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1082365

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	General Practitioners: Easington
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 GPs are registered in the Easington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	228654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The data requested is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/03/2019 12:26:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1081861

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Radiotherapy
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 new Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Networks announced by NHS England will be funded through the £20.5bn of extra funding announced in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	228048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has committed to providing each of the 11 Radiotherapy Operational Delivery Networks with additional resources to support continued delivery of the radiotherapy modernisation programme. This will include resources provided from the £20.5 billion revenue investment into the National Health Service, in particular to support improved use of digital networking, peer review and quality assurance.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan also sets out a commitment to review the national tariff to ensure that appropriate incentives are in place to encourage providers to deliver modern techniques, including hypofractionation, and to upgrade and replace equipment. This work will commence during 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2019 16:24:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1058752

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Drugs: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of the National Aids Trust report, Drug-Related Deaths in England, published by the National Aids Trust, published on 5 February 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	219400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made of the National AIDS Trust report however officials will consider its findings in the development of future drugs policy. The Government is concerned by the number of drug-related deaths and is supporting local areas to develop a more joined up approach to commissioning and delivering the range of services that are essential to supporting recovery and preventing drug-related deaths.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/02/2019 17:45:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1055317

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he plans to provide to enable the new radiotherapy operational delivery networks to work collaboratively across multiple centres.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	217112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has now published two new service specifications relating to the provision of radiotherapy services for adults which will take effect from 1 April 2019, as follows:</p><p>- External beam radiotherapy services delivered as part of a radiotherapy network (adults); and</p><p>- Operational delivery networks (ODN) for external beam radiotherapy services (adults).</p><p>The specifications describe a number of requirements including:</p><p>- Each ODN will be hosted by a single radiotherapy provider within the ODN;</p><p>- Each ODN establishes a Network Oversight Group to facilitate the ongoing development of the Network;</p><p>- The Network Oversight Group must be chaired by a provider Chief Executive Officer or Executive Director;</p><p>- The Chair must be from a different provider to that of the ODN host; and</p><p>- The Chair must be able to represent the wider cancer system, to enable consensus to be reached across organisational boundaries on the network plan and oversee the delivery of the work programme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England, via the National Cancer Programme of Care, will establish an Implementation Oversight Group to provide support to radiotherapy networks as they form. The group will comprise specialised commissioners, Network Chairs and the ODN hosts together to share learning and drive improvement. It will also provide a conduit for progress reporting and issue escalation through to both the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group and the National Cancer Board.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with NHS Digital and a small number of National Health Service providers to develop and test approaches to information governance and data sharing implications when using cloud-based technology solutions. They are also exploring options to upgrade radiotherapy planning system software to support information technology connectivity. They intend to disseminate the learning from these early test sites.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to ensuring the success of the ODNs and therefore intends to provide additional resources over and above the normal funding of radiotherapy services to support their establishment. The resources will be held by the ODN host provider who will be responsible for the programme management function, including the establishment and maintenance of a Network Oversight Group and any clinical subgroups needed to agree and implement change.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England also intends to provide addition investment in each year of the Long Term Plan to support information technology connectivity across Networks including the use of digital solutions. NHS England intends to test a number of approaches to explore the information governance and technical requirements required in the last few months of this year. This will include testing a number of models that we think will be relevant in different geographies across the country (e.g. rural, providers not on same system etc.) Specific funding will be confirmed in due course once NHS England has worked through these issues with three test sites across England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217113 217130 question first answered 08/02/2019 12:25:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1055318

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Radiotherapy
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 he has to ensure that the new radiotherapy operational delivery networks have an adequate level of IT infrastructure to work collaboratively.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	217113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has now published two new service specifications relating to the provision of radiotherapy services for adults which will take effect from 1 April 2019, as follows:</p><p>- External beam radiotherapy services delivered as part of a radiotherapy network (adults); and</p><p>- Operational delivery networks (ODN) for external beam radiotherapy services (adults).</p><p>The specifications describe a number of requirements including:</p><p>- Each ODN will be hosted by a single radiotherapy provider within the ODN;</p><p>- Each ODN establishes a Network Oversight Group to facilitate the ongoing development of the Network;</p><p>- The Network Oversight Group must be chaired by a provider Chief Executive Officer or Executive Director;</p><p>- The Chair must be from a different provider to that of the ODN host; and</p><p>- The Chair must be able to represent the wider cancer system, to enable consensus to be reached across organisational boundaries on the network plan and oversee the delivery of the work programme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England, via the National Cancer Programme of Care, will establish an Implementation Oversight Group to provide support to radiotherapy networks as they form. The group will comprise specialised commissioners, Network Chairs and the ODN hosts together to share learning and drive improvement. It will also provide a conduit for progress reporting and issue escalation through to both the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group and the National Cancer Board.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with NHS Digital and a small number of National Health Service providers to develop and test approaches to information governance and data sharing implications when using cloud-based technology solutions. They are also exploring options to upgrade radiotherapy planning system software to support information technology connectivity. They intend to disseminate the learning from these early test sites.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to ensuring the success of the ODNs and therefore intends to provide additional resources over and above the normal funding of radiotherapy services to support their establishment. The resources will be held by the ODN host provider who will be responsible for the programme management function, including the establishment and maintenance of a Network Oversight Group and any clinical subgroups needed to agree and implement change.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England also intends to provide addition investment in each year of the Long Term Plan to support information technology connectivity across Networks including the use of digital solutions. NHS England intends to test a number of approaches to explore the information governance and technical requirements required in the last few months of this year. This will include testing a number of models that we think will be relevant in different geographies across the country (e.g. rural, providers not on same system etc.) Specific funding will be confirmed in due course once NHS England has worked through these issues with three test sites across England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217112 217130 question first answered 08/02/2019 12:25:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1055341

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for the new radiotherapy operational delivery networks will be allocated from the £20.5 billion of additional funding announced by the Government in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	217130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has now published two new service specifications relating to the provision of radiotherapy services for adults which will take effect from 1 April 2019, as follows:</p><p>- External beam radiotherapy services delivered as part of a radiotherapy network (adults); and</p><p>- Operational delivery networks (ODN) for external beam radiotherapy services (adults).</p><p>The specifications describe a number of requirements including:</p><p>- Each ODN will be hosted by a single radiotherapy provider within the ODN;</p><p>- Each ODN establishes a Network Oversight Group to facilitate the ongoing development of the Network;</p><p>- The Network Oversight Group must be chaired by a provider Chief Executive Officer or Executive Director;</p><p>- The Chair must be from a different provider to that of the ODN host; and</p><p>- The Chair must be able to represent the wider cancer system, to enable consensus to be reached across organisational boundaries on the network plan and oversee the delivery of the work programme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England, via the National Cancer Programme of Care, will establish an Implementation Oversight Group to provide support to radiotherapy networks as they form. The group will comprise specialised commissioners, Network Chairs and the ODN hosts together to share learning and drive improvement. It will also provide a conduit for progress reporting and issue escalation through to both the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group and the National Cancer Board.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with NHS Digital and a small number of National Health Service providers to develop and test approaches to information governance and data sharing implications when using cloud-based technology solutions. They are also exploring options to upgrade radiotherapy planning system software to support information technology connectivity. They intend to disseminate the learning from these early test sites.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to ensuring the success of the ODNs and therefore intends to provide additional resources over and above the normal funding of radiotherapy services to support their establishment. The resources will be held by the ODN host provider who will be responsible for the programme management function, including the establishment and maintenance of a Network Oversight Group and any clinical subgroups needed to agree and implement change.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England also intends to provide addition investment in each year of the Long Term Plan to support information technology connectivity across Networks including the use of digital solutions. NHS England intends to test a number of approaches to explore the information governance and technical requirements required in the last few months of this year. This will include testing a number of models that we think will be relevant in different geographies across the country (e.g. rural, providers not on same system etc.) Specific funding will be confirmed in due course once NHS England has worked through these issues with three test sites across England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217112 217113 question first answered 08/02/2019 12:25:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1022829

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	General Practitioners: Easington
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 introduce an incentive scheme to attract GPs to Easington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	200600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme is a national incentive scheme which funds a £20,000 salary supplement to attract general practitioner (GP) trainees to work in areas of the country where GP training places have been unfilled for a number of years. 238 trainees entered the scheme in 2016 and 2017. 265 places were made available in 2018 and a further 276 are available for 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, there were 33 places available on the scheme in Durham and North Yorkshire and in 2019, a further 33 places have been made available in Rural and Coastal Durham and North Yorkshire. These figures are not available broken down by constituency. No estimate has been made for the number of GPs due to retire in the next five years in the Easington constituency as there is not a mandatory retirement age for GPs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 200602 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:18:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1022830

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	General Practitioners: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a GP university tuition fee remission scheme for newly trained GPs working in areas with a shortage of GPs.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	200601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to assess the potential merits of introducing a general practitioner (GP) university tuition fee remission scheme.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) are working together with the profession to increase the GP workforce. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why GPs are leaving the profession, and encourage GPs to return to practice.</p><p> </p><p>To encourage GPs to work in areas of the country identified as hard to recruit, NHS England and Health Education England have funded the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme. The scheme funds a £20,000 salary supplement for GP trainees who commit to spending their three years of speciality training in areas of the country where GP training places have been unfilled for a number of years. There were 122 places in 2016, 144 in 2017 and 265 in 2018. In 2019 a further 276 places are being made available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The independent General Practice Partnership Review, led by Dr Nigel Watson, which is due to report in early 2019, has given consideration to how to ensure general practice and the partnership model remain attractive for early-career GPs, including the provision of incentives such as additional development opportunities and support for this group.</p><p> </p><p>The interim report of the review is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gp-partnership-review-interim-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gp-partnership-review-interim-report</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2018 16:08:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1022831

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	General Practitioners: Easington
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 his Department has made of the number of GPs that plan to retire in Easington constituency in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	200602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme is a national incentive scheme which funds a £20,000 salary supplement to attract general practitioner (GP) trainees to work in areas of the country where GP training places have been unfilled for a number of years. 238 trainees entered the scheme in 2016 and 2017. 265 places were made available in 2018 and a further 276 are available for 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, there were 33 places available on the scheme in Durham and North Yorkshire and in 2019, a further 33 places have been made available in Rural and Coastal Durham and North Yorkshire. These figures are not available broken down by constituency. No estimate has been made for the number of GPs due to retire in the next five years in the Easington constituency as there is not a mandatory retirement age for GPs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 200600 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:18:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1022832

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	General Practitioners: Vacancies
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 encourage GPs to relocate to areas with a GP shortage; and what steps he is taking to improve working conditions in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	200603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England and Health Education England (HEE) are working together with the profession to increase the general practitioner (GP) workforce. This includes measures to boost recruitment, address the reasons why GPs are leaving the profession, and encourage GPs to return to practice.</p><p> </p><p>To encourage GPs to work in areas of the country identified as hard to recruit, NHS England and Health Education England have funded the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme. The scheme funds a £20,000 salary supplement for GP trainees who commit to spending their three years of speciality training in areas of the country where GP training places have been unfilled for a number of years. There were 122 places in 2016, 144 in 2017 and 265 in 2018. In 2019 a further 276 places have been made available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/12/2018 16:06:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris