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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Dec 2015
Mental Health

"We all know that one Department’s policy can cause pressures on another area. I read today that the Secretary of State for Justice is announcing a reduction in prison sentences, with more people perhaps serving their sentences in the community. I would not necessarily disagree with that, but will there …..."
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Written Question
Cardiovascular System: Surgery
Friday 23rd October 2015

Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of training a consultant in vascular surgery.

Answered by Ben Gummer

The Department does not hold information on the average cost to the taxpayer of training someone to become a consultant in vascular surgery.


The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent estimates within their report ‘Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2014’, published March 2014 (latest data available), that the average cost in 2013/14 of consultant training to be £726,551. These figures reflect the pre-registration costs of tuition, living expenses/lost production and clinical placements and the post-graduate costs of tuition and replacement costs not the average cost to the taxpayer.



Written Question
Nurses: Welfare Tax Credits
Friday 23rd October 2015

Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses that are eligible for tax credits.

Answered by Ben Gummer

This information is not collected centrally. Eligibility for tax credits is dependent on individual circumstances and income, including for example the financial circumstances of any partner.



Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"T8. The Royal College of Nursing reports that it is becoming clear that for the first time since the early 2000s there is a critical shortage of registered nurses in the UK. Both the UK and global nursing labour markets are changing, and our increasing reliance on alternative sources is …..."
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Written Question
Hospitals: Admissions
Monday 24th November 2014

Asked by: Caroline Flint (Labour - Don Valley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital for cold-related illnesses of people aged (a) 0 to 14 years, (b) 15 to 19 years, (c) 20 to 64 years and (d) 65 and over there have been in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Jane Ellison

This information is not available in the format requested. The Health and Social Care Information Centre has advised that the term 'cold-related illness' is too broad to be indexed in the classification system used within the Hospital Episode Statistics database.


Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Sep 2010
Diabetes (Young People)

"It is important that the Department of Health and the coalition Government show leadership in this area. Is my right hon. Friend not concerned by the latest figures, which seem to suggest that the incidence of type 1 diabetes is increasing by about 4% a year, with the biggest increase …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Sep 2010
Diabetes (Young People)

"I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way a second time and I congratulate him on securing this debate. What he is outlining to us is a worrying trend among young women who feel that they have to be a certain size to be attractive. Does he not agree …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2010
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. How many GPs in Doncaster have expressed an interest in establishing GP consortiums...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2010
Oral Answers to Questions

"Yes, there is something called the “Doncaster commissioning consortium” in Doncaster, which provides clinical leadership to Doncaster PCT when it comes to commissioning. From what I understand from the Government’s proposals, as a result of these changes the Doncaster commissioning consortium, made up of the majority of GPs, will have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2010
Oral Answers to Questions

"T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities...."
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