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444682

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Care Homes: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will bring forward proposals to require all owners and managers of care homes to give a copy of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 to care workers on appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	22440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to require care homes owners and managers to give a copy of Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 to all new employees.</p><br /><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. It monitors, inspects and regulates services against fundamental standards of quality and safety below which care should never fall.</p><br /><p>One of the fundamental standards covers good governance and requires that a provider seeks and acts on feedback from relevant persons, including staff, for the purpose of continually evaluating and improving such services. A further fundamental standard requires that employees receive appropriate support, training and professional development.</p><br /><p>One of the areas the CQC inspections consider is how the service demonstrates good management and leadership. The CQC Key Lines of Enquiry state that a provider should have policies in place to investigate whistleblowing concerns and that any investigations are thorough, questioning and objective. The service should also record and learn from these investigations so such incidents are less likely to happen again.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 18/01/2016 16:39:16 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

483178

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Maternity Services
	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 ensure that NHS maternity units improve their safety records.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	32013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>In November 2015 the Government announced a national ambition to halve by 2030 the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth.</p><p>To support the National Health Service in achieving this ambition more than 90 trusts have received additional funding as part of a £2.24 million fund to spend on equipment to improve safety, over £1 million to roll out training programmes to make sure staff have the skills and confidence they need to deliver world-leading safe care, and £500,000 to develop, a new online system that can be used consistently across the NHS to enable staff to review and learn from every stillbirth and neonatal death.</p><p>The announcement also committed to publishing an annual report to update the public, health professionals, providers and commissioners on the progress we are making towards achieving the ambition. We also welcome the publication of the NHS England Independent Review of Maternity Services. The recommendations will have an important role in shaping the system to drive ambitious improvements in quality and safety.</p><p>On 7 March we launched Sign up to Safety - ‘Spotlight on Maternity,’ a guidance document that asks all trusts with maternity services to commit publically to placing a spotlight on maternity and to contributing towards achieving the Government’s national ambition.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/03/2016 16:06:36 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

506578

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Maternity Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2016 to Question 32013, what sanctions will apply to NHS maternity units which do not reduce their rates of stillbirth and neo-natal death.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	32850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The mandate to NHS England includes a goal and deliverable for measurable progress towards reducing the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries that are caused during or soon after birth by 50% by 2030 with a measurable reduction by 2020.</p><p>The mandate also has a deliverable for in 2016/17 to implement agreed recommendations of the National Maternity Review in relation to safety, and support progress on delivering Sign up to Safety. On 7 March we launched ‘Spotlight on Maternity’ as part of ‘Spotlight on Safety’ and asked all trusts with maternity services to commit publically to placing a spotlight on maternity and to contributing towards achieving the Government’s national ambition.</p><p>The Department holds NHS England to account for progress against the mandate, which will include progress against the deliverable and goal above. It would be for commissioners (NHS England or clinical commissioning groups) to design contracts to incentivise providers to reduce their rates of stillbirth and neonatal death, and NHS Improvement may look at these rates as part of regulating providers.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 18/04/2016 16:17:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

347709

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Closures
	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 number of A&E departments likely to close in each region in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The reconfiguration of local health services is a matter for the local National Health Service. All service changes should be led by clinicians and be in the best interests of patients, not driven from the top down.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for NHS commissioners and providers to work together, with local authorities, patients and the public, in bringing forward proposals that will improve the quality, safety and sustainability of healthcare services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any changes must be supported by the Government’s four tests for service change, namely:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- support from general practitioner commissioners;</p><p> </p><p>- clarity on the clinical evidence base;</p><p> </p><p>- robust patient and public engagement; and</p><p> </p><p>- support for patient choice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Once a decision on a local case for change has been made, it is up to the NHS to ensure its local services meet the needs of its population.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/06/2015 15:01:20 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

347710

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Maternity Services: Closures
	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 number of maternity units likely to close in each region in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the number of maternity units likely to close in each region in each of the next five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 04/06/2015 14:07:48 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

515374

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions: Higher Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the impact assessment of reforms to funding and financial support to nursing, midwifery and AHP bursary students, dated 7 April 2016, considered the costs to higher education institutions of access agreement contributions approved by the Director of Fair Access to Higher Education.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	35273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The impact assessment for the health education funding reforms estimates the combined income to higher education institutions from tuition fees and teaching grant, including an average reduction for the cost of access agreements.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 28/04/2016 08:03:04 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

521245

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff working at (a) Queen's Hospital in Romford, (b) Whipps Cross University Hospital and (c) King George Hospital in Goodmayes are nationals of other EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	38392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre collects data on the number of staff working in National Health Service hospitals and community health services (HCHS) in England. Nationality is a self-reported field within the electronic staff record system. Data is only available for people working in NHS trusts.</p><p>The following table shows the number of HCHS staff by nationality working at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and Barts Health NHS Trust as at 29 February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/06/2016 13:54:44 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer attachment 1 file name PQ38392 HCHS Data.xlsx title PQ38392 HCHS Data
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

518349

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Maternity Services: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on improving safety in maternity care.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	904960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text In November, we announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth by 2030. Since then progress has included the launch of the ‘Spotlight on Maternity’ initiative and distribution of a £2.24 million capital fund for safety equipment.<p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 10/05/2016 14:41:51 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

521599

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Baby Care Units
	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 adequacy of the availability of (a) special care neonatal and level three cots and (b) transfers between neonatal units and between neonatal intensive care units.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	38509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The NHS Toolkit for High Quality Neonatal Services (2009) and NHS England’s service specification for Neonatal Intensive Care Transport (2013) sets out standards that neonatal services in England should be meeting to make sure babies born premature or sick get the care they need and deserve. For those babies who are born sick or premature, NHS England commissions Neonatal Care from 165 neonatal units. These units are organised and supported by 13 Operational Delivery Networks with well-defined service standards for all levels of neonatal care within the NHS England Maternity, Children and Young People Managed Clinical Networks. These are intended to provide appropriate levels of care for all babies identified with problems both before and following delivery. Neonatal transport services are a vital part of care for premature and sick babies, to ensure that babies can be moved quickly for the right care in the right place for their needs.</p><p>We know that that there is still more to do to ensure neonatal services are consistent across the country and that is why the Neonatal Clinical Reference Group at NHS England has committed to review the findings of the ‘Bliss Baby report 2015’, (<a href="http://www.bliss.org.uk/babyreport" target="_blank">http://www.bliss.org.uk/babyreport</a>) and consider plans for improvement in neonatal services.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 09/06/2016 10:21:51 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

388635

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staff turnover rate was in Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	6179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust was formed on 1 October 2013, following dissolution of the former South London Healthcare NHS Trust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows numbers of staff joining and leaving Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust during each of the two most recent twelve-month periods for which figures are available. The table also shows the joining and leaving rate during each twelve-month period.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Staff Leaving</p></td><td><p>Leaving rate</p></td><td><p>Staff Joining</p></td><td><p>Joining rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014-March 2015</p></td><td><p>676</p></td><td><p>12.6%</p></td><td><p>1,051</p></td><td><p>19.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013-March 2014</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>9.0%</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows numbers of staff joining and leaving the former Lewisham Hospitals NHS Trust during each of the three most recent twelve-month periods for which figures are available. The table also shows the joining and leaving rate during each twelve-month period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Staff Leaving</p></td><td><p>Leaving rate</p></td><td><p>Staff Joining</p></td><td><p>Joining rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012-March 2013</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>20.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012-March 2013</p></td><td><p>486</p></td><td><p>18.8%</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>14.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011-March 2012</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>10.0%</p></td><td><p>724</p></td><td><p>30.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre, Provisional NHS Hospital and Community Health Service monthly workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures show all staff who have joined from outside or left to outside Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and Lewisham Hospitals NHS Trust respectively.</li><li>Turnover data is based on headcount.</li><li>These statistics relate to the contracted positions within English National Health Service organisations and may include those where the person assigned to the position is temporarily absent, for example on maternity leave.</li><li>The leaver/joiner rate is calculated by dividing the number of leavers/joiners by the average of the headcount of staff at the beginning of the period and headcount of staff at the end of the period.</li><li>n/a denotes not available. Due to an amalgamation in October 2013, accurate joiner numbers and rates for 2014 are unavailable.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/07/2015 13:59:01 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft