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1124537

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date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	National Breastfeeding Week
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to mark National Breastfeeding Week 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	250490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Breastfeeding Celebration Week 2019 is planned for week commencing 17 June. Along with partner organisations and breastfeeding charities. Public Health England (PHE) will engage in a social media centred celebration of breastfeeding. The theme for the week in 2019 is promoting the benefits of skin to skin contact, both immediately after birth and throughout the early weeks of life. PHE has commissioned a short film focussed on empowering young women who wish to breastfeed to support them achieving their intended breastfeeding duration and celebrating with women with black, Asian or minority ethnic ancestry who choose to breastfeed.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/05/2019 14:26:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1124555

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the response to consultations undertaken with staff of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on that Trust’s decision to set up a wholly owned subsidiary company.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	250463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>An NHS Improvement panel reviews each business case and underlying financial projections to consider the level of inherent risks associated with the proposals to set up a subsidiary. The review considers the specific aims of the business case alongside the overarching governance, financial, quality and operational impacts of the proposals on the trust, the wider health system and its patients.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance states that the trust board should certify that it is satisfied that it has “engaged staff in decisions that affect them and the services they provide as pledged in the NHS Constitution, and has plans to comply with any consultation requirements, including staff consultations.”</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 13:59:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1124556

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of NHS Improvement’s guidance of November 2018 that NHS Trust Boards must be satisfied that they have properly involved staff in decision-making when setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	250464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Following a consultation period, on 26 November 2018, NHS Improvement published new guidance on the creation of subsidiaries by National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts. The revised regulatory framework strikes a balance between what NHS Improvement considers a sound commercial case for setting up subsidiaries and respecting the NHS freedoms and ability to innovate.</p><p>The guidance states that the trust board should certify that it is satisfied that it has “engaged staff in decisions that affect them and the services they provide as pledged in the NHS Constitution, and has plans to comply with any consultation requirements, including staff consultations.”</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 14:02:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1124557

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the decision taken by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to proceed with the creation of a wholly owned subsidiary company.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	250465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>An NHS Improvement panel reviews each business case and underlying financial projections to consider the level of inherent risks associated with the proposals to set up a subsidiary. The review considers the specific aims of the business case alongside the overarching governance, financial, quality and operational impacts of the proposals on the trust, the wider health system and its patients.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 14:04:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1124558

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Subsidiary Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that any future regulation undertaken by NHS Improvement with respect to the creation of wholly owned subsidiaries is followed by NHS Trusts.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	250466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>In November 2018, NHS Improvement published an addendum to the Transactions Guidance – for trusts undertaking transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, to include further guidance about trusts forming or changing a subsidiary (“the Addendum”). Under that guidance, all subsidiary proposals must be referred to NHS Improvement for consideration.</p><p>The trust may only proceed with the transaction and enter into any legally-binding arrangements in relation to the subsidiary once the proposal has been reviewed by NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 14:34:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1124567

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK continues to uphold its commitment to the universal human right of access to healthcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	250468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The founding principles of the National Health Service, which are enshrined in law, set out that the NHS provides a comprehensive service, available to all, with access based on clinical need and not an individual’s ability to pay. They are also reflected in the NHS Constitution.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out how the NHS will use the largest and longest funding settlement in NHS history to improve outcomes and patient experience over the next decade, meet the challenge of rising demand, and ensure that the NHS will remain sustainable for generations to come. As we work with the NHS to take the Plan forward, the Constitution continues to represent everything that the NHS stands for.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/05/2019 14:05:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1124570

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of access to health services on vaccination coverage in England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	250434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The service delivery factors affecting vaccination coverage in the UK have been reviewed and most recently updated for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in 2017. This is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/PH21" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/PH21</a></p><p>NICE therefore recommends the use of call/recall as one of their quality standards to improve uptake in children. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs145" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs145</a></p><p>NICE is currently consulting on the scope for a further review. Further information on this consultation is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10139" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10139</a>.</p><p>The National Institute of Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in immunisation have also conducted a process evaluation of how the routine vaccination programme is implemented at general practitioner practices in England. This study concluded that greater capacity, as measured by appointments per patient, may be associated with higher coverage in children. The full paper is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6198492/" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6198492/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/05/2019 15:55:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1124581

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
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 and Social Care, what plans he has for Clinical Commissioning Groups to phase out the provision of walk-in centres.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	250425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS England is committed to providing the most appropriate out-of-hospital urgent care, which is simple for patients to navigate. In response to the review of urgent treatment services in the National Health Service (published in 2015), patients and the public said that they felt confused by the mix of walk-in centres, minor injuries units and urgent care centres, in addition to numerous general practitioner health centres and surgeries offering varied levels of core and extended service.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View’ set out plans for the roll-out of urgent treatment centres. Following the publication of ‘Urgent Treatment Centres – Principles and Standards’ in July 2017, systems have been developing their plans for local service provision.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan has reiterated the intent to fully implement the Urgent Treatment Centre model by autumn 2020, so that all localities have a consistent offer for out-of-hospital urgent care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:06:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1124586

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the interim recommendations of Baroness Dido Harding's Workforce Implementation Plan will be published.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	250441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January this year, the National Health Service has been working with a broad range of experts to lead the development of a new People Plan. The aim of the plan is to provide clarity and detail to the 10-year workforce vision set out in the Long Term Plan, including making sure the NHS has the staff it needs.</p><p>The plan’s initial recommendations will be presented to the Department this spring, with the final People Plan currently scheduled for publication following the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:29:58 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1124587

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Injury Benefits Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme have been made in each year since 2002; and what proportion of those applications have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	250442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the administration of the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme on behalf of the Secretary of State. The following table shows the number of applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme received by the NHS Business Services Authority in each scheme year since 2002.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases Received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information is not held in the format requested on the number of successful applications, and it would incur disproportionate cost to the NHS Business Services Authority to interrogate individual member records to produce this data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:33:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams