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1091385

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of employing one (a) nurse, (b) midwife, (c) doctor and (d) GP.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	234273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s estimates of the average cost to the National Health Service employing a midwife, a nurse and a doctor at a full-time equivalent (FTE) are set out in the following table. These costs include total earnings, national insurance and pension contributions.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Estimated Average Pay Bill per FTE (2017-18)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doctors</p></td><td><p>£102,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses and Health Visitors</p></td><td><p>£43,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midwives</p></td><td><p>£47,381</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Departmental Headline Hospital and Community Health Services Pay Bill Metrics, which are based primarily on earnings statistics published by NHS Digital, supplemented by employer pension and national insurance contributions estimates informed by unpublished and unvalidated data from the Electronic Staff Record Data Warehouse.</p><p> </p><p>Pay bill per FTE levels reflect average experience and pay levels as well as non-basic earnings such as overtime which can fluctuate. These figures do not include any other costs associated with employing or training that member of staff such as recruitment costs.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioner contractors are not employed by the NHS but hold one of three contracts (General Medical Services, Personal Medical Services or Alternative Provider Medical Services) with NHS England to undertake work for the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/03/2019 16:37:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1090915

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS finance (a) workforce and (b) finance directors are female; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	233501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number and proportion of male and female staff who work in the National Health Service finance workforce and are finance directors, headcount as at November 2018. These figures include staff who work in NHS trusts, clinical commissioning groups, support organisations and central bodies in England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Finance workforce</p></td><td><p>9,702</p></td><td><p>5,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of whole NHS finance workforce</p></td><td><p>62.6%</p></td><td><p>37.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Directors</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of all finance directors</p></td><td><p>27.8%</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>The data is based on how NHS organisations record their staff categories.</p><p> </p><p>Staff are categorised as part of the NHS finance workforce if the work of the team they belong to is described as ‘Finance’, and as Financial Directors if they have a Job Role described as a ‘Finance Director’. Some organisations may not categorise their workforce who have these responsibilities as such because this is dependent on each organisations’ structure.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/03/2019 16:28:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1091041

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Health Professions: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for introducing statutory regulation for medical associate professions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	233526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>On 7 February 2019 the Government published its response to the consultation on the Regulation of Medical Associate Professions in the United Kingdom, confirming the decision to introducing statutory regulation for physician associates and physicians’ assistants (anesthesia).</p><p> </p><p>Work is now underway to decide which healthcare regulator will take on responsibility for the regulation of these two roles. Once this has been confirmed, the Government will work with relevant stakeholders to develop the required legislation. Bringing non-regulated healthcare professions into statutory regulation is typically done using section 60 of the Health Act 1999. This process takes around 18 to 24 months to complete, subject to Parliamentary time.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/03/2019 16:26:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1089478

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
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	Tomography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost of a (a) CT scanner (b) MRI scanner and (c) LINAC scanner is, and what his Department's policy is on replacing out of date equipment.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	233005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The guideline average price available through the NHS Supply Chain for each of the scanners specified is outlined below:</p><p>- The average cost of a Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner is £536,000;</p><p>- The average cost of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanner is £900,000; and</p><p>- The average cost of a Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Scanner is £1,500,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency provides guidance for healthcare organisations on managing medical devices and sets out a systematic approach to the acquisition, deployment, maintenance, repair, replacement and disposal of medical devices. This guidance is available via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-medical-devices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-medical-devices</a></p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of individual organisations to set up and develop systems that promote the safe and effective use of medical devices.</p><p> </p><p>The capital settlement for future years will be set in the Spending Review later this year, alongside reforms to the capital regime to ensure that the available capital budget is prioritised and allocated to maximum effect to support service transformation, productivity improvement and effective planning and control.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 20/03/2019 10:38:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1086512

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	NHS: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on agency and locum staff in the NHS (a) in total, (b) for each job type and (c) in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	230755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The data requested is only available from 2015/16 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>These figures show that, for all staff groups, the amount spent on agency has fallen since the introduction of new measures to reduce agency spend across the National Health Service in 2015/16. Since the introduction of these measures, agency spend has fallen from a peak of £3.6 billion in 2015/16 to £2.4 billion in 2017/18 – a £1.2 billion reduction.</p><p> </p><p>Even so, we recognise that there is still more to be done in this area, and we are committed to reducing trusts’ reliance on expensive agency workers, whilst ensuring they can meet their temporary staffing needs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19 Year To Date Month 10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing, midwifery and health visiting</p></td><td><p>£1,150 million</p></td><td><p>£ 966 million</p></td><td><p>£809 million</p></td><td><p>£698 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare assistant and other support</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>£199 million</p></td><td><p>£134 million</p></td><td><p>£103 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical and dental</p></td><td><p>£1,346 million</p></td><td><p>£1,049 million</p></td><td><p>£950 million</p></td><td><p>£784 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scientific, therapeutic and technical</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>£248 million</p></td><td><p>£206 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare science</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>£40 million</p></td><td><p>£29 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin and estates</p></td><td><p>Reported as other</p></td><td><p>£342 million</p></td><td><p>£223 million</p></td><td><p>£178 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>£1,172 million</p></td><td><p>£379 million</p></td><td><p>£3 million</p></td><td><p>£2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total agency</p></td><td><p>£3,668 million</p></td><td><p>£2,934 million</p></td><td><p>£2,407 million</p></td><td><p>£1,999 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/03/2019 17:04:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1082262

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	Department of Health and Social Care: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much interest has been paid by NHS trusts and Foundation Trusts on bailout loans from his Department in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years; where such interest is paid to; and for what purposes such interest payments were subsequently used.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	228718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The following table sets out interest paid by National Health Service trust and foundation trusts in each year since the introduction of interim revenue support loans:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£14,935,544</p></td><td><p>£44,356,477</p></td><td><p>£69,945,307</p></td><td><p>£105,159,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>£8,783,806</p></td><td><p>£29,518,357</p></td><td><p>£47,989,946</p></td><td><p>£80,059,239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£23,719,350</p></td><td><p>£73,874,834</p></td><td><p>£117,935,253</p></td><td><p>£185,218,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Note:</p><p>*2018-19 includes interest to be paid in March 2019.</p><p>The interest paid is not lost to the NHS. It is paid to the Department but is channelled back into the NHS through the annual funding provided to the NHS through the NHS England mandate.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 12:37:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1082280

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	NHS: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses left the NHS in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	228728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors who have left National Health Service employment as at 30 September for each of the years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors who left employment in the NHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 to September 2010</p></td><td><p>25,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 to September 2011</p></td><td><p>27,462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 to September 2012</p></td><td><p>32,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012 to September 2013</p></td><td><p>28,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013 to September 2014</p></td><td><p>30,551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 to September 2015</p></td><td><p>33,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015 to September 2016</p></td><td><p>32,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016 to September 2017</p></td><td><p>33,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017 to September 2018</p></td><td><p>32,155</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>These figures include nurses moving to roles in primary care and social care.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has put in place a range of measures to increase nursing workforce supply, including a new route in to nursing through Nurse Degree and Nursing Associate apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>National programmes led by NHS Improvement, NHS Employers and Health Education England are focused on improving staff retention, increasing the number of nurses returning to practice, increasing overseas recruitment and improving sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>Around one million NHS workers will benefit from the new Agenda for Change pay and contract reform deal. The deal includes important changes to pay and non-pay benefits to help support recruitment and retention and boost productivity in return for additional pay investment.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 11/03/2019 17:17:29 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1082298

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	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, how many incomplete patient treatments there have been where the waiting time was over 52 weeks in each month since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	228737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Tables showing the number of patients waiting over 52 weeks for treatment on an incomplete pathway within each month since June 2010 are attached. NHS England collects and publishes this data on a monthly basis and is also available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2018-19/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/rtt-data-2018-19/</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 14:07:55 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name Data for PQ228737.xlsx title PQ228737 attached data
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1082371

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	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sustainability and transformation plans that have been produced included a workforce plan within them.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	228766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Every sustainability and transformation plan was published by the end of 2016 and these can be found through NHS England’s website at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/integratedcare/stps/view-stps" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/integratedcare/stps/view-stps</a></p><p>Local leaders drawing up these proposals were asked to consider local challenges and priorities, with workforce a key priority. During 2019, each local system will refresh its plan.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/03/2019 12:45:04 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1081761

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses in England in training compared with other countries on which information is available in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	228074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested. The Department does not hold data on totals in training across international health systems.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/03/2019 17:00:50 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth