Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetes specialist nurses were employed in East Lancashire in each of the last five years.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The Department does not collect the data requested. There are now over 6,300 more nurses, midwives and health visitors working in the NHS in England compared to May 2010.
Local National Health Service organisations, with their knowledge of the healthcare needs of their local population, invest in training for specialist skills and deploy specialist nurses. Specialist nurses provide invaluable support for patients and their families. They are able to provide specialist treatment and advice and act as a gateway to other members of the multidisciplinary team, which can both save the NHS money and, more importantly, improve care and outcomes for patients.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in Pendle constituency in each year since 2009.
Answered by Dan Poulter
Information is not available in the format requested.
However, the most recent (December 2014) management information* estimates an indicative count of 11,310 full time equivalent (FTE) health visitors: some 3,218 more than the May 2010 baseline, representing an increase of 40% in the workforce.
* Published January 2015 by NHS England
Table: The number of qualified health visitors by specified organisation as at 30 September in each specified year.
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Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust (PCT) | 70 | 70 | 68 | .. | .. | .. | |
East Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust | 76 | 75 | 82 | .. | .. | .. | |
Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus | 42 | 37 | 39 | .. | .. | .. | |
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | |
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust | .. | .. | .. | 216 | 213 | 236 | |
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Total | 190 | 184 | 191 | 218 | 214 | 236 |
Source:
Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Hospital & Community Health Service (HCHS) Non-Medical Workforce Census and provisional monthly workforce statistics
Notes:
1. '-' denotes zero
2. '..' denotes not applicable
3. 2009 to 2013 data is taken from the Non-Medical Workforce Census as at 30 September in each specified year.
4. 2014 data is taken from the provisional monthly workforce statistics as at 30 September in the specified year.
5. Parliamentary constituencies do not correspond directly to any recognised health geographies, so data is provided for organisations relevant to the area requested.
6. The changes in Health Visitor figures in individual organisations over the period of this request is likely due to moves in service provider from PCTs to neighbouring Trusts as part of Transforming Community Services (TCS). In addition, some functions and associated people may have moved to non-NHS bodies following the April 2013 reorganisation of the NHS, which may impact the figures.
7. These statistics relate to the contracted positions within English NHS organisations and may include those where the person assigned to the position is temporarily absent, for example on maternity leave.
8. Organisations are displayed alongside their latest name held in reference data
9. FTE figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
10. As from 21st July 2010 the Health and Social Care Information Centre has published provisional monthly NHS workforce data. As expected with provisional statistics, some figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly workforce data is not directly comparable with the annual workforce census; it only includes those staff on the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) (i.e. it does not include Primary care staff or Bank staff). There are also new methods of presenting data (headcount methodology is different and there is now a role count). This information is available from September 2009 onwards at the following website: www.hscic.gov.uk
11. The Health and Social Care Information Centre seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where changes impact on figures already published, this is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of sciatica were made in each of the last five years.
Answered by Norman Lamb
This information is not collected. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2009 guideline ‘Low back pain: Early management of persistent non-specific low back pain’ is currently being updated to include sciatica. NICE estimates that the lifetime incidence range of sciatica is 13 to 40% and annual incidence of an episode of sciatica ranges from 1 to 5%. The updated guidance is expected for publication in 2016.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions have occurred as a result of injuries caused by e-cigarettes in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold this information.
The revised Tobacco Products Directive (Directive 2014/40/EU) will, from May 2016, establish new rules for the safety, quality, ingredients and presentation of consumer electronic cigarettes, as well as refill mechanisms. This will include a requirement for manufacturers to report any adverse incidents and, as necessary, to withdraw/recall any product.
In the meantime, e-cigarettes are subject to general product safety regulatory requirements, which include powers for local trading standard officers to withdraw unsafe products from the market.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of adults in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire have been diagnosed with dementia in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Norman Lamb
Information is not available in the format requested.
Information on the number of patients on the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) dementia register and the raw prevalence rate for the specified organisations are shown in the following tables.
Data are shown for each of the last eight years only due to the inclusion of dementia on the QOF register from 2006-07.
Number of patients on the QOF dementia register, and the raw prevalence rate for East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and East Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT).
East Lancashire | Number of practices | Total list size | Dementia register counts | Dementia prevalence rates |
East Lancashire CCG |
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31 March 2014 | 59 | 371,608 | 2,323 | 0.63% |
31 March 2013 | 61 | 367,891 | 2,197 | 0.60% |
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East Lancashire PCT |
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31 March 2012 | 65 | 386,187 | 2,183 | 0.57% |
31 March 2011 | 67 | 388,324 | 1,975 | 0.51% |
31 March 2010 | 67 | 388,267 | 1,848 | 0.48% |
31 March 2009 | 65 | 388,345 | 1,715 | 0.44% |
31 March 2008 | 65 | 387,543 | 1,774 | 0.46% |
31 March 2007 | 65 | 386,260 | 1,744 | 0.45% |
Number of patients on the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) dementia register, and the raw prevalence rate for the whole of Lancashire.
All Lancashire | Number of practices | Total list size | Dementia register counts | Dementia prevalence rates |
Lancashire Area Team1 |
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31 March 2014 | 231 | 1,519,892 | 10,408 | 0.68% |
31 March 2013 | 235 | 1,520,393 | 9,655 | 0.64% |
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31 March 2012 | 237 | 1,520,588 | 8,933 | 0.59% |
31 March 2011 | 240 | 1,514,700 | 8,046 | 0.53% |
31 March 2010 | 244 | 1,514,483 | 7,538 | 0.50% |
31 March 2009 | 243 | 1,513,166 | 7,118 | 0.47% |
31 March 2008 | 244 | 1,505,934 | 6,911 | 0.46% |
31 March 2007 | 248 | 1,497,074 | 6,812 | 0.46% |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
Notes:
- NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
- NHS Blackpool CCG
- NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG
- NHS East Lancashire CCG
- NHS Fylde and Wyre CCG
- NHS Greater Preston CCG
- NHS Lancashire North CCG
- NHS West Lancashire CCG
9. The Lancashire PCTs making up the totals are:
- Blackburn with Darwen PCT
- Blackpool PCT
- Central Lancashire PCT
- East Lancashire Teaching PCT (previously East Lancashire PCT)
- North Lancashire Teaching PCT (previously North Lancashire PCT)
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for talking therapies in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table. The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) dataset contains information on referrals to IAPT services which provide talking therapies. Information is provided both for East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and for all eight Lancashire CCGs combined for the year 2013-14. East Lancashire CCG includes Pendle constituency and the CCG is the smallest geographical breakdown available.
Table 1: The number of referrals entering treatment1 in the year, with mean and median waiting times (days), for IAPT services in 2013-14. Data shown for East Lancashire CCG2 and for all eight Lancashire CCGs combined. | ||||
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NHS East Lancashire CCG | 3,495 | 104.6 | 84 | |
Combined Lancashire CCGs | 15,635 | 89 | 56 | |
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1In order to enter treatment a referral must have a first treatment appointment (an appointment with a therapy type recorded) in the year.
2CCG is based on general practitioner (GP) Practice. Where GP Practice is not recorded, or cannot be assigned to a CCG, the referral is categorised as 'Unknown'.
3Medians have been rounded up to the nearest whole number.
Waiting time is measured by counting the number of days between a referral being received and the first treatment appointment. For 2013-14, the presence of a valid therapy type is used as an indicator of whether treatment was provided in the course of the appointment. |
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Entering treatment figures, except England totals, are rounded to the nearest 5.
It is generally advised that the median is used as the most reliable measure of average waiting time, as this accounts for any outliers in the data.
Lancashire CCGs are: East Lancashire CCG Lancashire North CCG West Lancashire CCG Blackburn with Darwen CCG Blackpool CCG Chorley and South Ribble CCG Fylde and Wyre CCG Greater Preston CCG
Source: [Health and Social Care Information Centre,Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Dataset] |
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Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of augmentative and alternative communication aids for sufferers of motor neurone disease in (a) East Lancashire and (b) the North West.
Answered by Norman Lamb
Since April 1 2013 NHS England has been responsible for commissioning Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) aids for patients with complex disability whose needs require specialised assessment, including for patients with motor neurone disease (MND). Commissioning of non-specialised AAC aids is the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups.
NHS England has published a service specification for specialised AAC aids that sets out what should be in place for providers to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services and supports equity of access to a nationally consistent, high quality service for patients across the country including in East Lancashire and the North West. The specification can be found at:
www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d01-com-dis-equ-alt-aug-comm-aids.pdf
NHS England has identified an additional £22.5 million funding for AAC and Environmental Controls in 2014-15. They have been working closely with the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) to ensure this funding is equitably distributed across England in a fair and consistent manner. The MNDA are representing all patients on the panel which is reviewing this funding allocation.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Pendle constituency have been diagnosed with dementia in each year since 2006-07.
Answered by Norman Lamb
Information is not available in the format requested. The number of people on the dementia register is available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence. The number of people recorded on practice disease registers is taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. The following table shows all available data for East Lancashire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as these cover the Pendle constituency.
Number of patients on the QOF dementia register for East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group/Primary Care Trust
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2013-142 | 59 | 371,608 | 2,323 |
2012-13 | 61 | 367,891 | 2,197 |
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2011-12 | 65 | 386,187 | 2,183 |
2010-11 | 67 | 388,324 | 1,975 |
2009-10 | 67 | 388,267 | 1,848 |
2008-09 | 65 | 388,345 | 1,715 |
2007-08 | 65 | 387,543 | 1,774 |
2006-07 | 65 | 386,260 | 1,744 |
1 Practices, Practice List sizes and Number of patients on Dementia Register are based only on those GP practices that participated in QOF.
2 Information for 2013-14 is based only on those practices that participated in QOF in both 2012-13 and 2013-14. Therefore, 2013-14 figures are provisional and are subject to change once the full QOF is published 28 October 2014.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in Pendle constituency were classified as (i) overweight and (ii) obese in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Data on adult obesity and excess weight (overweight and obese) for Pendle district are available from the ‘Local Health Profiles’ using data from the ‘Active People Survey’ commissioned by Sport England. The data are only available for 2012 and are presented as a total figure for males and females. This data is not collected by parliamentary constituency. The following data are for the area of Pendle district.
Excess weight defined as the proportion of the adult population who are overweight or obese for Pendle district in 2012 was 67.7% (England 63.8%).
The proportion of the adult population in Pendle district classified as obese in 2012 was 25.3% (England 23.0%).
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Pendle constituency were classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in each year since 2006-07.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Data on childhood obesity are not collected by parliamentary constituency. The following data are for the area of Pendle district. The National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP) data collection began in 2006-07 and only collects data on two age groups; reception year (4-5 years) and year 6 (10-11 years).
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2006-07 | 94 | 10.84 | 191 | 22.03 | 50 | 13.59 | 99 | 26.9 |
2007-08 | 89 | 10.06 | 193 | 21.81 | 152 | 18.36 | 251 | 30.31 |
2008-09 | 82 | 7.98 | 219 | 21.32 | 159 | 16.31 | 279 | 28.62 |
2009-10 | 102 | 9.51 | 253 | 23.58 | 175 | 17.82 | 307 | 31.26 |
2010-11 | 106 | 9.84 | 256 | 23.77 | 163 | 17.25 | 291 | 30.79 |
2011-12 | 115 | 10.48 | 271 | 24.7 | 192 | 19.12 | 352 | 35.06 |
2012-13 | 151 | 12.46 | 313 | 25.83 | 188 | 19.54 | 339 | 35.24 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, National Childhood Measurement Programme.