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971669

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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: Vacancies
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 hospitals operate at a staff vacancy rate of 11 per cent or higher in (a) Harlow, (b) Essex, (c) East of England and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	173567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2017, NHS Improvement collects vacancy rates of medical staff from individual National Health Service providers and publishes them as part of its ‘Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector’ report. This data goes to trust level, but not specifically to hospital level.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/09/2018 13:34:32 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

968402

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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
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 hospitals in England operated consistently at a patient occupancy level of 98 per cent or higher in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	170945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested as data surrounding National Health Service hospital patient occupancy levels is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>However, NHS England collects quarterly data from all NHS organisations on available overnight and day only beds and the total number of occupied bed days by consultant led specialty, excluding critical care beds.</p><p> </p><p>Average annual bed occupancy for each NHS provider, from 2010/11 to 2017/18, is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Hospitals are dealing with patients more efficiently and it is normal for bed availability to fluctuate, but the NHS has practice and experience in managing capacity to cope with both routine and emergency care.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 14/09/2018 10:50:42 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay attachment 1 file name PQ170945 - Robert Halfon - Patient bed occupancy 2010-17 (NHSE data).xlsx title PQ170945 attached document
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

968403

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Princess Alexandra Hospital: 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 were employed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	170946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics by staff group and trust level, but this data does not go to the level of individual hospital sites, such as the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 14/09/2018 11:08:55 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

968405

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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
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 Departments in NHS hospitals treated more than 300 patients per day in (a) Harlow, (b) Essex (c) the East of England and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	170947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>A count of National Health Service hospital provider sites with an average of over 300 accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances per day in Harlow, Essex, East of England and England, in the financial years 2012-13 to 2016-17, is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Due to coding issues within NHS Digital’s Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset, as well as some providers running multiple A&amp;E departments from the same hospital site, there may be undercounts within the data. Figures shown are representative of the number of admissions, not the number of individual patients as a person may have more than one attendance within the time periods shown:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harlow</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 14/09/2018 11:24:43 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

937626

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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 spend from the public purse by the NHS in defending court cases in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	162056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Regarding spend defending court cases since 2010, the National Health Service has been interpreted as NHS providers and commissioners. This includes NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>Spend on legal fees in the NHS is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total legal fees (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>110,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>171,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>162,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>172,135</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Expenditure on legal fees is not analysed by the purpose of the fees, and it is therefore not possible to provide a further breakdown to isolate costs incurred relating to the defence of court cases.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2013-14 expenditure on legal fees was not separately classified by primary care trusts, strategic health authorities who both carried out NHS commissioning and NHS trusts. Therefore comparable information pre 2013-14 is unavailable.</p><p> </p><p>There is no specific category of expenditure that isolates spend relating to compensation payouts in the NHS. Therefore NHS spend on compensation payouts has been interpreted as the utilisation of provisions raised by NHS Litigation Authority, whose operating name is NHS Resolution. NHS Resolution is responsible for handling negligence claims on behalf of NHS bodies. The indemnity schemes managed by NHS Resolution relate to both clinical and non-clinical schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The unwinding of provisions raised within the NHS Resolution managed indemnity schemes is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total NHS Resolution<br> Provisions Unwound<br> £000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>911,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,329,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,309,479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,244,113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,223,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,547,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,764,660</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 162057 question first answered 17/07/2018 11:31:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

937627

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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 the NHS has spent from the public purse in compensation payouts in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	162057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Regarding spend defending court cases since 2010, the National Health Service has been interpreted as NHS providers and commissioners. This includes NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>Spend on legal fees in the NHS is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total legal fees (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>110,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>171,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>162,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>172,135</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Expenditure on legal fees is not analysed by the purpose of the fees, and it is therefore not possible to provide a further breakdown to isolate costs incurred relating to the defence of court cases.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2013-14 expenditure on legal fees was not separately classified by primary care trusts, strategic health authorities who both carried out NHS commissioning and NHS trusts. Therefore comparable information pre 2013-14 is unavailable.</p><p> </p><p>There is no specific category of expenditure that isolates spend relating to compensation payouts in the NHS. Therefore NHS spend on compensation payouts has been interpreted as the utilisation of provisions raised by NHS Litigation Authority, whose operating name is NHS Resolution. NHS Resolution is responsible for handling negligence claims on behalf of NHS bodies. The indemnity schemes managed by NHS Resolution relate to both clinical and non-clinical schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The unwinding of provisions raised within the NHS Resolution managed indemnity schemes is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total NHS Resolution<br> Provisions Unwound<br> £000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>911,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,329,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,309,479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,244,113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,223,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,547,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,764,660</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 162056 question first answered 17/07/2018 11:31:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917553

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of accident and emergency departments met the four-hour standard in (a) Essex, (b) The East of England and (c) England in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Information on the percentage of accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments which met the four hour standard in Essex and the East of England is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England collects and publishes performance data against the four-hour A&amp;E standard at both a trust and a national level. The data is not available by the requested areas.</p><p> </p><p>Data covering A&amp;E departments in England for the 2016/17 financial year is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/statistical-work-areasae-waiting-times-and-activityae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2016-17/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/statistical-work-areasae-waiting-times-and-activityae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2016-17/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/06/2018 15:49:27 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917554

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of accident and emergency departments consistently met the national target of being admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of arrival in (i) Essex, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Information relating to accident and emergency (A&amp;E) admissions, transfers and discharge in Essex and the East of England is not available in the format requested. NHS England collects and publishes performance data against the four-hour A&amp;E standard at both a trust and a national level. The data is not available by the requested geographical areas.</p><p> </p><p>Data for England is available at the following link. It should be noted that the data in 2010/11 was collected from November 2010 onwards and as such, only shows a partial year:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/weekly-ae-sitreps-2010-11/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/weekly-ae-sitreps-2010-11/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/06/2018 14:20:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917555

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Princess Alexandra Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
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 patients received emergency care at the Princess Alexandra accident and emergency department in Harlow within four hours of arrival in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Data on accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances and emergency admissions, as well as the number of patients seen within four hours of arrival at an A&amp;E department, is published by NHS England on a monthly basis. This includes reporting at a national level as well as by individual National Health Service provider, including the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. This data is available from 2010-11 (partial year) to 2017-18 via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 150042 question first answered 13/06/2018 11:31:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917556

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Princess Alexandra Hospital: Doctors
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 doctors were employed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust runs three hospitals: Princess Alexandra Hospital, St. Margaret's Hospital and Herts and Essex Hospital.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital data goes to the level of National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups but does not go to the level of individual hospital sites and therefore the information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 150030 150031 question first answered 13/06/2018 14:19:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon