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225481

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis of financial risk to the (a) Greater Manchester councils, (b) Greater Manchester Hospital trusts and (c) Greater Manchester clinical commissioning groups his Department has made during Manchester NHS devolution negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	226507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>In formulating their proposals for more integrated local decision-making, the clinical commissioning groups and local authorities in Greater Manchester, together with NHS England, are seeking amongst other benefits to secure more efficient and economic use of the financial resources available for commissioning health and care services for their local population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relevant statutory organisations will be responsible for ensuring that any joint or delegated commissioning arrangements enable them to remain accountable for fulfilling their duties in relation to managing financial resources. The Government has no plans to alter the existing responsibilities of the relevant statutory bodies in this respect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 226508 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:44:23 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

225482

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Greater Manchester
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 that NHS England and his Department assist the Greater Manchester NHS system with additional financial support in the event of year-end budget deficits being accrued under the Manchester devolution proposal.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	226508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>In formulating their proposals for more integrated local decision-making, the clinical commissioning groups and local authorities in Greater Manchester, together with NHS England, are seeking amongst other benefits to secure more efficient and economic use of the financial resources available for commissioning health and care services for their local population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relevant statutory organisations will be responsible for ensuring that any joint or delegated commissioning arrangements enable them to remain accountable for fulfilling their duties in relation to managing financial resources. The Government has no plans to alter the existing responsibilities of the relevant statutory bodies in this respect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 226507 question first answered 10/03/2015 16:44:24 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

223973

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221764, which representatives of the pharmaceutical industry were consulted to establish that the scoring tool used by NHS England was a fair assessment of the clinical benefits of a drug; and when that consultation took place.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	225581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England undertook a public consultation in 2014 on its standard operating procedures for the Cancer Drugs Fund – which included the prioritisation tool. The report of that consultation process is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cdf-consult-rep.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cdf-consult-rep.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/03/2015 11:38:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

224001

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the working group to examine the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will examine neuro and neuropsychiatric services.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	225648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England (NHSE) commissions community deaf services for adults and children and young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are four Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHs) deaf community services as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- North of England based in York, with outreach teams in Manchester and Newcastle;</p><p> </p><p>- Midlands based in Dudley, with outreach services in Oxford and Nottingham;</p><p> </p><p>- London and South East with outreach teams based in Cambridge and Maidstone;</p><p> </p><p>- South West based in Taunton.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Adult community services are linked to the inpatient units and are based in:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Newcastle (covering North East England and Cumbria);</p><p> </p><p>- Manchester (covering North West England);</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham (covering the Midlands); and</p><p> </p><p>- London (covering London and the South East).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are three adult inpatient services covering NHS England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Manchester – John Denmark Unit;</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham – Jasmine Unit; and</p><p> </p><p>- London – St Georges Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE also commission:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- A low secure service in the North West of England;</p><p> </p><p>- Medium secure in-patient services in North West and Northampton;</p><p> </p><p>- A high secure service in Rampton Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Finally, Corner House, Springfield Hospital in London is a national CAMHs in-patient service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials are arranging a meeting to take place in the coming weeks with key stakeholders to discuss the progress and next steps in improving the provision of mental health services for deaf people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE is developing a new ‘accessible information standard’ which will provide clear guidance to health and social care organisations on the steps they need to take to ensure that disabled patients, carers and service users receive information in appropriate formats and communication support, if they need it. This will include the provision of interpreters or British Sign Language users for deaf people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE has also worked closely with SignHealth in the development of the standard and SignHealth have offered advice about particular aspects of the standard which relate to deaf people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225647 225660 225661 question first answered 05/03/2015 11:22:40 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

224004

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support and guidance his Department and NHS England have made available to clinical commissioning groups to enable them to effectively commission services for smaller population groups.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	225646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has provided clear direction and support to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on their duties to have regard to reducing health inequalities. In the Forward View Into Action: Planning for 2015/16 it states: “Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) should work with local government partners to set and share in 2015/16 quantifiable levels of ambition to reduce local health and healthcare inequalities and improve outcomes for health and wellbeing.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additional guidance for commissioners on the equality and health inequalities duties and what this means in practice was issued within the supplementary information for commissioners, as part of the overall planning guidance for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, ‘Reducing Health Inequalities - Meeting our Duties’ regional workshops have been provided in 2014/15 for CCGs and their local partners. These workshops support CCGs, Health and Wellbeing Boards, and local authorities in their legal duties to reduce health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is expected that in all commissioning activities CCGs will have regard to meeting legal duties on health inequalities including to reduce inequalities between patients in access to health services and the outcomes achieved, as outlined in Section14T of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of Forward View Into Action: Planning for 2015/16 and the supplementary information for commissioners is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name NHS Forward View.pdf title Forward View Into Action: Planning for 2015/16 2 file name Planning guide for 2015-16.pdf title Supplementary information for commissioners question first answered 05/03/2015 17:08:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

224005

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the working group to examine the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will be established.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	225647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England (NHSE) commissions community deaf services for adults and children and young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are four Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHs) deaf community services as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- North of England based in York, with outreach teams in Manchester and Newcastle;</p><p> </p><p>- Midlands based in Dudley, with outreach services in Oxford and Nottingham;</p><p> </p><p>- London and South East with outreach teams based in Cambridge and Maidstone;</p><p> </p><p>- South West based in Taunton.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Adult community services are linked to the inpatient units and are based in:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Newcastle (covering North East England and Cumbria);</p><p> </p><p>- Manchester (covering North West England);</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham (covering the Midlands); and</p><p> </p><p>- London (covering London and the South East).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are three adult inpatient services covering NHS England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Manchester – John Denmark Unit;</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham – Jasmine Unit; and</p><p> </p><p>- London – St Georges Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE also commission:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- A low secure service in the North West of England;</p><p> </p><p>- Medium secure in-patient services in North West and Northampton;</p><p> </p><p>- A high secure service in Rampton Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Finally, Corner House, Springfield Hospital in London is a national CAMHs in-patient service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials are arranging a meeting to take place in the coming weeks with key stakeholders to discuss the progress and next steps in improving the provision of mental health services for deaf people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE is developing a new ‘accessible information standard’ which will provide clear guidance to health and social care organisations on the steps they need to take to ensure that disabled patients, carers and service users receive information in appropriate formats and communication support, if they need it. This will include the provision of interpreters or British Sign Language users for deaf people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE has also worked closely with SignHealth in the development of the standard and SignHealth have offered advice about particular aspects of the standard which relate to deaf people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225648 225660 225661 question first answered 05/03/2015 11:22:40 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

224006

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the working group on the commissioning and provision of psychological therapies will be established; and what its scope, terms of reference and membership will be.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	225661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England (NHSE) commissions community deaf services for adults and children and young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are four Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHs) deaf community services as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- North of England based in York, with outreach teams in Manchester and Newcastle;</p><p> </p><p>- Midlands based in Dudley, with outreach services in Oxford and Nottingham;</p><p> </p><p>- London and South East with outreach teams based in Cambridge and Maidstone;</p><p> </p><p>- South West based in Taunton.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Adult community services are linked to the inpatient units and are based in:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Newcastle (covering North East England and Cumbria);</p><p> </p><p>- Manchester (covering North West England);</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham (covering the Midlands); and</p><p> </p><p>- London (covering London and the South East).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are three adult inpatient services covering NHS England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Manchester – John Denmark Unit;</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham – Jasmine Unit; and</p><p> </p><p>- London – St Georges Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE also commission:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- A low secure service in the North West of England;</p><p> </p><p>- Medium secure in-patient services in North West and Northampton;</p><p> </p><p>- A high secure service in Rampton Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Finally, Corner House, Springfield Hospital in London is a national CAMHs in-patient service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials are arranging a meeting to take place in the coming weeks with key stakeholders to discuss the progress and next steps in improving the provision of mental health services for deaf people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE is developing a new ‘accessible information standard’ which will provide clear guidance to health and social care organisations on the steps they need to take to ensure that disabled patients, carers and service users receive information in appropriate formats and communication support, if they need it. This will include the provision of interpreters or British Sign Language users for deaf people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE has also worked closely with SignHealth in the development of the standard and SignHealth have offered advice about particular aspects of the standard which relate to deaf people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225647 225648 225660 question first answered 05/03/2015 11:22:40 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

224008

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what secondary and tertiary mental health services for deaf patients are commissioned nationally by NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	225660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>NHS England (NHSE) commissions community deaf services for adults and children and young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are four Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHs) deaf community services as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- North of England based in York, with outreach teams in Manchester and Newcastle;</p><p> </p><p>- Midlands based in Dudley, with outreach services in Oxford and Nottingham;</p><p> </p><p>- London and South East with outreach teams based in Cambridge and Maidstone;</p><p> </p><p>- South West based in Taunton.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Adult community services are linked to the inpatient units and are based in:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Newcastle (covering North East England and Cumbria);</p><p> </p><p>- Manchester (covering North West England);</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham (covering the Midlands); and</p><p> </p><p>- London (covering London and the South East).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are three adult inpatient services covering NHS England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Manchester – John Denmark Unit;</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham – Jasmine Unit; and</p><p> </p><p>- London – St Georges Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE also commission:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- A low secure service in the North West of England;</p><p> </p><p>- Medium secure in-patient services in North West and Northampton;</p><p> </p><p>- A high secure service in Rampton Hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Finally, Corner House, Springfield Hospital in London is a national CAMHs in-patient service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials are arranging a meeting to take place in the coming weeks with key stakeholders to discuss the progress and next steps in improving the provision of mental health services for deaf people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE is developing a new ‘accessible information standard’ which will provide clear guidance to health and social care organisations on the steps they need to take to ensure that disabled patients, carers and service users receive information in appropriate formats and communication support, if they need it. This will include the provision of interpreters or British Sign Language users for deaf people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHSE has also worked closely with SignHealth in the development of the standard and SignHealth have offered advice about particular aspects of the standard which relate to deaf people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225647 225648 225661 question first answered 05/03/2015 11:22:39 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

223330

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Disability Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the (a) £15 million convergence funding allocated for specialised augmentative and alternative communication services and (b) £7.5 million convergence funding allocated for specialised environmental control services is forecast to have been spent by the relevant specialised services by the end of the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	225096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2013, NHS England has been responsible for commissioning Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) aids for patients with complex disability whose needs require specialised assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that details of contracts for AAC providers are held at local area team level. Contracts are in place (or a contract variation with a supporting implementation plan) in the following areas:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (covering Yorkshire and the Humber)</p><p> </p><p>- Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral (covering North West and Wessex)</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country (covering the West Midlands)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following areas have agreed plans with providers and are in the process of finalising the contracts:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Leicestershire and Lincolnshire (covering East Midlands)</p><p> </p><p>- London</p><p> </p><p>- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (covering the North East)</p><p> </p><p>- Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucester (covering the South West)</p><p> </p><p>- Surrey and Sussex (covering the South East)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As there is currently no service in East Anglia, £2.1 million of the £15 million funding is held in a national reserve while work is undertaken to establish the service requirements. The local commissioners regard this as a priority and have committed £100,000 to spend immediately on equipment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January this year, it was agreed that Cambridge University Hospitals will act as the hub in a network model covering the East of England. The work to establish the service is now in train. It is intended that there will be a limited service up to April 2015 with priority given to people with degenerative conditions until the recruitment process is complete. The aim is to have the full service in place soon after this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It has been agreed that there will be a further stocktake of progress on all the agreed contract changes and action plans in the next few weeks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information is not collected at a national level regarding the number of additional speech and language therapists recruited. Recruitment is underway and progress is being monitored by the local commissioning teams of NHS England as part of the routine contract management arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information is not collected at a national level regarding the spend by providers on AACs. The full year allocations of £15 million and £7.5 million will be provided recurrently in full from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has confirmed that the service specification on its website is the current version that is in use and was signed off by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group in 2014 before it was published. There are proposals to review this in light of the allocations of new funding to new providers from October 2014 and this will form part of NHS England’s proposed work programme for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225094 225095 225097 question first answered 03/03/2015 11:27:40 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

223332

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Disability Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when it is planned for the revised NHS England service specification D01/S/b Complex Disability Equipment Communication Aids (Specialised AAC services), published as Interim for adoption from 01/10/14, to be approved by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	225097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2013, NHS England has been responsible for commissioning Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) aids for patients with complex disability whose needs require specialised assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that details of contracts for AAC providers are held at local area team level. Contracts are in place (or a contract variation with a supporting implementation plan) in the following areas:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (covering Yorkshire and the Humber)</p><p> </p><p>- Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral (covering North West and Wessex)</p><p> </p><p>- Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country (covering the West Midlands)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following areas have agreed plans with providers and are in the process of finalising the contracts:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Leicestershire and Lincolnshire (covering East Midlands)</p><p> </p><p>- London</p><p> </p><p>- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (covering the North East)</p><p> </p><p>- Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucester (covering the South West)</p><p> </p><p>- Surrey and Sussex (covering the South East)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As there is currently no service in East Anglia, £2.1 million of the £15 million funding is held in a national reserve while work is undertaken to establish the service requirements. The local commissioners regard this as a priority and have committed £100,000 to spend immediately on equipment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January this year, it was agreed that Cambridge University Hospitals will act as the hub in a network model covering the East of England. The work to establish the service is now in train. It is intended that there will be a limited service up to April 2015 with priority given to people with degenerative conditions until the recruitment process is complete. The aim is to have the full service in place soon after this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It has been agreed that there will be a further stocktake of progress on all the agreed contract changes and action plans in the next few weeks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information is not collected at a national level regarding the number of additional speech and language therapists recruited. Recruitment is underway and progress is being monitored by the local commissioning teams of NHS England as part of the routine contract management arrangements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information is not collected at a national level regarding the spend by providers on AACs. The full year allocations of £15 million and £7.5 million will be provided recurrently in full from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has confirmed that the service specification on its website is the current version that is in use and was signed off by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group in 2014 before it was published. There are proposals to review this in light of the allocations of new funding to new providers from October 2014 and this will form part of NHS England’s proposed work programme for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225094 225095 225096 question first answered 03/03/2015 11:27:40 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne