms of stem cell research will be kept under review in the future spending rounds.
NHS Blood and Transplant is developing strategic and business plans for the funding and development of the British Bone Marrow Registry and the Cord Blood Bank beyond 2009. These are due to be submitted to the department in the autumn of this year.
Subjects
Blood; Medical treatments; Patients; Stem cells; Leukaemia; Cord blood
Date
19 June 2007
Reference
4292; 693 c35WA
House
House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government:To what extent the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is expected to consider patient convenience and preference when formulating its guidance.
asked Her Majesty's Government:To what extent the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is expected to consider patient convenience and preference when formulating its guidance.
Asked by
Earl Howe
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
18 June 2007
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s (NICE) Guide to the Methods of Technology Appraisal makes clear that submissions from patient/carer groups as part of the guidance production process should examine the difference that health technology might make to the lifestyle and choices that matter to patients and their carers. NICE also recognises that, while respect for autonomy and individual choice are important for the National Health Service and its users, they should not have the consequence of promoting the use of interventions that are not clinically effective and/or cost-effective.
Subjects
Drugs; Medical treatments; Patients; National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Date
18 June 2007
Reference
4140; 693 c15-6WA
House
House of Lords
asked Her Majesty's Government:Which are the 26 National Health Service trusts that have been given funds to establish separate sex wards.
asked Her Majesty's Government:Which are the 26 National Health Service trusts that have been given funds to establish separate sex wards.
Asked by
Lord Naseby
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
7 June 2007
No National Health Service trusts have been given funds to establish single-sex wards. A number of trusts have been receiving support from strategic health authorities (SHA) to help eliminate mixed-sex accommodation, but that does not extend to financial support.
Each SHA published a position statement on 10 May 2007.
Subjects
Finance; Gender; Hospital wards; NHS; Patients; Privacy
Date
7 June 2007
Reference
3870; 692 c207WA
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the noble Lord is right to draw attention to the NAO’s report; he might also have mentioned the Macmillan report in this area. We are concerned about this. It is clearly important that the patients he refers to receive advice and are signposted not just to the forms but also to help in filling them in. We take this very much to heart. The NHS should not have a role in giving benefit advice, but it should certainly be able to signpost people to obtaining those benefits. We will redouble our efforts in that area.
My Lords, the noble Lord is right to draw attention to the NAO’s report; he might also have mentioned the Macmillan report in this area. We are concerned about this. It is clearly important that the patients he refers to receive advice and are signposted not just to the forms but also to help in filling them in. We take this very much to heart. The NHS should not have a role in giving benefit advice, but it should certainly be able to signpost people to obtaining those benefits. We will redouble our efforts in that area.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Clement-Jones
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. He will be aware that the National Audit Office has found that three-quarters of cancer patients receive no information on financial support. Given the devastating effect that cancer can have on patients’ finances, can the Minister confirm that the cancer reform strategy will include new mechanisms to monitor and improve benefits awareness among cancer patients?
Subjects
Cancer; Information; NHS; Patients; Social security benefits
Date
7 June 2007
Reference
692 c1239-40
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, local policies are being developed to routinely offer information throughout the cancer patient pathway. The department is developing the concept of information prescriptions, which will guide people to further sources of information about their care, including benefit information and advice.
My Lords, local policies are being developed to routinely offer information throughout the cancer patient pathway. The department is developing the concept of information prescriptions, which will guide people to further sources of information about their care, including benefit information and advice.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Clement-Jones
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
What mechanisms are in place in the National Health Service to ensure that cancer patients are aware of the financial support available to them through the benefits system.
Subjects
Cancer; Information; NHS; Patients; Social security benefits
Date
7 June 2007
Reference
692 c1239
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am not sure which guidance forms the noble Lord has in mind. My understanding in relation to the general guidance that the health service gives is that publications are often turned into different languages. I am sure that the Welsh health service is very used to dealing with that issue. However, I doubt whether any information is held centrally that details the thousands of guidance documents given out in the NHS and which languages they use. However, we do, of course, understand the need to make sure that as much guidance as possible is available for people who use English as a second language.
My Lords, I am not sure which guidance forms the noble Lord has in mind. My understanding in relation to the general guidance that the health service gives is that publications are often turned into different languages. I am sure that the Welsh health service is very used to dealing with that issue. However, I doubt whether any information is held centrally that details the thousands of guidance documents given out in the NHS and which languages they use. However, we do, of course, understand the need to make sure that as much guidance as possible is available for people who use English as a second language.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, in how many languages are the guidance notes and forms available?
Subjects
Cancer; Information; NHS; Patients; Social security benefits
Date
7 June 2007
Reference
692 c1241-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, that is a helpful suggestion and I will ensure that it is considered. The whole purpose of the information prescriptions being piloted over the next year or so is to ensure that patients who particularly need advice—not just on care, but also on benefits—receive it. I will take that suggestion away and consider it.
My Lords, that is a helpful suggestion and I will ensure that it is considered. The whole purpose of the information prescriptions being piloted over the next year or so is to ensure that patients who particularly need advice—not just on care, but also on benefits—receive it. I will take that suggestion away and consider it.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Skelmersdale
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, the Minister will know that the manual of cancer services is the principal way in which cancer services are audited, and is based on peer review. Does he accept that the way to ensure the correct financial support is to have pages on benefit information prominently within it?
Subjects
Cancer; Information; NHS; Patients; Social security benefits
Date
7 June 2007
Reference
692 c1240
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I know that car parking exercises many Members of your Lordships’ House. It is and must be a matter for decision-making at the local level of the NHS, but guidance is available to individual organisations on a range of factors that need to be considered. On help with travel costs, there are various NHS schemes to help people on low incomes to get to hospital without incurring financial costs.
My Lords, I know that car parking exercises many Members of your Lordships’ House. It is and must be a matter for decision-making at the local level of the NHS, but guidance is available to individual organisations on a range of factors that need to be considered. On help with travel costs, there are various NHS schemes to help people on low incomes to get to hospital without incurring financial costs.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Countess of Mar
(Crossbench)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does the Minister accept that a major drain on the resources of cancer patients—and not just cancer patients—is that they must often attend hospital for treatments every day and that the car park fees can be enormous? They get no compensation for it. Can the Minister say what the National Health Service proposes to do about this?
Subjects
Cancer; Information; NHS; Patients; Social security benefits
Date
7 June 2007
Reference
692 c1240-1
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I want to draw a distinction with regard to asking health professionals to give advice on benefit claims inwhat is acknowledged to be a hugely complex area. Forms and leaflets—and suggestions from health professionals—stating that a patient may wish to consider claiming benefits, and signposts to where they might get help in doing so, ought to be available in every NHS outlet and GP’s surgery; that is important.
My Lords, I want to draw a distinction with regard to asking health professionals to give advice on benefit claims inwhat is acknowledged to be a hugely complex area. Forms and leaflets—and suggestions from health professionals—stating that a patient may wish to consider claiming benefits, and signposts to where they might get help in doing so, ought to be available in every NHS outlet and GP’s surgery; that is important.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Neuberger
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, the Minister will be only too aware that one of the best ways for cancer patients to find out about anything, including the financial support available to them, is through information provided by their GP. The Minister more or less said that he does not want GPs or the NHS to provide financial information or that kind of advice, but does he agree that we ought to be using the quality outcomes framework more effectively to encourage GPs to give at least minimal financial support information to patients? If he does agree, would he encourage that?
Subjects
Cancer; Information; NHS; Patients; Social security benefits
Date
7 June 2007
Reference
692 c1241
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords