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1139238

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date	16/07/2019
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	Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
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 trends in the level of waiting time targets achieved by Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	277806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p><p>NHS England publishes monthly operational performance data for each waiting time standard online. The following link includes all of the performance data for the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust over the last five years:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 22/07/2019 15:39:32 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110811

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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 Professions: 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 steps he is taking to ensure the adequate provision of training on modern slavery to (a) clinical and (b) healthcare staff.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>There have been no recent Ministerial discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Office specifically about the training United Kingdom medical schools provide on modern slavery.</p><p> </p><p>However, Health Education England runs an e-learning programme called e-Learning for Health (e-LfH) working in partnership with the National Health Service and professional bodies to support patient care by providing e-learning to educate and train the health and social care workforce. e-LfH includes a Modern Slavery programme which provides an overview of the issue of modern slavery. It is aimed at helping all healthcare staff recognise the signs that someone has been trafficked, and to take appropriate action with confidence.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government recognises that clinical and healthcare staff have a significant role when they suspect that a patient is being trafficked. The position from NHS England is that it is vital that NHS health staff follow statutory processes for safeguarding referrals for adults as well as children given the wealth of evidence pointing to victim’s likelihood of having</p><p>care and support needs which require a coordinated response and assessment by the local authority as the accountable agency. Resources are available to enable healthcare staff identify individuals who may be victims of trafficking, and to respond in an appropriate manner. This includes understanding ways in which healthcare staff can provide support to those who may be victims.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 242958 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:38:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1110813

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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 Professions: 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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Office about the training UK medical schools provide on modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	242958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>There have been no recent Ministerial discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Office specifically about the training United Kingdom medical schools provide on modern slavery.</p><p> </p><p>However, Health Education England runs an e-learning programme called e-Learning for Health (e-LfH) working in partnership with the National Health Service and professional bodies to support patient care by providing e-learning to educate and train the health and social care workforce. e-LfH includes a Modern Slavery programme which provides an overview of the issue of modern slavery. It is aimed at helping all healthcare staff recognise the signs that someone has been trafficked, and to take appropriate action with confidence.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government recognises that clinical and healthcare staff have a significant role when they suspect that a patient is being trafficked. The position from NHS England is that it is vital that NHS health staff follow statutory processes for safeguarding referrals for adults as well as children given the wealth of evidence pointing to victim’s likelihood of having</p><p>care and support needs which require a coordinated response and assessment by the local authority as the accountable agency. Resources are available to enable healthcare staff identify individuals who may be victims of trafficking, and to respond in an appropriate manner. This includes understanding ways in which healthcare staff can provide support to those who may be victims.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 242957 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:38:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1045879

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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: 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 assessment his Department has made of whether the NHS will meet its core statutory access targets within the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	211328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England’s ‘Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20’ sets out deliverables against key performance areas and the Government expects the National Health Service to deliver these actions set – in full – as key steps towards fully recovering performance against core access standards.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also carrying out a clinical review of standards, which is due to report in the spring. This review will help to ensure that the NHS is focused on the right targets - for both physical and mental health - which incentivise the best care and outcomes for patients, and have the broad support of our health professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The Long Term Plan, launched by the NHS on 7 January 2018, will transform patient care and make sure every penny of taxpayers’ money is spent wisely. This is supported by the Government’s investment of £20.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24. The additional funding will allow the NHS to get back on the path to delivering core performance standards.</p><p> </p><p>In spring, the NHS will publish an implementation framework for the Long Term Plan which will enable local systems to translate the Long Term Plan commitments into deliverable strategic plans. This will be followed by a final implementation and workforce plan in late 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will monitor delivery against the plan and hold the NHS to account</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/01/2019 15:15:32 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1038979

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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: 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 steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) NHS treatment in A&E, (b) routine operations, and (c) cancer care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	207285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Long Term Plan, launched by the National Health Service on 7 January 2018, will transform patient care and make sure every penny of taxpayers’ money is spent wisely. This is supported by the Government’s investment of £20.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023/24. The additional funding will allow the NHS to get back on the path to delivering core performance standards. More than that, it will also drive the reforms that deliver a better and more sustainable NHS with improved care for patients.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England’s ‘Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20’ sets out deliverables against key performance areas and the Government has charged the NHS to deliver these actions set– in full – as key steps towards fully recovering performance against core access standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also supported the NHS with an additional £1.6 billion for 2018/19 to improve emergency and elective performance. In addition, more than £420 million has been provided specifically for this winter.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 12:10:50 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1037972

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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: West Midlands
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 vacant NHS registered nursing positions there are in the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	206439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement collects vacancy rates of medical and nursing staff from NHS providers.</p><p> </p><p>The latest NHS Improvement estimate as at 30 September 2018, is that in the West Midlands there are 3,898 full time equivalent nursing and midwifery vacancies.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement counts a vacancy when no permanent member of staff occupies a post, even when it is filled by bank and agency staff.</p><p> </p><p>The latest NHS Improvement estimate as at 30 September 2018, is that in England overall, roughly 80% of nursing and midwifery vacancies are filled by a combination of bank and agency staff.</p><p> </p><p>This information can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/3520/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_month_ended_30_Sept_18_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/3520/Performance_of_the_NHS_provider_sector_for_the_month_ended_30_Sept_18_FINAL.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Posts may be vacant, for a variety of reasons including maternity and career breaks. Trusts make decisions based on local needs about how they fill these posts, including looking at short-term options for cover, including bank and agency staff.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/01/2019 12:51:12 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill