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890003

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date	23/04/2018
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	Royal Liverpool University Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on identifying a new contractor to complete the building of the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital after the collapse of Carillion; and if will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	137055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract between the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust and the PFI Project Company is still in place, which means that the Company is still contractually obliged to manage the project and find a construction firm or subcontractor who can continue the building work.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Liverpool Hospital scheme is very well advanced. The PFI Project Company is continuing its discussions with their lenders and with other service and construction companies to assess how best to continue delivering the contract. Officials from the Department and NHS Improvement are continuing to work very actively with all the parties to ensure there are plans in place to keep the delay as short as possible and provide the best value for money solution for the trust and for the public sector as a whole.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/04/2018 16:37:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

890013

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Neuromusclular Disorders
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 adequacy in the number of neuromuscular NHS consultants available to meet the treatment needs of patients with neuromuscular conditions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	137065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Neuromuscular is not a specialty or subspecialty defined by Health Education England for the purpose of specialty training or by NHS Digital for the purpose of monitoring numbers of staff working in the National Health Service.</p><p>However, Health Education England expects that more than 150 doctors will complete specialist training in neurology by the end of 2020 and be available to take up posts as consultant neurologists.</p><p>The following table shows there has been a 45% increase in the full time equivalent number of consultants working in relevant neurology consultant specialties in the NHS since May 2010:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Consultant specialty</p></td><td><p>May 2010</p></td><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>Change</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clinical neurophysiology</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diagnostic Neuropathology</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neurology</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>774</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>609</p></td><td><p>882</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong>Source: NHS Digital, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/04/2018 16:40:12 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

890015

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Surgery
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 NHS operations were cancelled in (a) the North East and (b) England in each of the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	137067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p><p>NHS England publishes quarterly performance data on cancelled elective operations, which includes national, regional and provider level activity, and this can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/</a></p><p>Data for quarter 3 (October – December 2017) was published on 8 February 2018 with quarter 4 (January – March 2018) due for release on 10 May 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/04/2018 16:37:41 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

890075

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to promote careers in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	137125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The people who work in our National Health Service are one of our greatest assets and we are committed to championing them. We will continue to promote the NHS as a great employer, as well as celebrating the excellent work being done by individuals across the health service.</p><p> </p><p>For example, we have recently announced that we are expanding medical training places by 1,500 from September 2018, and the process is now complete for allocating those places to medical schools across the country who will deliver the training, including five entirely new medical schools.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, in December of last year, Health Education England launched a draft workforce strategy in order to set out a comprehensive system wide understanding of our workforce needs for the future. The draft strategy formed the basis of a consultation which is now closed, and a final strategy will be released later this year.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 26/04/2018 16:40:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

890101

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: Closures
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 A&E units closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	137151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Changes to the local NHS services are a matter for the local National Health Service, and form part of the commissioning process. This includes working with local people and with clinicians to ensure that changes are in the best interests of patients. Records of this activity are not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 137152 question first answered 26/04/2018 16:39:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

890102

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Hospitals: Closures
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 hospitals closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	137152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Changes to the local NHS services are a matter for the local National Health Service, and form part of the commissioning process. This includes working with local people and with clinicians to ensure that changes are in the best interests of patients. Records of this activity are not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 137151 question first answered 26/04/2018 16:39:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper