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1130109

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Multiple Sclerosis: Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of NHS Trusts in (i) London and (ii) the rest of England employ at least one dedicated specialist MS nurse.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	260607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested as to how many specialist multiple sclerosis nurses are employed in the National Health Service.</p><p>NHS Digital provides information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the NHS in England but it does not separately identify specialist nurses such as multiple sclerosis nurses.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/06/2019 10:43:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1130142

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Hospitals: Vacancies
	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 vacancies in each job position there are in each hospital in south east London.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	260718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement collects vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.</p><p>It does not specifically produce vacancy data for each job position in each hospital in south east London.</p><p>NHS Digital published the latest NHS Improvement vacancy data which can be found in the following link:</p><p>https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---march-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/06/2019 14:53:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1130103

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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: Risk Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the risk register for the NHS Ten Year Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	260672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Any risks associated with implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan will be captured, agreed and managed as part of NHS England and NHS Improvement’s normal business operations and overarching risk register. Therefore, we do not have, or plan to create, a specific risk register for the Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/06/2019 15:48:02 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1130088

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Doctors: Parental Leave and Redundancy Pay
	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 30 May 2019 to Question 256964, what assessment he has made of the effect of NHS Employers’ decision to make a contractual offer to (a) consultants and (b) associate specialist (SAS) doctors on (i) enhanced occupational rates of pay for shared parental leave contingent on contractual terms and (ii) redundancy terms and conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	260569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Employers have proposed to medical trades unions the adoption of a set of common provisions set out in the NHS Handbook. These terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, shared parental leave and redundancy. Medical trades unions have been invited to discuss the proposed changes in partnership through the established negotiation forums for the consultant and specialty and associate specialists (SAS) doctor contracts.</p><p>This is the same protocol as has previously been followed for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to consultants and SAS doctors.</p><p>In 2015, the NHS Staff Council agreed new redundancy provisions for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The British Medical Association (BMA), who are part of the Staff Council, did not agree to amend the national terms and conditions which their members are employed upon. This resulted in redundancy terms being different for doctors compared with other National Health Service staff. In 2016 the new contract for doctors and dentists in training introduced schedules which brought them in line with the shared provisions for other NHS staff, including redundancy. However, as it stands, other grades of doctors still have anomalous redundancy arrangements compared with the rest of the NHS workforce.</p><p>The effect of the proposal to accept a set of common provisions on consultants and SAS doctors will be that these non-pay elements of their terms and conditions will be brought into line with doctors and dentists in training and Agenda for Change staff, bringing equity across staff groups.</p><p>The BMA have responded that whilst they are keen to incorporate the new provisions on shared parental leave, they do not wish to accept the set of common provisions from the NHS Handbook as they wish to maintain distinct terms and conditions of service for the groups they represent. The Government see no basis for maintaining separate terms and conditions for these groups of doctors in relation to the shared schedules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260570 260571 260572 question first answered 13/06/2019 10:46:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130090

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Doctors: Parental Leave
	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 30 May 2019 to Question 256964, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) consultants and (b) associate doctors (SAS) doctors if contractual terms from the Agenda for Change staff handbook relating to redundancy payments were automatically applied to those doctors as a requirement to access the enhanced shared parental leave NHS entitlement implemented in April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	260571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Employers have proposed to medical trades unions the adoption of a set of common provisions set out in the NHS Handbook. These terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, shared parental leave and redundancy. Medical trades unions have been invited to discuss the proposed changes in partnership through the established negotiation forums for the consultant and specialty and associate specialists (SAS) doctor contracts.</p><p>This is the same protocol as has previously been followed for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to consultants and SAS doctors.</p><p>In 2015, the NHS Staff Council agreed new redundancy provisions for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The British Medical Association (BMA), who are part of the Staff Council, did not agree to amend the national terms and conditions which their members are employed upon. This resulted in redundancy terms being different for doctors compared with other National Health Service staff. In 2016 the new contract for doctors and dentists in training introduced schedules which brought them in line with the shared provisions for other NHS staff, including redundancy. However, as it stands, other grades of doctors still have anomalous redundancy arrangements compared with the rest of the NHS workforce.</p><p>The effect of the proposal to accept a set of common provisions on consultants and SAS doctors will be that these non-pay elements of their terms and conditions will be brought into line with doctors and dentists in training and Agenda for Change staff, bringing equity across staff groups.</p><p>The BMA have responded that whilst they are keen to incorporate the new provisions on shared parental leave, they do not wish to accept the set of common provisions from the NHS Handbook as they wish to maintain distinct terms and conditions of service for the groups they represent. The Government see no basis for maintaining separate terms and conditions for these groups of doctors in relation to the shared schedules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260569 260570 260572 question first answered 13/06/2019 10:46:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130089

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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: Redundancy Pay
	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 30 May 2019 to Question 256964, what assessment he has made of whether there is an anomaly in the terms and conditions relating to NHS redundancy payments that fall within the non-pay schedules in the NHS Staff Handbook which govern equalities entitlements such as shared parental leave.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	260570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Employers have proposed to medical trades unions the adoption of a set of common provisions set out in the NHS Handbook. These terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, shared parental leave and redundancy. Medical trades unions have been invited to discuss the proposed changes in partnership through the established negotiation forums for the consultant and specialty and associate specialists (SAS) doctor contracts.</p><p>This is the same protocol as has previously been followed for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to consultants and SAS doctors.</p><p>In 2015, the NHS Staff Council agreed new redundancy provisions for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The British Medical Association (BMA), who are part of the Staff Council, did not agree to amend the national terms and conditions which their members are employed upon. This resulted in redundancy terms being different for doctors compared with other National Health Service staff. In 2016 the new contract for doctors and dentists in training introduced schedules which brought them in line with the shared provisions for other NHS staff, including redundancy. However, as it stands, other grades of doctors still have anomalous redundancy arrangements compared with the rest of the NHS workforce.</p><p>The effect of the proposal to accept a set of common provisions on consultants and SAS doctors will be that these non-pay elements of their terms and conditions will be brought into line with doctors and dentists in training and Agenda for Change staff, bringing equity across staff groups.</p><p>The BMA have responded that whilst they are keen to incorporate the new provisions on shared parental leave, they do not wish to accept the set of common provisions from the NHS Handbook as they wish to maintain distinct terms and conditions of service for the groups they represent. The Government see no basis for maintaining separate terms and conditions for these groups of doctors in relation to the shared schedules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260569 260571 260572 question first answered 13/06/2019 10:46:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130097

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Doctors: Parental Leave
	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 30 May 2019 to Question 256964, what the normal protocol is for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to (a) consultants and (b) associate doctors (SAS); and whether that protocol has been followed in relation to the enhanced shared parental leave NHS entitlement implemented in April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	260572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Employers have proposed to medical trades unions the adoption of a set of common provisions set out in the NHS Handbook. These terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, shared parental leave and redundancy. Medical trades unions have been invited to discuss the proposed changes in partnership through the established negotiation forums for the consultant and specialty and associate specialists (SAS) doctor contracts.</p><p>This is the same protocol as has previously been followed for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to consultants and SAS doctors.</p><p>In 2015, the NHS Staff Council agreed new redundancy provisions for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The British Medical Association (BMA), who are part of the Staff Council, did not agree to amend the national terms and conditions which their members are employed upon. This resulted in redundancy terms being different for doctors compared with other National Health Service staff. In 2016 the new contract for doctors and dentists in training introduced schedules which brought them in line with the shared provisions for other NHS staff, including redundancy. However, as it stands, other grades of doctors still have anomalous redundancy arrangements compared with the rest of the NHS workforce.</p><p>The effect of the proposal to accept a set of common provisions on consultants and SAS doctors will be that these non-pay elements of their terms and conditions will be brought into line with doctors and dentists in training and Agenda for Change staff, bringing equity across staff groups.</p><p>The BMA have responded that whilst they are keen to incorporate the new provisions on shared parental leave, they do not wish to accept the set of common provisions from the NHS Handbook as they wish to maintain distinct terms and conditions of service for the groups they represent. The Government see no basis for maintaining separate terms and conditions for these groups of doctors in relation to the shared schedules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260569 260570 260571 question first answered 13/06/2019 10:46:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130110

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Hospitals: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 continuing controls on capital spending by his Department on maintenance in hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	260674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>National Health Service provider organisations invest in excess of £3 billion of capital annually and are responsible for keeping their estate and infrastructure safe, by prioritising their available capital and revenue budgets accordingly. The Department is working with NHS England and NHS Improvement so that Trusts have the ability to spend to keep their estate safe.</p><p>Data from the annual Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC) suggests level of backlog in the NHS estate has increased across recent years. To support providers maintain existing estates and invest in new facilities, the Government announced £3.9 billion of additional capital funding in the 2017 Spring and Autumn Budgets, and the Government has been clear that it will consider proposals from the NHS to support transformation of the estate as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p>Both NHS trusts and foundation trusts receive income on the same basis, and where additional capital investment funding is provided centrally there are no differences between access to, or assessment processes, for NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts. Although NHS trusts are subject to some additional layers of governance in respect of capital investment when compared to NHS foundation trusts, these are not intended to impose limitations on their capital spending, rather to provide the balance between trusts’ freedom to manage their own capital investments with an assurance process for the approval of capital investment plans in the context of the wider financial sustainability of the bodies.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260673 question first answered 12/06/2019 13:09:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1130124

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	County Hospital Louth
	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 on the provision of accident and emergency care in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust hospitals of the reduction in services at Louth hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	260681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The provision of accident and emergency care in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is a matter for local determination. The Trust is also experiencing increases generally due to an upward trend in both accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances and admissions from the East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group area.</p><p>The Trust has planned for more growth in attendances and admissions in 2019/20 and is working with partners across Lincolnshire to manage increases in attendances/admissions by:<br></p><p>- Developing an Urgent Treatment Centre at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital to handle non-emergency cases;</p><p>- Increasing the hours worked by consultants at the A&amp;E at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital;</p><p>- Working with East Midlands Ambulance Service to make sure they take patients to the most appropriate hospital within their region;</p><p>- Continuing to work closely to ensure the timely discharge of patients by having social services staff from local councils, including Lincolnshire County Council, working at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital to facilitate this; and</p><p>- Working with clinical commissioning groups and other partners on activities to reduce attendances through better access to general practitioners and improve out of hospital provision.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260682 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:29:02 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1130001

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Health Professions: Recruitment
	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 trends in the level of (a) doctor and (b) nurse retention in the NHS over the last decade.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	260551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors who have joined and left National Health Service employment, as at September for each of the years specified and at December, the latest data, in the last year, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Joiners</p></td><td><p>Leavers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 to September 2010</p></td><td><p>26,125</p></td><td><p>25,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 to September 2011</p></td><td><p>23,444</p></td><td><p>27,462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 to September 2012</p></td><td><p>24,394</p></td><td><p>32,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012 to September 2013</p></td><td><p>29,447</p></td><td><p>28,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013 to September 2014</p></td><td><p>31,703</p></td><td><p>30,551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 to September 2015</p></td><td><p>33,099</p></td><td><p>33,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015 to September 2016</p></td><td><p>32,762</p></td><td><p>32,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>30,424</p></td><td><p>33,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017 to September 2018</p></td><td><p>31,580</p></td><td><p>32,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017 to December 2018</p></td><td><p>35,369</p></td><td><p>33,698</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics</p><p>The latest data shows that more nurses and health visitors joined employment in the NHS than left.</p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors who have joined and left NHS employment, as at September for each of the years specified and at December,the latest data, in the last year, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Joiners</p></td><td><p>Leavers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 to September 2010</p></td><td><p>16,814</p></td><td><p>15,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 to September 2011</p></td><td><p>16,630</p></td><td><p>15,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 to September 2012</p></td><td><p>16,772</p></td><td><p>15,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012 to September 2013</p></td><td><p>18,013</p></td><td><p>16,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013 to September 2014</p></td><td><p>19,699</p></td><td><p>17,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 to September 2015</p></td><td><p>19,787</p></td><td><p>18,688</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015 to September 2016</p></td><td><p>18,322</p></td><td><p>16,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>19,482</p></td><td><p>16,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017 to September 2018</p></td><td><p>20,806</p></td><td><p>18,414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017 to December 2018</p></td><td><p>20,961</p></td><td><p>18,070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics</p><p>Over the past 10 years, data consistently shows that more doctors joined employment in the NHS than left. NHS Improvement and NHS Employers are working in partnership to support trusts to improve retention of the nursing workforce. They offer targeted support to trusts to collaborate on key issues affecting retention such as flexible working, supporting new starters and older workers, and development and career planning.</p><p>Alongside these retention programmes, the NHS published its interim People Plan on 3 June. It sets out a plan of action to meet the health requirements of the population outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan. The Interim People plan puts NHS people at the heart of NHS policy and a key programme is to make the NHS the best place to work. It was developed by engaging widely with staff, patients, employers, professional organisations, regulatory bodies, voluntary sector, academia and other experts. A new offer for all NHS staff will be developed, which will be published in the final People Plan.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260550 question first answered 10/06/2019 16:24:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham