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750158

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Labour Turnover
	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 improve the recruitment and retention of nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	4103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Health Service is employing more nurses than ever before with 307,491 “full time equivalent” nurses, midwives and health visitors in post (March 2017) and a further 52,000 in training.</p><p>Led by the Chief Nursing Officer for England, the Department is working with Health Education England (HEE), NHS England and other partners to improve the recruitment and retention of nurses.</p><p>HEE, which is responsible for ensuring there is sufficient future supply of staff to meet the workforce requirements of the NHS inEngland<sup>1</sup>, forecasts more than 40,000 additional nurses by 2020. There are new opportunities to join the NHS as nursing associates and through the nurse apprentice scheme, announced last year which should see up to 1,000 nurse apprentices join the NHS each year. HEE is also leading a £5 million campaign to get experienced nurses who have left the profession back to work through its Return to Practice Programme. Delivered by 38 universities, since 2014, 3,400 have joined the Programme and over 2,000 nurses have completed it and are ready for employment.</p><p>NHS Improvement is working with trusts to support the development of their improvement plans for retaining the nursing workforce through, for example, ensuring trusts’ demonstrate leadership and culture support, and nurture staff in an environment of continuous learning for the benefit of patients. The Department is also leading work with NHS England, HEE and others to do more to retain nurses through, for example, working with the NHS to improve opportunities for flexible working. The Department is also working with the Care Quality Commission to see how staff welfare issues can be included in their hospital inspection regime so progress can be tracked.</p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>Information on future supply and specialty fill rates can be found in HEE’s Workforce Plan for England 2016-17.</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/HEE%20commissioning%20and%20investment%20plan%202016-17_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/HEE%20commissioning%20and%20investment%20plan%202016-17_0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/07/2017 15:59:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

750161

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from (a) EU, (b) non-EU and (c) commonwealth countries are employed by the NHS; and how those numbers have changed in the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	4106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. Nationality is self-reported within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Qualified Nursing and Health Visiting Staff in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups as at 30 September each specified year and latest data as at 31 March 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Qualified Nursing and Health Visiting Staff (headcount)</p></td><td><p>European Union nationals (including United Kingdom)</p></td><td><p>Non-EU</p></td><td><p>Commonwealth Countries (excluding UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>232,227</p></td><td><p>30,428</p></td><td><p>16,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>238,459</p></td><td><p>29,030</p></td><td><p>15,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>239,227</p></td><td><p>27,644</p></td><td><p>14,563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>248,828</p></td><td><p>26,285</p></td><td><p>13,779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>257,393</p></td><td><p>25,485</p></td><td><p>13,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>264,938</p></td><td><p>25,032</p></td><td><p>12,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>269,943</p></td><td><p>25,495</p></td><td><p>12,522</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>273,120</p></td><td><p>25,882</p></td><td><p>12,609</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/07/2017 14:48:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

750162

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Southampton Hospital: Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses joined the workforce at Southampton General Hospital in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	4102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes data on the nurse and health visitor joiners in the National Health Service in England. The Department only holds data by trust rather than individual hospitals. The number of nurse and health visitor joiners to University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust between 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2017 was 476 (headcount).</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/07/2017 14:54:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

767558

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost is of preparing and serving a meal in NHS hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	106507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The Department collects data from National Health Service trusts for the average total daily cost for the provision of all meals and beverages fed to one patient per day; not the cost of a single meal.</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of feeding one in-patient per day is £11.05. The cost is inclusive of all pay and non-pay costs, including provisions, ward issues, disposables, equipment and its maintenance.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2017 15:54:20 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

798644

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Trusts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps is he taking to ensure that NHS Trusts provide value for money.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	117038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>One of the seven key principles in the NHS Constitution is the commitment to providing the most effective, fair and sustainable use of finite resources. NHS Improvement’s Single Oversight Framework (SOF) sets out how NHS Improvement oversee National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts. The framework helps determine where providers may benefit from, or require, improvement support if they are to meet the standards expected of them in a safe and sustainable way. Under the SOF, NHS Improvement oversee and support providers in improving financial sustainability, efficiency and value for money. NHS Improvement also consider how efficiently a provider uses its resources more broadly, and how financially sustainable it is over the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/12/2017 11:06:33 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

798645

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Trusts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that NHS Trusts are not over-charged by private sector contractors and suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	117039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has taken a number of steps to ensure National Health Service trusts are not over-charged by private sector contractors and suppliers. The Department maintains standard NHS Terms and Conditions for NHS trusts to use when procuring goods and services. They are published on the GOV.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-standard-terms-and-conditions-of-contract-for-the-purchase-of-goods-and-supply-of-services" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-standard-terms-and-conditions-of-contract-for-the-purchase-of-goods-and-supply-of-services</a></p><p>In addition, the Department has developed a full suite of tools and templates, including Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation for NHS trusts to use when entering into contracts with suppliers. The Commercial Schedule within the ITT documentation includes a pricing model and connected questions, which enable NHS trusts to understand supplier pricing.</p><p> </p><p>The tools and templates are underpinned by an NHS Guide to Procurement. This provides guidance on drafting an effective specification, setting evaluation criteria in line with the principle of ‘most economical advantageous tender’, and devising a robust pricing model (for use when the template provided is not appropriate for the procurement).</p><p> </p><p>By using the standard NHS Terms and Conditions, the NHS Guide to Procurement and the suite of tools and templates, NHS trusts can ensure suppliers submit competitive tenders. Additionally, NHS trusts are also encouraged to use frameworks, such as those procured on behalf of Government by the Crown Commercial Service, enabling them to benefit from consolidated buying arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Terms and Conditions guidance document accompanies the NHS Terms and Conditions. Through this guidance document, the Department advises NHS trusts to include in the specification, general requirements as well as key areas such as key performance indicators and conducting periodic contract review meetings to review contractor performance.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 117040 question first answered 08/12/2017 11:04:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

798646

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS Trusts are required to review their procurement contracts with independent providers at periodic intervals.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	117040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has taken a number of steps to ensure National Health Service trusts are not over-charged by private sector contractors and suppliers. The Department maintains standard NHS Terms and Conditions for NHS trusts to use when procuring goods and services. They are published on the GOV.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-standard-terms-and-conditions-of-contract-for-the-purchase-of-goods-and-supply-of-services" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-standard-terms-and-conditions-of-contract-for-the-purchase-of-goods-and-supply-of-services</a></p><p>In addition, the Department has developed a full suite of tools and templates, including Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation for NHS trusts to use when entering into contracts with suppliers. The Commercial Schedule within the ITT documentation includes a pricing model and connected questions, which enable NHS trusts to understand supplier pricing.</p><p> </p><p>The tools and templates are underpinned by an NHS Guide to Procurement. This provides guidance on drafting an effective specification, setting evaluation criteria in line with the principle of ‘most economical advantageous tender’, and devising a robust pricing model (for use when the template provided is not appropriate for the procurement).</p><p> </p><p>By using the standard NHS Terms and Conditions, the NHS Guide to Procurement and the suite of tools and templates, NHS trusts can ensure suppliers submit competitive tenders. Additionally, NHS trusts are also encouraged to use frameworks, such as those procured on behalf of Government by the Crown Commercial Service, enabling them to benefit from consolidated buying arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Terms and Conditions guidance document accompanies the NHS Terms and Conditions. Through this guidance document, the Department advises NHS trusts to include in the specification, general requirements as well as key areas such as key performance indicators and conducting periodic contract review meetings to review contractor performance.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 117039 question first answered 08/12/2017 11:04:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith