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506512

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 27141, by which criteria his Department plans to determine NHS support funding for community pharmacies under the Pharmacy Access Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>We have been in discussions with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) since December 2015 regarding the Government’s proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. In parallel, we have sought views on our proposals from other pharmacy organisations and from patient groups. The details of the Pharmacy Access Scheme, including any criteria and a timetable for implementation, form part of this consultation.</p><p>We announced on 16 March 2016 that the consultation period was to be extended to allow more time to develop the proposed changes with the PSNC and others. It will now close on 24 May 2016.</p><p>Once we have carefully considered the outcomes from the consultation, we are looking to communicate final decisions as soon as possible, so that pharmacy contractors are fully informed some months before the funding reduction starts from October 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 33133 33134 question first answered 15/04/2016 13:03:35 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

506513

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 27141, what timetable he has set for the introduction of a Pharmacy Access Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>We have been in discussions with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) since December 2015 regarding the Government’s proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. In parallel, we have sought views on our proposals from other pharmacy organisations and from patient groups. The details of the Pharmacy Access Scheme, including any criteria and a timetable for implementation, form part of this consultation.</p><p>We announced on 16 March 2016 that the consultation period was to be extended to allow more time to develop the proposed changes with the PSNC and others. It will now close on 24 May 2016.</p><p>Once we have carefully considered the outcomes from the consultation, we are looking to communicate final decisions as soon as possible, so that pharmacy contractors are fully informed some months before the funding reduction starts from October 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 33132 33134 question first answered 15/04/2016 13:03:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

506514

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 27141, what estimate he has made of the number of independent pharmacies which will lose their NHS support funding as a result of the Pharmacy Access Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>We have been in discussions with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) since December 2015 regarding the Government’s proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. In parallel, we have sought views on our proposals from other pharmacy organisations and from patient groups. The details of the Pharmacy Access Scheme, including any criteria and a timetable for implementation, form part of this consultation.</p><p>We announced on 16 March 2016 that the consultation period was to be extended to allow more time to develop the proposed changes with the PSNC and others. It will now close on 24 May 2016.</p><p>Once we have carefully considered the outcomes from the consultation, we are looking to communicate final decisions as soon as possible, so that pharmacy contractors are fully informed some months before the funding reduction starts from October 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 33132 33133 question first answered 15/04/2016 13:03:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

506531

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people receiving social care in (a) Dartford and (b) Kent who are entitled to public funding to support that care.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	33147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information in the format requested.</p><p>Data collected by the Health and Social Care Information Centre indicates that in 2014/15 there were 4,175 local authority supported long term residential and nursing care users aged 65 years and over supported by Kent County Council. This data is not available for the individual district councils in Kent, of which Dartford is one.</p><p>The data can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18663" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18663</a></p><p>An internal estimate carried out by the Department in 2012/13 estimated that 48% of people aged 65 and over in residential and nursing care in Kent were receiving local authority support at that time.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/04/2016 13:04:56 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

506532

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of specialist dementia (a) residential and (b) nursing home places in Kent.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	33148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC has provided the following information:</p><p>Active care home locations with the Dementia Service User Band in the Kent local authority</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of home</p></td><td><p>Number of beds</p></td><td><p>Number of locations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing home</p></td><td><p>3,663</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Residential home</p></td><td><p>4,229</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>7,892</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: CQC database at 11 April 2016</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/04/2016 13:08:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

506551

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pharmacy: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will carry out an assessment of the potential (a) health, (b) economic and (c) social effects of its proposals to reduce community pharmacy funding.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	33087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>Community pharmacy is a vital part of the National Health Service and can play an even greater role. In the Spending Review, the Government re-affirmed the need for the NHS to deliver £22 billion in efficiency savings by 2020/21 as set out in the NHS’s own plan, the Five Year Forward View. Community pharmacy is a core part of NHS primary care and has an important contribution to make as the NHS rises to these challenges. The Government believes efficiencies can be made without compromising the quality of services or public access to them. Our aim is to ensure that those community pharmacies upon which people depend continue to thrive and so we are consulting on the introduction of a Pharmacy Access Scheme, which will provide more NHS funds to certain pharmacies compared to others, considering factors such as location and the health needs of the local population.</p><p>The Government’s vision is for a more efficient, modern system that will free up pharmacists to spend more time delivering clinical and public health services to the benefit of patients and the public.</p><p>We are consulting the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) and others, including patient and public representatives, on our proposals for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. We announced on 16 March 2016 that the consultation period was to be extended to allow more time to develop the proposed changes with the PSNC and others. It will now close on 24 May 2016.</p><p>An impact assessment will be completed to inform final decisions and published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/04/2016 12:47:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

506569

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: West Yorkshire
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 effect of changes to the funding formula for GP surgeries on surgeries in (a) Huddersfield and (b) Kirklees.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	32753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>Approximately 55% of general practitioner (GP) practices operate under General Medical Service (GMS) contract arrangements. Typically, at least half of the money that a GMS practice receives is in the form of the ‘global sum’, derived through the Carr-Hill Formula.</p><p>The formula, as agreed with the British Medical Association (BMA) before the introduction of the 2004 GP contract, is used to allocate the global sum and related payments on the basis of the practice population, weighted for factors that influence relative needs and costs.</p><p>There are indications that the formula does not work as effectively in areas with demographically atypical populations, such as new towns or areas with high student populations. NHS England is working with the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, NHS Employers, the Department and academic partners on the review to develop a formula that better reflects the factors that drive workload, such as age or deprivation. As part of this work, the effect of any changes on practice funding in specific areas such as Huddersfield and Kirklees will be considered. It is intended that the review of the Carr-Hill formula will inform the 2017-18 GP contract.</p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified one item of correspondence received since 1 May 2015 from university health centres. There has also been a Ministerial meeting related to areas with demographically atypical populations, in this case new towns. It was not possible to identify correspondence received from GP surgeries with atypical patient profiles. This represents correspondence received by the Department’s ministerial correspondence unit only.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 32754 32755 question first answered 15/04/2016 12:42:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506570

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the funding needs of (a) university health centres and (b) other GP surgeries with atypical patient profiles in applying the core funding formula for GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	32754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>Approximately 55% of general practitioner (GP) practices operate under General Medical Service (GMS) contract arrangements. Typically, at least half of the money that a GMS practice receives is in the form of the ‘global sum’, derived through the Carr-Hill Formula.</p><p>The formula, as agreed with the British Medical Association (BMA) before the introduction of the 2004 GP contract, is used to allocate the global sum and related payments on the basis of the practice population, weighted for factors that influence relative needs and costs.</p><p>There are indications that the formula does not work as effectively in areas with demographically atypical populations, such as new towns or areas with high student populations. NHS England is working with the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, NHS Employers, the Department and academic partners on the review to develop a formula that better reflects the factors that drive workload, such as age or deprivation. As part of this work, the effect of any changes on practice funding in specific areas such as Huddersfield and Kirklees will be considered. It is intended that the review of the Carr-Hill formula will inform the 2017-18 GP contract.</p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified one item of correspondence received since 1 May 2015 from university health centres. There has also been a Ministerial meeting related to areas with demographically atypical populations, in this case new towns. It was not possible to identify correspondence received from GP surgeries with atypical patient profiles. This represents correspondence received by the Department’s ministerial correspondence unit only.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 32753 32755 question first answered 15/04/2016 12:42:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506571

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from (a) university health centres and (b) other GP surgeries with atypical patient profiles on funding formula changes.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	32755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>Approximately 55% of general practitioner (GP) practices operate under General Medical Service (GMS) contract arrangements. Typically, at least half of the money that a GMS practice receives is in the form of the ‘global sum’, derived through the Carr-Hill Formula.</p><p>The formula, as agreed with the British Medical Association (BMA) before the introduction of the 2004 GP contract, is used to allocate the global sum and related payments on the basis of the practice population, weighted for factors that influence relative needs and costs.</p><p>There are indications that the formula does not work as effectively in areas with demographically atypical populations, such as new towns or areas with high student populations. NHS England is working with the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee, NHS Employers, the Department and academic partners on the review to develop a formula that better reflects the factors that drive workload, such as age or deprivation. As part of this work, the effect of any changes on practice funding in specific areas such as Huddersfield and Kirklees will be considered. It is intended that the review of the Carr-Hill formula will inform the 2017-18 GP contract.</p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified one item of correspondence received since 1 May 2015 from university health centres. There has also been a Ministerial meeting related to areas with demographically atypical populations, in this case new towns. It was not possible to identify correspondence received from GP surgeries with atypical patient profiles. This represents correspondence received by the Department’s ministerial correspondence unit only.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 32753 32754 question first answered 15/04/2016 12:42:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506593

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient (a) paediatric ophthalmology, (b) ophthalmology, (c) medical ophthalmology, (d) optometry and (e) orthoptic follow-up appointments for children under 19 years of age were (i) cancelled and (ii) missed because the patient did not attend in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	32776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><p>Information on first and follow-up outpatient paediatric ophthalmology, ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology, optometry, and orthoptic appointments for patients under 19 years of age in 2014-15</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>First appointments</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Follow-up appointments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Treatment specialty</p></td><td><p>Cancelled (by hospital or by patient)</p></td><td><p>Patient did not attend</p></td><td><p>Cancelled (by hospital or by patient)</p></td><td><p>Patient did not attend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paediatric ophthalmology</p></td><td><p>18,322</p></td><td><p>18,573</p></td><td><p>50,184</p></td><td><p>46,044</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ophthalmology</p></td><td><p>27,814</p></td><td><p>25,067</p></td><td><p>70,917</p></td><td><p>68,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical ophthalmology</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>1,525</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>3,923</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Optometry</p></td><td><p>987</p></td><td><p>544</p></td><td><p>897</p></td><td><p>484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orthoptics</p></td><td><p>13,322</p></td><td><p>12,652</p></td><td><p>57,002</p></td><td><p>41,410</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p>Hospital episode statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Note:</em></p><p>These are not counts of people as the same person may have had more than one appointment within the same time period.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 32777 question first answered 15/04/2016 13:13:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook