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1005983

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Hospitals: 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 evidence his Department holds on the effect on the quality of care of fines levied as a result of hospitals breaching targets; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that such fines do not detract from the provision of care to potentially affected populations.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	190930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>All providers of National Health Service-funded healthcare services are expected to meet a range of national standards, other operational standards and quality requirements. These are set out in the NHS Standard Contract along with the consequences of breaches of these. In many cases, the consequence would be a financial sanction.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2016, most NHS providers agreeing to meet financial control targets as part of the sustainability funding programme are exempt from such sanctions. However, any revenue withheld is reinvested in the local healthcare system.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/11/2018 14:47:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1005985

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Integrated Care Systems
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 is taking steps to ensure that the proposed whole population annual budget for Integrated Care Provider contracts does not create (a) incentives to underbid to obtain contracts and (b) other perverse incentives.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	190932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS England launched a 12 week public consultation on the proposed contracting arrangements for integrated care providers (ICPs) on 3 August 2018 which concluded on 26 October. More information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/proposed-contracting-arrangements-for-icps/" target="_blank">https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/proposed-contracting-arrangements-for-icps/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England will publish a response to the consultation following full consideration of responses and feedback.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation documents provide more detail about NHS England’s current proposals for ICPs, including the proposed integrated budget.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/11/2018 14:48:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1005987

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Prescription Drugs
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 Government has provided guidance to manufacturers on communicating the potential health benefits of their products to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not provided guidance to manufacturers on communicating the potential health benefits of their products provided through the NHS Supply Chain to consumers.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/11/2018 16:47:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1006017

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a target waiting time for non-urgent adult referrals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	190940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Patient access standards are already established for non-urgent adult referrals. These are described in The Handbook to The NHS Constitution which states patients have the right to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions. The Handbook is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplements-to-the-nhs-constitution-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplements-to-the-nhs-constitution-for-england</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/11/2018 15:33:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1006086

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Ambulance Services: Vandalism
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 trends in the level of (a) vandalism and (b) damage to (i) ambulances and (ii) other emergency response blue light vehicles; and what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	190896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Ministers meet a variety of stakeholders to discuss a range of operational issues.</p><p> </p><p>The management of criminal damage to ambulance service vehicles is a matter for individual National Health Service ambulance trusts. NHS staff take precautions to secure and safeguard equipment and vehicles, and NHS organisations work with the police to seek redress and sanctions as well as pursuing compensation for damages to NHS assets.</p><p> </p><p>Ambulances by their function form an integral part of the critical infrastructure used by NHS staff to save lives when patients are most and risk and in need of clinical support. Any criminal damage, wilful act or theft of NHS assets is completely unacceptable. Damaged ambulance negates and removes precious and critical life-saving resources available to vulnerable patients.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to bring forward new legislation regarding the vandalism of ambulance service response vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 190897 190898 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:31:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1006087

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Ambulance Services: Vandalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government’s policy is on tackling the vandalism of ambulances.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	190897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Ministers meet a variety of stakeholders to discuss a range of operational issues.</p><p> </p><p>The management of criminal damage to ambulance service vehicles is a matter for individual National Health Service ambulance trusts. NHS staff take precautions to secure and safeguard equipment and vehicles, and NHS organisations work with the police to seek redress and sanctions as well as pursuing compensation for damages to NHS assets.</p><p> </p><p>Ambulances by their function form an integral part of the critical infrastructure used by NHS staff to save lives when patients are most and risk and in need of clinical support. Any criminal damage, wilful act or theft of NHS assets is completely unacceptable. Damaged ambulance negates and removes precious and critical life-saving resources available to vulnerable patients.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to bring forward new legislation regarding the vandalism of ambulance service response vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 190896 190898 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:31:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1006088

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Ambulance Services: Vandalism
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 Government has plans to bring forward legislative proposals for tougher penalties for people that vandalise ambulances.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	190898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Ministers meet a variety of stakeholders to discuss a range of operational issues.</p><p> </p><p>The management of criminal damage to ambulance service vehicles is a matter for individual National Health Service ambulance trusts. NHS staff take precautions to secure and safeguard equipment and vehicles, and NHS organisations work with the police to seek redress and sanctions as well as pursuing compensation for damages to NHS assets.</p><p> </p><p>Ambulances by their function form an integral part of the critical infrastructure used by NHS staff to save lives when patients are most and risk and in need of clinical support. Any criminal damage, wilful act or theft of NHS assets is completely unacceptable. Damaged ambulance negates and removes precious and critical life-saving resources available to vulnerable patients.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to bring forward new legislation regarding the vandalism of ambulance service response vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 190896 190897 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:31:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1006089

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Ambulance Services: Crimes of Violence
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 help protect ambulance workers from abusive and violent conduct.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	190899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Employers across the National Health Service in England including ambulance services are responsible for protecting their staff. It is for them to work with their staff, accredited local security management specialists, their local Police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to put in place policies and procedures aimed at reducing the likelihood of abusive and violent conduct while ensuring appropriate action is taken, including criminal or administrative sanctions, against perpetrators deliberately committing such acts.</p><p> </p><p>The new NHS Violence Reduction Strategy developed by the NHS will help ambulance services tackle abusive and violent conduct against their staff. The Strategy includes training in de-escalation techniques, continuing professional development of security staff, improving the safety of working environments, ensuring all organisations are clear about their responsibilities, a publicity campaign and work with the Police and CPS to ensure appropriate use is made of existing legislation and the new Assault on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. In preparing the Strategy, there was an event with ambulance providers and work will start soon for a plan to tackle abusive and violent conduct against ambulance staff.</p><p> </p><p>Two ambulance services are assessing how body cameras could be used to help protect paramedics. Subject to the outcome, body cameras may be used by all ambulance services.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/11/2018 15:34:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1006124

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	Integrated Care Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's consultation on contracting arrangements for Integrated Care Providers, which closed on 26 October 2018, what the timetable is for the publication of the outcome of that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	190792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on proposed contracting arrangements for integrated care providers closed on 26 October. A response to the consultation following full consideration of responses and feedback will be published by NHS England in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 20/11/2018 11:13:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1006192

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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	NHS Property Services: Buildings
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 he has made of the total number of assets managed by NHS Property Service.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	190761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS Property Services has 2,959 properties. The properties are broken down in the following regions:</p><p> </p><p>North West – 533 properties</p><p>East – 468 properties</p><p>South East – 459 properties</p><p>North Central – 357 properties</p><p>London – 347 properties</p><p>West Midlands – 289 properties</p><p>South West – 287 properties</p><p>North East – 219 properties</p><p>Total – 2,959 properties</p><p> </p><p>The number and split of assets managed by NHS Property Services is the same as the number of properties at 2,959. There are no further assets that NHS Property Services manage.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 190762 190767 question first answered 21/11/2018 14:50:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz