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1062043

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date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Paramedical Staff: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons student paramedics are unable to access the NHS Learning Support Fund on the same terms as other allied health profession students.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	222012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) was implemented in 2017 to ensure course sustainability so that subjects previously funded through National Health Service bursaries continued to offer some non-repayable funding for the unique characteristics of these courses – such as placement length, clinical placement requirements and student demographic. The LSF is applicable only to those courses which, at the time, were within the scope of the education funding reforms in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the route into paramedicine had various education and funding models which did not include access to an NHS Bursary, therefore it was not part of the funding reforms and students were not eligible to access LSF funding.</p><p> </p><p>From March 2018 paramedicine became an all degree subject, with students accessing loans and allowances from the Student Loans Company. In line with the general student population and depending on personal circumstances, students can access funding for all their tuition fees and a maintenance loan of between £7,300 and £11,300 a year.</p><p> </p><p>There are no immediate plans, within the current spending review period, to review those professions which can access the LSF.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 222013 question first answered 25/02/2019 16:56:11 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1062045

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Paramedical Staff: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding support for student paramedics.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	222013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) was implemented in 2017 to ensure course sustainability so that subjects previously funded through National Health Service bursaries continued to offer some non-repayable funding for the unique characteristics of these courses – such as placement length, clinical placement requirements and student demographic. The LSF is applicable only to those courses which, at the time, were within the scope of the education funding reforms in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the route into paramedicine had various education and funding models which did not include access to an NHS Bursary, therefore it was not part of the funding reforms and students were not eligible to access LSF funding.</p><p> </p><p>From March 2018 paramedicine became an all degree subject, with students accessing loans and allowances from the Student Loans Company. In line with the general student population and depending on personal circumstances, students can access funding for all their tuition fees and a maintenance loan of between £7,300 and £11,300 a year.</p><p> </p><p>There are no immediate plans, within the current spending review period, to review those professions which can access the LSF.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 222012 question first answered 25/02/2019 16:56:11 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1062076

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dermatology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student specialist dermatologists there were in each of the last 10 years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	221977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of doctors in dermatology specialty training programmes in England is shown in the following table. Data is not available for years prior to 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Number of doctors in dermatology specialty training at March of each year in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year in training</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of dermatology trainees</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Published General Medical Council (GMC) data</p><p> </p><p>Doctors wishing to enter specialty training in the United Kingdom need to have completed an undergraduate medical degree and two years of foundation training, after which they can enter a six-year specialty training programme. This comprises of one of three two-year core training programmes (Core Medical Training, Acute Care Common Stem in Acute Medicine or Level 1 Paediatric training), followed by four years of dermatology training, and upon successful completion they can gain registration with the GMC as a specialist doctor.</p><p> </p><p>The data in the table is specific to years three to six of this training pathway.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 17:05:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1062078

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dermatology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of professional training places for medical graduates wishing to specialise in dermatology; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	221979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of medical specialty training places that are available each year is set by Health Education England (HEE) and based on their assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the HEE National Recruitment Office shows that there has been a 100% fill rate in dermatology specialty training in each of the past six years. The numbers of training places available in each year since 2013, the earliest available data, are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total national training numbers</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: ST3 recruitment website: <a href="https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/dermatology" target="_blank">https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/dermatology</a></p><p> </p><p>Note: Data includes England, Scotland and Wales</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 17:03:52 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1060959

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Hampshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to deliver a new critical treatment hospital for north Hampshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	909301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>A joint meeting of the governing bodies of the North and West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Groups decided in November 2017 not to take forward a proposal for a new critical treatment hospital for north Hampshire, following a detailed review of options. The local health economy is now working in partnership to consider other future service configuration options through their Transforming Care Services Board, informed by the view of local patients and the public.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/02/2019 11:37:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena