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348045

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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, what recent estimate he has made of the daily cost of a (a) locum and (b) family GP.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) are independent contractors who provide primary medical services on behalf of the National Health Service. Provided they meet the terms of their contract, they are free to make their own decisions regarding remuneration and practice expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As independent businesses, it is also the responsibility of individual GP practices to employ locum GPs to meet their needs, and to decide whether the rate at which they are able to secure a locum represents good value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/06/2015 11:01:46 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

348255

	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	Mental Health Services: West Midlands
	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 review mental health provision in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the National Health Service locally. NHS England advises that Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), is working along with South Warwickshire CCG, Warwickshire North CCG, Coventry City Council and Warwickshire County Council, on a joint review of the specifications for children and adolescent mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the current financial year Coventry and Rugby CCG will put an additional £1.2 million towards the mental health services it commissions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 1027 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:24:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

348256

	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	Mental Health Services: West Midlands
	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 make additional resources available for mental health services in the West Midlands over the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the National Health Service locally. NHS England advises that Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), is working along with South Warwickshire CCG, Warwickshire North CCG, Coventry City Council and Warwickshire County Council, on a joint review of the specifications for children and adolescent mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the current financial year Coventry and Rugby CCG will put an additional £1.2 million towards the mental health services it commissions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 1026 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:24:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347431

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK nationals accessed NHS services in England in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14; how many such nationals were charged for those services in each of those years; and how much revenue the NHS raised from those charges in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/06/2015 14:24:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

348061

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patients: Surveys
	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 implications for his policies of the most recent findings from the Care Quality Commission Inpatient Survey.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Listening to patient feedback and acting on it is a vital way for the National Health Service to improve the quality of care it provides. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inpatient Survey is one way patients can give feedback to the NHS and complements the Friends and Family Test which collects feedback from patients in real-time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The findings from the CQC Inpatient Survey show that patient experience in hospital remains positive, with 84% of patients rating their experience with a score of seven or more out of ten compared with 81% in 2012. However, we know there is more to do. That is why we are transforming the way we deliver care in the community and through general practitioners, and working with staff to create a safe, open, compassionate, patient-centred culture throughout the NHS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/06/2015 10:54:00 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

347974

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Physician Associates: Prescriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on allowing physician associates to independently prescribe in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department recognises and values the contribution of physician associates working in the National Health Service. Expanding the roles of experienced and qualified health professionals is enabling the NHS to make better use of staff’s skills. The flexible use of any staff group will be explored in conjunction with NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/06/2015 10:58:40 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

347975

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions
	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 number of physician associates employed in the NHS in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 3 June 2015, there are 152 qualified physician associates (PAs) registered on the Physician Associate Voluntary Register. This voluntary register does not provide information on whether any of these PAs are currently employed in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For 2015-16, Health Education England will commission 205 PA training posts, representing an increase of 754% upon last year. With a two year training programme, successful trainees will become available for employment in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/06/2015 11:00:42 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

347976

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Physician Associates: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the statutory regulation of physician associates; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government supports the current policy that the extension of statutory regulation to unregulated groups (such as physician associates) will only be considered where there is a compelling case on the basis of public safety and where voluntary registers accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care are not considered sufficient to manage this risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/06/2015 11:04:05 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

347979

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Paediatrics
	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 improve the diagnosis process and reduce the time taken of children going through paediatric care pathways.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving health outcomes for children and young people, and there is a wide range of ongoing activity to improve the responsiveness of the National Health Service in the diagnosis and treatment of children on care pathways. This includes support for the development by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health of Paediatric Care Online, a resource for the clinical workforce across the full range of children’s health issues. This will be launched later in 2015 and is expected to make a real improvement to the consistency and effectiveness of paediatric care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition the Government is committed to improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) for children and young people. The new waiting standards for Early Intervention in Psychosis (so that 50% of people who experience first time psychosis receive a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approved care package within two weeks) came into effect on 1 April 2015 and NHS England is aiming to expand the children and young people’s IAPT programme to cover the whole country by 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is looking at the impact on cancer outcomes of early diagnosis projects, and is working on the early diagnosis of sepsis, and detection of the deteriorating child. In addition NHS England has a very active and appropriately scrutinised process for the governance surrounding Paediatric Specialist Services.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 13:54:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

348187

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham: Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the mean and median duration to (i) assessment, (ii) treatment and (iii) departure, in minutes, in the accident and emergency (A&amp;E) department for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust for each year since 2009-10 is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/06/2015 11:06:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Average A&E waiting times data.xlsx title University Hospital Birmingham FT 2009-10 A&E Data
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden