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1087090

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	Hospitals: Infectious Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed NHS Tariff and its alignment with the commitments set out in the NHS 10 Point Efficiency Plan on reducing infection rates in hospitals in the field of ophthalmology.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	231465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The national tariff is not designed to incentivise or reward providers around infection rates. Other mechanisms are employed to support the National Health Service to reduce infection rates.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 20/03/2019 16:20:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1063915

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Kidneys
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 people aged between 10 and 20 have had operations for kidney-stones in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	223055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Data is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>A count of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of kidney stones and a main procedure for kidney stones, where the patient age was between 10 and 20 years (inclusive), for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18, is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted to hospital on one or more occasion.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/02/2019 11:06:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name PQ223055 - data table format.xlsx title PQ223055 attached table
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1064067

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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: 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 steps he is taking to reduce the number of agency workers and increase the number of permanent staff in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	223265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department recognises that staff vacancies are among the biggest drivers of agency use in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that the NHS workforce has the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, Chair of NHS Improvement, working closely with Sir David Behan, Chair of Health Education England, to oversee the delivery of a workforce implementation plan. This will include proposals to grow the workforce, consideration of the additional staff and skills required, building a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensuring first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is already increasing nurse training places by 25%, with 5,000 additional nurse training places available every year from September 2018. Additionally, in 2018, up to 5,000 Nursing Associates commenced training through the apprentice route and the Department has a commitment to train up to a further 7,500 in 2019. The Government also made a commitment to have 5,000 additional doctors in general practice. The Department has started to roll out an extra 1,500 medical school places for domestic students, with the first 630 places taken up in September 2018. By 2020, five new medical schools will have opened to help deliver the expansion.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with NHS Improvement to implement a number of measures to reduce agency expenditure with a particular focus on building trust bank capability, so that vacant shifts can be, where possible, filled by existing NHS staff. As a result of this work, total agency expenditure across NHS trusts in England has fallen from a peak of £3.6 billion in 2015/16 to £2.4 billion in 2017/18 – a £1.2 billion reduction. The Secretary of State has made it clear that he wants to do more to drive down agency spend, and we are committed to embedding a ‘bank first’ approach across the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 17:00:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1049993

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Joint Replacements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting times for (a) hip and (b) knee operations.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	213359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are putting in place a number of initiatives to better manage the increasing demand for elective services, including those related to hips and knees. The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a number of other ways in which the National Health Service will look to reduce avoidable demand and improve waiting times for all elective care services. This includes a commitment that any patient who has been waiting for more than six months will be reviewed and given the option of faster treatment at an alternative provider.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England’s ‘Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20’ sets out deliverables against key performance areas, including referral-to-treatment, and the Government expects the NHS to deliver these actions set – in full – as key steps towards fully recovering performance against core access standards.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 05/02/2019 16:10:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1010691

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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: Negligence
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 disbursed by the NHS in relation to medical negligence claims in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of the National Health Service in England.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows NHS Resolution spending on clinical negligence as managed through the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) for the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>CNST spending on clinical negligence (£ billion)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The spending figures only cover spending specifically attributed to clinical negligence, principally pay-outs pertaining to CNST as managed by NHS Resolution plus associated administration costs, claimant legal and defence legal costs.</li><li>The figures are for the NHS in England only and do not include any unrecorded costs, for example staff employed by trusts to deal with claims.</li><li>The figures do not include the cost of clinical negligence claims in primary care as primary care funding includes an unspecified element for indemnity premia.</li><li>The figures do not include clinical negligence pay-outs relating to Department-funded indemnity schemes in respect of legacy bodies such as primary care trusts and strategic or regional health authorities.</li></ol> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/11/2018 14:27:46 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1005987

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has provided guidance to manufacturers on communicating the potential health benefits of their products to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not provided guidance to manufacturers on communicating the potential health benefits of their products provided through the NHS Supply Chain to consumers.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/11/2018 16:47:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

44466

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's review of the proposed EU bus and coach regulation will consider representations from guide dog organisations about the needs of disabled people who use guide dogs on public transport.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>EU Regulation 181/2011 on bus and coach passenger rights came into force in all Member States on 1 March 2013. The Government took the decision to make use of a number of time-limited exemptions, including one exempting drivers from mandatory disability awareness training. <strong> </strong>However, we committed to review the use of this exemption in March 2014. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In order to inform the review, my Noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer wrote to the bus and coach industry on 24<sup>th</sup> February to establish the structure and effectiveness of disability awareness training courses used by various organisations and to assess whether a significant upward trend in the provision of disability awareness training amongst drivers has occurred since the exemption's application. Baroness Kramer has also sought input from a number of disability groups and charities (including Guide Dogs for the Blind and the RNIB) on the effectiveness of disability awareness training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon