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228870

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on introducing hourly ward rounds for nurses; how those rounds will be monitored and recorded; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect on staff time of such recording.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	228618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Hourly ward rounds (known as intentional rounding) are viewed as good practice but are not mandated. National Health Service organisations with their knowledge of the patients they serve are best placed to decide if hourly ward rounds should be implemented based on clinical need and sound evidence. Depending on their need, some patients may need more contact with nursing staff, while others may only require hourly or two-hourly checks.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Since April 2014, under its new inspection methodology, the Care Quality Commission’s monitoring of hospitals consists of a range of systemic indicators, including the monitoring of hourly ward rounds during inspections to ensure that these are being undertaken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 25/03/2015 13:23:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

228574

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the progress update to recommendation 97 in the supporting annex to his Department's report, Culture change in the NHS, published in February 2015, which responsibilities of NHS England his Department is considering transferring to a single national body.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	228417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has agreed to consider with relevant organisations the options for transferring NHS England’s responsibilities for safety to a single national body, and this work is now underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 15:44:29 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

228575

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries in England offer extended opening hours.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	228418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>All practices are currently offered the opportunity to provide extended hours access, i.e. appointments outside of 8am-6.30pm weekdays, under a Directed Enhanced Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14 over 70% of general practitioner (GP) practices were recorded as taking part in the extended hours scheme meaning patients can access a GP outside core hours at a time that is more convenient for them (source: Health and Social Care Information Centre report ‘NHS Payments to General Practice, England, 2013-14’, published February 2015).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of a separate scheme, over 1,100 practices are participating in the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund looking at innovative ways of improving access to over 7.5 million patients and stimulating innovative ways of providing primary care services. More pilots will run in 2015/16 benefiting millions more patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The pilots are testing a variety of approaches, ranging from opening 8am-8pm on weekdays and weekends; better use of telecare and health apps; more innovative ways to access services by video call, email or telephone, to developing more integrated services with a single point of contact to co-ordinate patient services across health and social care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 16:04:14 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

227850

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of midwives working in the NHS over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	227921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) has a key role in helping to improve the quality of care by ensuring our National Health Service workforce has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours to meet the needs of patients. Their workforce planning process sets out the £5 billion worth of investments HEE will make in education and training programmes in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE published their second workforce plan in December 2014. The plan sets out detail of the numbers of midwives they plan to train. For 2015/16, HEE plan to increase midwife training numbers by 1.6% to 2,605.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>HEE’s national workforce plan for England is an aggregate of Local Education and Training Boards’ plans with the advice and input of clinical advisors, patient representatives, the Royal Colleges and other stakeholders. These local and national discussions are the basis for planning and developing the workforce for the NHS in England to ensure that there is a suitable supply of health professionals, including midwives. HEE undertake workforce planning on an annual basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/03/2015 17:30:04 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

227854

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many legal actions there have been between different NHS organisations in each year since 2009/10; and what the total cost to the public purse has been of each such action.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	227999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/03/2015 17:52:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

227855

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the recommendations of the Boorman Review of NHS health and well-being services have been implemented; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the recommendations on the provision of such services by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	228000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for improving the health and wellbeing of their staff. Progress has been made on implementing the Boorman[1] recommendations as indicated by falling sickness absence rates[2] from 4.48% at the time of the Boorman Review to 4.15% in the year to October 2014 and the Royal College of Physicians[3] reporting last year that NHS trusts are beginning to prioritise staff health and wellbeing with progress made since their previous audit in 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our assessment of the effect of the recommendations on the provision of such services by the NHS is that there is no room for complacency and many trusts have more to do. Therefore, we continue to commission NHS Employers to support NHS organisations in improving the health and wellbeing of their staff.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1]<a href="http://www.nhshealthandwellbeing.org/pdfs/NHS%20Staff%20H&amp;WB%20Review%20Final%20Report%20VFinal%2020-11-09.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nhshealthandwellbeing.org/pdfs/NHS%20Staff%20H&amp;WB%20Review%20Final%20Report%20VFinal%2020-11-09.pdf</a></p><p>[2] NHS Sickness Absence rates (Health and Social Care Information Centre).</p><p>[3]<a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing/keeping-staff-well/implementing-nice-guidance-for-the-nhs-workplace-a-national-audit" target="_blank">http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience/health-work-and-wellbeing/keeping-staff-well/implementing-nice-guidance-for-the-nhs-workplace-a-national-audit</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/03/2015 17:06:21 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

227557

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK qualified nurses from countries (a) in and (b) not in the EU have worked in the NHS in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	227706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the numbers of non-United Kingdom qualified nurses from countries in and not in the European Economic Area who have worked in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 19/03/2015 16:17:53 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

227559

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses and Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) individual applicants and (b) applications in total were received for pre-registration (i) nursing and (ii) midwifery training commissions in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	227707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Information referring to the number of individual applicants and applications in total for pre-registration nursing and midwifery training are not collected by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 19/03/2015 15:57:51 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

227561

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of employing one (a) nurse, (b) midwife, (c) doctor and (d) GP.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	227708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>This information is recorded in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average Costs per Full-Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qualified nurse, midwife or health visitor</p></td><td><p>£42,161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midwife</p></td><td><p>£45,936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All non-locum hospital and community health services (HCHS) doctors</p></td><td><p>£95,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>£144,967</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Registrars</p></td><td><p>£64,664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other doctors in training</p></td><td><p>£42,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General practitioner (GP) Partners</p></td><td><p>£105,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salaried GPs</p></td><td><p>£56,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>Figures for nurses, midwives, consultants, registrars and other doctors in training relate to 2013/14. Separate figures for qualified nurses are not available. Costs include employer national insurance and pension contributions but not costs such as recruitment and training which are not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data for GP partners and salaried GPs relates to 2012/13. GPs are not employees of the National Health Service. The average earnings of GP partners and salaried GPs are shown after expenses but before tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for HCHS staff and GPs are not directly comparable as GP partners do not pay employer national insurance contributions and their earnings are exclusive of employer pension contributions. The earnings of salaried GPs are exclusive of both employer pension and national insurance contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 19/03/2015 15:13:13 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

227571

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the question in the NHS Staff Survey relating to the availability of hand washing materials was removed (a) as a key indicator for the 2014 NHS Staff Survey and (b) as a question from the survey altogether.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	227710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The NHS Staff Survey Advisory Group (the Group) reviews the questions in the NHS Staff Survey to ensure they remain relevant and useful to the service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Group concluded that the question in the NHS Staff Survey relating to the availability of hand washing materials, introduced to help National Health Service organisations reduce the prevalence of e.g. infections from methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (MRSA) and clostridium difficile (c-difficile), was now of limited value to trusts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is because responses to the question had shown a very big increase and had remained high over the last couple of years and because activity can vary at ward level and staff survey results are not usually reported to ward level but at directorate or department level. In addition, more accurate data regarding the availability of infection control measures is picked up through other mechanisms for example patient safety audits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS organisations have the option of including additional local questions in their survey to cover issues of particular local interest, so any organisations who feel that hand washing and the availability of cleaning materials may still be an issue for them are able to continue to include the question if they so wish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 19/03/2015 15:09:06 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed