Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans she has for supporting the development of tidal energy projects.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government recognises the potential that tidal energy could play as part of the UK energy mix.
We are considering how best we can support the development of tidal stream energy, following my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s autumn speech.
On 10 February the Government announced that it will commission an independent review to assess the strategic case for tidal lagoons and whether they could represent good value for consumers. We anticipate that the review will be completed in due course.
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
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 catheter-associated urinary tract infections in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of treating those people.
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 clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years; and what the cost was of treating that condition in each such area in each such year.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Department does not hold information on the number of people admitted to hospital for urinary incontinence.
A count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of urinary incontinence, by clinical commissioning group of residence, 2010-11 to 2014-15 is provided in the attached table.
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 Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the Government plans to commemorate in Northern Ireland the centenary of the battle of the Somme.
Answered by Ben Wallace
I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon Member for Portsmouth South.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the Government plans to commemorate in Northern Ireland the centenary of the battle of the Somme.
Answered by Ben Wallace
I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon Member for Portsmouth South.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Welsh language is taken into account in his Department's policy development processes.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We expect all policy making to take account of the needs of all parts of the UK, including Wales, and continue to build up our policy making capability to do so. The government fully recognises the importance of the Welsh language in providing services to citizens. For Cabinet Office, the priority is to make sure that GOV.UK carries high quality Welsh content and to provide the tools for other parts of government to publish in both languages.
Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people with (a) urinary incontinence and (b) faecal incontinence in England.
Answered by Jane Ellison
NHS England has advised that according to a survey conducted in 2008, there are over 14 million adults who have bladder control problems and 6.5 million with bowel control problems in the United Kingdom.
The Department does not collect information on the number of people living with urinary and faecal incontinence specific to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This is a matter for devolved administrations.
The Healthcare Quality and Improvement Partnership (2010) established that in order to achieve the best clinical outcomes, continence services have to be integrated across primary and secondary care and care home settings.
They also concluded that ‘there is an urgent need for improved and equitable practice for all people with bladder and bowel problems’ through the development of commissioning frameworks, evidence-based training for health professionals and patient empowerment to increase their expectations of cure.
Improving continence care provision through integrated services brings many benefits including:
- a better quality of life and more independence through finding solutions appropriate to individual needs;
- less reliance on pads and products by using alternative treatments;
- a reduction in admissions to hospitals and care homes;
- fewer complications, such as urinary tract infections, faecal impaction and skin breakdown; and
- a reduction in costs.
NHS England’s Excellence in Continence Care guidance provides a framework that enables commissioners to work in collaboration with providers and others to make a step change to address shortfalls so that safe, dignified, efficient and effective continence care is consistently provided.
This guidance is aimed at commissioners, providers, health and social care staff and as information for the public and has been produced in partnership with patient and public advocates, clinicians and partners from the third sector. The roles of everyone involved in the care of people with continence needs are made clear in the guidance and publication via a launch is planned for ‘Self Care Week’ beginning 16 November. The launch will both raise awareness and promote understanding.
In addition the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced a range of guidance for clinicians to support them in the diagnosis, treatment care and support and people with continence problems e.g. Urinary incontinence in women (September 2013), Faecal incontinence in adults (June 2007), Urinary incontinence in neurological disease: assessment and management (August 2012) and Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: management (May 2010).