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223007

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of graduating medical students opted for general practice in each year since 2004.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	224874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>In England, medical graduates must complete their foundation training before choosing a medical specialty, for example general practice or paediatrics. All foundation schools are now expected to work with Health Education England (HEE) by way of meeting the recommendations set out in ‘Broadening the Foundation Programme’, including that at least 80% of foundation doctors should undertake a community or integrated placement from August 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE has also been mandated to ensure that 50% of trainees completing foundation level training enter general practitioner training programmes by 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 26/02/2015 11:30:25 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

223008

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the reliance on locum clinical staff at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	224872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>There are many reasons for increased use of agency and temporary staff in the National Health Service in England. These include ensuring safe staffing levels following the Francis Inquiry, covering peaks in demand and periods of staff sickness, difficulties in filling some specialist posts permanently, and affordability. Reducing the use of temporary staff from agencies is a focus for the Department of Health Strategic Workforce Review and the Lord Carter Review of NHS procurement and efficiency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is taking action nationally to help trusts reduce their agency spend including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Undertaking intensive work with a number (11) of trusts to understand agency spend and patterns;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Created a new toolkit and updated guidance on workforce planning for trusts which is being disseminated to the NHS through a series of workshops starting this month; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Brought in tough new rules (through the updated Section 42 guidance) which mean trusts that need extra financial support from the Department will have to prove they have robust plans in place to reduce agency spend – aiming for them to reduce the spend by 50% over the next 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, day to day staffing levels are an operational matter for the North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust. It is not for the government but for local NHS organisations to manage staffing requirements based on the needs of their patients and local communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 26/02/2015 15:23:14 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

223015

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the NICE guidelines on safe staffing for nursing in A&E departments, published on 16 January 2015, what assessment (a) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (b) Health Education England and (c) his Department has made of the (i) performance of A&E departments in meeting these ratios and (ii) number of full-time equivalent nurses required to meet the ratios across the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	224875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recently consulted stakeholders on its draft guidance on safe nurse staffing in accident and emergency departments and has not yet published its final guidance. The Department has made no assessment of current performance against the ratios set out in NICE’s draft guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/02/2015 16:56:04 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

178509

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Walk-in Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS walk-in centres there were in (a) May 2010 and (b) the latest month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	223799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not collected centrally. Since 2007, the local National Health Service has been responsible for NHS walk-in-centres. It is for local commissioners to decide on the availability of these services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/02/2015 16:09:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

178510

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many type one A&E departments there were in (a) May 2010 and (b) the latest month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	223798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance data for all type one accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments is published weekly on the NHS England website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of type one A&amp;E departments is not held centrally. However, A&amp;E activity data is collected at provider organisation level from National Health Service trusts, NHS foundation trusts and independent sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/02/2015 17:07:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

178535

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses, excluding midwives and health visitors per one million population there were in (a) England and (b) each Health Education England region in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	223810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) publish an annual workforce census, which shows staff working in the National Health Service in England. The latest information from the census was published in March 2014 and shows the position at 30 September 2013, the next annual census will be published in March 2015 showing the position as at 30 September 2014. The HSCIC also publish monthly NHS workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the number of nurses, excluding midwives and health visitors per 1,000,000 population from September 2004 to October 2014. Health Education England regions have only existed from 2013, so national figures have been used for this time series.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest hospital and community health services monthly workforce statistics published by the HSCIC ,shows that there has been an increase of over 6,300 in the nursing, midwifery, and health visiting group between May 2010 and October 2014.This includes nearly 2,000 more midwives, over 3,000 more health visitors and over 1,300 more nurses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/02/2015 17:10:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Nurses in England per 1 million population 2004-12.xlsx title Nurses in England per 1 million population 2004-14
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

178536

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs (a) excluding retainers and registrars and (b) including retainers but excluding registrars per one million population there were in (i) England and (ii) each Health Education England region in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	223809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The attached table provides the information for all general practitioners and for the requested categories for 2004 to 2013. The next census will be published on 25 March 2015, reflecting the position in September 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/02/2015 17:46:55 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Number of GPs in England per 1 million of population.xlsx title GPs in England per 1 million population 2004-13
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

178554

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Quality Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Care Quality Commission inspection reports have been published within the 50-day target period in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	223752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England. The CQC is responsible for developing and consulting on its methodology for assessing whether providers are meeting the levels of safety and quality, including the decisions of when to publish an inspection report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC has provided the following information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC has published 20% of inspection reports within the 50 days for the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015. The CQC has provided the following further information about its performance in hospital, adult social care and primary medical service settings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In CQC’s Business Plan for 2014/15 to 2015/16 it listed its operations key performance indicators which included an aim to publish final reports of inspections undertaken with CQC’s new approach within 50 days. Since the Business Plan published in May 2014, there have been differences in the time taken to publish inspection reports across the sectors (detailed below).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reasons for these variations are due in part to processes being refined. The Hospitals directorate in CQC now works to a deadline of 65 working days after finding 50 days did not allow sufficient time for the post-inspection process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new approach to inspection reports are also more detailed and in-depth and require more time to prepare, especially for the more complex inspections that CQC now undertakes. A timeline of 11 – 12 weeks from conclusion of the physical inspection to publication of the final report balances speed with accuracy to produce a comprehensive report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospitals data summary - Hospitals data includes community and mental health services</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total number of new approach inspection reports published by CQC from the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of new approach inspection reports published within 50 days</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of new approach inspection reports published within 50 days as a percentage</p></td><td><p>18.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of new approach inspection reports published within 65 days</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of new approach inspection reports published within 65 days as a percentage</p></td><td><p>65.63%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Adult Social Care<sup>1</sup> data summary</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>New approach inspection reports published by CQC from the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Completed within 50 days</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of inspection reports</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of inspection reports</p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup> </sup></p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>The data presented is limited to reports where there is a publication date and last site visit date recorded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Primary Medical Services<sup>2</sup> data summary</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>New approach inspection reports published by CQC from the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Completed within 50 days</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of inspection reports</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of inspection reports</p></td><td><p>12.9%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup> </sup></p><p> </p><p><sup>2 </sup>The data presented is limited to reports where there is a publication date and last site visit date recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/02/2015 14:29:49 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

178156

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health and Social Care Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new organisations have been established following the coming into force of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	223576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, 255 organisations have been established, of which 211 are clinical commissioning groups. 171 organisations have been abolished following the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/02/2015 17:56:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

177513

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Healthwatch England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to Healthwatch England for (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	223100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Healthwatch England was allocated £4,083,000 in 2013/14 and £4,157,000 in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Final allocations for 2015/16 have not yet been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 09/02/2015 17:36:19 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed