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1064434

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Medical Equipment: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK leaving the EU will affect the way in which medical technology is regulated in the UK; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the ability of UK citizens to travel abroad with dialysis machines.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	223959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the safe and effective regulation of medical devices in the United Kingdom. We continue to strengthen safety while ensuring patients and the public have fast access to new, innovative devices.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to the ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, there will be a two-year Implementation Period, during which the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) would continue to be recognised as a European Union competent authority designated under the EU Directives for medical devices, and the regulatory framework would operate as it does now. Arrangements beyond the implementation period are subject to further negotiation.</p><p> </p><p>In a ‘no deal’ scenario, the UK’s current participation in the European regulatory network for medical devices would end, and the MHRA would take on the responsibilities for the UK market that are currently undertaken through the EU system.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is seeking bilateral agreements with individual Member States to secure the continuation of existing arrangements or the establishment of comparable ones.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, the Government continues to advise people who require treatment for pre-existing conditions, including dialysis users, to seek the advice of their doctor or specialist unit before making travel arrangements. They should also contact the chosen specialist administrator in their destination to ensure treatment received after 29 March 2019 would not be affected by a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 14:47:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1064481

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Health Services: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has publicised the potential changes to accessing and paying for (a) dialysis and (b) other medical treatment in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	224033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has published updated advice for United Kingdom persons resident in countries in the European Economic Area as well as for those wishing to travel to such countries after exit day with specific information on potential changes to access to reciprocal healthcare and precautions they may wish to take in a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p> </p><p>General information is available on the GOV.UK website and country-specific advice can be found under the relevant sections of NHS.UK as well. This includes guidance for those with pre-existing health conditions, including dialysis users, and suggestions on alternative arrangements they may wish to make, should existing arrangements such as the European Health Insurance Card scheme cease, which appears as a section under the profile of each individual country.</p><p> </p><p>The information provided on these pages will be updated in light of new developments and changing circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 14:44:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1064113

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason he did not publish a sustainable workforce strategy alongside the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	223524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the National Health Service will have the staff it needs so that nurses and doctors have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has commissioned Baroness Harding of Winscombe, of behalf of the NHS, to lead a rapid and inclusive programme of work to set out a detailed workforce implementation plan. She will report back this spring with detailed proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 14:49:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1064114

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Neurology: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS has an adequate number of specialist neuro-rehabilitation beds.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	223525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Level 1 Complex Specialised Neuro-Rehabilitation is commissioned by NHS England, with other neuro-rehabilitation services commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will be working with the Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) programme to undertake a review of all inpatient neuro-rehabilitation services across England, to ensure that patients are getting the right access to high quality care. Once this review is complete, both NHS England and GIRFT will consider the findings and develop any required improvement plans.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 14:43:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1064115

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policy options he is assessing in order to increase the number of people studying nursing.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	223526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>There are almost 16,000 more nurses on our wards since May 2010. The Department has put in place significant actions to boost the supply of nurses, ranging from training more nurses, offering new routes into the profession, enhancing reward and pay packages to make nursing more attractive and improve retention, and encouraging those that have left to return to nursing. In 2018, NHS England and Health Education England ran an extensive communication campaign ‘we are the NHS’ which was focused on highlighting the positive image of nursing as a career.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made available funding for up to 5,000 additional clinical placements for nursing degrees in England.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships play a key role in ensuring the National Health Service has a future workforce, and the Department is committed to broadening routes into nursing. For the first time we now have a complete pathway of apprentice standards into nursing, from entry level Healthcare Support Worker, to Nursing Associate and onto the Nurse Degree Apprenticeship and Advanced Clinical Practice.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data from the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) shows that there has been a 4.5% increase in applicants to nursing or midwifery courses at English universities when compared to this time last year, 2018<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next ten years the NHS will have the staff it needs. This will ensure that nurses are able to offer the expert compassionate care that they are committed providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding Chair of NHS Improvement, working closely with Sir David Behan Chair of Health Education England, to a programme of work to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider proposals to grow the workforce, which will include growing the nursing workforce in order to ensure that the NHS has a sustainable supply of future nurses.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>Latest UCAS data received 7 February 2019 shows that 34,030 people from all domiciles have applied to study nursing and midwifery courses at English universities, as at 15 January 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 10:54:26 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1064124

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the delayed completion of the programme of works at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	223540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust are currently working closely with the replacement contractor Laing O’Rourke and external advisors in undertaking a fully costed assessment of all the works needed to complete the new Royal Liverpool Hospital. This includes significant works required to fix the structural issues and defective works that have been identified following the termination of the Private Finance Initiative contract in 2018 in addition to those identified at termination and firming up the scale of works for issues previously identified. The work also includes an assessment of the additional revenue expenditure associated with the existing hospital facility to maintain patient safety and business continuity. Additional capital funding has already been provided by the Department for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The finalised costings and the additional capital and revenue funding required, to come from Departmental budgets, will be set out in a business case which the Trust are aiming to submit to NHS Improvement and the Department for approval in April 2019. The Department will continue to support and fund the Royal Liverpool Trust to get the new hospital built as quickly as possible, while making every penny of taxpayers’ money count.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 14:48:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1063614

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	St James' Hospital Portsmouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the bids received by NHS Property Services in relation to the St James Hospital site in Milton, Portsmouth.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	222581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Property Services is currently finalising commercial terms with the preferred bidder on St James’ Hospital. All bid details are treated as commercial in confidence to protect both the bidders and NHS Property Services’ interests. However, the sales price will be a matter of public record available on the land registry on completion.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/02/2019 14:23:21 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1063671

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of funding set aside for the NHS Long Term Plan will be used to fund (a) social care, (b) community care and (c) primary care.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	222658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service budget will increase by £33.9 billion in cash terms, the equivalent of £20.5 billion in real terms, by 2023/24, and funding for primary and community services will be at least £4.5 billion more, per year, in real terms by 2023/24, ensuring investment will grow faster than the rising NHS budget.</p><p>Future funding decisions of the social care system beyond 2019/20 will be taken at the Spending Review later this year. However, we recognise that NHS and social care provision are inextricably linked. This Government has been clear that we will not allow the pressure from the social care system on the NHS to increase further.</p><p>That is why we have already provided local authorities with an additional £240 million this financial year 2018/19 and £240 million next year 2019/20 for adult social care. We will also provide a further £410 million in 2019/20 which local authorities can use to improve social care for older people, people with disabilities, and children.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/02/2019 13:56:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1063672

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement a workforce strategy to address concerns over workforce development within the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	222659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, Chair of NHS Improvement, working closely with Sir David Behan, Chair of Health Education England, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key National Health Service interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan.</p><p>Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, Baroness Harding will present initial recommendations to the Department in spring 2019. A final workforce implementation plan is currently planned for publication later in 2019.</p><p>Working groups set up to deliver the workforce implementation plan will consider the approach to workforce development and potential options for the future.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/02/2019 14:54:20 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1063732

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Dismissal
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 spent by East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust on (a) legal fees and (b) other costs associated with terminating the employment of Gordon Fleming and defending legal action brought by him.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	222781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The total legal costs incurred by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, since 2014, in respect of all matters, proceedings and appeals involving Mr Gordon Fleming is £252,162.15 plus VAT. This figure includes disbursements and Counsel’s fees. The Trust is unable to quantify other costs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/02/2019 16:53:33 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb