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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of plans to move initially the Health Protection Agency and subsequently Public Health England to Harlow, including the cost of premises that have been bought, refurbished and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of plans to move initially the Health Protection Agency and subsequently Public Health England to Harlow, including the cost of premises that have been bought, refurbished and...
In the period up to and including the 2019/20 financial year the spend on the Science Hub Programme has been £203.9 million.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the effect of the transition of functions from the Health Protection Agency to Public Health England on the England's preparedness for infection surveillance and control.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the effect of the transition of functions from the Health Protection Agency to Public Health England on the England's preparedness for infection surveillance and control.
Public Health England (PHE) was established in 2013 as an executive agency of the Department. PHE brought together multiple different bodies including the Health Protection Agency to provide comprehensive national surveillance programmes for both infectious and non-communicable diseases and to strengthen preparedness plans.
The United Kingdom’s infectious disease surveillance system will be further strengthened by the creation of the new National Institute for Health Protection in 2021, which will bring together the expertise of PHE, alongside NHS Test and Trace and the Joint Biosecurity Unit, to ensure the UK has the best capability to monitor and control infectious diseases and respond to health protection incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
Public Health England funded study by the Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU) at Imperial College and the Environmental Research Group at King’s College London investigating the potential link between emissions from municipal waste incinerators and health outcomes is ongoing. It is expected that papers from the project will be submitted by SAHSU to peer reviewed journals in spring 2017, and papers to be published later in the year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2014 to Question 208139, when he expects the results of the Health Protection Agency findings on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2014 to Question 208139, when he expects the results of the Health Protection Agency findings on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
The results of the study are anticipated to be published towards the end of 2015. A methodological paper was published in 2013[1].
Public Health England’s position that well run and regulated modern municipal waste incinerators are not a significant risk to public health remains valid, and the study is being carried out to extend the evidence base and to provide further information to the public on this subject.
[1] Ashworth, D.C., Fuller, G.W., Toledano, M.B., Font, A., Elliott, P., Hansell, A.L., and de Hoogh, K. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Volume 2013, Article ID 560342
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will request that the Health Protection Agency undertakes an assessment of the effects on public health of modern hazardous waste sites and the materials put to landfill in those sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will request that the Health Protection Agency undertakes an assessment of the effects on public health of modern hazardous waste sites and the materials put to landfill in those sites.
The former Health Protection Agency (HPA) became part of Public Health England (PHE) in April 2013.
In 2011, the HPA published a review of the ‘Impact on Health of Emissions from Landfill Sites’, which included landfills for hazardous waste. The review considered research from the Environment Agency, peer reviewed epidemiological studies and statements from the independent expert committee, the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer products and the Environment.
The review concluded that there has been no new evidence to change the previous advice that living close to a well-managed landfill site does not pose a significant risk to human health. As noted in the review, detailed site-specific risk assessment should remain an important part of the permitting and management process. PHE is consulted by the Environment Agency when they receive permit applications and variations for landfill sites, to ensure that public health is protected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Health Protection Agency study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerators to be published.
In January 2012, the Health Protection Agency, whose functions were transferred to Public Health England (PHE) on 1 April 2013, approved funding for the study.
It was originally envisaged that preliminary results for this study on the health effects of emissions from municipal waste incinerator would be available by March 2014 but because of unanticipated complexity in gathering both emissions and health data this has been delayed. A paper with preliminary results is now expected to be published in 2015.
PHE’s position that well run and regulated modern Municipal Waste Incinerators are not a significant risk to public health remains valid, and the study is being carried out to extend the evidence base and to provide further information to the public on this subject.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made any plans for the future of the Colindale Health Protection Agency site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made any plans for the future of the Colindale Health Protection Agency site.
Over the past 18 months, Public Health England has been developing the Outline Business Case for a major capital investment in public health science, including modern facilities, called the Science Hub programme (previously called the Chrysalis programme). Under this plan, services would relocate from Colindale to Harlow in a phased programme between mid 2018 and 2021.
Government will make a decision in autumn 2014.
(4) what measures of the value of life and health were included in the evidence submitted as part of the Health Protection Agency's work with the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review;
Mr O'Brien:
(4) what measures of the value of life and health were included in the evidence submitted as part of the Health Protection Agency's work with the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review;
Mr O'Brien:
I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer given on 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 283W.
The focus of the work of the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health has been methodological rather than upon specific measures of value. It has focused upon the appropriate units for the measurement of impacts on life and health risks in different circumstances, and the methodology to be applied to valuation of those units in different contexts. Nevertheless, as a spur to the methodological investigation,
an initial survey of monetary valuations of various units of impact by different departments and agencies including case studies was undertaken. This was conducted by the Institute of Transport Studies at the University of Leeds and compiled into a “Survey of the Value of Life/ Health used in Government Departments”, which has been placed in the Library. In addition, the Health and Safety Executive and the Department for Transport have already placed in the Library their members’ responses to the ITS survey.
Development of monetary thresholds to be applied to the cost-per-quality adjusted life year is not within the remit of the Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what monetary thresholds were applied to the cost-per-quality adjusted life year quoted in the evidence submitted as part of the Health Protection Agency's work with the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what monetary thresholds were applied to the cost-per-quality adjusted life year quoted in the evidence submitted as part of the Health Protection Agency's work with the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in 2008;
I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer given on 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 283W.
(4) if he will place in the Library a copy of the Health Protection Agency's submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and all evidence submitted to the series of interviews with his Department's staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds in...
(4) if he will place in the Library a copy of the Health Protection Agency's submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and all evidence submitted to the series of interviews with his Department's staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds in...
I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer given on 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 283W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff at each grade were employed in each of the private offices of the directors of the Health Protection Agency in the 12 months prior to April 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff at each grade were employed in each of the private offices of the directors of the Health Protection Agency in the 12 months prior to April 2013.
The only Health Protection Agency (HPA) director who had a private office was Justin McCracken, its chief executive. It comprised two full-time staff employed on national health service terms and conditions: a personal assistant (Agenda for Change band 6) and a private office administrator (Agenda for Change band 4). The HPA chairman's personal assistant (Agenda for Change band 6) provided some ad-hoc support to the chief executive's private office in addition to their normal duties.
Relevant background notes from previous written parliamentary questions relating to the effects on human health of exposure to lead in the UK in the last three years. 8p.
Relevant background notes from previous written parliamentary questions relating to the effects on human health of exposure to lead in the UK in the last three years. 8p.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines his Department has issued to NHS trusts on adopting the Health Protection Agency's recommended swab analysis procedure in NHS laboratories.
[110043]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines his Department has issued to NHS trusts on adopting the Health Protection Agency's recommended swab analysis procedure in NHS laboratories.
[110043]
The Department has not issued any guidelines of this nature and would not expect to do so. However the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has statutory authority to make recommendations directly and in public.
There is insufficient information to identify the type of swabs to which the hon. Member refers. However, the Standards for Microbiology Investigations (SMIs) cover the processing of a variety of swabs.
The HPA provides a secretarial function for United Kingdom SMIs. UK SMIs comprise a collection of recommended algorithms and procedures covering all stages of the investigative process in microbiology The
SMIs are produced with the involvement of microbiological professional organisations and societies and undergo peer review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason the Health Protection Agency decided not to examine the effects on human health of incinerators in August 2003.
[110900]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason the Health Protection Agency decided not to examine the effects on human health of incinerators in August 2003.
[110900]
Since the Health Protection Agency (HPA) was formed in 2003, it has kept the literature on the health effects associated with emissions from incinerators under regular review. In 2005, the HPA published a position statement on the public health consequences of municipal solid waste incineration. Following developments in the literature in September 2009, the HPA published its updated position statement: The impact on health of emissions to air from municipal waste incinerators.
http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAweb&HPAwebStandard/HPAweb_C/1195733829068
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I. Partnership working in the Department of Health: an agreement between Department of Health and the PCS, Prospect, FDA and the DTUS. 12 p. II. Facilities agreement - Department of Health. 13 p. III. Care Quality Commission trade union recognition and facilities agreement. 8 p. IV. Care Quality Commission facilities...
17: After Clause 229, insert the following new Clause— ““Power to register health care support workers in England (1) Health care support workers in England may enter a voluntary register assured by the Council for Health Care Regulatory Excellence, provided they have attended an assured training programme prior to entry...
17: After Clause 229, insert the following new Clause— ““Power to register health care support workers in England (1) Health care support workers in England may enter a voluntary register assured by the Council for Health Care Regulatory Excellence, provided they have attended an assured training programme prior to entry...
19: Clause 250, page 248, line 4, at end insert ““or section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care)”” Amendment 19 agreed. Clause 254 : Powers to direct Information Centre to establish information systems Amendment 20 Clause 254 : Powers to direct Information Centre to establish information systems Amendment...
19: Clause 250, page 248, line 4, at end insert ““or section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (after-care)”” Amendment 19 agreed. Clause 254 : Powers to direct Information Centre to establish information systems Amendment 20 Clause 254 : Powers to direct Information Centre to establish information systems Amendment...