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972430

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	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: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of local authority health scrutiny committees and (b) ability of those committees to identify decisions and practices in the local health sector which have subsequently been changed.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	174164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>Local government plays a vital role in planning local health services and in scrutinising the local National Health Service’s plans for the delivery and the improvement of those services. Members are accountable to their electorate for their actions, and guidance and support is available to help them. The Independent Reconfiguration Panel is also available to help scrutiny committee’s oversight of the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/10/2018 12:47:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

810054

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	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 cost to the public purse of meeting the 18 week referral to treatment target in the next 12 months; and what the effect of meeting that target will be on other areas of expenditure and the NHS deficit.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	120520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has set out their approach to meeting and improving patient access standards in the ‘Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View’<sup>1</sup> and has produced an annex ‘NHS England Funding and Resource 2017-19: supporting Next Steps for the NHS Five Year Forward View’<sup>2</sup> to explain its funding distribution.</p><p> </p><p>The health service continues to face high demand on services caused by the United Kingdom’s ageing population and rapidly advancing technology. That is why the National Health Service will receive £2.8 billion of additional resource funding in England by 2018/19 to help it get back on track and meet performance standards on waiting times including the 18 week referral to treatment target.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/next-steps-on-the-nhs-five-year-forward-view/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/next-steps-on-the-nhs-five-year-forward-view/</a></p><p><sup>2</sup><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-england-funding-and-resource-2017-19/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-england-funding-and-resource-2017-19/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 12/01/2018 11:20:53 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

797441

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	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 on encouraging clinical commissioning groups to require providers to complete the Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) self-assessment tool and apply for accreditation with UKAS and achieve accreditation within the duration of their contract.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	116404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England does not collect information about the progress made on encouraging clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to require providers to complete the Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) self-assessment tool and apply for accreditation with United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and achieve accreditation within the duration of their contract.</p><p> </p><p>However, Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss – a Framework for CCGs, published in July 2016, strongly encourages CCGs to expect providers to have completed the IQIPS self-assessment tool and applied for accreditation with UKAS, and achieve accreditation within the duration of their contract. This is reflected in the model service specification for adults.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/12/2017 15:15:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

784912

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to hold NHS England and NHS Improvement to account about the failure of the NHS to meet the 18-week referral to treatment target since February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	111718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining and improving patient access standards, including the 18-week referral to treatment (RTT) target, is a key objective of the Mandate to NHS England in 2017/18. NHS England has set out their approach to meeting and improving patient access standards in the ‘Next steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View’<sup>1</sup> which was produced in partnership with organisations including NHS Improvement.</p><p> </p><p>The Department uses performance data<sup>2</sup> published on a monthly basis by NHS England to monitor compliance with the referral to treatment standard. There are robust processes in place to hold NHS England and NHS Improvement to account and action to ensure compliance with the RTT standard is discussed in the course of this process.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data for September 2017 shows that average waiting times for consultant led RTT remain low, at 6.4 weeks for non-admitted patients and 10.4 weeks for admitted patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/next-steps-on-the-nhs-five-year-forward-view/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/next-steps-on-the-nhs-five-year-forward-view/</a></p><p><sup>2</sup><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/11/2017 11:03:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

765603

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS operational standards have not been met during the period from May 2015 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	106201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Official statistics are published by NHS England on a monthly basis in respect of National Health Service performance against waiting times standards. This information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/10/2017 12:06:43 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

758188

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England has made an assessment of the level of financial resource required for the NHS to meet the 18 week referral to treatment target.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	9233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>A number of factors impact on meeting the 18 week referral to treatment target, including levels of demand, productivity and resources. NHS England has set these out in their Next Steps on the National Health Service Five Year Forward View. There is a significant programme of work underway focussed on these areas.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/09/2017 15:15:01 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

753507

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there is a mechanism to measure delays in the NHS treatment encountered by British citizens when moving back to the UK from abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	5934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>No information is held centrally to measure waiting times for National Health Service treatment for British citizens who have moved back to the United Kingdom from abroad. When a patient is referred for treatment, they should be treated according to clinical priority and then in the chronological order of when they were added to the list.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/09/2017 13:26:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

750180

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to renew the NHS Outcomes Framework for 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	3827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the current set of indicators used for the NHS Outcomes Framework for 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/07/2017 11:43:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

693299

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	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 20 October 2016 to Question 48395, on health services: standards, if he will provide a breakdown of that data by clinical commissioning group.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	65069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has provided the attached table showing the number of registered private providers the CQC has placed in special measures in each year since 2009-10. The CQC has updated this information to be correct at 31 December 2016. For the purposes of this Question, the CQC classifies ‘private’ to mean ‘independent’.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/03/2017 14:15:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name PQ65069 attached document.xlsx title PQ65069 attached document
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

600696

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered private providers the Care Quality Commission has placed under special measures in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	48395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England. The CQC has provided the following information:</p><p> </p><p>For the purposes of this Parliamentary Question, the CQC classify ‘private’ to mean ‘independent’.</p><p> </p><p>All data is shown at location-level. The CQC only reports on data at provider-level for National Health Service trusts. The CQC has provided the data from 2013/14 onwards only as this is when we began inspecting under our new methodology.</p><p> </p><p>Table showing the number of independent provider locations placed in special measures under the CQC's new methodology</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Hospitals</p></td><td><p>Adult Social Care</p></td><td><p>Primary Medical Services</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>764</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 20/10/2016 15:15:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson