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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2014
NHS (Five Year Forward View)

"What impact will the extra money have on hospitals in special measures, such as the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust? Could he assure the House that any extra moneys will reach clinicians and patients and will not be swamped by the disastrous private finance initiative that the previous Government …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2014
Breast Cancer

"I congratulate my right hon. Friend on not only securing the debate but the work she has done in the House on this topic together with my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine). Will she recognise that as well as the physical pain, the psychological aspect of this …..."
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Written Question
Ambulance Services
Monday 30th June 2014

Asked by: Mark Spencer (Conservative - Sherwood)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the Government spend per head of population on ambulance services in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years.

Answered by Jane Ellison

No estimate of the Government spend per head of population on ambulance services in Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands and England in each of the last three years will be made.

Commissioning of urgent and emergency care, and therefore the amount of funding allocated, is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups – this includes ambulance service provision for their local populations.

Nationally, the ambulance service is performing well — arriving on scene in under eight minutes in more than 75% of the most life-threatening cases, but there are still some areas where improvements can be made.

Latest monthly figures for April 2014 show the ambulance service did not meet the Red 2 response time standard:

- Category A8 Red 1 performance was 75.2% (above the 75% standard)

- Category A8 Red 2 performance was 73.6% (below the 75% standard)

- Category A19 performance was 95.8% (above the 95% standard)

Full year figures (April 2013 to March 2014) show the ambulance service nationally achieved two of the response time standards:

- Category A8 Red 1 performance was 75.6% (above the 75% standard)

- Category A8 Red 2 performance was 74.8% (below the 75% standard)

- Category A19 performance was 96.1% (above the 95% standard)

The Urgent and Emergency Care Review, led by Sir Bruce Keogh, is currently considering whole system change to the delivery of urgent and emergency care, including new models of delivery of care for ambulance services.

The first phase of the Review was published last November. We expect NHS England to be publishing further reports later this year.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jul 2013
HPV Vaccine

"I am pleased to hear my hon. Friend mention throat cancers in men. Will he address how much the treatment of such diseases would cost compared with the cost of the vaccine?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jul 2013
HPV Vaccine

"My hon. Friend is being very generous with his time. Is screening available on the NHS to prove whether someone is a carrier of HPV? If I presented myself to my local GP and asked to be screened, would such screening be readily available?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jul 2013
HPV Vaccine

"I hope the Minister would recognise that, obviously, ideally we should be vaccinating boys who are pre-puberty, and at that stage we have no idea of their sexual orientation or whether they may fulfil their career abroad or in the UK, so we have no way to identify whether they …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my hon. Friend recognise the excellent progress that has been made in vaccination against the human papillomavirus to prevent cervical cancer in young girls? Will she find the time to meet me to discuss the benefits of vaccinating boys against that virus?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jan 2013
East Midlands Ambulance Service

"I wonder whether my hon. Friend is aware that Nottinghamshire fire and rescue service, if it has to be the first responder, is often left to look after patients until an ambulance arrives, which could be up to an hour, so the fire engine is not available to deal with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jan 2013
Newark Hospital

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. He makes a compelling case for the importance of the hospital to the people of Newark, but does he recognise that people in my Sherwood constituency also value the services that the hospital provides?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Oct 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

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