Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

891534

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Hereditary Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	to ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons have been learned from the 100,000 Genome Project which will help when deciding what genetic diseases should be screened for at birth.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	138095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The 100,000 Genomes Project is focussed on recruiting patients, including children, with rare diseases (and their family members) and those with common cancers. These are areas where whole genome sequencing may offer the best opportunity to diagnose disease. From the Project’s pilot phase we have found actionable findings in 20-25% of rare disease patients.</p><p> </p><p>The scope of the project does not include screening at birth. The Chief Medical Officer, in her annual report Generation Genome, recommended that that the National Screening Committee conducts a systematic evaluation of the opportunities offered by genomics for present and potential screening practices.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/04/2018 15:41:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

891517

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Continuing Care
	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 plans to include a public consultation in his Department's review of the Decision Support Tool for NHS Continuing Health Care, published in March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	138016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The updated National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care and associated assessment tools, including the NHS Continuing Healthcare Decision Support Tool, was published on 1 March 2018, and will be implemented on 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>This update to the National Framework followed an extensive period of external engagement with stakeholders, across the National Health Service, local authorities, and patient representative groups.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/04/2018 15:43:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

891516

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Clinical Commissioning Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the performance of clinical commissioning groups by incorporating patient experience and perspective for NHS Continuing Health Care.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	138015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a responsibility to engage with their local populations and seek patient views.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has assurance mechanisms in place to understand CCG compliance with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare. NHS Continuing Healthcare has been part of mainstream assurance processes since 2016/17 by being included in the CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework. NHS England local teams use an assurance tool, Continuing Healthcare Assurance Tool, to assess CCGs’ compliance with the NHS England Operating Model for NHS Continuing Healthcare. NHS England is collecting benchmarking data at the CCG level on requests for local resolution for NHS Continuing Healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the work of NHS England is focused on delivering better health services for our patients and the public and it is essential that this is based on a good understanding of what is important to them. NHS England and CCGs have legal duties as to public involvement and consultation in provision of health services and NHS England recently refreshed its statutory guidance for CCGs regarding patient and public participation, in consultation with local Healthwatch organisations. This guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/patient-and-public-participation-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/patient-and-public-participation-guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/04/2018 15:42:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

891519

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Continuing Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of external agencies running care packages for those receiving NHS Continuing Health Care on a) the standard of care provided and (b) the consideration of the patient's needs.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	138018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are the organisation responsible for commissioning care, based on an individual’s assessed needs and providing assurance at a local level that the quality of care meets those needs. Furthermore the Care Quality Commission also has a responsibility for setting the standards for registration and taking appropriate actions if standards are not maintained.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has a responsibility to assure compliance with the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare, and have assurance mechanisms in place. NHS Continuing Health Care has been part of mainstream assurance processes since 2016/17 by being included in the CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework. NHS England local teams use an assurance tool, Continuing Healthcare Assurance Tool, to assess CCGs’ compliance with the NHS England Operating Model for NHS Continuing Healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working closely with the CCGs to ensure standardisation of the Continuing Healthcare processes which includes the development of tools to support effective commissioning.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/04/2018 15:35:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

891518

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Spinal Injuries
	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 23 April 2018 to Question 136434 on spinal injuries, what steps his Department is taking to submit the fully costed breakdown of the £855 million in efficiency savings from the NHS Continuing Health Care budget as recommended in paragraph 5 of the 13th Report of the Public Accounts Committee, NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding, HC 455, published on 17 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	138017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the Public Accounts Committee January 2018 report and recommendations on NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding in March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing Healthcare expenditure (after efficiencies) is forecast to increase over the period to 2020/21, and the identified efficiency opportunity is not predicated on changes to the National Framework in respect of eligibility or on limiting the care packages available.</p><p> </p><p>How any efficiency is delivered in practice will be determined by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) locally, consistent with their statutory duties and national guidance in respect of access to Continuing Healthcare. National modelling based on variations in Continuing Healthcare expenditure and practice suggests the following notional efficiency opportunities in 2020/21, amounting to circa £855 million, which it is anticipated will inform local commissioning decisions:</p><p> </p><p>- NHS England working with the Department to provide clarity around the National Framework and improving the way CCGs deliver the National Framework. This includes interventions such as improved data and benchmarking information and reducing the number of Continuing Healthcare assessments in an acute hospital setting – (circa £361 million);</p><p>- Improving the commissioning of care packages – (circa £122 million);</p><p>- Improving Continuing Healthcare processes including the supporting of staff with training and development – (circa £79 million); and</p><p>- CCGs locally delivered improvement initiatives – (circa £293 million).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/04/2018 15:38:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

891525

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have had days off sick because of mental illness or stress in each of the last three years; and how many days off that amounted to in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	138036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Departmental information systems do not record sickness absence relating to stress as a distinct category. Within the broader category that includes all mental health issues, the following table shows how many and the proportion of staff who have had days off sick and the total working days lost within that category in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of staff members who had days off sick due to mental illness</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of staff who had days off due to mental illness</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total days lost due to mental illness</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td><td><p>1,852</p></td><td><p>1,832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>Data as at 31 December for each year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/04/2018 15:40:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger