Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many babies were born by the side of the road in England in each of the last six years.
Answered by Philip Dunne
NHS Digital advises that the information requested is not collected.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will visit the West Cumberland Hospital (a) before the start of the formal consultation stage of the Success Regime and (b) during the formal consultation stage of that regime.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Department continues to champion the Success Regime and I look forward to visiting West Cumberland Hospital. My private office is in touch with North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust to make arrangements.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on the safety of patients of the withdrawal of 24-hour consultant-led maternity services at West Cumberland Hospital.
Answered by Philip Dunne
No such assessment has been made. Decisions on maternity services at West Cumberland Hospital are matters for the local National Health Service.
Maternity provision in Cumbria is being assessed as part of the Success Regime work in progress with the local NHS and support from NHS England and NHS Improvement.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2016 to Question 41907, for what reasons the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State did not visit West Cumberland Hospital on 14 July 2016; and if he will visit that hospital as a matter of urgency.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State’s visit to Cumbria on 14 July 2016 was cancelled due to changes in Government. The Department continues to champion the Success Regime and my private office will be in touch in due course, as I look forward to visiting West Cumberland Hospital.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital with malnutrition in (a) England, (b) Cumbria and (c) Copeland constituency in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
There were 746 finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of malnutrition in England in 2014-15. There are no reports from Cumbria in this year and figures at constituency level are not collected centrally. Validated figures are not available for 2015-16.
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.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much North Cumbria University Hospital Trust spent on agency medical staff in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
Answered by Philip Dunne
In 2014-15, North Cumbria University Hospital NHS Trust spent £19.125 million on employees under temporary and agency contracts.
The Department does not collect data on which specific area of employment the expenditure was incurred under. Therefore, in addition to payments made for medical staff, the figure of £19.125 million includes employees contracted for provision of other administration and support services.
Figures for 2015-16 will not be available until the Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts have been published.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Cumbria presented at accident and emergency with dental problems in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
Answered by David Mowat
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 8 June 2016 to Question 39011.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide support to employers to encourage people diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes to attend a diabetes education course soon after they are diagnosed.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Promoting the best possible care for all people with diabetes is a key priority for this Government.
Patient education will play a crucial part in empowering all people with diabetes to manage their condition more effectively and help avoid complications in the future. We know there is much further to go in the proportion of people with diabetes attending structured education programmes. The Department, NHS England and Diabetes UK are currently looking at a number of ways to improve take up.
Asked by: Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
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 annual cost to people with Type 1 diabetes who self-fund a continuous glucose monitor.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
No estimate has been made of the annual cost to people with Type 1 diabetes who self-fund a continuous glucose monitor.
In August 2015, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence provided updated guidelines for both Type 1 diabetes and for children and young people with diabetes. In both, the cost effectiveness, as well as the clinical effectiveness, of continuous glucose monitoring was assessed. Both sets of guidelines outline specific clinical situations where the clinical and cost effectiveness justify consideration of the use of the technology.