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date	13/02/2019
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: Apprentices
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 increase the (a) number of places made available through and (b) take-up of places relating to the nursing degree apprenticeship scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	220802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service has consistently had a strong tradition of employing apprentices. From August 2017 to October 2018, there were 710 Nurse Degree apprenticeship starts and 2,240 Nursing Associate apprenticeship starts. We expect to see increasing numbers of apprentices in the NHS as employers continue to embed the apprenticeship agenda into their long-term workforce plans. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships-january-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships-january-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>We have developed a complete apprentice pathway from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice in nursing. This will support people from all backgrounds to enter a nursing career in the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/02/2019 11:32:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1059767

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: South East
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 his Department is taking to achieve the 95 per cent four-hour A&E waiting time in (a) Southampton and (b) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	220292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has several schemes in place to improve hospital flow and four-hour accident and emergency performance. These schemes include a focus on clinical standardisation, general practitioner streaming, criteria-led discharge and weekend discharges, and front door frailty teams.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, steps are being taken to improve performance across the South East region. The national Urgent and Emergency Care Director and CEO of NHS Improvement have agreed a plan which focuses on the five streams that have seen the largest decline between winters to understand the drivers and what support is needed to improve performance. In addition, there will be a specific focus on overall weekend discharges to improve patient flow.</p><p> </p><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 in full as key steps towards fully recovering performance against core access standards.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/02/2019 11:36:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1059890

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Safety
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 roll out the Scan4Safety initiative across England.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	220227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Funding provided by the Department to Scan4Safety for these financial years is as follows:</p><p>- 2017-18 - £2.7 million</p><p>- 2018-19 - £1.2 million (figures only available to end of January 2019)</p><p>- 2019-20 – No allocated funding</p><p> </p><p>Plans to roll out the Scan4Safety initiative across England are currently in development following a decision from ministers to see this implemented in the acute sector.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out his wish to see Scan4Safety taken up by the acute sector in the NHS in his speech at the Royal Society of Medicines on 11 February 2019. The text of the speech can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/i-care-about-tech-because-i-care-about-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/i-care-about-tech-because-i-care-about-people</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220228 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:35:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1059891

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department provided to Scan4Safety in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	220228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Funding provided by the Department to Scan4Safety for these financial years is as follows:</p><p>- 2017-18 - £2.7 million</p><p>- 2018-19 - £1.2 million (figures only available to end of January 2019)</p><p>- 2019-20 – No allocated funding</p><p> </p><p>Plans to roll out the Scan4Safety initiative across England are currently in development following a decision from ministers to see this implemented in the acute sector.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out his wish to see Scan4Safety taken up by the acute sector in the NHS in his speech at the Royal Society of Medicines on 11 February 2019. The text of the speech can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/i-care-about-tech-because-i-care-about-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/i-care-about-tech-because-i-care-about-people</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220227 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:35:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth