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419538

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the new junior doctors' contract to be published; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	10668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>After the British Medical Association (BMA) left negotiations in October 2014, the Government asked the independent Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) to make recommendations on a new contract for junior doctors. The DDRB report published on 16 July considered evidence from employers, Government, the British Medical Association (BMA) and other interested parties and made recommendations on a new pay structure for doctors and dentists in training.</p><p>The Secretary of State accepted the recommendations of the DDRB as the basis for implementing a new contract and invited the BMA to re-enter negotiations to take forward the recommendations with NHS Employers. Although the DDRB accepted the principles of the reforms there remained significant work to finalise and agree the details of the contract and it was expected that these would be agreed between the parties on the basis of a negotiation. It is disappointing that on 13 August the BMA announced that it would not re-engage in negotiations based on the independent report and absented itself from participating in making important design decisions on the new contract.</p><p>The Government cannot accept that a Trade Union should have a veto on making changes to an outdated employment contract that the BMA agreed urgently needed reform. The Department has therefore asked NHS Employers to take forward the work of developing a new employment contract without the BMA. NHS Employers are arranging to consult with junior doctors and other interested stakeholders directly and will shortly launch a series of roadshows across the country. The Government would still welcome the BMA re-entering the negotiation.</p><p>The new contract will prioritise safe care by strengthening safeguards on doctors’ working hours and reward junior doctors more fairly for the work they do. No financial savings will be made from implementing the new contract. It will be finalised in the new year and is due to be implemented from August 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 10669 10673 question first answered 12/10/2015 15:05:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

419547

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Pay
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 report produced by the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration entitled Contract reform for consultants and doctors and dentists in training - supporting heathcare services seven days a week, published on 16 July 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	10673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>After the British Medical Association (BMA) left negotiations in October 2014, the Government asked the independent Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) to make recommendations on a new contract for junior doctors. The DDRB report published on 16 July considered evidence from employers, Government, the British Medical Association (BMA) and other interested parties and made recommendations on a new pay structure for doctors and dentists in training.</p><p>The Secretary of State accepted the recommendations of the DDRB as the basis for implementing a new contract and invited the BMA to re-enter negotiations to take forward the recommendations with NHS Employers. Although the DDRB accepted the principles of the reforms there remained significant work to finalise and agree the details of the contract and it was expected that these would be agreed between the parties on the basis of a negotiation. It is disappointing that on 13 August the BMA announced that it would not re-engage in negotiations based on the independent report and absented itself from participating in making important design decisions on the new contract.</p><p>The Government cannot accept that a Trade Union should have a veto on making changes to an outdated employment contract that the BMA agreed urgently needed reform. The Department has therefore asked NHS Employers to take forward the work of developing a new employment contract without the BMA. NHS Employers are arranging to consult with junior doctors and other interested stakeholders directly and will shortly launch a series of roadshows across the country. The Government would still welcome the BMA re-entering the negotiation.</p><p>The new contract will prioritise safe care by strengthening safeguards on doctors’ working hours and reward junior doctors more fairly for the work they do. No financial savings will be made from implementing the new contract. It will be finalised in the new year and is due to be implemented from August 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 10668 10669 question first answered 12/10/2015 15:05:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

419550

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the consultation on the revised junior doctors' contract; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	10669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>After the British Medical Association (BMA) left negotiations in October 2014, the Government asked the independent Doctors and Dentists Review Body (DDRB) to make recommendations on a new contract for junior doctors. The DDRB report published on 16 July considered evidence from employers, Government, the British Medical Association (BMA) and other interested parties and made recommendations on a new pay structure for doctors and dentists in training.</p><p>The Secretary of State accepted the recommendations of the DDRB as the basis for implementing a new contract and invited the BMA to re-enter negotiations to take forward the recommendations with NHS Employers. Although the DDRB accepted the principles of the reforms there remained significant work to finalise and agree the details of the contract and it was expected that these would be agreed between the parties on the basis of a negotiation. It is disappointing that on 13 August the BMA announced that it would not re-engage in negotiations based on the independent report and absented itself from participating in making important design decisions on the new contract.</p><p>The Government cannot accept that a Trade Union should have a veto on making changes to an outdated employment contract that the BMA agreed urgently needed reform. The Department has therefore asked NHS Employers to take forward the work of developing a new employment contract without the BMA. NHS Employers are arranging to consult with junior doctors and other interested stakeholders directly and will shortly launch a series of roadshows across the country. The Government would still welcome the BMA re-entering the negotiation.</p><p>The new contract will prioritise safe care by strengthening safeguards on doctors’ working hours and reward junior doctors more fairly for the work they do. No financial savings will be made from implementing the new contract. It will be finalised in the new year and is due to be implemented from August 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 10668 10673 question first answered 12/10/2015 15:05:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

418327

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Recruitment
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 7 September 2015 to Question 8027, what information his Department holds on the forecast amount to be spent on recruitment campaigns for GPs in each of the next two financial years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>In January 2015, Health Education England (HEE), alongside NHS England, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee, jointly published <em>Building the Workforce – the new deal for general practice </em>which set out an action plan to increase general practitioner (GP) numbers. This plan, which has been allocated £10 million of the Primary Care Infrastructure Fund for this year, includes a campaign targeted at recruitment to GP training which is due to commence later this month. HEE is currently in discussions with NHS England regarding the budget to be committed to this campaign. Any further allocations for such work to continue during 2016-17 and 2017-18 will, if necessary, be determined as part of the wider Spending Review negotiations across Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/09/2015 10:05:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

391480

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to upgrade diagnostic equipment in GP surgeries across England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>It is for individual GP practices to ensure that their diagnostic equipment is fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The majority of GP Practices receive funding through three main income streams:</p><p> </p><p>- Global Sum – covering the costs of running a general practice, including some essential GP services. This is calculated using the Carr-Hill formula that takes into account, for example, patient demographics, rurality and deprivation factors.</p><p> </p><p>- The Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF), an optional incentive scheme for GPs.</p><p> </p><p>- Enhanced services, setting out additional services that practices can choose to provide.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Additional payments are also made to practices, for example, seniority payments as well as payments associated with costs of providing premises.</p><p> </p><p>Practices are then responsible for meeting the costs of their business, including funding and maintaining any equipment they may need.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/09/2015 14:58:27 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

391481

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of recruitment of GPs across England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Health services are a devolved matter with each United Kingdom country responsible for ensuring they have a workforce that is equipped to deliver high quality patient care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2015, Health Education England (HEE), alongside NHS England, the Royal College of General Practitioners and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee jointly published <em>Building the Workforce – the new deal for general practice </em>which set out an action plan to increase general practitioner (GP) numbers. This includes measures on recruitment to GP training:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- conducting a campaign this summer targeted at recruitment to GP training in the autumn;</p><p> </p><p>- scoping the use of an additional year of training post-award of the Certificate of Completion of Training for candidates seeking to work in geographies which historically have had difficulties recruiting trainees;</p><p> </p><p>- investing an extra £1 billion in new primary care infrastructure which will enable increased training capacity and a more positive experience for medical students and foundation year doctors within general practice; and</p><p> </p><p>- establishing a number of hubs/networks providing new education and training models for the whole workforce within community and primary care settings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, the Government’s mandate to HEE requires them to ensure that 3,250 trainee doctors enter GP training programmes by 2016. This will enable further increases in the GP workforce across England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Building the Workforce also includes measures on retention and supporting GPs to return to practice. A copy of this is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/09/2015 12:12:49 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name Building the Workforce.pdf title Building the Workforce
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388238

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from (a) specialist bodies and (b) charities on treatment options for autism spectrum disorder on the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revised statutory guidance on autism for local authorities and the National Health Service was issued on 26 March this year and continued to include the importance of having access locally to a diagnostic pathway and improving the quality of services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE has published three clinical guidelines on autism and a quality standard. It has also produced an implementation pack on developing multi-agency local autism teams and support for commissioning autism services, which outlines key actions that commissioners should take. Although arrangements for referrals for autism diagnosis are a matter for local determination, NHS England has a role in assuring the process is adopted. Representations on clinical approaches concerning autism are normally forwarded by the Department to NHS organisations or other relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England oversees an annual autism self-assessment exercise amongst local authority areas and their partners. In 2013/14, it reported that 4,677 people had received a diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition in the year to the end of March 2014, based on data submitted from 102 of a possible 152 local authority areas. In the same exercise, the average waiting time between referral and assessment as reported by 110 local authority areas was 29.6 weeks. This was the first time these questions had been asked in this form. The results of the 2014/15 exercise will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5990 5991 5993 5994 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:57:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388239

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients with autism spectrum disorder who have received NHS treatment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revised statutory guidance on autism for local authorities and the National Health Service was issued on 26 March this year and continued to include the importance of having access locally to a diagnostic pathway and improving the quality of services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE has published three clinical guidelines on autism and a quality standard. It has also produced an implementation pack on developing multi-agency local autism teams and support for commissioning autism services, which outlines key actions that commissioners should take. Although arrangements for referrals for autism diagnosis are a matter for local determination, NHS England has a role in assuring the process is adopted. Representations on clinical approaches concerning autism are normally forwarded by the Department to NHS organisations or other relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England oversees an annual autism self-assessment exercise amongst local authority areas and their partners. In 2013/14, it reported that 4,677 people had received a diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition in the year to the end of March 2014, based on data submitted from 102 of a possible 152 local authority areas. In the same exercise, the average waiting time between referral and assessment as reported by 110 local authority areas was 29.6 weeks. This was the first time these questions had been asked in this form. The results of the 2014/15 exercise will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5991 5992 5993 5994 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:57:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388240

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS treatment options for patients with autism spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revised statutory guidance on autism for local authorities and the National Health Service was issued on 26 March this year and continued to include the importance of having access locally to a diagnostic pathway and improving the quality of services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE has published three clinical guidelines on autism and a quality standard. It has also produced an implementation pack on developing multi-agency local autism teams and support for commissioning autism services, which outlines key actions that commissioners should take. Although arrangements for referrals for autism diagnosis are a matter for local determination, NHS England has a role in assuring the process is adopted. Representations on clinical approaches concerning autism are normally forwarded by the Department to NHS organisations or other relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England oversees an annual autism self-assessment exercise amongst local authority areas and their partners. In 2013/14, it reported that 4,677 people had received a diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition in the year to the end of March 2014, based on data submitted from 102 of a possible 152 local authority areas. In the same exercise, the average waiting time between referral and assessment as reported by 110 local authority areas was 29.6 weeks. This was the first time these questions had been asked in this form. The results of the 2014/15 exercise will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5990 5992 5993 5994 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:57:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

388259

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the process for booking specialist autism spectrum disorder care appointments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	5993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revised statutory guidance on autism for local authorities and the National Health Service was issued on 26 March this year and continued to include the importance of having access locally to a diagnostic pathway and improving the quality of services for adults with autism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE has published three clinical guidelines on autism and a quality standard. It has also produced an implementation pack on developing multi-agency local autism teams and support for commissioning autism services, which outlines key actions that commissioners should take. Although arrangements for referrals for autism diagnosis are a matter for local determination, NHS England has a role in assuring the process is adopted. Representations on clinical approaches concerning autism are normally forwarded by the Department to NHS organisations or other relevant authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England oversees an annual autism self-assessment exercise amongst local authority areas and their partners. In 2013/14, it reported that 4,677 people had received a diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition in the year to the end of March 2014, based on data submitted from 102 of a possible 152 local authority areas. In the same exercise, the average waiting time between referral and assessment as reported by 110 local authority areas was 29.6 weeks. This was the first time these questions had been asked in this form. The results of the 2014/15 exercise will be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 5990 5991 5992 5994 question first answered 13/07/2015 14:57:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham