Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP appointments were available in (a) Calderdale and (b) England in each year since 2010.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The number of general practitioner (GP) appointments that are available in Calderdale and England is not held.
The number of GP appointments that are missed is not collected centrally, however, figures from NHS England suggest that more than 12 million GP appointments are missed each year in the United Kingdom (there is no individual breakdown for Calderdale or England separately), which costs in excess of £162 million per year.
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) registered care home and (b) nursing home places there were in (i) Calderdale and (ii) West Yorkshire in the current year and each of the last five years.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC has provided the following information.
Table 1: Number of care home beds* at the end of the previous five fiscal years and as at 8 March 2016 in Calderdale Local Authority.
| Number of Care Home Beds | Total Number of Care Home Beds | |
Date | Nursing Home | Residential Home | |
31 March 2011 | 788 | 794 | 1,582 |
31 March 2012 | 849 | 873 | 1,722 |
31 March 2013 | 845 | 828 | 1,673 |
31 March 2014 | 845 | 796 | 1,641 |
31 March 2015 | 845 | 805 | 1,650 |
08 March 2016 | 820 | 797 | 1,617 |
Table 2: Number of care home beds* at the end of the previous five fiscal years and as at 8 March 2016 in West Yorkshire County (defined as the following local authorities: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield).
| Number of Care Home Beds | Total Number of Care Home Beds | |
Date | Nursing Home | Residential Home | |
31 March 2011 | 8,648 | 7,640 | 16,288 |
31 March 2012 | 9,061 | 9,390 | 18,451 |
31 March 2013 | 8,999 | 9,298 | 18,297 |
31 March 2014 | 9,152 | 9,060 | 18,212 |
31 March 2015 | 9,113 | 9,038 | 18,151 |
08 March 2016 | 8,963 | 9,203 | 18,166 |
*Number of beds is as at date of data extraction or date of deactivation if care home inactive at date of data extraction.
Source: For data relating to the 2015-2016 fiscal year: CQC database at 8 March 2016
For data relating to previous fiscal years: CQC database as at 7 April 2015
Note: Under the Health and Social Care Act a single care home can have both service types of care home service with nursing and care home service without nursing. In this case, it is classified here as a nursing home.
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of adults in (a) Calder Valley, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England have been diagnosed with dementia in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Information is not available in the format requested.
The number of people recorded on the practice dementia disease register is available in the Quality and Outcomes Framework, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, from 2006/07, when dementia indicators were introduced into the framework. The proportion of patients diagnosed is not available but the numbers of people on the dementia register are available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence.
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to work with schools and local authorities to promote awareness of mental health issues for young people.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Department of Health is investing £700,000 this financial year to fund the largest ever campaign for teenagers and the first of its kind for parents, to raise awareness and reduce stigma about mental health issues. This was done through Time To Change, a partnership between Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, and Public Health England.
A key part of this work included activities within schools. Free resources were made available to teachers to deliver sessions and social contact events, supported by online contact, where young people shared their personal experiences and promoted by local areas. The campaign is being refreshed this week as part of Time To Talk Day on 4 February, which aims to get as many people as possible around the country talking about mental health.
The Government will continue to support Time To Change campaigns on young people mental health in coming years.
Work is also underway in partnership with the Department for Education and NHS England to pilot single points of contact in schools so that young people in school have improved access to mental health advice and support. These pilots will include joint training across children and young people’s mental health services and schools to raise awareness of mental health issues, support early identification and highlight potential interventions.
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student midwives there were in England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The following table shows the total number of student midwives in training in England as at the end of each financial year for the period 2010/11 to 2014/15.
Year | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 |
Midwives | 5,644 | 5,955 | 6,315 | 6,413 | 6,662 |
Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns.
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors and nurses were employed by primary care trusts and clinical commissioning groups covering the West Yorkshire area in (a) 2010 and (b) 2015.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The number of doctors and nurses employed by primary care trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) covering the West Yorkshire area is available from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and is shown in the following two tables.
Table 1: NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): | ||
Doctors by specified West Yorkshire Primary Care Trusts and CCGs as at the last day of each specified month | ||
Full time equivalent | ||
September 2010 1 | August 20152 | |
Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT | 39 | .. |
Calderdale PCT | 3 | .. |
Kirklees PCT | 16 | .. |
Leeds PCT | 56 | .. |
Wakefield District PCT | 32 | .. |
NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG | .. | - |
NHS Bradford City CCG | .. | - |
NHS Bradford Districts CCG | .. | - |
NHS Calderdale CCG | .. | - |
NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG | .. | - |
NHS Leeds North CCG | .. | - |
NHS Leeds South and East CCG | .. | - |
NHS Leeds West CCG | .. | - |
NHS North Kirklees CCG | .. | - |
NHS Wakefield CCG | .. | - |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre Medical and Dental Workforce Census | ||
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Provisional NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics. | ||
Notes: | ||
The absence of doctors in the 2015 figures reflects a difference in the nature of PCTs and CCGs, from service providers and commissioners to service commissioners. | ||
1 September 2010 figures are from the annual workforce census. | ||
2 August 2015 figures are from the provisional monthly statistics. | ||
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. | ||
CCGs replaced PCTs in April 2013. Accordingly, data is provided for the five PCTs that covered the West Yorkshire area as at 30 September 2010 and the 10 CCGs that cover the West Yorkshire area as at 31 August 2015. | ||
'-' denotes zero. | ||
'..' denotes not applicable. | ||
Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number | ||
Excludes locums | ||
Monthly data | ||
Provisional monthly NHS workforce data figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly workforce data does not include Primary care staff or Bank staff. | ||
Data Quality | ||
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. | ||
Table 2: NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff in the West Yorkshire area by PCT and CCG as at the last day of each specified month | |||
Full-time equivalent | |||
September 20101 | August 20152 | ||
Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT | 787 | .. | |
Calderdale PCT | 242 | .. | |
Kirklees PCT | 462 | .. | |
Leeds PCT | 919 | .. | |
Wakefield District PCT | 480 | .. | |
NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG | .. | 1 | |
NHS Bradford City CCG | .. | - | |
NHS Bradford Districts CCG | .. | 13 | |
NHS Calderdale CCG | .. | 13 | |
NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG | .. | 3 | |
NHS Leeds North CCG | .. | 1 | |
NHS Leeds South and East CCG | .. | 29 | |
NHS Leeds West CCG | .. | 2 | |
NHS North Kirklees CCG | .. | 14 | |
NHS Wakefield CCG | .. | 3 | |
Notes: | |||
1 September 2010 figures are from the annual workforce census. | |||
2 August 2015 figures are from the provisional monthly statistics. | |||
CCGs replaced PCTs in April 2013. Accordingly, data is provided for the five PCTs that covered the West Yorkshire area as at 30 September 2010 and the 10 CCGs that cover the West Yorkshire area as at 31 August 2015. | |||
In 2011 the bank staff return was ceased. All data (for all years) in this table excludes bank staff. | |||
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. | |||
Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. | |||
'-' denotes zero. | |||
'..' denotes not applicable. | |||
Data Quality: | |||
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. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. | |||
Monthly data: | |||
As from 21 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: | |||
NHS Workforce Statistics, Provisional statistics - Monthly Statistics | |||
Sources: | |||
Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census. | |||
Health and Social Care Information Centre Provisional Monthly Workforce Statistics | |||
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much West Yorkshire PCTs are owed by foreign patients for medical treatment from the NHS.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, primary care trusts (PCTs) ceased to exist from 1 April 2013, being replaced by clinical commissioning groups.
The Department does not hold information centrally on the amounts owed to clinical commissioning groups by foreign patients for National Health Service medical treatment received.
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much PCTs are owed by foreign patients for medical treatment received from the NHS.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, primary care trusts (PCTs) ceased to exist from 1 April 2013, being replaced by clinical commissioning groups.
The Department does not hold information centrally on the amounts owed to clinical commissioning groups by foreign patients for National Health Service medical treatment received.
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women were referred onwards to other care pathways after it was determined that they were being coerced into seeking an abortion in the last year for which records are available.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold this information.
We take the issue of coercion seriously and staff working in abortion clinics are experienced and highly skilled in discussing sensitive issues with women and identifying whether there is any coercion or other risks to the woman.
Women who present for an abortion will always have the opportunity to speak to a health professional on their own at some point during the consultation. Pathways should be in place to refer women to specialised services if coercion is identified.
Asked by: Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many HSA4 forms submitted in each month since 2010 are pending completion.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.