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1127578

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date	20/05/2019
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: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a national action plan to (a) provide all NHS hospitals with automated dispensing cabinets integrated with ePMA to improve patient safety and eradicate errors in medicine prescription and administration and (b) deliver on all other aspects of his Department's technology vision.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	256369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Funding has been identified (£68 million) to support the acceleration of the introduction of ePrescribing and Medicine Administration (ePMA) systems for which there is evidence to support benefit. Individual trusts are making their own determinations of requirements for technology such as automated cabinets and are introducing as required locally. Work to integrate such systems with ePMA has started and will be reinforced with the advent of medication messaging standards as these are developed.</p><p>The Government has created NHSX, a joint unit between the Department, NHS England and NHS Improvement, to deliver the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's Technology Vision and build on the Long Term Plan for the NHS. NHSX will combine all the levers of policy, implementation and change to allow a single-minded focus on giving the National Health Service the technology that patients and clinicians need.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/05/2019 10:23:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1126262

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Prescriptions: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the funding allocated to support the roll-out of electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems across the NHS will be allocated during the financial year 2019-2020.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	253646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>For the financial year 2019-20, £20 million of funding has been allocated to support the implementation of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administrations Systems (EPMA) in provider trusts.</p><p>Allocations (between trusts and between systems) are based on a bidding process as usual. NHS Improvement have already received some bids for EPMA funding, which were of a high quality. Trusts have been informed that decisions can be expected in summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 253647 question first answered 21/05/2019 10:32:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1126263

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Prescriptions: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the funding allocated to support the roll-out of electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems across the NHS will be allocated to medicines administration systems.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	253647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>For the financial year 2019-20, £20 million of funding has been allocated to support the implementation of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administrations Systems (EPMA) in provider trusts.</p><p>Allocations (between trusts and between systems) are based on a bidding process as usual. NHS Improvement have already received some bids for EPMA funding, which were of a high quality. Trusts have been informed that decisions can be expected in summer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 253646 question first answered 21/05/2019 10:32:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1124979

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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: Drugs
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 improve the administration of medicines in NHS trusts.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	251361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Work has commenced on a variety of projects to help improve the administration of medicines in National Health Service trusts.</p><p>Following the announcement of £75 million of funding for ePrescribing and Medicines Administration (ePrescribing or ePMA) systems, work has commenced to accelerate the uptake and implementation across the NHS. Funding was provided to 13 trusts in 2018/19 all of whom have now commenced work. Applications for the second wave of funding have been received – a total of 48 bids are currently being reviewed for 2019/20 funding. A further round of funding is also planned for 2020/21.</p><p>Additionally, the Global Digital Exemplar programme is providing funding to support the roll-out of new, integrated technologies including ePrescribing and closed loop medicines administration and will share their learning as they make progress.</p><p>The sites that have led the way with closed loop medicines administration have provided valuable learning for what is a relatively new approach to support this process in England. Early work is demonstrating a positive impact on medication related administration error.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 251362 question first answered 15/05/2019 15:49:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1124980

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Prescriptions: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on implementing electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems across all NHS trusts by 2021.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	251362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Work has commenced on a variety of projects to help improve the administration of medicines in National Health Service trusts.</p><p>Following the announcement of £75 million of funding for ePrescribing and Medicines Administration (ePrescribing or ePMA) systems, work has commenced to accelerate the uptake and implementation across the NHS. Funding was provided to 13 trusts in 2018/19 all of whom have now commenced work. Applications for the second wave of funding have been received – a total of 48 bids are currently being reviewed for 2019/20 funding. A further round of funding is also planned for 2020/21.</p><p>Additionally, the Global Digital Exemplar programme is providing funding to support the roll-out of new, integrated technologies including ePrescribing and closed loop medicines administration and will share their learning as they make progress.</p><p>The sites that have led the way with closed loop medicines administration have provided valuable learning for what is a relatively new approach to support this process in England. Early work is demonstrating a positive impact on medication related administration error.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 251361 question first answered 15/05/2019 15:49:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double