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421935

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date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer
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 15 September 2015 to Question 9845, what steps have been taken with Breast Cancer Now since the roundtable event.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	12247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Since the Roundtable Event, the Department has engaged with a number of key stakeholders to progress various outputs. I met Breast Cancer Now and the hon. Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds) who is sponsoring the Off Patent Drugs Bill recently where we discussed their views. The Government’s position on the Bill will be shared in full at its second reading on 6 November 2015.</p><br /> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2015 15:29:43 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

421942

registered interest
date	16/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Equipment
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 on the provision of medical supplies to NHS facilities in (a) Northamptonshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England of the introduction of the new IT system at NHS Supply Chain's Regional Distribution Centre in Rugby.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	12199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>NHS Supply Chain services are delivered by a logistics partner DHL, under the management of NHS Business Services Authority. DHL has been upgrading the main logistics IT system across its warehousing network and on 5 October 2015 commenced the upgrade at its warehouse in Rugby. Various technical issues have been encountered and, as a result, DHL has had to implement contingency measures.</p><br /><p>Whilst there has been an administrative impact on some National Health Service trusts, we are not aware of any impact on ‘front line services’ in Northamptonshire and the East Midlands – the area served by the Rugby warehouse. DHL has been able to meet requirements from its remaining network and it expects all current issues to be resolved by 23 October 2015. When the issues have been resolved the NHS Business Services Authority will then address any ‘due compensation’ to NHS trusts affected.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2015 15:01:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

421110

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Labour Turnover
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 staff retention in NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	11636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>NHS England ran a restructuring programme in 2014/15. Since then, the organisation turnover rate has declined and for the last three months has been on average 3.75%.</p><br /><p>Retention issues tend to arise in particular roles or professions, for example finance, or in specific locations. NHS England has mechanisms to address the specific issues. Furthermore, NHS England conducts exit interviews with staff who leave to help understand issues which affect retention and ensure they can be addressed.</p><br /><p>In order to ensure NHS England can attract and retain high quality staff, and plan and manage natural succession, it has introduced a formal talent management process to ensure that line managers are discussing current performance, future potential, personal development plans and career aspirations with staff. This process has covered over 1,000 staff in senior and business critical roles. The organisation and senior leadership now have a much better understanding of people’s aspirations, development needs and career intentions.</p><br /><p>The organisation has also introduced a staff recognition scheme, and other programmes of work to improve health and well-being, capability development, staff engagement and diversity with the aim of making NHS England an employer of choice for talented people.</p><br /> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2015 13:22:04 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

421111

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Individual Funding Requests have been granted in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	11637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>Prior to 1 April 2013, individual funding requests (IFRs) were the responsibility of local primary care trusts and information was not collected centrally.</p><br /><p>NHS England holds information relating to IFRs made in relation to the prescribed services it has commissioning responsibility for. This data is available from April 2013 when the organisation was formally established. NHS England does not hold information relating to IFRs submitted to clinical commissioning groups.</p><br /><p>From April 2013 to September 2015, NHS England approved 978 IFRs. All IFR requests are considered in-line with NHS England associated policies which can be found on its website and accessed via the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/policies/gp/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/policies/gp/</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2015 14:56:50 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

421112

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in devolved administrations on standardising the decision-making process for individual funding requests.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	11608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. The arrangements in place for handling individual funding requests in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a matter for the relevant devolved administration.</p><br /> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2015 14:55:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

421114

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Job Satisfaction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of staff morale in NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	11635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has regularly surveyed staff opinion and experience since it was established in 2013. The most recent staff survey was conducted in July 2015 and was open to all employees of the organisation. 66% of all employees responded to the survey and the overall morale and engagement score was 63% positive.</p><br /><p>Informed by feedback from the staff surveys, NHS England launched a programme of work to enhance staff engagement and diversity, build skills and capabilities and improve business processes, as the survey identified these as issues that impact upon staff morale and satisfaction levels.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2015 13:49:11 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland