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1644914

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date	14/06/2023
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	Patient Choice Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that patients are not digitally excluded from making choices about their care as the Patient Access Plan is rolled out.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of London
uin	HL8501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government wants to make it easier and quicker for everyone to get the help they need from primary care and reduce digital inequalities when they access care. The Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care, published on 9 May 2023, describes the implementation of a new Modern general practice access model, which will make it easier for everyone to contact their practice and it will make sure arrangements for care happen on the same day. This will ensure we move away from a ‘first come, first served’ approach towards a more equitable one that benefits all patients, regardless of their chosen route of access.</p><p>To combat digital exclusion, the public need to know that the new access model combines the flexible use of telephone, digital and in person access choices for patients. That is why the delivery plan includes a major national communications campaign to explain the evolving nature of primary care how best the public can use the National Health Service. The plan commits £240 million of re-targeted funding for better digital tools and training, which will improve digital access routes, freeing up capacity for those patients who still want or need to contact their practice by telephone or in person.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/06/2023 14:38:18 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4696 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of London

1542082

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	Patient Choice Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the proportion of patients who were offered a choice of where they received their NHS consultant-led treatment in each year since 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. However, NHS Digital has collected data on the proportion of patients offered a choice of provider for elective referrals from those who responded to the Manage Your Referral (MYR) NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) Survey. The MYR e-RS Survey enables patients who have used e-RS for elective referrals for directly bookable services to record their experience of being offered a choice of elective care provider. These results are available to integrated care boards and NHS England to review, assure and improve in order to meet its responsibilities related to patient choice.</p><p>The following table shows the responses received to the question “When you agreed to be referred to a specialist, did you talk about the different hospitals or services you could go to?” in each year since 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Don’t know</p></td><td><p>Sample size</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>6,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>8,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>6,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>5,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the responses received to the question “Did you feel that you were able to make choices that met your needs?” in each year since 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>Don’t know</p></td><td><p>Sample size</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>6,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>4,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>8,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>6,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>5,045</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 01/12/2022 13:16:33 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1542083

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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	Patient Choice Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the training and support currently delivered to GPs to ensure that they make patients aware of their choices when selecting a provider for consultant-led treatment.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups Responsibilities and Standing Rules Regulations 2012 state that integrated care boards and NHS England, in exercising its commissioning functions, have a duty to ensure that the awareness and availability of choice is publicised to referrers and patients. NHS England has regulatory oversight and operational implementation of patient choice and provides advice and guidance to the public, patients, referrers, commissioners and providers on the choices available in England and how patient choice can be facilitated.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 23/11/2022 12:13:55 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1538430

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Patient Choice Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have regularly to measure public awareness of patients’ right to choose where they receive their NHS consultant-led treatment.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Manage Your Referral (MYR) NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) survey enables patients who have used e-RS for elective referrals for directly bookable services to record their experience of a choice of elective care provider.</p><p> </p><p>The survey includes a question which measures whether patients are aware of the choices available for the location of a first outpatient appointment. The MYR e-RS survey is currently active and data is continuously collected and reviewed. The specific questions relating to patients’ choices and awareness levels are currently being reviewed to ensure we understand their experiences.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/11/2022 12:34:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1538431

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Patient Choice Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with rolling-out the capacity alerts system for the NHS e-referral service; and when they intend to make that a requirement for all referrals from general practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>We are exploring the option of such alerts within the National Health Service e-Referral Service (e-RS) system to identify where there are capacity pressures within individual services. These have been utilised previously at the point of referral to allow referring clinicians to view capacity within providers. The re-introduction of this option requires further work to ensure there are no unintended consequences and regional oversight with local system commissioners to ensure provision for patient referrals is always available.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 16/11/2022 12:29:53 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1537040

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Patient Choice Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of patients who are aware of their right to choose where they receive their consultant-led treatment.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL2994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Manage Your Referral (MYR) NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS) Survey enables patients who have used e-RS for elective referrals for directly bookable services to record their experience of being offered a choice of elective care provider.</p><p> </p><p>The MYR e-RS Survey includes a question on whether patients are aware of the choices available to them when attending a first outpatient appointment. In 2021/22, 50% of 7,000 patients surveyed reported that they were aware of the choice of hospitals or clinics for an appointment. The Survey’s results are available to integrated care boards and NHS England to review in order to meet its responsibilities relating to patient choice.</p><p> </p><p>Use of the e-RS for referrals from general practitioners for consultant-led first outpatient appointments is mandated in the latest NHS and GP Standard Contracts.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL2995 question first answered 08/11/2022 13:38:56 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner