Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of altruistic kidney organ donations has been in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Information on the number of altruistic donor kidney transplants from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2018 is available in the following table.
| Number of altruistic donor kidney transplants in the United Kingdom |
2009/10 | 15 |
2010/11 | 28 |
2011/12 | 34 |
2012/13 | 76 |
2013/14 | 118 |
2014/15 | 107 |
2015/16 | 83 |
2016/17 | 84 |
2017/18 | 89 |
This information has been taken from the annual report on living donor kidney transplantation (Figure 4.10), published by NHS Blood and Transplant in September 2018, which is available online at the following link:
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of FIT testing on the capacity of the NHS to perform endoscopy procedures.
Answered by Steve Brine
Public Health England, the Department and NHS England continue to work together to agree the thresholds at which faecal immunochemical testing should be set. The decision will consider a number of different factors, including how endoscopy capacity is affected.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to assess future recruitment needs of the NHS diagnostic workforce to deliver adequate numbers of (a) endoscopists, (b) radiologists, (c) radiographers and (d) pathologists.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The National Cancer Strategy, published in 2015, outlines the need to expand the diagnostic workforce, as early diagnosis of cancer is crucial to positive patient outcomes. Health Education England has committed to publishing a cancer workforce plan before the end of the calendar year.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what opportunity stakeholders will have to respond to the NICE's draft updated guideline on the management of Parkinson's disease.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its draft updated guideline on Parkinson’s disease for consultation on 4 October. Stakeholders had until 15 November to respond. Stakeholders’ consultation comments and NICE’s responses will be published on NICE’s website alongside the final guideline. NICE currently expects to publish its final updated guidance in April 2017.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of the quality of post-acute and community stroke care in rural and in metropolitan areas.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department has made no assessment of the quality of acute, post and community stroke care in rural and metropolitan areas. However, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit programme reports the results of the quality of both hospital and community care quarterly at trust and clinical commissioning group level. These data are in the public domain and can be found at:
NHS England’s Five Year Forward View sets out the healthcare strategy for the whole of England, including rural areas. Rural areas have their own health needs, which should be taken into account in planning and developing healthcare systems. It is for clinical commissioning groups to judge the needs of their local areas and make sure that they are reflecting the specific circumstances of those areas.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative assessment he has made of the quality of acute stroke care in rural areas and in metropolitan areas.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department has made no assessment of the quality of acute, post and community stroke care in rural and metropolitan areas. However, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit programme reports the results of the quality of both hospital and community care quarterly at trust and clinical commissioning group level. These data are in the public domain and can be found at:
NHS England’s Five Year Forward View sets out the healthcare strategy for the whole of England, including rural areas. Rural areas have their own health needs, which should be taken into account in planning and developing healthcare systems. It is for clinical commissioning groups to judge the needs of their local areas and make sure that they are reflecting the specific circumstances of those areas.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of stroke care in rural areas.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department has made no assessment of the quality of acute, post and community stroke care in rural and metropolitan areas. However, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit programme reports the results of the quality of both hospital and community care quarterly at trust and clinical commissioning group level. These data are in the public domain and can be found at:
NHS England’s Five Year Forward View sets out the healthcare strategy for the whole of England, including rural areas. Rural areas have their own health needs, which should be taken into account in planning and developing healthcare systems. It is for clinical commissioning groups to judge the needs of their local areas and make sure that they are reflecting the specific circumstances of those areas.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital for falls and fractures associated with urinary incontinence in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the NHS was of treating people so admitted in each such year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold information on the number of people admitted to hospital for falls and fractures associated with urinary incontinence and related costs.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital for urinary tract infections in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the NHS was of treating people so admitted in each such year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold information on the number of people admitted to hospital for a catheter-associated urinary tract infection, urinary tract infection or urinary incontinence.
The following table shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) in the last five years with a primary diagnosis of catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
YEAR | FAEs |
2010-11 | 215 |
2011-12 | 294 |
2012-13 | 447 |
2013-14 | 641 |
2014-15 | 942 |
The following table shows a count of FAEs in the last five years with a primary diagnosis of urinary incontinence in England.
Year | FAEs |
2010-11 | 27,797 |
2011-12 | 26,751 |
2012-13 | 24,938 |
2013-14 | 23,498 |
2014-15 | 20,969 |
The following table shows a count of FAEs in the last five years with a primary diagnosis of urinary tract infection in England
YEAR | FAEs |
2010-11 | 168,581 |
2011-12 | 174,818 |
2012-13 | 184,924 |
2013-14 | 187,594 |
2014-15 | 195,282 |
Source: Hospital episode statistics (HES), Health and social care information centre
Notes:
A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
The primary diagnosis provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.
The costs to the National Health Service of treating people with urinary tract infections and urinary incontinence is not available centrally.
Such information as is available is from reference costs, which are the average unit costs of providing defined services to patients. Reference costs for acute care are published by Healthcare Resource Group (HRG), which are standard groupings of similar treatments that use similar resources. For example, costs relating to kidney or urinary tract interventions are assigned to the same HRGs.
Table: Estimated total costs of kidney or urinary tract interventions and urinary incontinence or other urinary problems reported by NHS trusts and foundation trusts, 2010-11 to 2014-15 (£ millions)
Kidney or urinary tract interventions | Urinary incontinence or other urinary problems | |
2010-11 | 370.5 | 28.2 |
2011-12 | 398.9 | 28.1 |
2012-13 | 432.4 | 27.8 |
2013-14 | 464.8 | 28.3 |
2014-15 | 506.5 | 27.6 |
Source: Reference costs, Department of Health
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with urinary incontinence in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the NHS was of treating that condition in each such year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold information on the number of people admitted to hospital for a catheter-associated urinary tract infection, urinary tract infection or urinary incontinence.
The following table shows a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) in the last five years with a primary diagnosis of catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
YEAR | FAEs |
2010-11 | 215 |
2011-12 | 294 |
2012-13 | 447 |
2013-14 | 641 |
2014-15 | 942 |
The following table shows a count of FAEs in the last five years with a primary diagnosis of urinary incontinence in England.
Year | FAEs |
2010-11 | 27,797 |
2011-12 | 26,751 |
2012-13 | 24,938 |
2013-14 | 23,498 |
2014-15 | 20,969 |
The following table shows a count of FAEs in the last five years with a primary diagnosis of urinary tract infection in England
YEAR | FAEs |
2010-11 | 168,581 |
2011-12 | 174,818 |
2012-13 | 184,924 |
2013-14 | 187,594 |
2014-15 | 195,282 |
Source: Hospital episode statistics (HES), Health and social care information centre
Notes:
A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
The primary diagnosis provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.
The costs to the National Health Service of treating people with urinary tract infections and urinary incontinence is not available centrally.
Such information as is available is from reference costs, which are the average unit costs of providing defined services to patients. Reference costs for acute care are published by Healthcare Resource Group (HRG), which are standard groupings of similar treatments that use similar resources. For example, costs relating to kidney or urinary tract interventions are assigned to the same HRGs.
Table: Estimated total costs of kidney or urinary tract interventions and urinary incontinence or other urinary problems reported by NHS trusts and foundation trusts, 2010-11 to 2014-15 (£ millions)
Kidney or urinary tract interventions | Urinary incontinence or other urinary problems | |
2010-11 | 370.5 | 28.2 |
2011-12 | 398.9 | 28.1 |
2012-13 | 432.4 | 27.8 |
2013-14 | 464.8 | 28.3 |
2014-15 | 506.5 | 27.6 |
Source: Reference costs, Department of Health