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Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Surgery
Wednesday 1st February 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prostate cancer surgeons in England is trained to carry out prostate cancer surgery using robots.

Answered by David Mowat

The information requested is not held centrally. It may be available directly from individual National Health Service trusts.


Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Surgery
Wednesday 1st February 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of days is between the date when a patient is first diagnosed with prostate cancer for which surgery is advised and the date on which the first such surgery is available to such a patient in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014, (vi) 2015 and (vii) 2016.

Answered by David Mowat

The information is not held centrally for England. Health is a devolved matter in the rest of the United Kingdom.


Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Surgery
Wednesday 1st February 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there were for prostate cancer surgeons in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014, (vi) 2015 and (vii) 2016.

Answered by David Mowat

The information is not collected centrally. Individual trusts may hold this information.

The provision of health services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a devolved issue.


Written Question
Russells Hall Hospital: Private Finance Initiative
Tuesday 31st January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimates are of the amounts of (a) interest charges, (b) repayments of finance lease abilities, (c) service elements, (d) capital lifecycle maintenance, (e) contingent rents and (f) other related private finance initiative (PFI) amounts payable for (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18, (iii) 2018-19, (iv) 2019-20, (v) 2020-21, (vi) 2021-22, (vii) 2022-23, (viii) 2023-24, (ix) 2024-25, (x) 2025-26, (xi) 2026-27, (xii) 2027-28, (xiii) 2028-29, (xiv) 2029-30, (xv) 2030-31, (xvi) 2031-32, (xvii) 2032-33, (xviii) 2033-34, (xix) 2034-35, (xx) 2035-36, (xxi) 2036-37, (xxii) 2037-38, (xxiii) 2038-39, (xxiv) 2039-40, (xxv) 2040-41 and (xxvi) 2041-42 for all PFI schemes at Russells Hall Acute Hospital.

Answered by Philip Dunne

The information requested is not available centrally. It may be obtained from Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. We have written to Jennifer Ord, Chair of the Trust, informing her of the hon. Member’s enquiry. She will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.


Written Question
Russells Hall Hospital: Private Finance Initiative
Tuesday 31st January 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the amounts were of (a) interest charges, (b) repayments of finance lease abilities, (c) service elements, (d) capital lifecycle maintenance, (e) contingent rents and (f) other related private finance initiative (PFI) amounts payable for each of the financial years (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07, (iii) 2007-08, (iv) 2008-09, (v) 2009-10, (vi) 2010-11, (vii) 2011-12, (viii) 2012-13, (ix) 2013-14, (x) 2014-15 and (xi) 2015-16 for all PFI schemes at Russells Hall Acute Hospital.

Answered by Philip Dunne

The information requested is not available centrally. It may be obtained from Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. We have written to Jennifer Ord, Chair of the Trust, informing her of the hon. Member’s enquiry. She will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"13. How many patient days of delayed discharge attributable to the levels of suitable social care available at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust there were in (a) 2010 and (b) 2016. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Sadly, those figures are no surprise, despite the well-managed New Cross hospital, because central Government have cut Wolverhampton City Council’s total income by almost 50% in the past six years. The primary care vertical integration pilot in Wolverhampton is a redesign of services so that a single organisation—the hospital trust—deals …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill

"Does my hon. Friend find it strange that the regulations that might be made pursuant to the Act—the Government have helpfully given us a draft—talk about a review being carried out? Paragraph 14(2) states that the report must in particular

“set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill

"I carry mine all the time...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill

"As hon. Members know, overall I welcome the Bill, which is broadly a socialist Bill. It reinforces price controls and profit controls on big pharma, when appropriate. I always like to encourage the Conservative party, sadly now in government, to come a little further down the socialist road. They claim …..."
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