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693648

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to NHS Improvement's quarterly performance data, published most recently in September 2016, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the deficit in the NHS budget.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	65436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement together set out their plan for balancing the books of the National Health Service in its Strengthening Financial Performance and Accountability document in July 2016. This includes the agreement of control totals, controls on agency spending, and the introduction of a new financial special measures regime. The NHS has worked hard to manage its finances in response to this plan and the latest quarterly performance data shows the majority of hospitals are on track to hit their targets by the end of the year. NHS Improvement will be working closely with those providers that are off plan, to bring them back as close as possible back to plan this year.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/02/2017 15:01:31 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

693704

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many serving social workers were in post in England as at 1 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	65345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Skills for Care estimate that there are 18,700 social workers working in adult services in England. These figures do not include social workers operating on a self-employed basis.</p><p>Information on the number of social workers in child and family services is held by the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 28/02/2017 14:19:10 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

693759

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Depressive Illnesses
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 measures in place for GPs to be updated on new research and treatment guidance for the use of (a) anti-depressants and (b) mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for repeat episode depression.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	65275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence refreshed its Clinical Guideline CG90 Depression in adults: recognition and management in April 2016. This includes treatment guidance on the range of approved interventions including mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and anti-depressants.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners are responsible for maintaining their continuing professional development, ensuring that they can provide high quality care to all patients.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England, through its local offices, has a role in ensuring employers remain committed to continuing professional development and in developing the overall strategy for workforce skills and development in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 28/02/2017 14:17:25 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

693760

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	European Medicines Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the UK's relationship with the European Medicines Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	65307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully assessing how the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union will impact on medicines regulation in the UK, including the potential relocation of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Whatever the future relationship between the UK and EMA, the Government will work to ensure that patient access to medicines will not be adversely impacted.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 28/02/2017 14:11:56 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

693762

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the reasons why midwives left employment in the NHS in England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	65308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes data on leavers and the reasons for leaving. The information is presented in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2010, we have over 2,300 more midwives working in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups as at Novermber 2016.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/02/2017 17:51:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name PQ65308 attached document.xlsx title PQ65308 attached table
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

693763

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department offers to GP practices which are at risk of closure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the provision of primary medical services in England. As such, it is for NHS England to ensure that patients in all areas have access to general practitioner (GP) services. The General Practice Forward View, published in April 2016, includes a national £508 million five-year Sustainability and Transformation package to support struggling practices, further develop the workforce, tackle workload and stimulate care redesign.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s West Midlands regional team prioritised 45 practices for support under the Vulnerable Practices Programme of which 25 were identified in Birmingham South Central and Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Groups. The criteria for selection may include practices at risk of closure, but will also include practices not necessarily at risk of closure, but identified as vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>Comprehensive data on practice closures is not held centrally. Practices may close for a variety of reasons, including mergers with neighbouring practices or the retirement of GPs from single-handed practices.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65310 65408 question first answered 28/02/2017 14:14:22 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693764

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on GP practices in Birmingham which have been identified as vulnerable to closure during the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for the provision of primary medical services in England. As such, it is for NHS England to ensure that patients in all areas have access to general practitioner (GP) services. The General Practice Forward View, published in April 2016, includes a national £508 million five-year Sustainability and Transformation package to support struggling practices, further develop the workforce, tackle workload and stimulate care redesign.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s West Midlands regional team prioritised 45 practices for support under the Vulnerable Practices Programme of which 25 were identified in Birmingham South Central and Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Groups. The criteria for selection may include practices at risk of closure, but will also include practices not necessarily at risk of closure, but identified as vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>Comprehensive data on practice closures is not held centrally. Practices may close for a variety of reasons, including mergers with neighbouring practices or the retirement of GPs from single-handed practices.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 65309 65408 question first answered 28/02/2017 14:14:22 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693766

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors from countries in the European Economic Area are working in East Lancashire hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	65336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. Nationality is self-reported within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.</p><p> </p><p>The information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): HCHS Doctors working in East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust by selected nationality group, in NHS Trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England, as at 30 November 2016, headcount</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>of which European Economic Area (EEA) (including United Kingdom)</p></td><td><p>of which EEA (excluding UK)</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>739</p></td><td><p>567</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The November data is the most recent data available.</p><p> </p><p>EEA nationals include any staff with the following nationalities: Austrian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Cypriot, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourg, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Icelandic, Liechtenstein, Norwegian and Swiss and UK staff.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/02/2017 17:49:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

693767

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was provided for children's (a) hospitals and (b) services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	65315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has advised us that it does not hold the required information.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England allocates money to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) who go on to commission services from hospitals. CCGs also commission certain services directly, for example, specialised services and primary care.</p><p> </p><p>Some services are not provided by the National Health Service, for example children’s social services.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 28/02/2017 13:31:58 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

693769

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training will be offered to health professionals in England to prepare for the introduction of the third-party reporting mechanism for the non-consensual sex exemption in respect of child tax credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	65346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Any training required of staff implementing this policy is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions as they roll out this policy.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/02/2017 14:59:55 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss