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date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS 111
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is provided to the staff working on the NHS 111 service.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	121463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Initial training for call handlers within NHS 111 is an intensive training programme that spans 10 weeks in the case of call handlers, and 14 weeks in the case of clinicians. These programmes, and further information, incorporate several formal classroom-based training modules focusing on NHS Pathways use, distance learning materials, supervised practice supported by an Accredited Coach, consolidated practice and a ‘common learning programme’.</p><p> </p><p>Once call handlers and clinicians start practising independently they are then subject to on-going performance management and professional development. The terms of the NHS Pathways “Licence to Use” mandate that all staff should be audited on a monthly basis. This involves listening to ‘live’ or recorded calls which are audited using a competency based audit tool.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/01/2018 15:33:00 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

818775

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in his Department; and how many vacancies there are.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	121539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2017 there were 1,501 civil servants working in the Department. Vacancies are measured retrospectively and as of 30 November 2017, there were 180 vacancies in the Department. These continue to be filled.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/01/2018 15:31:42 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

818777

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contractors are employed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	121541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2017 there were 114 contractors in the Department.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/01/2018 15:27:23 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

818797

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish guidance for healthcare professionals on the entitlements refugees have to NHS treatment.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has published extensive guidance on implementing the overseas visitor charging regulations. This guidance is for use by all frontline staff providing National Health Service funded services, as well as the providers and commissioners of those services. It is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-overseas-visitors-hospital-charging-regulations</a></p><p>This guidance, most recently refreshed in December 2017, is clear that refugees (those granted asylum, humanitarian protection or temporary protection under the immigration rules), and their dependents, are exempt from charges for NHS-funded services. They are therefore eligible for free NHS care in the same way as someone who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom. This guidance also sets out that any individual who has made a formal application with the Home Office to be granted asylum, temporary protection or humanitarian protection which has not yet been determined is also exempt from charges, as are their dependants, as part of the application.</p><p> </p><p>Advice and guidance for healthcare practitioners on the health needs of migrant patients, including refugees, was also published by Public Health England on 8 January 2018 and is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-entitlements-migrant-health-guide</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/01/2018 15:29:58 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire