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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many discharge episodes with an (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of high cholesterol as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database there have been in (i) England and (ii) each local commissioning organisation area in each of the last 10...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2014

Reference

216647

House

House of Commons

Cholesterol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of discharge episodes with an (a) primary and (b) secondary diagnosis of high cholestoral as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database was in (i) England and (ii) each local commissioning organisation area in each of the last 10...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2014

Reference

216641

House

House of Commons

Prostate Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure people diagnosed with prostate cancer and living in isolated areas are supported to travel to a centre participating in a prostate cancer clinical trial.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 March 2014

Reference

189595; 576 c881W

House

House of Commons

Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill 2010-12

Committee stage tenth sitting (morning). Clauses 67 to 69 agreed to, one with an amendment. Schedule 9 agreed to. Clauses 70 to 75 agreed to. Clauses 100 and 101 agreed to, with amendments. Clauses 112 to 117 agreed to, some with amendments. Clause 147 agreed to, with amendments. Committee adjourned.

Lead member

Paul Burstow; Simon Burns

Answering member

Liz Kendall

Department

Department of Health

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

12 July 2011

Reference

PBC

House

House of Commons

Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill 2010-12

Committee stage fourth sitting (afternoon). Clause 1 disagreed to. Clauses 2 to 4 agreed to. Clause 5 agreed to, with amendments. Schedule 1 agreed to. Clause 6 agreed to. Clauses 9 to 11 agreed to, one with amendments.

Lead member

Paul Burstow; Simon Burns

Answering member

Emily Thornberry; Liz Kendall

Department

Department of Health

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

30 June 2011

Reference

PBC

House

House of Commons

Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill 2010-12

Committee stage second sitting (afternoon). Examination of witnesses.

Lead member

Paul Burstow; Lord Lansley; Simon Burns

Answering member

Emily Thornberry; Liz Kendall

Department

Department of Health

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

28 June 2011

Reference

PBC

House

House of Commons

Dementia Strategy

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the national dementia strategy.

Lead member

Paul Burstow

Answering member

Phil Hope

Department

Department of Health

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

16 March 2010

Reference

507 c181-203WH

House

House of Commons

NHS: Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1160W, on NHS: telecommunications, what assessment has been made of the impact on the provision of radio and entertainment for patients in the event of the contractor ceasing to support the...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 July 2008

Reference

214428; 478 c942-3W

House

House of Commons

NHS: Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the contingency arrangements NHS trusts have made in the event that the supplier of their telecommunications infrastructure for patients is unable to fulfil its contractual obligations.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 June 2008

Reference

477 c1159-60W; 210378

House

House of Commons

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the likely effect on the number of inappropriate (a) investigations, (b) prescriptions and (c) referrals should multiple registration be introduced.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 January 2006

Reference

43568; 442 c458W;442 c458W

House

House of Commons

Alcohol-related Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2005, Official Report, column 710W, on alcohol-related illness, what the equivalent figures for 2004–05 were.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 December 2005

For answer on

6 December 2005

Answered on

14 December 2005

The information requested is shown in the table.

Counts of finished admission episodes for selected alcohol related diseases by strategic HA of residence and age grouping⁽⁴⁴⁾
Strategic healthauthority of Residence			Aged under 18	Aged 18 and above	Age not known
Q01	Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA	161	1,649	3
Q02	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA	123	829	—
Q03	Essex SHA	72	1,079	—
Q04	North West London SHA	80	1,473	5
Q05	North Central London SHA	68	1,068	3
Q06	North East London SHA	53	1,246	2
Q07	South East London SHA	88	1,835	2
Q08	South West London SHA	121	1,284	3
Q09	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA	150	1,738	2
Q10	County Durham and Tees Valley SHA	164	1,304	—
Q11	North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA	229	1,307	—
Q12	West Yorkshire SHA	165	1,438	—
Q13	Cumbria and Lancashire SHA	291	2,249	1
Q14	Greater Manchester SHA	398	2,974	1
Q15	Cheshire and Merseyside SHA	339	3,850	—
Q16	Thames Valley SHA	143	1,246	—
Q17	Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA	193	1,587	1
Q18	Kent and Medway SHA	164	963	—
Q19	Surrey and Sussex SHA	265	1,894	—
Q20	Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA	154	1,553	2
Q21	South West Peninsula SHA	181	1,334	5
Q22	Dorset and Somerset SHA	94	803	—
Q23	South Yorkshire SHA	128	1,227	—
Q24	Trent SHA	230	2,298	—
Q25	Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA	84	1,163	—
Q26	Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA	170	1,330	—
Q27	Birmingham and the Black Country SHA	241	2,279	—
Q28	West Midlands South SHA	162	1,367	—
Q99	Wales	20	137	—
S	Scotland	3	48	—
U	England—Not otherwise specified	28	1,017	31
W	Wales	—	1	—
X	Foreign (incl. Isle of Man and Channel Islands)	14	97	1
Y	Unknown	33	614	33
Z	Northern Ireland	—	18	—
TOTAL		4,809	46,299	95
F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol K70—Alcoholic liver disease T51—Toxic effect of alcohol NHS Hospitals, England 2004–05 Notes: A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre.
⁽⁴⁴⁾ Alcohol related diseases defined as following ICD-10 codes recorded in primary diagnosis

Date

14 December 2005

Reference

35423; 440 c2124-5W

House

House of Commons

Epilepsy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people in each strategic health authority have been diagnosed with epilepsy since 1997, broken down by age group;

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 2005

Reference

35428; 440 c2142W;440 c2143W

House

House of Commons

Epilepsy

(2) how many patients diagnosed with epilepsy since 1994 have been reported as having suffered an adverse reaction after failing to take their anti-epilepsy drugs as prescribed; and what types of adverse reaction these were.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 2005

Reference

35357; 440 c2142W;440 c2143W

House

House of Commons

Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases have been subject to review as part of the NHS continuing care restitution review; how many were found to be eligible for NHS continuing care; how many of those not found eligible subsequently took their case to the Health...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 June 2005

Reference

434 c418W;434 c420-1W; 1565

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd February, 431 Official Report, columns 680-1W, on dentistry, how many dental practices were on the nhs.uk.database on the latest date for which figures are available, including those not registering new patients; how many were registering new...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1703W;432 c1699W; 221758

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the cost for patients' friends and relatives of calling patients in hospital through premium rate lines operable through bedside telephones; if he will publish guidance given to NHS trusts on this issue; and if he will...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 March 2005

For answer on

5 April 2005

Answered on

5 April 2005

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's policy is on the cost for patients' friends and relatives of calling patients in hospital through premium rate lines operable through bedside telephones; if he will publish guidance given to NHS trusts on this issue; and if he will make a statement. [222181] Mr. Hutton: Patients in national health service hospitals have requested personal use of a telephone to remain in contact with family and friends. This is provided through the patient power system and over 75,000 beds in NHS trusts have this service. There are four companies licensed to provide these services and they are responsible for all aspects of installation, managing and running the service. Contracts are entered into by individual trusts, which will set out in the contract an agreed schedule of charges, including the cost of incoming calls to patients. Three suppliers, covering 69,000 beds, include a message notifying callers at the outset of the call what the cost will be. The fourth, which provides a service to the remaining 6,000 beds, will shortly be including a similar message at all its sites. Bedside televisions and telephones are an additional service to patients. It is still possible for friends and relatives to contact a hospital through its main switchboard and then be transferred to a nurses' station to enquire about their relative's health. NHS Estates commissioned the British Market Research Bureau to carry out a survey to conduct research into patient and staff satisfaction with the bedside communication and entertainment systems. Over 300 patients and nearly 100 staff were interviewed at six NHS hospitals between October and November 2004. 88 per cent. of patients said that they were satisfied with the services. 95 per cent. of patients chose to pay for services offered. Patients said the most important reason for using the system was to make phone calls without having to ask a member of staff for help or go to a public pay phone. The patient bedside entertainment system provides a vital direct link with the outside world for NHS patients. The results of the recent survey confirm that the service is useful in improving the patient's stay in hospital.

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1455-6W;432 c1451-2W; 222181

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the need for the individual coding of surgical instruments under contract requirements for the new regional super centres being established for the decontamination of surgical instruments; how many NHS hospital trusts have a bar code system...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 March 2005

For answer on

21 March 2005

Answered on

21 March 2005

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment has been made of the need for the individual coding of surgical instruments under contract requirements for the new regional super centres being established for the decontamination of surgical instruments; [220579] (2) how many NHS hospital trusts have a bar code system in place for the management of surgical instruments; [220580] (3) what assessment has been made of the likely effect on patient safety of adopting bar coding for individual surgical instruments; [220581] (4) what assessment has been made of the merits of adopting a system of individual surgical instrument traceability in NHS trusts; [220582] (5) what assessment has been made of the implementation of the guidance in Health Service Circular 2000/32 regarding systems for the tracing of surgical instrument sets to patients on whom they have been used; [220588] (6) if he will require the use of bar coding for surgical instruments in those areas where sterile service super centres are to be introduced; [220634] (7) how many NHS trusts have the capacity to identify individual surgical instruments used after a high risk patient has been identified. [220635] Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department's guidance on the tracking of surgical instruments is contained in Health Service Circular (HSC) 2000/032 (Decontamination of Surgical Instruments). This asked chief executives of national health service trusts to have taken steps, by April 2002, towards having systems in place to enable the tracing of surgical instrument sets to patients on whom they have been used. The presence (or absence) of such a system was taken into account in assessing each NHS trust's compliance with the Department's guidance made as part of the "Review of the decontamination of surgical instruments in the NHS in England", published in December 2001. NHS trusts are not required to report to the Department which tracing system they use. Compliance with the provisions of the Medical Devices Directive (93/42 EEC)--compulsory for commercial reprocessing centres providing a service to the NHS-- implies the ability to track surgical instruments through the system. It does not--and nor does Departmental guidance--require any particular form of marking, such as bar codes, to be used. The detailed contents of contracts between NHS organisations and private sector providers of decontamination services are a matter for the parties concerned. The Department's guidance on handling instruments used on suspected CJD patients or in certain brain biopsies recommends that such instruments should be quarantined pending confirmation of a diagnosis. All hospitals that have implemented the guidance in HSC 2000/032 will have the capacity to do this. Other than the review published in 2001, no complete survey of their compliance has been undertaken. The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) has commissioned a survey that includes tracking and tracing systems in use in NHS trusts. NHS PASA is also discussing with the NHS the technologies presently available for marking instruments, such as laser etching; and those being developed, such as the implantation of radio frequency identification chips in individual instruments.

Date

21 March 2005

Reference

432 c625-6W; 220579;220580;220581;220582;220588;220634;220635

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether under his proposals for patient choice information will be available for patients on (a) cleanliness, (b) infection rates, (c) success of specific treatments, (d) individual consultants' performance and (e) patient satisfaction rates at (i) NHS hospitals and (ii) independent hospitals or...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 February 2005

For answer on

14 March 2005

Answered on

14 March 2005

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether under his proposals for patient choice information will be available for patients on (a) cleanliness, (b) infection rates, (c) success of specific treatments, (d) individual consultants' performance and (e) patient satisfaction rates at (i) NHS hospitals and (ii) independent hospitals or treatment centres providing care paid for by the NHS. [219742] Mr. Hutton: [holding answer 4 March 2005]: The Department is enhancing the website www.nhs.uk to provide both patients and general practitioners with easily accessible, comparative information about providers on waiting times, accessibility and quality and performance. This information will be drawn from the Healthcare Commission's star ratings on clinical quality and patient experience. In addition, the British Medical "Journal's Best Treatments" series of elective surgery guides are available free of charge through NHS Direct Online. Consultation with patients and clinicians has suggested that a wider range of data, and data relating to clinical effectiveness and outcomes may be helpful to inform choice. The Department is taking forward work in developing additional information sets in consultation with key stakeholders. Information on Methicillin-resistant "Staphylococcus Aureus"(MRSA) bloodstream infections is currently available on the Department's website at: www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/ PublicationsStatistics/PublicationsStatisticsArticle/fs/en? CONTENTJD=4085951&chk=HBt2QD. Mandatory national surveillance has been in place since April 2001 and information for the last three years is available for all acute trusts in England. Comparable information on these indicators will be available for independent sector providers and is likely to draw on the existing arrangements for contract monitoring.

Date

14 March 2005

Reference

432 c129W;432 c127W; 219742

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who are not registered with a GP; and what his most recent estimate is of the average length of time a person waits to be registered with a GP. -...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1908W;431 c1901W; 218165

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) England and (b) each primary care trust have had to be allocated to a GP list in each year since 1996. - The Department does not collect this information.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1913W;431 c1907W; 218164

House

House of Commons

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