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724559

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	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 13 April 2017 to Question 70905, on Department of Health, for what reasons NHS Improvement placed (a) Bernie Cuthell at Manchester Mental Health Trust and (b) Karen Jackson at Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	72016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

513009

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the legal status of NHS Improvement is; how and to whom that body is accountable; and what functions he has in relation to that body.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	34009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>NHS Improvement has brought together two distinct legal entities: Monitor, a non-departmental public body and the NHS Trust Development Authority, a special health authority, under a single leadership and operating model. It is a combination of the continuing statutory functions and legal powers vested in these organisations.</p><p> </p><p>They will continue to maintain their current legal underpinnings as two separate bodies, although they will function as a single organisation to manage NHS trusts and foundation trusts more effectively in the interests of patients and taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement will be accountable directly to Parliament, the Secretary of State and the Department’s Principal Accounting Officer for discharge of Monitor’s statutory and regulatory functions and to the Secretary of State and Principal Accounting Officer for the specific functions of the Trust Development Authority.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/04/2016 13:43:28 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

519243

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria is for which hospitals are listed as being supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	37440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>In 2015/16, increased resources were provided to the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST). This was to enable it to provide a programme of deeper support to 27 health communities in England selected on the basis of poor performance against the national 4-hour accident and emergency standard during 2014/15 and quarter one of 2015/16. ECIST is also resourced to provide expert input to the eight urgent and emergency care vanguards.</p><p>Since April 2016, the team has offered limited improvement support to a small group of trusts at the request of NHS Improvement regional teams.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/05/2016 14:06:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

519244

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals are listed as being supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	37441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST) is focused on helping 27 urgent and emergency care systems across England that are under the most pressure to deliver real improvements in quality, safety and patient flow. ECIST is also resourced to provide expert input to the eight urgent and emergency care vanguards.</p><p>Since April 2016, the team has offered limited improvement support to a small group of trusts at the request of NHS Improvement regional teams.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/05/2016 14:07:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

521251

	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	NHS Improvement
	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 23 May 2016 to Question 37441, what the name is of each of the 27 hospitals supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	38348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The following 27 health systems and the hospitals within these are supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team via the Emergency Care Improvement Programme:</p><p> </p><p>- Stoke &amp; Staffordshire: County Hospital; Royal Stoke University Hospital</p><p>- Shropshire: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital; Princess Royal Hospital</p><p>- North Northamptonshire &amp; Corby: Kettering General Hospital</p><p>- Coventry &amp; Rugby: University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire</p><p>- Worcestershire: Worcestershire Royal Hospital; Alexandra Hospital</p><p>- Wirral: Arrowe Park</p><p>- Lincolnshire: Lincoln County Hospital; Grantham District Hospital; Pilgrim Hospital</p><p>- Hull &amp; East Riding: Hull Royal Hospital; Castle Hill Hospital</p><p>- North Cumbria: Cumberland Infirmary Carlisle; West Cumberland Infirmary</p><p>- York &amp; Scarborough: York Hospital; Scarborough Hospital</p><p>- Wakefield &amp; North Kirklees: Pinderfields Hospital; Pontefract Hospital; Dewsbury and District Hospital</p><p>- Kernow: Royal Cornwall Hospital</p><p>- Kingston: Kingston Hospital</p><p>- Bromley Lambeth &amp; Southwark: King’s College Hospital - Denmark Hill; King’s College Hospital – Princess Grace</p><p>- Wandsworth Sutton &amp; Merton: St George’s Hospital; Queen Mary’s Roehampton</p><p>- Cambridge &amp; Ely: Addenbrooke’s Hospital</p><p>- Portsmouth &amp; South East Hampshire: Queen Alexandra Hospital</p><p>- Western Devon: Plymouth Dereford Hospital</p><p>- North Somerset &amp; Medway: Weston General Hospital</p><p>- Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest &amp; Newham: Royal London Hospital; Whipps Cross Hospital</p><p>- Brent &amp; Harrow: Northwick Park Hospital</p><p>- Mid Essex: Broomfield Hospital</p><p>- Herts Valley &amp; West Herts: Watford General Hospital</p><p>- North East Essex: Colchester General Hospital</p><p>- Brighton &amp; Hove: Royal Sussex County Hospital</p><p>- East Kent: Kent and Canterbury Hospital; William Harvey Hospital; Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital</p><p>- Medway: Medway Hospital</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/06/2016 13:59:42 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

523200

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 6 June 2016 to Questions 37441 and 38348, why North Middlesex Hospital is not being supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team via the Emergency Care Improvement Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	39536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>We are advised by NHS Improvement that North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust was not supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST) during 2015/16 as it did not fall within the criteria at the time of selection for enrolment in the Emergency Care Improvement Programme.</p><p>However, following concerns regarding the Emergency Department waiting time performance at the Trust, we are aware that NHS Improvement and NHS England jointly arranged a review of the system’s emergency care pathway by the North West Utilisation Management Unit.</p><p>We understand that in response to the findings the system has developed a ‘safer, faster, better’ programme to address issues across the pathway.</p><p>We are informed that the Trust requested support from ECIST at the end of April 2016. A tailored support programme is currently being developed. This will include visits from clinicians and improvement managers from ECIST.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 09/06/2016 10:20:13 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1148042

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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 Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS Improvement on its progress in implementing the Kirkup governance report, published in February 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	293469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement set out its response to the recommendations in the Kirkup report into issues at Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust in a paper to its Board on 22 March 2018. This was followed by a further paper to the NHS Improvement Board of 24 May 2018 providing an update on actions taken in response to the recommendations of the report. Both papers have been placed in the public domain and can be accessed at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Response_to_recommendations_review_Liverpool_Community_Health_NHS_Trust.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Response_to_recommendations_review_Liverpool_Community_Health_NHS_Trust.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BM1831_Kirkup_update.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BM1831_Kirkup_update.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Interim People Plan, published by NHS England and Improvement in June 2019, sets out firm commitments for improving the leadership culture in the National Health Service and for strengthening the management and development of talent. A key associated initiative is the co-creation of an NHS Leadership Compact, by which to establish the cultural values and behaviours expected to be demonstrated by senior NHS leaders and the support and development they should expect to receive.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/10/2019 16:23:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

426035

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legislative changes they propose in order to bring together Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority within NHS Improvement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>We are bringing together Monitor, the Trust Development Authority (TDA), and patient safety and improvement functions from across the health system, under one single leadership and operating model – known as NHS Improvement.</p><br /><p>A number of changes to secondary legislation, covering directions and regulations to the TDA, will be required to support this work. Work is ongoing to bring forward a set of proposals which will be laid before the House in the new year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 12/11/2015 13:08:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

427445

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that NHS Improvement ring-fences its activities in relation to NHS Foundation Trusts in order to fulfil statutory provisions, in particular those in the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>NHS Improvement will bring together Monitor, the NHS Trust Development Authority, and patient safety and improvement functions from across the health system, under a single leadership and operating model. These arrangements will not change the current statutory duties of Monitor or any of the other bodies involved.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/11/2015 15:04:58 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

451113

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money is being spent by NHS Improvement on a re-design of that organisation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The forecast spend for the design of NHS Improvement is £800,000. This includes the development of a single organisational structure and new operating model to better support the National Health Service to drive improvements.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 15:00:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

600688

	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	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding NHS Improvement has received for the 2016-17 financial year; how many staff that body employs; and how much funding each of the organisations that body has superseded received in each of the preceding five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	48405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>NHS Improvement has an agreed budget of £166 million for the 2016/17 financial year and, as at 30 September, employs 913 people. Funding for the National Health Service Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) and Monitor for the five proceeding years is provided in the table below. No figure is provided for NHS TDA against 2011/12 as the organisation had not been established.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Monitor (000s)</p></td><td><p>NHS TDA (000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>16,200</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>44,771</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>52,500</p></td><td><p>40,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>83,363</p></td><td><p>65,612</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>73,685</p></td><td><p>61,328</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures in the table above represent non-ring-fenced revenue and capital funding. Ring-fenced and annually managed expenditure budgets are not included.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 20/10/2016 11:24:33 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

622622

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed in NHS Improvement's Operational Productivity Directorate; what the total salary cost is for employing all such people; and how many employees in that Directorate earn more than £100,000.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	50699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>When at full capacity the directorate will have approximately 140 members of staff. At this time it is not possible to provide a precise figure due to the ongoing recruitment process.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 01/11/2016 16:52:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

654870

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria are for NHS Improvement to intervene in the governance of NHS trusts.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	56740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>NHS Improvement recently published its Single Oversight Framework which sets out how it supports, oversees and intervenes in National Health Service trusts. The framework can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/single-oversight-framework/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/single-oversight-framework/</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/12/2016 15:41:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

714537

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to NHS Improvement to undertake appropriate due diligence on NHS contracts.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	69440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is resourced to undertake a number of functions, which include working with National Health Service providers to ensure that due diligence processes are completed in a timely and effective manner. In the case of the Liverpool Community Health contract, the publication of the Care Quality Commission report into Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust led to a pause in the transaction.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 69438 69439 69495 question first answered 05/04/2017 12:36:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

714552

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS Improvement's resourcing to enable it to fulfil its monitor function; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS Improvement's due diligence processes in regard to the former Liverpool Community Heath contract being awarded to Bridgewater; what guidance his Department issues on the timing of due diligence; and whether NHS Improvement was compliant with such guidance in that case.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	69495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is resourced to undertake a number of functions, which include working with National Health Service providers to ensure that due diligence processes are completed in a timely and effective manner. In the case of the Liverpool Community Health contract, the publication of the Care Quality Commission report into Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust led to a pause in the transaction.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 69438 69439 69440 question first answered 05/04/2017 12:36:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

714553

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of NHS Improvement undertaking the due diligence process on new providers one month prior to the start of a new NHS contract; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	69439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is resourced to undertake a number of functions, which include working with National Health Service providers to ensure that due diligence processes are completed in a timely and effective manner. In the case of the Liverpool Community Health contract, the publication of the Care Quality Commission report into Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust led to a pause in the transaction.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 69438 69440 69495 question first answered 05/04/2017 12:36:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

714587

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the likely effects of breaking up the former Liverpool Community contract into 13 parts; what discussions he has had with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group on the potential for that decision to align with a previously agreed joint venture between the Group and Liverpool City Council and Bridgwater; what assessment he has made of the risk of poor governance in decision making; and whether NHS Improvement is sufficiently resourced to take poor decision-making.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	69496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group on this matter.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement is resourced to undertake a number of functions, which include working with National Health Service providers to ensure that due diligence processes are completed in a timely and effective manner. Quality Impact Assessments and a Financial Assessment were undertaken as part of the pre-assessment process.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/04/2017 12:47:38 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

714589

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long NHS Improvement should allow for the due diligence regime once a contract is provided to a new supplier; whether due diligence is completed to a specific deadline; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	69438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is resourced to undertake a number of functions, which include working with National Health Service providers to ensure that due diligence processes are completed in a timely and effective manner. In the case of the Liverpool Community Health contract, the publication of the Care Quality Commission report into Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust led to a pause in the transaction.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 69439 69440 69495 question first answered 05/04/2017 12:36:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

748568

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to require future chairs of NHS Improvement to have had previous experience in the health sector.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	3139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government and the Commissioner for Public Appointments are committed to encouraging as wide a range as possible of high quality candidates to consider applying for public appointments.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that the collective leadership of NHS Improvement has strong experience from within the health sector, and it is also vital that it has skills and experience drawn from outside of the sector, in order to provide a range of perspectives.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/07/2017 08:12:50 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

834798

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS Improvement is an umbrella body in which Monitor and the Trust Development Authority reside with their individual legal statuses unchanged.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	126220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>From 1 April 2016, NHS Improvement is the operational name for an organisation that brings together the following: Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), Patient Safety (including the National Reporting and Learning System), Advancing Change Team, and Intensive Support Teams. Monitor and the TDA remain separate legal entities and their status has not changed.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/02/2018 12:25:13 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

927818

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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	NHS Improvement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2018 to Question 151034 on NHS: staff, what the main aspects of the NHS Improvement programme are referred to in that answer.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	155675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>NHS Improvement, in partnership with NHS Employers, are working with National Health Service trusts across England to reduce nursing staff turnover. The immediate focus is on NHS providers, particularly mental health providers, to support delivery of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.</p><p> </p><p>Targeted support is available to all NHS trusts in England alongside an extensive programme of improvement work and retention events. The overall objectives for the programme are to:</p><p>- bring down leaver rates in the NHS by 2020;</p><p>- bring an increased local focus within trusts’ focus on retention;</p><p>- provide trusts with knowledge and tools to improve retention; and</p><p>- reduce variation in retention rates across providers.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/06/2018 14:56:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe