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760687

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to introduce an opt-out system for organ donation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	105088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Since the launch of the United Kingdom-wide Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 Strategy in July 2013, organ donation rates have increased by 7% and transplant rates by 6% mainly through a strengthening of the donation infrastructure (e.g. increased specialist nurses, improved retrieval arrangements). In 2016-17, the UK had the highest ever deceased donor and transplant rates with 1,413 deceased donors and 3,710 transplants and there are now 24 million people on the Organ Donor Register.</p><p> </p><p>However, three people still die every day in need of an organ transplant. We have, therefore, announced that we will launch a 12 week consultation, before the end of this year, on increasing rates of organ donation, including a new “opt out” system of consent for England. The consultation will seek views on:</p><p>- How to increase rates of organ donation, particularly from BAME communities;</p><p>- How the issue of consent should be managed within the NHS;</p><p>- How technology could help people to discuss their preferences with family; and</p><p>- How opt out could work in practice, the safeguards needed and how families could be supported.</p><p>The Government will carefully consult, listen and take account of the views from people from a diverse range of ethnic, religious and cultural communities when considering any changes to the law.</p><p> </p><p>We are still committed to campaigns to raise awareness, and encourage families and friends to discuss their wishes on organ donation.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 16:23:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

760688

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracted units of dental activity were not delivered through National Health Service dental contracts in England in each year from 2012 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	105149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows:</p><p>- the contracted units of dental activity not delivered through National Health Service dental contracts;</p><p>- total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity; and</p><p>- number of contracts where not all contracted units of dental activity were delivered in England, for each year from 2012/13- 2016/17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>5,210,585</p></td><td><p>3,812,758</p></td><td><p>3,799,633</p></td><td><p>4,352,738</p></td><td><p>4,363,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity in NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level) (£)</p></td><td><p>113,854,578</p></td><td><p>95,227,354</p></td><td><p>105,711,840</p></td><td><p>120,090,256</p></td><td><p>128,842,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS dental contracts in England where not all contracted units of dental activity delivered in each year (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>2,659</p></td><td><p>2,704</p></td><td><p>2,688</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>- The table includes contracts closed during the year</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts does not assume that up to 4% of under delivery is carried forward by the contractor, for delivery in the subsequent year (up to 4% under delivery is a contractual tolerance managed by commissioners).</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 105147 105148 question first answered 09/10/2017 16:32:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

760690

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the forecast year-end position of (a) Alder Hey and (b) Merseycare is in 2017-18; whether NHS England or any other funding body provide financial support to (i) Alder Hey and (ii) Merseycare to help those organisations manage underlying financial pressures; what plans those organisations have to manage such pressures; and how much cash those organisations currently hold.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	105141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2017/18 Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is forecasting a £0.1 million surplus. As at Month 4 (July 2017) Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust held £11.3 million cash. In 2017/18 to date, Alder Hey have not received any financial support for underlying pressures. They are not forecasting a requirement for support during 2017/18. In 2017 Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust submitted to NHS Improvement a two year operating plan covering 2017/19. This included its financial plan to deliver its planned surplus, including managing financial pressures.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is forecasting a £5.2 million surplus. As at Month 4 (July 2017) Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust held £26.6 million cash. In 2017/18, Mersey Care are not anticipating receiving any financial support to manage underlying financial pressures. In 2017 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust submitted to NHS Improvement a two year operating plan covering 2017/19. This included its financial plan to deliver its planned surplus, including managing financial pressures.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/10/2017 14:28:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

760691

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount spent by (a) Alder Hey and (b) Merseycare on the bid to run Liverpool Community Trust; and whether any consultants were involved in that process.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	105142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/10/2017 14:21:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

760693

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Standards
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 quality of care homes since the publication of the report of the Care Quality Commission, The state of adult social care services 2014 to 2017, on 6 July 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	105123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>While this report shows that 79% of inspected adult social care services in England were rated good or outstanding, it is completely unacceptable that standards in some settings are below those rightly expected by care users and their families.</p><p>The Department is working with organisations from across the social care sector to implement Quality Matters – a commitment to improving quality to make a real difference for service users, carers, families and everyone working in the sector.</p><p>The Department will also be consulting on the future of social care. The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system and to put it on a more secure financial footing and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 15:12:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760696

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cataracts: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a clinical and financial risk analysis has been carried out on the proposal to restrict patient access to blue-light filtering intraocular lenses in the NICE draft clinical guideline on cataracts in adults: management.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	105216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that it made recommendations for blue-light filtering lenses in the draft cataract guideline based on a systematic review of both the clinical and economic evidence for their use. This considered the potential benefits, harms and costs of the technology.</p><p> </p><p>All of the recommendations in the draft guideline, including the recommendation on blue-light filtering lenses, are not yet final and are subject to post-consultation changes based on the feedback received from stakeholders during the consultation. NICE expects to publish final guidance on 24 October 2017. Full details of the consideration of the intraocular lenses can be found in chapter 8 of the full draft guideline available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/gid-cgwave0741/documents/draft-guideline" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/gid-cgwave0741/documents/draft-guideline</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/10/2017 11:25:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

760700

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Visitors: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in (a) Greater London and (b) the London Borough of Newham in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	105170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows the number of health visitors employed in Greater London and the London Borough of Newham at 30 September 2010 to 2016. Data for May 2017 is also provided as this is the latest available.</p><p> </p><p>The number of health visitors employed by National Health Service organisations and reported through the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) shows a reduction to previous recent years. However this is not a complete picture of the health visitor workforce who may also be employed by non-NHS organisations including social enterprises, private sector organisations and increasingly the local authorities themselves. There is no complete picture of this workforce so it is not possible to tell if the reductions reported through ESR are real reductions or simply transfer of employment to non-NHS organisations and the below table should be interpreted with this in mind.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Health visitors in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Greater London and the London Borough of Newham as at the last day of each specified month</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td><td><p>September-2010</p></td><td><p>September-2011</p></td><td><p>September-2012</p></td><td><p>September-2013</p></td><td><p>September-2014</p></td><td><p>September-2015</p></td><td><p>September-2016</p></td><td><p>May<em>-</em>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>1,074</p></td><td><p>1,056</p></td><td><p>1,118</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>1,411</p></td><td><p>1,639</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which: London Borough of Newham</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital, Provisional NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics.</p><p>Note: Data for the London Borough of Newham relates to those employed by NHS Newham CCG and Barts Health NHS Trust.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 16:21:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

760701

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total value of undelivered contracted units of dental activity in NNS dental contracts in England was in each year from 2012 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	105147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows:</p><p>- the contracted units of dental activity not delivered through National Health Service dental contracts;</p><p>- total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity; and</p><p>- number of contracts where not all contracted units of dental activity were delivered in England, for each year from 2012/13- 2016/17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>5,210,585</p></td><td><p>3,812,758</p></td><td><p>3,799,633</p></td><td><p>4,352,738</p></td><td><p>4,363,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity in NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level) (£)</p></td><td><p>113,854,578</p></td><td><p>95,227,354</p></td><td><p>105,711,840</p></td><td><p>120,090,256</p></td><td><p>128,842,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS dental contracts in England where not all contracted units of dental activity delivered in each year (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>2,659</p></td><td><p>2,704</p></td><td><p>2,688</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>Notes:</p><p>- The table includes contracts closed during the year.</p><p>- Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts does not assume that up to 4% of under delivery is carried forward by the contractor, for delivery in the subsequent year (up to 4% under delivery is a contractual tolerance managed by commissioners).</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/10/2017 16:32:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

760702

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Community Health Services: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to award the contract to appoint a provider of Liverpool community trust services; and what steps his Department is taking to monitor the application of NHS improvement rules relating to the (a) voting system used by Liverpool Community Health (LCH) staff members and (b) number of interim LCH posts created by Alder Hey since it was awarded the interim management contract for LCH.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	105135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS Improvement is currently running a competitive process to select a National Health Service organisation to acquire Liverpool Community Health services. They aim to announce the preferred provider in October 2017 and – subject to approval by NHS Improvement of a business case – hope to transfer services to the new provider on 1 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement agreed a process of staff engagement with Liverpool Community Health Staff Side representatives. This included prospective providers presenting their proposals to Liverpool Community Health staff followed by the opportunity for Liverpool Community Health staff to ask questions. Staff were then invited to complete a feedback form giving their views on their preferred provider. This information will be available to the NHS Improvement Evaluation Panel but is not part of the Panel’s formal scoring and ranking of the proposals.</p><p> </p><p>Alder Hey has appointed to only one interim role since the commencement of the management contract on 1 May, a senior communications advisor. This role was to cover a gap in capacity following the departure of the previous Director of Communications, so was not a post created by Alder Hey. As part of the management contract, senior roles at Liverpool Community Health have been taken on by the Alder Hey Executive Team. However, this was not possible for the Communications post, as the job holder as at 1 May was about to leave the organisation.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/10/2017 14:24:45 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

760703

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for how many NHS dental contracts in England were not all contracted units of dental activity delivered in each year from 2012 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	105148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows:</p><p>- the contracted units of dental activity not delivered through National Health Service dental contracts;</p><p>- total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity; and</p><p>- number of contracts where not all contracted units of dental activity were delivered in England, for each year from 2012/13- 2016/17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>5,210,585</p></td><td><p>3,812,758</p></td><td><p>3,799,633</p></td><td><p>4,352,738</p></td><td><p>4,363,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total value of under delivered contracted units of dental activity in NHS dental contracts in England (to 100% level) (£)</p></td><td><p>113,854,578</p></td><td><p>95,227,354</p></td><td><p>105,711,840</p></td><td><p>120,090,256</p></td><td><p>128,842,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS dental contracts in England where not all contracted units of dental activity delivered in each year (to 100% level)</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>2,659</p></td><td><p>2,704</p></td><td><p>2,688</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>- The table includes contracts closed during the year</p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Contracted units of dental activity not delivered through NHS dental contracts does not assume that up to 4% of under delivery is carried forward by the contractor, for delivery in the subsequent year (up to 4% under delivery is a contractual tolerance managed by commissioners).</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 105147 105149 question first answered 09/10/2017 16:32:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe