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694239

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Home Care Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to assist (a) Newcastle Allied Healthcare and (b) other home care providers given an inadequate rating by the Care Quality Commission.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	65491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2014, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introduced tougher inspections for providers regulated by the CQC to clamp down on poor services.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2015, the Department introduced a special measures regime for all registered adult social care providers including care homes and home care agencies that have been rated as inadequate by the CQC, which offers the opportunity to improve within a time-limited period with access to a suite of resources enabling providers to deliver better, safer care.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC published analysis that shows that from 1 October 2014 to 31 March 2016 out of 372 care homes rated inadequate, 73% (273) have improved their overall ratings following the most recent CQC inspection.</p><p> </p><p>The Department provides funding to the Social Care Institute for Excellence to offer improvement support, training and consultancy to registered care providers – helping them raise the standards of care and improve outcomes for service users.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 01/03/2017 17:00:55 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

693276

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Competition
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 adequacy of the level of competition in the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	65011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Care Act 2014 placed duties on local authorities in England to facilitate an effective local market to meet the needs of people in their area. This ‘market shaping’ duty includes understanding changes in local demand and engaging with care providers to encourage appropriate and quality services. The Department has supported local authorities with their market related duties through a sector-led approach and has recently brought together guidance and support in an online hub available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>It is up to local authorities how they spend the extra money coming into the system but we would expect the additional resources to help them commission services that are sustainable, diverse and offer sufficient high quality care and support for people in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, the Government introduced tougher inspections for home care services and care homes to clamp down on poor services. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) thoroughly inspects each service and has powers to close those that do not improve and take tough action against owners. This inspection regime is playing a key role in driving up the quality of care. As of February 2017 CQC rates 77% of adult social care services as good or outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65060 question first answered 27/02/2017 09:57:26 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

693297

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that provision in the care sector is provided on the basis of criteria other than the lowest possible cost.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	65060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Care Act 2014 placed duties on local authorities in England to facilitate an effective local market to meet the needs of people in their area. This ‘market shaping’ duty includes understanding changes in local demand and engaging with care providers to encourage appropriate and quality services. The Department has supported local authorities with their market related duties through a sector-led approach and has recently brought together guidance and support in an online hub available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>It is up to local authorities how they spend the extra money coming into the system but we would expect the additional resources to help them commission services that are sustainable, diverse and offer sufficient high quality care and support for people in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, the Government introduced tougher inspections for home care services and care homes to clamp down on poor services. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) thoroughly inspects each service and has powers to close those that do not improve and take tough action against owners. This inspection regime is playing a key role in driving up the quality of care. As of February 2017 CQC rates 77% of adult social care services as good or outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65011 question first answered 27/02/2017 09:57:27 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

599456

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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 steps he is taking to ensure that GP surgeries have the (a) resources and (b) training to provide a patient-friendly service, including appointments with a preferred GP in advance and at a time convenient to patients; and what rights patients have if GP surgeries do not meet such standards.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	48090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving access to general practitioner (GP) services as part of our plan for a seven day National Health Service, and has invested £175 million in the GP Access Fund to test improved and innovative access to GP services. Across the two waves of the Access Fund there are 57 schemes covering over 2,500 practices and 18 million patients, testing a wide variety of approaches that will ensure a patient-friendly services. These include opening 8am-8pm on weekdays and weekends; better use of telecare and health apps; more innovative ways to access services by video call, email or telephone; and developing more integrated services with a single point of contact to co-ordinate patient services.</p><p>GPs are contractually required to provide essential services to meet the reasonable needs of their patients within core hours. Under the NHS constitution, patients have the right to express a preference for using a particular doctor within their GP practice, and for the practice to try to comply. The 2015-16 (July 2016) GP Patient Survey found that 91% of patients who had a GP they preferred to see them at least some of the time, and 92.1% of patients who got an appointment found it was convenient. If a patient believes they are not receiving this standard of care they have the right to complain; any complaint made must be acknowledged within three working days and be properly investigated.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 16:06:44 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

599472

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by Cancer Research UK on the barriers to people making GP appointments, published in the Public Health Journal in October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	48081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Analysis of the cancer awareness measure found that the most commonly perceived barriers to seeing a general practitioner (GP) were finding it difficult to get an appointment with a particular doctor, or at a convenient time, and disliking having to talk to GP receptionists about symptoms.</p><p>Catching more cancers early is a priority and this year NHS England is investing an extra £15 million in improving early diagnosis and setting up Cancer Alliances to bring together leadership across local areas to drive improvements.</p><p>The Government is committed to improving access to GP services as part of our plan for a seven day National Health Service, and has invested £175 million in the GP Access Fund to test improved and innovative access to GP services. The 2015-16 (July 2016) GP Patient Survey found that 92.1% of patients who got an appointment found it was convenient, and 91% of patients who had a GP they preferred to see saw them at least some of the time.</p><p>The General Practice Forward View, published in April, announced £45 million of extra funding nationally over five years so that every practice in the country can help their reception and clerical staff play a greater role in care navigation, signposting patients and handling clinical paperwork to free up GP time.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 16:05:13 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah