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101564

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the active time of North West Ambulance Service ambulances stationed outside South Lakeland District is spent inside that District.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	212422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally but might be obtained from the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The Government expects all ambulance trusts to provide a quality response to their populations based on the clinical needs of the patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 212421 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:47:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

101566

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Research
	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 his Department's budget for research and development.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	212377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Planned expenditure from the research and development budget in 2014-15 is £1,077 million, which in cash terms, represents an increase of 26% in comparison with spend in 2009-10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A budget figure for 2015-16 has not yet been set. This will happen as part of standard business planning later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/11/2014 17:35:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

101568

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support and screening facilities his Department has provided for health service volunteers assisting with the Ebola virus crisis in West Africa.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	212400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Health is collaborating with a number of Government Departments, Agencies and non-governmental organisation partners to provide support and screening to health service volunteers assisting with the Ebola crisis in West Africa. This work is being managed by the Department for International Development in conjunction with UK Med.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Med run the <em>UK International Emergency Medical</em>, of UK surgeons, anaesthetists, emergency physicians/nurses and other supporting medical, nursing and paramedical staff. They ensure that those who volunteer for this programme of work are appropriately trained, prepared and accountable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme comprises a robust selection process, pre-deployment preparations and occupational health and psychological screening, training in the United Kingdom with further training and mentoring in Sierra Leone, and advice and support from Public Health England on monitoring health on return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:33:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

101573

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the active time of the North West Ambulance Service ambulances stationed in South Lakeland District is spent outside that district.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	212421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally but might be obtained from the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The Government expects all ambulance trusts to provide a quality response to their populations based on the clinical needs of the patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 212422 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:47:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

101576

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) process and (b) timelines followed by the NHS to determine a specialised clinical commissioning policy are; and what the roles and responsibilities are of the NHS committees involved.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
	uin	212409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Clinical policies are developed by the appropriate service specific clinical reference group and reviewed by the Clinical Prioritisation Advisory Group (CPAG). CPAG then makes a recommendation whether to commission the service or treatment in question. CPAG recommendations are ratified by the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group (SCOG).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The length of time to produce a clinical commissioning policy is variable depending on the complexity of the subject area. The timeline is typically between 6-9 months but can be shorter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SCOG has operational oversight of specialised commissioning and has delegated authority to make decisions on the recommendations made by CPAG, which provides advice to NHS England about any decision-making that defines access to clinical services. The Directly Commissioned Services Committee, a sub-committee of the NHS England Board, oversees the delivery of directly commissioned services within the overall strategy set by NHS England. The SCOG reports to this committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:46:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

101577

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Haltemprice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for talking therapies in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) nationally.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	212411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) commissions the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service for the constituency of Haltemprice and Howden.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the mean waiting time for IAPT services across the East Riding of Yorkshire CCG.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Mean waiting time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>39.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG</p></td><td><p>150.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Note: </em>Entering treatment figures except England totals are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Dataset</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em> sets out action the Government is taking to provide better access to mental health services within the next year, including a national waiting time standard for talking therapies of 75% of people waiting for less than six weeks and 95% of people waiting for less than 18 weeks. It also sets out its vision for further progress by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>£40 million in additional funding has been identified to enable change in the current financial year, and a further £80 million will be freed up for 2015-16 to support implementation of waiting times in mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 03/11/2014 16:36:08 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

101579

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
	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 ensure that the payments made by the pharmaceutical industry under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme will be apportioned to each of the devolved health administrations, whilst securing that the mechanism in place for determining apportionment ensures that patients in all four constituent parts of the UK receive benefits from the payments made throughout the duration of the scheme.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	212420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) payments that companies make under the 2014 scheme in respect of the United Kingdom need to be allocated to each of the devolved administrations in a fair way. Under the new arrangements introduced as part of the 2014 scheme, the apportionments will be agreed with the devolved administrations each year. The method for apportioning 2014-15 payments has not yet been finalised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is a matter for the devolved health administrations to decide how to use the apportioned payments they receive from the PPRS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/11/2014 17:36:17 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

101649

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral contribution of 23 October 2014, Official Report, columns 1044-5, on Five Year Forward View, if he will ensure that any Multispeciality Community Providers are NHS providers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	212491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>It is envisaged that the vast majority of future provision of National Health Service services will be by NHS bodies, including Multispecialty Community Providers. Further details about how NHS England intend to support areas wishing to develop these providers will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:43:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

101411

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23 October 2014 to the Urgent Question on Five Year Forward View, Official Report, column 1044, what steps he has taken to ensure that NHS England and Monitor work together to consider whether adjustments are needed to the NHS payment regime to reflect the costs of delivering safe and efficient services for smaller hospitals providers relative to large providers.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	212369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The work announced in the Five Year Forward View relating to:</p><p> </p><p>- piloting the introduction of Multispecialty Community Providers and such providers taking over the running of their local hospital;</p><p> </p><p>- piloting the pooling of health and social care budgets between the National Health Service and the local authority delegated to Multispecialty Community Providers;</p><p> </p><p>- piloting the introduction of Primary and Acute Care Services; and</p><p> </p><p>- the process is that will ensure that Foundation Trusts are able to open general practitioner surgeries with registered lists</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>is now being developed by NHS England, Monitor, the Trust Development Authority, the Care Quality Commission, Public Health England and Health Education England. Sector involvement will be essential to this future work and more details about how they will be taking this work forward, and who they will be engaging, will be announced by them in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Monitor and NHS England share responsibility for the payment system. As set out in the Five Year Forward View, NHS England and Monitor have committed to working together to consider whether any adjustments are needed to the NHS payment regime to reflect the costs of delivering safe and efficient services for smaller providers relative to larger ones.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 212365 212366 212367 212368 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:50:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

101415

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Out of Area Treatment: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the costs of treating in England patients resident in Wales are recovered from NHS Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
	tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
	uin	212355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Hospitals in England that routinely provide treatment for patients resident in Wales have contracts, or service level agreements, with the Local Health Boards (LHBs) responsible for the care of these patients, which provide for the costs of treatment to be recovered. Other hospitals which treat Welsh patients less frequently will invoice the responsible LHB directly for the costs of individual cases. NHS England has published guidance to confirm which body is the responsible commissioner for all types of patients, including those whose use services across national borders within the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A comparatively small number of Welsh residents (approximately 15,000) are registered with a general practitioner (GP) in England. A protocol is currently in place between the NHS in England and the Welsh Government which provides for the care of these patients to be commissioned by the clinical commissioning group responsible for the GP practice (a reciprocal arrangement covers English residents who have a GP in Wales). This protocol is currently under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:41:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady