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724164

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Standards
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 propose a statutory instrument obliging care homes to notify the Care Quality Commission when banning, restricting or evicting a relative or a resident.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	71864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcement of the General Election on 8 June, decisions on the future policy for adult social care will be taken by the new Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 cover the fundamental standards, the standards below which care must never fall. These regulations also set out that care home providers should enable a resident to see their family and friends if the resident wants to. Failure to comply with some of the fundamental standards is an offence.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the work across adult social care to develop a framework for improving the quality of adult social care, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are developing the information collected from care providers. The CQC has shared its intention to extend the information it can already request from providers to include information about restrictions of visiting rights.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 71865 question first answered 27/04/2017 08:48:45 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

724165

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with representatives from the Care Quality Commission on the banning of relatives from care homes.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	71865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcement of the General Election on 8 June, decisions on the future policy for adult social care will be taken by the new Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 cover the fundamental standards, the standards below which care must never fall. These regulations also set out that care home providers should enable a resident to see their family and friends if the resident wants to. Failure to comply with some of the fundamental standards is an offence.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the work across adult social care to develop a framework for improving the quality of adult social care, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are developing the information collected from care providers. The CQC has shared its intention to extend the information it can already request from providers to include information about restrictions of visiting rights.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 71864 question first answered 27/04/2017 08:48:45 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

724166

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Southampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to Southampton in support of dementia services over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	71851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on how much funding will be allocated to dementia services in Southampton over the next five years is not available centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England allocates funding to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) which commission services on behalf of their local populations. It is for CCGs to decide how best to use the funding allocated to them in line with local healthcare needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, people with a diagnosis of dementia may also qualify for social care support. Eligibility for such support is based on the care needs of the individual concerned, and not by a diagnosis or having a particular condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 27/04/2017 07:29:44 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

724171

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for a GP appointment in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey, (c) the South East and (d) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the average waiting time for general practitioner (GP) appointments at local and national level is not collected or held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The GP Patient Survey, published by NHS England, asks respondents across England how long it took for them to see a GP or a nurse after contacting their practice. The full set of survey releases can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gp-patient.co.uk/surveys-and-reports" target="_blank">https://gp-patient.co.uk/surveys-and-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>According to the latest release, published in July 2016:</p><p> </p><p>- Almost two in five patients (37.6%) said that they were able to see or speak to someone on the same day as initially contacting the surgery,</p><p>- One in ten (10.7%) saw someone on the next working day,</p><p>- Three in ten patients (29.3%) saw or spoke to someone a few days later,</p><p>- 18.6% waited a week or more to see or speak to someone.</p><p>This does not take account of circumstances where patients express a preference to pre-book an appointment for a later date.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving access to general practice. By 2020, everyone will have access to routine evening and weekend appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 27/04/2017 07:28:23 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

723876

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that training and development opportunities are available to staff in GP surgeries to help them to recognise loneliness and know where to refer people for help.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	71737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The General Practice Forward View (GPFV), published by NHS England in April 2016, listed 10 High Impact Actions that help general practitioner practices to release time for care and provide more accessible and innovative care for their patients which includes social prescribing.</p><p> </p><p>Social prescribing commonly addresses needs relating to social isolation, long term mental health issues and other personal challenges are not best addressed through medical treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The GPFV implementation programme is continuing to gather evidence about successful ways to use social prescribing. Evidence to date indicates that both clinicians and patients welcome this approach, and interest among practices is growing steadily.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 27/04/2017 07:26:40 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

723156

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential care homes have been rated by the Care Quality Commission as (a) inadequate or (b) requires improvement in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	71654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care. All providers of regulated activities, including National Health Service and independent providers, have to register with the CQC and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality below which care should never fall. The fundamental standards describe the basic requirements that providers should always meet, and outline the outcomes that services users should always expect.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC inspects providers against the fundamental standards and publishes the results on its website to help people choose care.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has provided the following information:</p><p> </p><p>Number of Care Homes with an Overall Rating of Inadequate or Requires Improvement Published Between 1 October 2014 and 31 March 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Number of Care homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nursing Home</p></td><td><p>Nursing Home</p></td><td><p>Residential Home</p></td><td><p>Residential Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year Rating Published</p></td><td><p>Requires improvement</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td><td><p>Requires improvement</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 October 2014 - 31 March 15</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,309</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>1,988</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,241</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>1,927</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: CQC database as at 3 April 2017</p><p> </p><p>Notes: Some Nursing Homes or Residential Homes may have received two or more overall ratings since 1 October 2014. The above figures show the number of ratings published and include care homes which are no longer active. The above figures should not be used as an indication of total number of care homes currently rated Requires Improvement and Inadequate. The CQC began rating Adult Social Care providers in October 2014.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 71655 question first answered 26/04/2017 14:33:26 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

723157

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing homes have been rated by the Care Quality Commission as (a) inadequate or (b) requires improvement in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	71655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care. All providers of regulated activities, including National Health Service and independent providers, have to register with the CQC and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality below which care should never fall. The fundamental standards describe the basic requirements that providers should always meet, and outline the outcomes that services users should always expect.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC inspects providers against the fundamental standards and publishes the results on its website to help people choose care.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has provided the following information:</p><p> </p><p>Number of Care Homes with an Overall Rating of Inadequate or Requires Improvement Published Between 1 October 2014 and 31 March 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Number of Care homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nursing Home</p></td><td><p>Nursing Home</p></td><td><p>Residential Home</p></td><td><p>Residential Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year Rating Published</p></td><td><p>Requires improvement</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td><td><p>Requires improvement</p></td><td><p>Inadequate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 October 2014 - 31 March 15</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,309</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>1,988</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,241</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>1,927</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: CQC database as at 3 April 2017</p><p> </p><p>Notes: Some Nursing Homes or Residential Homes may have received two or more overall ratings since 1 October 2014. The above figures show the number of ratings published and include care homes which are no longer active. The above figures should not be used as an indication of total number of care homes currently rated Requires Improvement and Inadequate. The CQC began rating Adult Social Care providers in October 2014.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 71654 question first answered 26/04/2017 14:33:26 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

723158

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer
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 effect on patient experience of the removal of the two-week wait target for non-urgent referral for breast cancer symptoms.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	71586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The two-week wait standard for non-urgent referral for breast symptoms has not been removed. In February 2017, 93.8% of people referred by a general practitioner for investigation of breast symptoms were seen by a specialist within two weeks.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 26/04/2017 10:08:52 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

723161

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) registered care home and (b) nursing home places there were in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	71599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC has provided the following information in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 26/04/2017 14:57:07 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat attachment 1 file name PQ71599 - Number of active care homes and number of care home beds.docx title PQ71599 attached table
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

723164

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Frimley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure clear strategic governance in the delivery of cancer services with the Frimley Health Sustainability and Transformation Plan.
tabling member constituency	Surrey Heath
tabling member printed	Michael Gove
uin	71610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>There are two Cancer Alliances across the Frimley Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint. Representatives of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan are included in the membership of each newly formed Cancer Alliance Board, which give strategic direction on behalf of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan and receive assurance and advice on priority setting and delivery of cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 26/04/2017 14:34:45 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1571 label Biography information for Michael Gove