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751664

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have had with counterparts in the Welsh Government on the terms of the recently announced inquiry into contaminated blood.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	4769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>On Tuesday 11 July, the Prime Minister announced the intention to hold an inquiry into the events that surrounded the infection of thousands of people with HIV and/or hepatitis C through National Health Service supplied blood or blood products.</p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government will be consulted as the Inquiry is taken forward.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/07/2017 16:01:39 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

751665

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the value-for-money framework which his Department applies to all non private finance 2 and private finance 1 projects.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	4763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The methodology after the Outline Business Case stage for assessing value for money for schemes which are to be conventionally funded, is then unchanged from existing guidance in e.g. the Capital Investment Manual, published in 1994.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2011 the Coalition Government announced a complete reform of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) model after a review. This recognised the need to address the widespread concerns with PFI – too slow and expensive; too inflexible and a lack of transparency. A new Public Private Partnership model to replace the PFI was announced in 2012, Private Finance 2 (PF2). Key features of the new PF2 model include the Government co-investing in projects as a minority shareholder to strengthen the partnership working and share in any returns and exclusion of 'soft' facilities management services such as cleaning and catering to improve flexibility.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the PFI review, the Coalition Government undertook to revise the value for money guidance. Further guidance was published in December 2012.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/07/2017 16:02:45 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

751681

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to install defibrillators in all departmental and public buildings.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	4839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that better provision of defibrillators, and increasing the number of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, could help save more lives of those who have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting. Therefore, we encourage organisations to consider purchasing a defibrillator as part of their first-aid equipment, particularly where there are high concentrations of people.</p><p> </p><p>In order to further support the National Health Service and local communities, the Government has provided £2 million to make public access defibrillators more widely available and to increase the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/07/2017 13:32:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

751778

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reporting that the Trust has been unable to fill 560 nursing posts as at the end of June 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	4975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for staffing levels rests with individual National Health Service trusts and their boards who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service, taking into account skill mix, efficiency and the needs of their local population.</p><p> </p><p>There are almost 13,100 more nurses on the wards since 2010. And by increasing the number of training places for both new and nurses returning to practice, we continue to support the growth of our nursing workforce in the health and care sector nationally.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) has increased the number of commissions for nurse training places year on year since it was created in 2013. In September 2014, HEE introduced the Return to Practice programme that has focused on encouraging nurses that have left the profession to return to nursing with the right training and support available to them. Over 2,000 nurses have completed their re-training to date and are now available for employment on the front line to provide care and support to patients.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/07/2017 14:46:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

751779

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens working in the NHS in (a) Oxford, (b) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (c) Oxfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	4976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health has not had discussions with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust specifically on the Trust’s ability to recruit nursing following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State holds regular discussions with all National Health Service trusts throughout the year on a broad range of issues, including workforce.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the NHS in England. The table below shows the number of EU27 citizens employed within trust’s active in Oxfordshire at 31 March 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>European Union 27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Specified Organisations</p></td><td><p>1,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>1,462</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: The nationality field available within the systems, upon which these figures are based, contains self-reported information from individual employees. Nationally thousands of NHS staff records do not contain useful data with people choosing not to specify their nationality or not asked to. In addition, as nationality is self-reported the value entered by an individual may reflect their cultural heritage rather than their country of birth. As such, these figures should be treated with a significant degree of caution</p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics</p><p>The Department is committed to ensuring that the NHS and social care system have the nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and other health professionals that they need.</p><p> </p><p>As negotiations continue around the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, the Department and its arm’s length bodies will continue to support the health and care system to ensure they are able to deliver the services on which patients rely.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels across the NHS, and is working across Government to ensure there will continue to be sufficient staff to deliver the high quality service that patients expect.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 4972 question first answered 18/07/2017 14:35:30 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

751780

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the relative cost of housing compared with wages in (a) Oxford and (b) Oxfordshire on the ability of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to recruit nursing staff.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	4977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The recruitment of nursing and other staff to deliver safe patient care is the responsibility of employers across the National Health Service. The average pay for full time nurses is £31,278 per annum, well above national average full time earnings of about £27,000 per year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, from completion of training nurses can expect eight incremental pay rises worth £936 (3.8%) on average each year on top of annual pay awards plus benefits including an excellent pension. However, we are not complacent and acknowledge the challenges staff have in securing suitable accommodation in some parts of the country. That is why the Government wants to support key workers such as nurses by making homes more affordable with steps outlined in the Housing white paper to increase supply.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the Government funds a range of home ownership schemes including Help to Buy Equity Loans and Shared Ownership to support key workers to buy a home where they are unable to afford market prices locally. In addition, the Department has been engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to understand better the housing need for NHS staff. The need for affordable homes for NHS staff differs across the country, and we are working with the NHS, local authorities, housing associations and other partners to explore opportunities for supporting local solutions, including the option for NHS organisations to use their surplus land to provide staff housing.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/07/2017 14:40:19 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

751781

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on that Trust's ability to recruit nursing staff.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	4972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health has not had discussions with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust specifically on the Trust’s ability to recruit nursing following the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State holds regular discussions with all National Health Service trusts throughout the year on a broad range of issues, including workforce.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the NHS in England. The table below shows the number of EU27 citizens employed within trust’s active in Oxfordshire at 31 March 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>European Union 27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Specified Organisations</p></td><td><p>1,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>1,462</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: The nationality field available within the systems, upon which these figures are based, contains self-reported information from individual employees. Nationally thousands of NHS staff records do not contain useful data with people choosing not to specify their nationality or not asked to. In addition, as nationality is self-reported the value entered by an individual may reflect their cultural heritage rather than their country of birth. As such, these figures should be treated with a significant degree of caution</p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics</p><p>The Department is committed to ensuring that the NHS and social care system have the nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and other health professionals that they need.</p><p> </p><p>As negotiations continue around the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, the Department and its arm’s length bodies will continue to support the health and care system to ensure they are able to deliver the services on which patients rely.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels across the NHS, and is working across Government to ensure there will continue to be sufficient staff to deliver the high quality service that patients expect.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 4976 question first answered 18/07/2017 14:35:30 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

751782

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department in taking to improve mental health literacy among children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced earlier in the year that the Department for Education would be funding a series of random control trials on preventative practice in schools. We intend to test two different approaches to teaching mental health literacy as part of these trials.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/07/2017 11:39:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

751783

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the funding per head for the treatment of mental illness has been for children and young people (a) under the age of 10, (b) aged from 10 to 25 and (c) aged over 25.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Spending on mental illness is not broken down by age.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/07/2017 11:40:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

751784

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) under the age of 10, (b) aged from 10 to 25 and (c) aged over 25 have suffered from mental illness in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/07/2017 11:41:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane