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349269

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to ensure that looked after children have access to specialist mental health support.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	1610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Health and the Department for Education jointly published <em>Promoting the health and well-being of looked-after children: Statutory guidance for local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and NHS England</em> on 17 March 2015. This includes guidance for clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and NHS England to ensure that Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and other services provide targeted and dedicated support to looked-after children according to need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/06/2015 14:23:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

349012

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eating Disorders: Wirral South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the cost to Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust of specialised eating disorder clinics occurring in Wirral South constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	1423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the National Health Service locally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I have written to David Eva, Chair of Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, informing him of the hon. Member’s enquiry. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/06/2015 12:08:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

347776

	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	NHS: Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to reduce the cost of agency staff to the NHS in England.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England will be writing to clinical commissioning groups clarifying their responsibilities in respect of financial controls for agency spend which are due to be implemented from 1 July as set out in the letter from the Department of Health, a copy of which has been attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that the current rate of spending is not supporting the best positive outcome for patients. The Secretary of State has announced a comprehensive package of measures to address the problem including:</p><p> </p><p>- setting a maximum hourly rate for doctors and nurses;</p><p> </p><p>- banning the use of agencies that are not approved;</p><p> </p><p>- putting a cap on total agency staff spending for each National Health Service trust in financial difficulty; and</p><p> </p><p>- requiring specific approval for any consultancy contracts over £50,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the Francis[1] report many trusts increased their spend on temporary staffing to meet safe staffing levels. The Department expects the NHS to have a strong grip on its finances, and manage contract and agency staffing spend responsibly through effective and efficient workforce planning and management.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] <a href="http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com/" target="_blank">http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.com</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/06/2015 12:20:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name DH letter of financial responsibilities.pdf title DH letter - finanical controls for agency spend
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

348414

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Equipment: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what modelling NHS England has done to determine (a) the effects of trends in NHS trusts' income on (i) provision of (A) implantable defibrillators, (B) cardiac resynchronisation defibrillators and (C) other high cost devices and (ii) service viability and (b) the effects of provision of high cost devices on the future financial positions of trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	1020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The costs incurred by National Health Service trusts for high cost devices such as implantable and cardiac resynchronisation defibrillators are re-charged to NHS England on a pass-through basis, i.e. the re-charge equals the cost invoiced by the supplier of the device. Correspondingly the financial impact of high cost device purchases are cost-neutral to NHS trusts and do not impact on their income and expenditure position.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, NHS England specialised commissioning is currently supporting NHS trusts with information on European Union compliant procurement frameworks that offer better value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/06/2015 10:54:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

349420

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices there were in the last month for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	1750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>According to data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre, there are 7,935 general practitioner practices in England as at 31 May 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/06/2015 14:21:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

347799

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Civil Society
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to support third-sector organisations in delivering health services in (a) Eddisbury and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
	uin	900017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department awards around £100 million of grant funding to voluntary sector organisations across the country, including Cheshire, every year. The voluntary sector makes an important contribution to the delivery of local services. We continue to work with commissioners and the sector to encourage effective partnerships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/06/2015 15:24:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

347269

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Herefordshire
	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 Kington in Herefordshire has sufficient full-time GPs.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning general practitioner (GP) services, and is aware of recruiting difficulties in Herefordshire. NHS England is working with the local GP Federation to promote Herefordshire to GP trainees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nationally, there has been an increase of 1,677 full-time equivalent GPs (including Registrars and Retainers) since September 2010. At 30 September 2014 the total number of GPs was 36,920, which represents a real increase in capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition this Government is committed to making 5,000 more GPs available by 2020. We will increase the number of GP trainees from 40% to 50% of all trainee doctors and expect Health Education England to ensure this happens. This will mean 3,250 training places for GPs each year from 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England, working with Health Education England, the Royal College of GPs, and the British Medical Association, published ‘<em>Building the workforce’</em> in January 2015, which sets out plans to increase the size of the GP workforce backed with £10 million funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:23:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347270

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Herefordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of out-of-hours GP cover in Herefordshire.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the National Health Service locally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised by NHS England that Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group currently commissions out of hours general practitioner services from Primecare and confirms there are no current plans to change the level of provision of these services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:25:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347271

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Locums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many locum GPs are available; and what the average daily rate is for a locum GP.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors who provide primary medical services on behalf of the National Health Service. As independent businesses, it is the responsibility of individual GP practices to employ locum GPs to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In employing locums, GP practices must meet the requirements set out in the GP contract regulations to ensure that they are appropriately qualified and registered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/06/2015 13:27:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347687

	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	East Cheshire NHS Trust
	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 publish the report Distressed Health Communities in East Cheshire NHS Trust.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not commissioned such a report. In 2014, NHS England, Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) commissioned research from four consultancies to support 11 challenged local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans. Eastern Cheshire is one of the 11 health economies covered by this research. An overarching summary, ‘Making Local Health Economies Work Better For Patients’, was published by NHS England, Monitor and TDA in December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/06/2015 12:13:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson