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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-01-16more like thismore than 2015-01-16
answering body
Department of Health remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health remove filter
hansard heading Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospitals in Greater Manchester meet the Government's A&E waiting time target. more like this
tabling member constituency Denton and Reddish more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Gwynne remove filter
uin 221094 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2015-01-23more like thismore than 2015-01-23
answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&amp;E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&amp;E performance, and are involved in these meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million – the highest ever figure – available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-01-23T13:51:02.107Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-23T13:51:02.107Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2015-01-23T14:02:22.587Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-23T14:02:22.587Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
previous answer version
39987
answering member constituency North Norfolk more like this
answering member printed Norman Lamb more like this
answering member 1439
tabling member
1506
label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne more like this
174221
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-01-16more like thismore than 2015-01-16
answering body
Department of Health remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health remove filter
hansard heading Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in Greater Manchester on increased attendances in A&E over the winter and delayed discharges. more like this
tabling member constituency Denton and Reddish more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Gwynne remove filter
uin 221095 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2015-01-23more like thismore than 2015-01-23
answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&amp;E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&amp;E performance, and are involved in these meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million – the highest ever figure – available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-01-23T13:51:02.47Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-23T13:51:02.47Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2015-01-23T14:02:55.007Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-23T14:02:55.007Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
previous answer version
39989
answering member constituency North Norfolk more like this
answering member printed Norman Lamb more like this
answering member 1439
tabling member
1506
label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne more like this
174223
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-01-16more like thismore than 2015-01-16
answering body
Department of Health remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health remove filter
hansard heading Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater Manchester more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Monitor, the Care Quality Commission and NHS England on hospitals in Greater Manchester which have not met the Government's A&E waiting time target. more like this
tabling member constituency Denton and Reddish more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Gwynne remove filter
uin 221081 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2015-01-23more like thismore than 2015-01-23
answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets NHS England on a weekly basis and discusses a wide range of topics, including accident and emergency (A&amp;E) performance data. Monitor, the Care Quality Commission, and the NHS Trust Development Authority also have oversight of trust A&amp;E performance, and are involved in these meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the back of a strong economy the Government has made £700 million – the highest ever figure – available to the NHS specifically to help with winter pressures. The first tranche of this money was made available earlier than ever.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local plans to spend this money provide for nearly 8,800 extra staff and almost 6,500 extra beds. Over £25 million is going towards increasing access to general practitioners (GPs), including later and weekend appointments. £50 million will help ambulance services meet rising demand for emergency cases and a separate fund of £250 million will support an extra 100,000 operations so people can be seen quicker and before they need to be admitted as an emergency case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This money will also support a range of local initiatives to improve urgent and emergency care including seven day pharmacy services, improvements to NHS 111 and GP out of hours services, short stay units for elderly patients and improvements to hospital discharge processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across Greater Manchester £30 million has been provided with local plans for this to fund over 70 doctors, 300 nurses and 200 extra beds. Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester, as system leaders, are working with NHS England and local partners including local authorities to implement local winter initiatives.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-01-23T13:51:02.267Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-23T13:51:02.267Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2015-01-23T14:02:44.487Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-23T14:02:44.487Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
previous answer version
39988
answering member constituency North Norfolk more like this
answering member printed Norman Lamb more like this
answering member 1439
tabling member
1506
label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne more like this
170098
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-12-12more like thismore than 2014-12-12
answering body
Department of Health remove filter
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health remove filter
hansard heading Public Relations more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) NHS England, (b) Public Health England, (c) Monitor and (d) the Care Quality Commission spent on public relations and communications staff in (i) each year since 2010 and (ii) 2014 to date. more like this
tabling member constituency Denton and Reddish more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Gwynne remove filter
uin 218532 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2015-01-05more like thismore than 2015-01-05
answer text <p>Below are details of how much each of the four bodies has spent on public relations and communications staff since 2010 or from when the data are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure consistency all organisations have provided data according to the following criteria for public relations (PR) and communications staff:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Press and PR</p><p> </p><p>- Stakeholder relations</p><p> </p><p>- Campaigns (not behaviour change policy)</p><p> </p><p>- Digital Comms (not IT/digital service teams)</p><p> </p><p>- Internal Comms</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) NHS England</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 1 October 2012, the functions of the Board Authority transferred to the NHS Commissioning Board (also known as NHS England), which was formally established as an executive non departmental public body. NHS England took on all of its statutory functions in April 2013. Figures have been given from 1 October 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>(October – April)</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>(April – March)</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p><p>(April – November)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Communications</p></td><td><p>£253,963</p></td><td><p>£584,419</p></td><td><p>£1,040,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications in local areas</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£3,558,677</p></td><td><p>£2,595,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ)</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£325,265</p></td><td><p>£461,232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) Public Health England (PHE)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE was formed on 1 April 2013 - figures from predecessor bodies are not provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p><p>(to November)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PR and Communications staff expenditure</p></td><td><p>£2,888,000</p></td><td><p>£2,323,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(c) Monitor</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>2010<del class="ministerial">/11</del></p><p>(April – December)</p></td><td><p>2011<del class="ministerial">/12</del></p></td><td><p>2012<del class="ministerial">/13</del></p></td><td><p>2013<del class="ministerial">/14</del></p></td><td><p>2014<del class="ministerial">/15</del></p><p>(to November)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PR and Communications staff expenditure</p></td><td><p>£398,973.20</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£526,784.85</p></td><td><p>£486,320.81</p></td><td><p>£1,066,790.92</p></td><td><p>£1,223,775.43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(d) Care Quality Commission (CQC)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>CQC</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p><p>(to November)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PR and Communications staff expenditure</p></td><td><p>£568,951</p></td><td><p>£736,238</p></td><td><p>£1,188,519</p></td><td><p>£1,039,669</p></td><td><p>£780,195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich more like this
answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-01-05T15:28:13.64Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-05T15:28:13.64Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2015-01-07T11:11:25.253Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-07T11:11:25.253Z
answering member
3932
label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter more like this
previous answer version
36869
answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich more like this
answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter more like this
answering member
3932
label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter more like this
tabling member
1506
label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne more like this