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798570

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of transferring intellectual property rights of publicly-funded health research to private companies; and what steps his Department is taking to manage those potential risks.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	116964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department funds research via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Research funded by the NIHR generates a wide range of intellectual property (IP) assets ranging from patents to clinical data. In a knowledge driven economy, effective management of IP is essential to help realise the expected benefits of publicly funded research. In line with other health research funders, IP is produced and managed by diverse third party research organisations including on occasion private companies.</p><p> </p><p>To manage any inherent risks, including those specific to the transfer of rights to private companies, the NIHR has effective commissioning, due diligence, monitoring, analysis and approval mechanisms to ensure that funding recipients are maximising the impact of NIHR-funded IP and that benefits accrue to taxpayers. Furthermore, the NIHR has established an IP Unit to oversee the effective operation and risk management of these activities, and the IP generated across the spectrum of NIHR funding.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/12/2017 17:15:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

757046

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospices: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the parity of funding of children's hospices and adult hospices.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	8162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government strongly values the crucial role of the children's hospice sector in providing excellent end-of-life care across the country. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for determining the level of National Health Service-funded hospice care locally and they should ensure that the services they commission meet the needs of their local population.</p><p>In addition to NHS funding for locally commissioned services, children’s hospices received £11 million in 2017/18 through the Children’s Hospice grant, which is awarded annually and administered centrally by NHS England. NHS England engaged with children’s hospices through the children’s charity Together for Short Lives prior to a consultation on the allocation method for the 2017/18 grant.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2017 NHS England made available a new children’s specialist palliative care currency for local areas. CCGs may choose to use this when working with providers, such as hospices, to establish a framework for understanding specialist palliative care service need locally, and providers may find the currency model useful as a tool for demonstrating the increasing complexity of care provision and to make the case for local investment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/09/2017 09:59:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

753480

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure patients with dementia continue to receive timely access to new treatments after Britain leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	5685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Implementation Plan for the 2020 Challenge on Dementia 2020 highlights our continuing global leadership role on dementia, stressing the importance of working closely with our international partners, including the World Health Organization, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Dementia Council and countries within the G7, European Union and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>At a summit in December 2013, the then G8 countries agreed a new international approach to dementia research to realise the ambition to identify a cure or disease modifying therapy by 2025 and to increase collectively and significantly their funding for dementia research.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has doubled research spending on dementia, with a commitment to maintain this level of spending at £60 million a year to 2020, with an ambition for overall spending on research from all sectors to double by 2025. Much of this investment is in research to better understand the nature of dementia, to inform development of future treatments and ways to prevent the onset of the condition.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to tackling dementia domestically and internationally. We will ensure that the 2020 Challenge on Dementia is delivered in full so that, by 2020, England is the best place in the world for dementia care and support, as well as for undertaking research into dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/09/2017 14:35:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

753482

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure greater parity between research in dementia care and bio-medical research on dementia.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	5686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR does not usually ring-fence funds for particular topics. Awards are made in open competition on the basis of importance of topics to patients and heath and care services, value for money, and scientific quality judged through peer review. The amount of NIHR funding in topic areas depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity. This includes research on dementia care, and applied biomedical research in dementia. In 2014/15 (the most recent year for which a breakdown is available) total Department funding for dementia related research was £31.5 million. Of this, an estimated £12.3 million was for research on dementia services and care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/09/2017 13:26:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

732684

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve end of life care for (a) adults and (b) children; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>On 5 July 2016 we published Our Commitment to you for end of life care, which set out what everyone should expect from their care at the end of life and the actions we are taking to make high quality and personalisation in care a reality for everyone, both adults and children. This Commitment includes measures to enable personalisation, measures to improve care quality and education and training in end of life care and measures to encourage the spread of innovative models of care. This includes enabling greater use of advance care planning and electronic care records to record people’s choices and preferences, and building services around people’s needs and preferences. Our Commitment to you for end of life care is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/choice-in-end-of-life-care-government-response" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/choice-in-end-of-life-care-government-response</a></p><p>Over the last 12 months the National End of Life Care Programme Board has been taking forward implementation. All relevant arm’s-length bodies and key charitable partners are represented on the Board to ensure system wide action and accountability. We are aiming to publish a progress report on the delivery of the Commitment this summer.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/06/2017 10:28:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

732688

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Migrant Workers
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 held with NHS trusts in the North East on securing the status of non-UK EU nationals employed by the NHS in the region; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has not had meetings with National Health Service trusts in the North East of England specifically on the topic of securing the status of non-United Kingdom European Union nationals employed by the NHS in the region.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State holds regular discussions with all NHS trusts throughout the year on a broad range of issues, including workforce.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 150,000 staff from EU27 countries making a vital and valued contribution to our health and care system.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is committed to ensuring that the NHS and social care system have the nurses, midwives, doctors, carers and other health professionals that it needs.</p><p>On Monday 26 June the Government published “The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU”. The policy paper outlines how the Government intends to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>As Brexit negotiations continue the Department and its arm’s length bodies will continue to support the health system’s preparation for Brexit to ensure the NHS is able to deliver the services that patients rely on.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is undertaking analysis of overall staffing levels across the NHS as a result of Britain’s exit from the EU and the future immigration system, as part of our workforce planning.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/07/2017 14:45:53 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

732690

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Government's public sector pay restraint policy on (a) the living standards of NHS staff and (b) recruitment and retention within the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made it clear that the support and welfare of National Health Service staff is a top priority as they do a fantastic job - the Government is committed to ensuring they can continue to deliver world-class patient care.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/07/2017 10:50:45 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

720581

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students were enrolled to study nursing at university in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of students who will enrol to study nursing in the Autumn 2017 intake.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	70377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of pre-registration nurse training places that were filled at universities in England in each of the last five years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Course</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></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurse total</p></td><td><p>17,741</p></td><td><p>17,219</p></td><td><p>17,568</p></td><td><p>19,147</p></td><td><p>19,949</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Data from 2014/15 onwards is sourced through Health Education England; data prior to 2014/15 was sourced through the Department’s Financial Information Management System.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The application cycle for student nurse intake in autumn 2017 is ongoing. Applicants can continue to apply until the end of June or can enter clearing following A Level results in August. The last publication from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in March 2017 showed that there were 40,560 applicants for the 23,237 commissioned nursing and midwifery courses in England. UCAS will continue to release updated information about the number of offers made by universities and acceptances from candidates.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/04/2017 12:42:56 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

720586

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 27 of the NHS Pay Review Body: 30th Report, Cm9440, what assessment he has made of the (a) implications for his policies and (b) sustainability of the finding that the default strategy to deal with significant increases in patient demand within a slowly increasing budget is by expecting NHS staff to work more intensively, in more stressful working environments, for pay that continues to decrease in real terms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	70374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The dedication and sheer hard work of our National Health Service staff is absolutely crucial to delivering world-class care for patients. We know the entire health care team always put patients first and want to know they will have the right number of colleagues working alongside them in hospital or in the community.</p><p> </p><p>NHS organisations spend around two thirds of their entire expenditure on pay – ensuring the NHS has the staff it relies crucially on, controlling pay and making every penny count for the benefit of patients. We are investing £21.9 billion in nominal case terms and £10 billion in real terms to fund the NHS's own plan for the future.</p><p> </p><p>The inbuilt pressure of incremental pay for Agenda for Change staff is over £580 million a year, on top of annual pay awards.</p><p> </p><p>We know pay restraint is challenging for staff, but a longitudinal study carried out by the Department on the earnings of Agenda for Change staff found that the total earnings of staff employed in the NHS in 2010 and still employed in 2015 increased by an average of between 1.7% and 2.9% per year, depending on staff group.</p><p> </p><p>The average annual Consumer Price Index figure over the same period was 2.4%.</p><p> </p><p>It is also important to point out that average earnings of NHS staff as a whole remains well above the national average salary for 2015 of £27,500 a year and has increased by more than annual pay awards.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 NHS Staff Survey shows that despite the challenges overall staff engagement continues to improve for the majority of Agenda for Change staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s longitudinal study can be found at Annex B of its evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body ‘Earnings change for Agenda for Change contracted employees 2010-2015 – a longitudinal study’ :</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-for-the-nhsprb-pay-round-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-for-the-nhsprb-pay-round-2017-to-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/04/2017 14:28:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

720587

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the NHS Pay Review Body: 30th Report, Cm9440, what plans he has to allow greater flexibility in the NHS pay policy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	70375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>In our written evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body for the 2017/18 pay round we made clear that there was insufficient evidence that targeting an average of 1% would make a material difference to the recruitment, retention and motivation of Agenda for Change staff. On this basis it recommended a uniform 1% award which the Government accepted.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/04/2017 14:17:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell