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416154

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to set conditions for the financing of (a) NHS trusts and (b) NHS Foundations Trusts to ensure that these bodies implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations have the freedom to make decisions on their car parking to reflect their local situation and needs. The car parking principles provide clear direction and leadership but a central interference in these freedoms would not help NHS trusts and could result in unwarranted interference in how their clinical services are locally managed and delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The powers available to the Secretary of State for Health under Section 42 of the NHS Act 2006 to provide funding to NHS organisations in distress are not appropriate for car parking. There are no other levers or other conditions available for the financing of NHS organisations to implement the NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:21:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416562

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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, with reference to his speech of 19 June 2015, on A new deal for general practice, in what ways he expects GPs to play more of a role in public health.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View focuses on prevention of illness and empowering patients to take an active role in their health and wellbeing with the support of clinicians and other healthcare professionals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State outlined, this includes general practice working across traditional boundaries with other sectors to ensure patients are able to access the most appropriate service. Supporting general practice to take on a bigger role in public health would help to implement a proactive approach to the whole practice population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In general, general practitioners have an important role to play in supporting public health, for example, through offering vaccinations. General practice is well placed to encourage people to lead healthy lifestyles, as well as to direct people to other appropriate public health or prevention services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Supporting general practice to take on a bigger role in public health would help to implement a proactive approach to the whole practice population in relation to primary and secondary prevention, for example inclusion of weight management, physical activity and healthy eating programmes into existing care pathways. This helps patients to become more actively involved in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:18:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

416563

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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, with reference to his speech of 19 June 2015, on A new deal for general practice, what the terms of reference will be of the review by the Health Foundation and NHS England of data and metrics assessing quality in general practice; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Health Foundation has said that they will publish an independent review of data and metrics assessing quality in general practice at the end of September 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attachment ‘<em>The Health Foundation’s GP indicators review</em>’ contains the terms of reference for this review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:17:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name The Health Foundations's GP indicators review.pdf title The Health Foundation's GP Indicators Review
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

416569

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Primary Health Care: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his speech of 19 June 2015, on A new deal for general practice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) practice nurses, (b) district nurses, (c) physicians' associates and (d) pharmacists that the NHS will need to recruit in the primary care sector to meet the goals outlined in his speech.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health announced on 19 June the first stages of a New Deal for general practice. As part of that New Deal, the Department is committed to working to increase the primary and community care workforce by at least 10,000 by 2020. This number will comprise a range of roles across the primary and community care workforce, including an additional 1,000 physician associates available to work in primary care by 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) has responsibility for workforce planning and commissioning education and training. In December 2014 HEE established an independent Primary Care Workforce Commission, chaired by Professor Martin Roland, Professor of Health Services Research, University of Cambridge, to inform priorities for HEE investment in education and training to deliver a primary care workforce that is fit for purpose, flexible and able to adapt to new models of primary care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission’s report was published in July 2015 and has identified good examples of integrated, patient focused, primary care. The report will inform HEE’s priorities for education and training to ultimately deliver a primary care workforce that is fit for purpose, flexible and able to respond to new models of care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE is considering the recommendations that the report has outlined and will formally respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:20:07 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

416592

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Awards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce two clinical excellence awards schemes for both clinical academic excellence and clinical service excellence.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in his Written Ministerial Statement of 16 July, we will consult on removal of the current local clinical excellence award scheme in the autumn, alongside proposals for a reformed national clinical excellence award scheme based on the recommendations previously made by the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration. We will be mindful of the importance of recognising those doctors who have national leadership roles in the National Health Service and the substantial contribution made by clinical academics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8936 question first answered 14/09/2015 16:45:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416593

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Awards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which body has responsibility for signing off the criteria used to judge consultant clinical excellence awards.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Clinical Excellence Awards recognise and reward NHS consultants and academic general practitioners who perform ‘over and above’ the standard expected of their role. Awards are given for quality and excellence, acknowledging exceptional personal contributions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards is a non-departmental public body. It issues guides to the Scheme setting out the detailed criteria against which applicants will be assessed. The assessment criteria are found in the Guide for Assessors. The guides are issues for a specific annual awards round and any changes to criteria are included in the guides.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Committee makes recommendations to Ministers on national award nominations proposed by the Chair and Medical Director, and based on recommendations from sub-committees and national bodies.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8876 question first answered 14/09/2015 16:48:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416594

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Awards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which body has responsibility for reviewing and changing the criteria used to judge consultant clinical excellence awards.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Clinical Excellence Awards recognise and reward NHS consultants and academic general practitioners who perform ‘over and above’ the standard expected of their role. Awards are given for quality and excellence, acknowledging exceptional personal contributions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards is a non-departmental public body. It issues guides to the Scheme setting out the detailed criteria against which applicants will be assessed. The assessment criteria are found in the Guide for Assessors. The guides are issues for a specific annual awards round and any changes to criteria are included in the guides.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Committee makes recommendations to Ministers on national award nominations proposed by the Chair and Medical Director, and based on recommendations from sub-committees and national bodies.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8875 question first answered 14/09/2015 16:48:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416596

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's definition is of (a) academic and (b) service consultants.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Clinical academics are doctors and dentists (including consultants and general practitioners) who are employed by higher education institutions, or other organisations, in a research and/or teaching capacity and who also provide services for National Health Service patients as part of honorary NHS contracts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service consultants are employed by NHS organisations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 16:43:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416597

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Awards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to review the criteria for granting clinical excellence awards.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>As my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in his Written Ministerial Statement of 16 July, we will consult on removal of the current local clinical excellence award scheme in the autumn, alongside proposals for a reformed national clinical excellence award scheme based on the recommendations previously made by the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration. We will be mindful of the importance of recognising those doctors who have national leadership roles in the National Health Service and the substantial contribution made by clinical academics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8874 question first answered 14/09/2015 16:45:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416667

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the findings have been of the Call to Action on improving eye health and the provision of NHS eye health services.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	8495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has not formally published the Call to Action. NHS England has advised that key themes arising from the Call to Action responses included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- a desire to see a greater delivery of care in the community;</p><p> </p><p>- a call for greater patient and user involvement in service redesign, particularly with more engagement of third sector organisations; and</p><p> </p><p>- recognition that care pathways for eye health disorders needed to better reflect opportunities for health promotion, more consistent adoption of good practice guidelines in terms of management, and greater awareness of reablement /rehabilitation for service users with visual impairment and sight loss.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There was also feedback which highlighted the need for a review of information technology systems across England to better support integration of the eye sector in both community and hospital services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We understand NHS England has discussed the findings with commissioners and stakeholders and that work is underway to develop local and national responses to the findings as part of NHS England business plan for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8496 question first answered 14/09/2015 16:23:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess