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1088752

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hospitals: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2019 to Question 223521 on Waiting Lists: North East, whether any changes to the pledges of (a) a maximum four-hour wait in A&E from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge and (b) other waiting times set out on pages 32 and 33 of the Handbook to the NHS Constitution will be subject to public consultation.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	232545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England published the clinically-led review of standards interim report on 11 March 2019. The full report and recommendations from the NHS National Medical Director can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/clinical-review-nhs-access-standards/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/clinical-review-nhs-access-standards/</a></p><p> </p><p>These proposals will now be rigorously field tested, to gather further evidence on clinical, operational, workforce and financial implications. Alongside field-testing, a review panel will undertake extensive engagement across the wider health system ahead of presenting the evidence and making final recommendations to the Government. Staff bodies, patient groups and others will be involved in the testing and development of the proposals before finalising recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>A final report will be published in the autumn, after which final recommendations will be implemented more widely, and full implementation beginning in spring 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The standards are set out in the Handbook to the NHS Constitution and we will update the Handbook as necessary to reflect any changes to standards. There is no requirement to hold a consultation to make changes to the handbook.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/03/2019 17:08:39 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1087153

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 226647 on Medical Treatments, whether suppliers have confirmed that they have plans in place to air freight short shelf-life medicines, including medical radioisotopes, to avoid any border delays that may arise in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	231423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Our number one priority is for patients to continue to have access to medicines, including medical radioisotopes, whatever the European Union exit outcome, and we have robust contingency plans in place.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. However, as a responsible Government we must plan for every possible outcome including ‘no deal’. The Department has published guidance to industry and the health and care system to allow them to make informed plans and preparations. This is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has been working with industry to ensure that air freight is contracted to maintain continuity of supply for certain short shelf-life products, including medical radioisotopes, in the initial period following 29 March 2019 should the United Kingdom leave the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout enacting our plans, the response from industry has been extremely positive. Industry shares our aims of ensuring continuity of medicines’ supply for patients is maintained and that companies are able to cope with any potential delays at the border that may arise in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that if everyone does what they need to do, the supply of medicines and other medical products will be uninterrupted.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 15/03/2019 13:45:21 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1082330

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Integrated Care Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England's response to the consultation on contracting arrangements for Integrated Care Providers to be published; if he will make it his policy that no such contracts will be entered into until (a) that response has been published and (b) the House of Commons has had an opportunity to annul or approve any regulations relating to those contracting arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	228647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England consulted on proposed contracting arrangements for Integrated Care Providers (ICP) between August and October 2018, and is finalising its response to the consultation. NHS England will publish its response in due course. No contracts will be entered into before the response has been published. Any award of the contract will be subject to successful completion of the Integrated Support and Assurance Process (ISAP).</p><p> </p><p>On 13 February, the Department laid The Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019. The instrument makes changes to regulations which are considered necessary to support the introduction of proposed new contractual arrangements for the provision of integrated health and care services under an ICP contract. The instrument is subject to the negative resolution procedure.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 12:43:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1082331

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Integrated Care Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he has planned for the first Integrated Care Providers contracts to be entered into.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	228648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Integrated Care Provider (ICP) Contract is a contractual option for local areas wishing to integrate care. Where a clinical commissioning group (CCG) proposes to use the ICP Contract, proposals will be subject to successful completion of the Integrated Support and Assurance Process before the ICP Contract is awarded.</p><p> </p><p>Dudley CCG plans to enter into an ICP Contract by April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 12:46:01 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1078591

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will provide funding to to hospital trusts to cover additional medical air freight costs for (a) radioisotopes for cancer treatment and (b) other treatments that cannot be stockpiled in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	226647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>In August, the Department asked suppliers to ensure they have plans in place to air freight short shelf-life medicines, including medical radioisotopes, to avoid any border delays that may arise at the end of March in the event of a ‘no deal’ exit from the European Union. We continue to work closely with industry in considering how the Department may support suppliers in making arrangements to meet this expectation, and with NHS England to monitor medicines costs to the National Health Service. Any increase to the list price of a branded medicine may only be made with the agreement of the Department.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/03/2019 13:45:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1064703

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: DHL
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the proposed shipping route to be operated by DHL for products supplied to the NHS on a 24 to 72 hours timeframe in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, what assurances he has sought from DHL that the issues which led to the supply-chain breakdown in 2018 that occurred during DHL's contract with Kentucky Fried Chicken have been resolved; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	224317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The contractual arrangement that the Department has with DHL is unrelated to any other contracts that they may operate for different clients.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a team working closely with DHL on all aspects of the operational mobilisation and assuring that this contingency will be in place ahead of the date that the United Kingdom exits the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 26/02/2019 16:18:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1046983

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, over what time period targets will be met for (a) a four hour maximum wait at accident and emergency, (b) a maximum 18 week wait for non-urgent consultant-led treatments and planned operations, (c) cancer care within 62 days of referral, (d) mental health therapy within six weeks and (e) other statutory access standards in (i) Brighton and Hove and (ii) England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	211703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 is that NHS England should meet agreed core standards, including accident and emergency, referral to treatment and cancer waiting times. A further Mandate deliverable is to embed access and waiting time standards for mental health services for Early Intervention in Psychosis, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies and eating disorders.</p><p> </p><p>The Mandate is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691998/nhse-mandate-2018-19.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691998/nhse-mandate-2018-19.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s ‘Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20’ sets out deliverables against key performance areas and the Government expects the National Health Service to deliver these actions set – in full – as key steps toward fully recovering performance against core access standards.</p><p> </p><p>It is for NHS commissioners and providers locally to work together to manage demand and plan sufficient capacity to achieve and maintain statutory access standards.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/01/2019 17:24:48 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1038991

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference paragraph 1 of page 114 of the NHS Long-Term Plan, when he plans to (a) revoke the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 and (b) exclude the NHS from the Public Contract Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	207225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service has been subject to its current public procurement rules since the EU Directive came into force in 2004. We will work with the NHS develop an approach to procurement that reflects the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 12:07:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas