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1060650

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London
	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 help achieve the 95 per cent four hour A&E waiting time target in (a) Lewisham borough and (b) London.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	220972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is working closely with Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust to achieve delivery of the 95% four hour accident and emergency (A&amp;E) standard. Several steps are in place to support the Trust, including monthly oversight meetings between NHS Improvement’s senior leadership team and the Trust’s chief executive team to review performance; provision of NHS Improvement staff for on-site support to review long-stay patients and discharge those who are medically fit to be discharged; and work with mental health providers and the London Ambulance Service to support appropriate placement of mental health patients as well as improve patient handover performance. The Trust also received £500,000 of capital to develop and open a crisis café at the University Hospital Lewisham site, to help prevent avoidable mental health attendances at A&amp;E.</p><p>There are multiple actions underway to support reductions in waiting times for patients in London Emergency Departments. The London Urgent and Emergency Care programme and the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team provide dedicated expertise and support to several trusts<ins class="ministerial"><sup>1</sup></ins>. In addition, circa £26 million of extra capital investment was allocated to trusts across London to increase beds, emergency department capacity, same day emergency care and acute mental health services ahead of winter.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>1</sup>Lewisham and Greenwich, Kings’ College Hospital, Hillingdon, London North West, Imperial, Barking Havering and Redbridge, Barts, Whittingdon, North Middlesex and University College London Hospital.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/02/2019 15:18:21 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2019 16:45:31 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond previous answer version 103655 answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1010719

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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: Off-payroll Working
	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 24 October 2018 to Question 183335, if he will make an assessment of the effect on NHS staffing levels of the IR35 tax changes.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	193450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>As previously advised, all available evidence suggests that there has been no significant impact on the National Health Service of the IR35 changes. Recent HM Revenue and Custom research indicates that 58% of central public bodies have not had problems filling vacancies since the changes and 63% have not seen an increase in rates as a result.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement has confirmed that there has been no significant impact on the NHS of these changes and as such, we have not made a formal assessment of the effect of these changes on the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>It should also be re-iterated that NHS Improvement continuously monitors the levels of staffing in NHS trusts to ensure they are able to prioritise patient care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/11/2018 17:46:02 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1013078

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	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: Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the sale value of NHS property has been since Sir Robert Naylor's review of NHS Property and estates; and what recent estimate he has made of the sale value of NHS property due to be sold.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	195052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest published data shows that National Health Service trusts, foundation trusts and the Department, including its arm’s-length bodies and wholly owned property companies, disposed of 301 surplus sites between April 2015 and March 2017, generating £439 million in receipts from unconditional sales. This data is available online, as part of Cabinet Office’s ‘Transparency Report: Government’s land and property disposals in 2015-16 and 2016-17’, published in April 2018 at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/697773/Transparency_report_Government_s_land_and_property_disposals_2015-16_and_2016-17__1_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/697773/Transparency_report_Government_s_land_and_property_disposals_2015-16_and_2016-17__1_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Similar data relating to the 2017-18 financial year will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Department annually collects data on properties owned by NHS trusts and foundation trusts which has been declared surplus and planned for future disposal. This collection does not include properties owned by the Department, its arm’s-length bodies and wholly owned property companies. Information reported directly by trusts show that as at 31 March 2018 the total declared market value of surplus and potentially surplus land was £260 million; however, many organisations were not able to provide figures due to data limitations, including commercial confidentiality. This data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-surplus-land/2017-18-england" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-surplus-land/2017-18-england</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/11/2018 17:48:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1013143

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	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 111
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS 111 calls received clinical assessment at (a) March 2018 and (b) October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	195068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Data regarding NHS 111 calls, including the proportion of calls triaged that are transferred to a clinician, is published online by NHS England at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/nhs-111-minimum-data-set/</a></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the proportion of NHS 111 calls triaged and transferred to any clinician in March and October 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>October</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>48.8%</p></td><td><p>52.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/11/2018 17:49:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1012301

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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: Early Retirement and 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 NHS staff (a) took early retirement and (b) were on long-term sick leave in the last three years for which figures are available; what the average length of long-term sick leave taken by NHS staff was in that period; and whether staff on long-term sick leave receive full or part pay.
	tabling member constituency	Wantage
	tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
	uin	194640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number people who have stated that they have taken voluntary early retirement for the last three years and latest available data for 2018/19, headcount:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p><sup>1</sup>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary early retirement</p></td><td><p>3,229</p></td><td><p>3,131</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>705</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital, National Health Service HCHS workforce statistics</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>This only covers the first quarter of 2018/19 (1 April 2018 to 30 of June 2018).</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes data on the number of days lost to sickness absence. It does not publish data on number of staff on sick leave.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes monthly data on sickness absence rates which cover sickness absence rate by region, staff group, organisation and organisation type. Information is not published on the length of sick-leave taken.</p><p> </p><p>NHS staff get up to six months full pay and then six months half pay when on sick leave subject to length of service as set out in terms and conditions of service.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/11/2018 13:56:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1012273

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the November 2018 analysis from the Nuffield Trust on the effect on the cost of NHS services of leaving the EU without a deal, what contingency plans he has put in place to tackle the estimated £2.3 billion in additional annual costs.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	194697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring leaving the European Union is a success for the health and social care sector as well as the United Kingdom as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continually assesses the implications of the UK leaving the EU, to help ensure the best outcome for the health and care sectors. This includes understanding the financial implications of the UK exiting the EU for the National Health Service and wider care system, and, where appropriate, mitigation planning for any risks. The Department is working with its partners across Government, arms-length bodies and industry to ensure that all relevant parties are prepared for exiting the EU, and the Secretary of State sends regular communication to frontline NHS organisations about EU Exit preparations.</p><p> </p><p>It is in everyone’s interests to secure a good deal for both sides. We expect to secure a good deal. However, it is the duty of a responsible government to contingency-plan for all potential EU exit scenarios, and that is exactly what we are doing. Our plans are well developed and have been designed to provide the flexibility to respond to all scenarios and ensure the smoothest exit in all outcomes. The quality and safety of patient care is paramount in our negotiations and preparedness plans.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/11/2018 14:01:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1012364

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Hospitals
	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 NHS hospitals have adopted good practice to enable appropriate patient flow in (a) March 2017 and (b) October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	194734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The data requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/11/2018 14:02:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1012363

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Accident and Emergency Departments
	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 NHS hospitals provided comprehensive front-door clinical streaming in (a) March 2017 and (b) October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	194733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available confirms that there were 41 out of 138 acute National Health Service trusts with a type 1 accident and emergency (A&amp;E) which had front-door clinical streaming in place in July 2017. In October 2017 this number had increased to 125 out of 137 acute NHS trusts with a type 1 A&amp;E.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/11/2018 14:02:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1015137

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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	Zholia Alemi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forms of redress are available to (a) patients and (b) family members of patients who were treated or assessed by Zholia Alemi who was employed as an NHS psychiatrist despite without qualifications for the role; and what steps his Department plans to take to contact those patients to provide guidance on those forms of redress.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	195560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Redress for actions of National Health Service bodies may be obtained by making a complaint to the provider or the commissioner of the NHS service. A clinical negligence claim against the NHS may also be made.</p><p> </p><p>Patients or family members who have a concern about contact with Zholia Alemi or the care received by her have been advised to contact the local NHS service where they were treated.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/11/2018 14:06:33 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1015216

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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	Mental Health Services: Nurses
	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 student nurses have been included in the NHS mental health nurse headcount in each month since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	195576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Student nurses not yet registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council are not included in the National Health Service mental health nurse headcount data.</p><p> </p><p>These students will not, as part of their programme of training, be contracted by any person or body to provide nursing care.</p><p> </p><p>A small minority of post-registration students studying part-time conversion or postgraduate courses will be included in the headcounts.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/11/2018 14:07:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley