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1133559

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Doctors: Recruitment
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 implications for his Department's policies of the findings on recruitment of the Royal College of Physicians annual census Focus on physicians: 2017–18 census (UK consultants and higher specialty trainees).
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	267243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Royal College of Physicians’ report ‘Focus on physicians: census of consultant physicians and higher specialty trainees 2017-18’ is a valuable source of information for medical workforce planning in England. The NHS Long Term Plan and the subsequent interim NHS People Plan set out the action we will take now and over the long term to meet the challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership. They were developed on the basis of the advice and experience of stakeholders including the Royal College of Physicians. Since the report was published in June 2018 action has been taken to address some of the findings of the report.</p><p>The Government has already committed to funding for universities to offer an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places opening five new medical schools across England in the process. The interim NHS People Plan sets out that we will review what further expansion in undergraduate medical places will be needed, in light of future plans made locally by sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan included the commitment to exploring the potential to expand the Medical Training Initiative so that more medical trainees from developed and developing countries can spend time working and learning in the National Health Service. The Plan also commits to a national programme board, which will be established to address geographic and specialty shortages in doctors, including developing new staffing models for rural and coastal hospitals and planning for the distribution of the increased medical graduates entering the NHS from 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 13:06:25 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1133585

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on Warrington and Halton NHS Trust offering operations as private procedures which used to be free on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	267181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>As of 21 June 2019, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has received no direct representations on Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offering operations as private procedures which used to be free on the National Health Service. There has been one representation to the Department from an individual about the matter.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 12:59:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1133635

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Surgery: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the additional costs incurred by the NHS as a result of the postponement of operations that are not commissioned by Care Commissioning Groups until a certain threshold is reached.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	267182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for working with their local communities to understand the needs of the populations they serve and make decisions about how best to commission services to meet those needs, in partnership with other local commissioners and organisations.</p><p>CCGs are also required to carefully consider the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines when making commissioning decisions.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 13:08:01 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1133637

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Health Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reinstate bursaries for UK nursing, midwifery and medical students to ensure an adequate supply of qualified staff in the NHS; what funding schemes he plans to make available to recruit and train midwifery, nursing and medical students; and what steps he is taking to retain UK-trained medical health professionals in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	267189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to reinstate bursaries for pre-registration nursing and midwifery degree students. The tuition fee model means universities can offer more places removing the cap that was in place under the previous centrally funded system. Eligible pre-registration nursing and midwifery students can now receive more funding than under the National Health Service bursary system through tuition fee loans and living cost support from the Student Loans Company.</p><p>To support pre-registration nursing and midwifery students whilst attending the clinical placement element of their courses, the Government introduced a Learning Support Fund. Eligible students can apply for annual payments of £1,000 for child dependants allowance, reimbursement of all clinical placement travel costs above their usual daily travel and exceptional hardship payments of up to £3,000.</p><p>Eligible undergraduate medical students can access Student Loans Company tuition fee and living cost support for the first four years of their degree. Students on these courses will continue to have access to NHS bursaries for years five and six of their courses.</p><p> </p><p>The interim People Plan published on 3 June 2019 sets out some of the steps needed to ensure the NHS have the staff they need to deliver high quality care, including growing our nursing workforce by 40,000 in the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 15:49:29 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133692

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	NHS: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received legal advice on whether practices established by Supply Chain Coordination Limited have breached state aid rules; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	267325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>As is standard practice, the Department took external legal advice on the establishment of Supply Chain Coordination Limited, which became fully operational on 1 April 2019.</p><p>Neither the Department or Supply Chain Coordination Limited are aware of any National Health Service trust or NHS foundation trust that has taken any legal advice in respect of a state aid regulations relating to Supply Chain Coordination Limited.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 267326 question first answered 27/06/2019 13:00:48 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1133693

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	NHS: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS organisations have requested legal advice on whether practices established by Supply Chain Coordination Limited have breached state aid rules; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	267326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>As is standard practice, the Department took external legal advice on the establishment of Supply Chain Coordination Limited, which became fully operational on 1 April 2019.</p><p>Neither the Department or Supply Chain Coordination Limited are aware of any National Health Service trust or NHS foundation trust that has taken any legal advice in respect of a state aid regulations relating to Supply Chain Coordination Limited.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 267325 question first answered 27/06/2019 13:00:48 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1133694

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	NHS: Procurement
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 his Department has made of the potential risks to the continuity of supply of vital NHS HealthTech products as a result of changes to NHS procurement through the implementation of the new Operating Model; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	267327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Continuity of supply is a key consideration in all sourcing activity undertaken by NHS Supply Chain. NHS Supply Chain also supports the Department’s Supply Resilience and Emergency Preparedness workstreams.</p><p>Companies which have an innovation that they believe will provide demonstrable benefits to the National Health Service in terms of patient outcomes and/or the future sustainability of the NHS are already being signposted to HeathTech Connect to submit their innovation along with the corresponding evidence to substantiate their claims. In addition to this, NHS Supply Chain, as part of the new operating model, assure that products procured on behalf of the NHS are value for money in terms of formal evaluations to determine the relative costs and benefits of each product. All products must also be safe and meet health and care professional and patient needs consistently via the Clinical and Product Assurance function.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 267328 question first answered 27/06/2019 15:39:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1133695

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	NHS: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department plans to publish on how the NHS Supply Chain will ensure that value for money is a key consideration in all procurement decisions related to HealthTech products; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	267328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Continuity of supply is a key consideration in all sourcing activity undertaken by NHS Supply Chain. NHS Supply Chain also supports the Department’s Supply Resilience and Emergency Preparedness workstreams.</p><p>Companies which have an innovation that they believe will provide demonstrable benefits to the National Health Service in terms of patient outcomes and/or the future sustainability of the NHS are already being signposted to HeathTech Connect to submit their innovation along with the corresponding evidence to substantiate their claims. In addition to this, NHS Supply Chain, as part of the new operating model, assure that products procured on behalf of the NHS are value for money in terms of formal evaluations to determine the relative costs and benefits of each product. All products must also be safe and meet health and care professional and patient needs consistently via the Clinical and Product Assurance function.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 267327 question first answered 27/06/2019 15:39:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1133154

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to table 4 on page 29 of the Health Foundation's report of 18 June 2019, Investing in the NHS Long Term Plan, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the estimate that the NHS will need an additional £8 billion of investment by 2023-24 to meet the objectives in the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	266714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service budget will increase by £33.9 billion in cash terms by 2023/24 – reflecting that the NHS is this Government’s top spending priority.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan is fully costed and has been developed within the spending settlement agreed with the NHS. It sets out how the increased spending, together with stretching but achievable ambition on efficiency, should ensure the NHS can continue to deliver the world-class service we want.</p><p> </p><p>Future budgets outside the NHS England resource settlement, including those for public health, capital and workforce education and training will be set out at the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 15:58:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1133291

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of abolishing parking fees for staff at NHS hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	266788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service sites for staff is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. We have published the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered to groups who most need help, such as staff who cannot travel by public transport due to their shift pattern.</p><p>However, given it is the responsibility of the local NHS trust, the Department has no jurisdiction to reduce or eliminate hospital car parking charges for nurses, doctors and essential healthcare workers.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/06/2019 13:07:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans