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418463

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hidradenitis Suppurativa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England takes to assess the health and social care needs of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa; and what assessment he has made of the ability of the NHS to deliver efficient diagnosis and access to specialist care for such patients.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	10010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>NHS England works in partnership with local commissioners and providers to ensure people with long-term conditions, such as hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), are supported to live healthily and independently and are empowered to take better control over the care they receive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The majority of patients with HS can be managed through routine access to primary and secondary care, including dermatology clinics, which is responsibility of the local National Health Service commissioners. Treatment and management of the condition involves antibiotics, antiseptic washes and immunosuppressive treatments such as steroids or ciclosporin, which a general practitioner may prescribe.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For those patients with the more serious forms of HS, referral to a specialised dermatology service may be appropriate. NHS England commissions services for people with rare and complex skin conditions, including HS, and has set out what providers must have in place in order to offer specialist dermatology care. This supports equity of access to a high quality service for patients wherever they live. These services may provide more intensive therapies with the involvement of a range of health and care professionals, subject to a patient’s needs. More information can be found by viewing the specialised dermatology service specification at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a12-spec-dermatology.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a12-spec-dermatology.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 10011 question first answered 16/09/2015 11:46:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

418464

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hidradenitis Suppurativa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by NHS England on the production of a commissioning policy for treatments associated with hidradenitis suppurativa; what the proposed scope of that policy is; and when he expects that policy to have been fully developed.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	10011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>NHS England works in partnership with local commissioners and providers to ensure people with long-term conditions, such as hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), are supported to live healthily and independently and are empowered to take better control over the care they receive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The majority of patients with HS can be managed through routine access to primary and secondary care, including dermatology clinics, which is responsibility of the local National Health Service commissioners. Treatment and management of the condition involves antibiotics, antiseptic washes and immunosuppressive treatments such as steroids or ciclosporin, which a general practitioner may prescribe.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For those patients with the more serious forms of HS, referral to a specialised dermatology service may be appropriate. NHS England commissions services for people with rare and complex skin conditions, including HS, and has set out what providers must have in place in order to offer specialist dermatology care. This supports equity of access to a high quality service for patients wherever they live. These services may provide more intensive therapies with the involvement of a range of health and care professionals, subject to a patient’s needs. More information can be found by viewing the specialised dermatology service specification at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a12-spec-dermatology.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a12-spec-dermatology.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 10010 question first answered 16/09/2015 11:46:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

760110

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many interim posts were created by Alder Hey since that trust started managing Liverpool Community Health Trust; and what the nature of each such post was.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	10362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Alder Hey has appointed to only one interim role since the commencement of the management contract on 1 May, a senior communications advisor. This role was to cover a gap in capacity following the departure of the previous Director of Communications, so was not a post created by Alder Hey.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the management contract, senior roles at Liverpool Community Health Trust have been taken on by the Alder Hey Executive Team. This was not possible for the Communications post as the job holder as at 1 May was about to leave the organisation.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/10/2017 14:30:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

760702

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to award the contract to appoint a provider of Liverpool community trust services; and what steps his Department is taking to monitor the application of NHS improvement rules relating to the (a) voting system used by Liverpool Community Health (LCH) staff members and (b) number of interim LCH posts created by Alder Hey since it was awarded the interim management contract for LCH.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	105135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is currently running a competitive process to select a National Health Service organisation to acquire Liverpool Community Health services. They aim to announce the preferred provider in October 2017 and – subject to approval by NHS Improvement of a business case – hope to transfer services to the new provider on 1 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement agreed a process of staff engagement with Liverpool Community Health Staff Side representatives. This included prospective providers presenting their proposals to Liverpool Community Health staff followed by the opportunity for Liverpool Community Health staff to ask questions. Staff were then invited to complete a feedback form giving their views on their preferred provider. This information will be available to the NHS Improvement Evaluation Panel but is not part of the Panel’s formal scoring and ranking of the proposals.</p><p> </p><p>Alder Hey has appointed to only one interim role since the commencement of the management contract on 1 May, a senior communications advisor. This role was to cover a gap in capacity following the departure of the previous Director of Communications, so was not a post created by Alder Hey. As part of the management contract, senior roles at Liverpool Community Health have been taken on by the Alder Hey Executive Team. However, this was not possible for the Communications post, as the job holder as at 1 May was about to leave the organisation.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/10/2017 14:24:45 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

760690

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast year-end position of (a) Alder Hey and (b) Merseycare is in 2017-18; whether NHS England or any other funding body provide financial support to (i) Alder Hey and (ii) Merseycare to help those organisations manage underlying financial pressures; what plans those organisations have to manage such pressures; and how much cash those organisations currently hold.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	105141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2017/18 Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is forecasting a £0.1 million surplus. As at Month 4 (July 2017) Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust held £11.3 million cash. In 2017/18 to date, Alder Hey have not received any financial support for underlying pressures. They are not forecasting a requirement for support during 2017/18. In 2017 Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust submitted to NHS Improvement a two year operating plan covering 2017/19. This included its financial plan to deliver its planned surplus, including managing financial pressures.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is forecasting a £5.2 million surplus. As at Month 4 (July 2017) Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust held £26.6 million cash. In 2017/18, Mersey Care are not anticipating receiving any financial support to manage underlying financial pressures. In 2017 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust submitted to NHS Improvement a two year operating plan covering 2017/19. This included its financial plan to deliver its planned surplus, including managing financial pressures.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/10/2017 14:28:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

760691

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by (a) Alder Hey and (b) Merseycare on the bid to run Liverpool Community Trust; and whether any consultants were involved in that process.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	105142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/10/2017 14:21:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

420122

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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 article entitled Greed of the NHS fat cats published in the Daily Mail on 20 April 2015, whether he has instituted an investigation of salaries paid to NHS senior executives.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	11197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to all Chairs of NHS organisations on 2 June 2015 setting out a range of measures to ensure executive pay is proportionate and justifiable. He asked the Chairs urgently to review their policies on executive pay; to seek the views of Ministers before making any executive appointment paid more than £142,500 per year; to advise him of all current executive pay more than £142,500 and to provide a justification; to ensure that the HM Treasury guidance on off-payroll executive appointments is followed rigorously. He also announced his intention of introducing a limit on the rates payable to off-payroll interim executives; of introducing a national framework for deciding executive pay throughout the NHS; of clamping down on executives who retire and then return to NHS employment so that they do not gain financially from this; and set out his expectation that new redundancy terms should apply to all executive staff. We are taking this work forward.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 11199 question first answered 14/10/2015 15:19:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

420123

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patricia Hart
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Professor Patricia Hart was paid in total as Chief Executive of South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; and how many days in total she worked in that post.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	11198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text These are matters for the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We have written to Deborah Jenkins, Chair of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, informing her of the hon. Member’s enquiry. She will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/10/2015 15:33:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

420124

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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 steps he has taken to encourage restraint in increases in senior NHS executive's pay.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	11199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to all Chairs of NHS organisations on 2 June 2015 setting out a range of measures to ensure executive pay is proportionate and justifiable. He asked the Chairs urgently to review their policies on executive pay; to seek the views of Ministers before making any executive appointment paid more than £142,500 per year; to advise him of all current executive pay more than £142,500 and to provide a justification; to ensure that the HM Treasury guidance on off-payroll executive appointments is followed rigorously. He also announced his intention of introducing a limit on the rates payable to off-payroll interim executives; of introducing a national framework for deciding executive pay throughout the NHS; of clamping down on executives who retire and then return to NHS employment so that they do not gain financially from this; and set out his expectation that new redundancy terms should apply to all executive staff. We are taking this work forward.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 11197 question first answered 14/10/2015 15:19:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

795326

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Care Homes: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) powers and (b) responsibilities have been conferred on the Care Quality Commission to regulate fees charged by private nursing homes.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	115747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>As the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for deciding its own regulatory inspection and assessment framework.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has no power to regulate fees charged by private nursing homes – or any other registered provider.</p><p> </p><p>However, the CQC (Registration) Regulations 2009: Regulation 19 places an obligation on registered providers to provide timely and accurate information about the cost of their care and treatment to people who use services. To meet this regulation, providers must make written information available about any fees, contracts and terms and conditions, where people are paying either in full or in part for the cost of their care, treatment and support. This can be assessed as part of a CQC inspection, and the CQC has the power to prosecute providers for a breach of the whole or part of this regulation. The CQC will refuse registration if providers cannot provide satisfactory assurance that they can and will continue to comply with this regulation.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/12/2017 11:15:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper