Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many speech and language therapists are working in the public sector; and if he will estimate the number of such therapists working in the (a) private and (b) third sector.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The Department does not hold centrally the requested information.
However, the latest monthly workforce statistics for August 2014 published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre on 25 November showed that there were 6,207 full time equivalent speech and language therapists working in the National Health Service in England.
There are 13,952 speech and language therapists registered with the regulatory body Health and Care Professions Council.
Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Bercow Review of support for children and young people with speech, language and communications needs.
Answered by Dan Poulter
There was a comprehensive range of actions undertaken to implement the recommendations of the Bercow Review. The forum for ensuring an effective, coordinated approach across sectors is the Communication Council (as recommended by the Review), which involves Government Departments and the Communication Trust. In particular, the Council is supporting the implementation of the new statutory framework for children and young people with special educational needs and disability, which provides a basis for ensuring children’s communication needs are recognised and supported, as part of a person-centred approach to assessing, planning and securing their education, health and care.
Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2014 to Question 210999, if he will publish the timetable for his further consideration of the collection of data on people registering as visually impaired who are veterans.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The Department has received initial advice from NHS England and Blind Veterans UK on the collection of this data.
A formal meeting with NHS England, Blind Veterans UK, the Health and Social Care Information Centre and Primary Health Care Optometry leads will be arranged in the next few weeks to consider the options for collecting data on veterans registering as visually impaired and plan the best mechanism for doing so.
Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to include an option to identify vision-impaired veterans on the registration document with NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The Department has received initial advice from NHS England and Blind Veterans UK on the collection of this data.
A formal meeting with NHS England, Blind Veterans UK, the Health and Social Care Information Centre and Primary Health Care Optometry leads will be arranged in the next few weeks to consider the options for collecting data on veterans registering as visually impaired and plan the best mechanism for doing so.
Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Education on changes in funding for speech therapy for children; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Dan Poulter
We have not had any specific recent discussion on changes in funding for speech and language therapy and are not aware of any change in funding arrangements. Local authorities (and some schools), and clinical commissioning groups commission speech and language therapy to meet the educational and health needs of the children and young people for whom they are responsible.
We introduced in September a new statutory framework for joint commissioning of services for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (which includes many with a communication need), which requires commissioners to work together in assessment, planning and securing of services.
Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to all NHS organisations that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in all NHS premises.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The Department is planning to issue a new version of Health Technical Memorandum 07-02:EnCO2de – making energy work in healthcare by March 2015. This will include best practice guidance on the appropriate use of LED lighting drawn from the findings of National Health Service projects that have completed this year, using the Department’s £50 million NHS Energy Efficiency Fund.
Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Dan Poulter
Currently the Department’s buildings have around 5% LED light fittings installed and as areas are refurbished we look at opportunities to utilise LEDs, especially in areas which are difficult to access. This reduces maintenance costs and energy usage in areas with long operational hours such as corridors and staircases.
Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median length of hospital stay was for a person diagnosed with (i) pneumococcal disease and (ii) pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia (A) in total, (B) for people aged 65 and over and (C) adults aged under the age of 65, as recorded by the hospital episodes statistics database in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The information is attached.
Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 0 to five, (b) six to 15, (c) 16 to 64 and (d) 65 and over contracted pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in each (i) NHS England local area team area and (ii) clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Jane Ellison
There is currently no reliable data on the numbers of people who have contracted pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia. Data on cases of community acquired pneumonia who were managed in the community are not recorded.Asked by: Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat - Colchester)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 0 to five, (b) six to 15, (c) 16 to 64 and (d) 65 and over contracted invasive pneumococcal disease in each (i) NHS England local area team area and (ii) clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Historic data is not available at local area team or clinical commissioning group level, and is therefore supplied at NHS regional level using the 2006 configurations.
2008-09
Current region name | 0-5 years | 6-15 years | 16-64 years | 65 years and over |
East Midlands | 27 | 5 | 179 | 178 |
East | 40 | 10 | 182 | 221 |
London | 79 | 24 | 320 | 241 |
North East | 33 | 7 | 115 | 132 |
North West | 82 | 15 | 376 | 403 |
South East | 74 | 23 | 345 | 324 |
South West | 66 | 17 | 253 | 282 |
West Midlands | 53 | 13 | 259 | 309 |
Wales | 38 | 3 | 150 | 150 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 61 | 19 | 297 | 317 |
2009-10
Current region name | 0-5 years | 6-15 years | 16-64 years | 65 years and over |
East Midlands | 38 | 10 | 187 | 159 |
East | 54 | 13 | 192 | 211 |
London | 81 | 28 | 327 | 222 |
North East | 34 | 9 | 108 | 116 |
North West | 68 | 23 | 368 | 380 |
South East | 69 | 26 | 305 | 305 |
South West | 52 | 10 | 208 | 265 |
West Midlands | 51 | 14 | 227 | 226 |
Wales | 19 | 9 | 137 | 147 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 86 | 14 | 296 | 309 |
2010- 11
Current region name | 0-5 years | 6-15 years | 16-64 years | 65 years and over |
East Midlands | 21 | 15 | 158 | 198 |
East | 45 | 13 | 197 | 200 |
London | 77 | 20 | 320 | 221 |
North East | 30 | 12 | 101 | 130 |
North West | 63 | 16 | 399 | 335 |
South East | 56 | 22 | 302 | 324 |
South West | 46 | 15 | 254 | 276 |
West Midlands | 52 | 12 | 230 | 222 |
Wales | 23 | 12 | 171 | 161 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 90 | 22 | 313 | 269 |
2011-12
Current region name | 0-5 years | 6-15 years | 16-64 years | 65 years and over |
East Midlands | 30 | 7 | 143 | 176 |
East | 25 | 5 | 164 | 195 |
London | 65 | 15 | 289 | 209 |
North East | 13 | 3 | 96 | 107 |
North West | 61 | 18 | 269 | 317 |
South East | 52 | 14 | 265 | 335 |
South West | 35 | 10 | 181 | 222 |
West Midlands | 30 | 8 | 182 | 190 |
Wales | 19 | 6 | 116 | 145 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 53 | 15 | 195 | 267 |
2012-13
Current region name | 0-5 years | 6-15 years | 16-64 years | 65 years and over |
East Midlands | 9 | 4 | 132 | 144 |
East | 29 | 9 | 162 | 199 |
London | 57 | 16 | 252 | 254 |
North East | 12 | 3 | 92 | 117 |
North West | 33 | 8 | 299 | 358 |
South East | 41 | 16 | 273 | 323 |
South West | 22 | 12 | 172 | 208 |
West Midlands | 17 | 8 | 181 | 219 |
Wales | 12 | 5 | 147 | 139 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 42 | 11 | 229 | 256 |