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385295

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take in the event of the Clinical Commissioning Groups outsourcing parts of their commissioning role to get round the restrictions on administrative costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), as independent statutory bodies, can choose how best to carry out their commissioning functions from within their running cost budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where CCGs choose to outsource their support and to buy from external providers, this funding will be charged against their fixed running cost allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service integrators and lead providers co-ordinate and provide care for patients; they are not commissioners, nor do they undertake commissioning activities or responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL779 HL780 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:05:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

385296

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, when Clinical Commissioning Groups outsource some of their commissioning role to integrators, lead providers or through other similar mechanisms, how the administrative costs so transferred will be counted against the Clinical Commissioning Groups' administrative cost cap.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), as independent statutory bodies, can choose how best to carry out their commissioning functions from within their running cost budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where CCGs choose to outsource their support and to buy from external providers, this funding will be charged against their fixed running cost allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service integrators and lead providers co-ordinate and provide care for patients; they are not commissioners, nor do they undertake commissioning activities or responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL778 HL780 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:05:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

385297

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, when Clinical Commissioning Groups outsource some of their commissioning role, the element of administration that would have counted towards the fixed cap on administrative costs will be separately identified and appropriately deducted from Clinical Commissioning Group budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), as independent statutory bodies, can choose how best to carry out their commissioning functions from within their running cost budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where CCGs choose to outsource their support and to buy from external providers, this funding will be charged against their fixed running cost allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service integrators and lead providers co-ordinate and provide care for patients; they are not commissioners, nor do they undertake commissioning activities or responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL778 HL779 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:05:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

385346

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to prioritise research on dementia during this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	3985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>As part of the Challenge on Dementia 2020, the National Institute for Health Research, the Medical Research Council, and the Economic and Social Research Council will maintain their current collective spend on dementia research of over £60 million a year. Research spending has already doubled from a baseline of £28.2 million in 2009/10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/06/2015 16:00:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

385347

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Stem Cells: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for the funding of the UK stem cell donor register and cord blood programme over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	3986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Department has provided our delivery partners, NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan, a total of £16 million in additional, new funding to improve stem cell transplantation services in the United Kingdom. Further funding of £3 million has already been confirmed for 2015-16. Budgets for 2016-17 will be determined following the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This funding already provided has led to a tangible improvement in the availability of stem cells in the UK and the achievements include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- More UK patients received a stem cell transplant in 2014 than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>- Over 60% of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) patients are now able to find a well matched donor compared to only 40% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>- A single unified bone marrow donor registry has been created streamlining the provision of stem cells and reducing the time to provide cells from adult donors.</p><p> </p><p>- The proportion of patients receiving cord blood from UK donors has significantly increased.</p><p> </p><p>- The increased use of UK-sourced stem cells has meant that more donors than ever are available to donate leading to a significant cost saving by reducing the need to import stem cells.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/06/2015 16:14:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

385359

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Priorities Advisory Group: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is notified of funding decisions by NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group before those decisions are published.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	4178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group is an advisory committee and does not make decisions.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Funding decisions on new treatments for rare diseases will be made at NHS England's Specialised Commissioning Committee which is taking place on 30 June.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The outcome of all funding decisions will be published on NHS England’s website, and the subject of a press release, as soon after the Specialised Commissioning Committee meeting as is practically possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, meetings are being arranged between hon. Members who have an interest and NHS England staff, following the Specialised Commissioning Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/06/2015 13:24:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

385434

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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, for what reasons he has not implemented the recommendation of Sir Robert Francis that the development of safe staffing guidance should be undertaken by NICE rather than NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	3990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Following Sir Robert Francis’ report on Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, the Government has worked with a number of organisations in the National Health Service to ensure that the best evidence and guidance about safe staffing is available to NHS providers and commissioners. The work undertaken by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has provided an important foundation for the further work now to be led from within NHS England. This work will bring together the focus on safe staffing with the development of new models of care, as set out in the Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This approach will help us to build the evidence for what safe staffing looks like in a range of settings. No one size fits all and so the work will take an adaptive approach to setting staffing levels as the NHS continues to innovate and develop new models of care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 29/06/2015 14:36:56 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

385435

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of implementation of safe staffing guidance in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
uin	3989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals was published in July 2014 and guidance on safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings was published in February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NICE safe staffing guidance is part of our overall approach to safe staffing which is intended to help make the National Health Service the safest healthcare system in the world and its effectiveness will need to be assessed as part of that ambition in the longer term. Many front-line professionals and NHS organisations have found the guidance a helpful support to their decision-making.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 29/06/2015 13:47:02 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd

385439

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold meetings with his counterparts in Northern Ireland and Wales to discuss the introduction of BRCA testing for ovarian cancer in those areas.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	4166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to hold meetings with counterparts in Northern Ireland and Wales to discuss the introduction of BRCA testing for ovarian cancer in those areas.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Healthcare is a devolved matter, however research and evidence of best practice is made available throughout the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/06/2015 16:11:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

385455

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 2995, how his Department will support clinical commissioning groups to improve a transformation plan ruled inadequate.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	4200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Many clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are already working with local partners to develop local transformation plans for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. They are receiving advice and support from Clinical Networks, Public Health England and the learning collaboratives delivering the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service transformation programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England and partners will be developing further resources and support over the summer which will be available both to CCGs and partner organisations to build on their initial plans in the medium and long term to achieve the ambition set out in <em>Future in Mind (March 2015) </em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This ambition is based on what children and young people, their families and the professionals who support them said would improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The letter of 25 May referred to in response to <em><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-17/2995/" target="_blank">Question 2995</a></em> informed CCGs that access to new funds would be linked to the development of local transformation plans. NHS England plans to publish the guidance for transformation plans in July. In parallel with this, all CCGs will be given a share of the additional funding for children and young people’s mental health for 2015/16 to support their effort to develop a local transformation plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 4201 4202 question first answered 29/06/2015 13:41:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger