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1130030

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Community Health Services
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 the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that (a) NHS England introduces more accurate assessment of needs for community health and mental health services and (b) the allocations formulae for those services are more responsive to areas of greatest health inequalities and unmet need; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	260635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for decisions on the weighted capitation formula used to allocate resources between clinical commissioning groups. This process is independent of Government. NHS England takes advice from the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA), a group of academics and other experts.</p><p> </p><p>As referenced in the National Health Service planning guidance, for the latest round of allocations covering the period 2019-20 to 2023-24, ACRA has made a number of recommendations that have been implemented.</p><p> </p><p>Over the next five years, NHS England will use the health inequalities adjustments to the national funding formula to target additional funds at areas with high health inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, an Implementation Framework will be published shortly which will set out the next steps the NHS will take to deliver the commitments and the national activity and support available to systems. The Implementation Framework will assist local health systems, who will build on the engagement already taking place across the country, in developing their strategic Long Term Plan implementation plan over the summer. NHS England and Improvement will then publish a national implementation plan in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/06/2019 10:48:21 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130031

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Health: Disadvantaged
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 the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that local health systems set out how they will reduce health inequalities by (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2028-29; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	260636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, an Implementation Framework will be published shortly which will set out the next steps the National Health Service will take to deliver the commitments and the national activity and support available to systems. The Implementation Framework will assist local health systems, who will build on the engagement already taking place across the country, in developing their strategic Long Term Plan implementation plan over the summer. NHS England and Improvement will then publish a national implementation plan in the autumn.</p><p>The Department wants everyone to have the same opportunity for a long, healthy life. The Ageing Society Grand Challenge sets out an ambition to ensure that people can enjoy five extra healthy, independent years of life by 2035 while narrowing the gap between the richest and poorest. This underpins the Department’s vision for putting prevention at the heart of the nation’s health.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/06/2019 09:47:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130033

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Maternity Services
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 the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on rolling out the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle across every maternity unit in England in 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	260638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The first version of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle has been rolled out and every maternity trust in England has implemented one or more of its four elements. At least 45% of trusts are fully implementing all requirements.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/06/2019 09:54:00 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130035

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Maternity Services
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 the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that every NHS trust with a maternity service takes part in the National Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	260640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative is a three-year programme. NHS England and NHS Improvement advise that every trust in England with a maternity unit has been or is currently taking part in the programme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/06/2019 09:56:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130038

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Midwives
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 the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on developing and launching continuity of carer teams with the aim that 20 per cent of pregnant women will be offered the opportunity to have the same midwife caring for them throughout their pregnancy, during birth and postnatally in 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	260643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement provided a range of support for Local Maternity Systems in 2018-19 to help them establish continuity of carer models of maternity care across England. In response, in March 2019 all Local Maternity Systems reported offering continuity of carer to pregnant women. Teams and models of care vary, with some targeting medical and social complexity, others specific deprived areas, and others specific birth settings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/06/2019 10:05:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130039

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Maternity Services: Medical Records
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 the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on offering maternity digital care records to 20,000 eligible women in 20 accelerator sites across England rising to 100,000 eligible women by the end of 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	260644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>So far, 73,000 women have been offered access to digital maternity care records across 15 live pilot sites. The National Health Service is on track to meet the commitment of 100,000 women by the end of 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/06/2019 09:59:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1130088

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Doctors: Parental Leave and Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2019 to Question 256964, what assessment he has made of the effect of NHS Employers’ decision to make a contractual offer to (a) consultants and (b) associate specialist (SAS) doctors on (i) enhanced occupational rates of pay for shared parental leave contingent on contractual terms and (ii) redundancy terms and conditions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	260569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Employers have proposed to medical trades unions the adoption of a set of common provisions set out in the NHS Handbook. These terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, shared parental leave and redundancy. Medical trades unions have been invited to discuss the proposed changes in partnership through the established negotiation forums for the consultant and specialty and associate specialists (SAS) doctor contracts.</p><p>This is the same protocol as has previously been followed for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to consultants and SAS doctors.</p><p>In 2015, the NHS Staff Council agreed new redundancy provisions for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The British Medical Association (BMA), who are part of the Staff Council, did not agree to amend the national terms and conditions which their members are employed upon. This resulted in redundancy terms being different for doctors compared with other National Health Service staff. In 2016 the new contract for doctors and dentists in training introduced schedules which brought them in line with the shared provisions for other NHS staff, including redundancy. However, as it stands, other grades of doctors still have anomalous redundancy arrangements compared with the rest of the NHS workforce.</p><p>The effect of the proposal to accept a set of common provisions on consultants and SAS doctors will be that these non-pay elements of their terms and conditions will be brought into line with doctors and dentists in training and Agenda for Change staff, bringing equity across staff groups.</p><p>The BMA have responded that whilst they are keen to incorporate the new provisions on shared parental leave, they do not wish to accept the set of common provisions from the NHS Handbook as they wish to maintain distinct terms and conditions of service for the groups they represent. The Government see no basis for maintaining separate terms and conditions for these groups of doctors in relation to the shared schedules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260570 260571 260572 question first answered 13/06/2019 10:46:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130089

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2019 to Question 256964, what assessment he has made of whether there is an anomaly in the terms and conditions relating to NHS redundancy payments that fall within the non-pay schedules in the NHS Staff Handbook which govern equalities entitlements such as shared parental leave.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	260570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Employers have proposed to medical trades unions the adoption of a set of common provisions set out in the NHS Handbook. These terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, shared parental leave and redundancy. Medical trades unions have been invited to discuss the proposed changes in partnership through the established negotiation forums for the consultant and specialty and associate specialists (SAS) doctor contracts.</p><p>This is the same protocol as has previously been followed for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to consultants and SAS doctors.</p><p>In 2015, the NHS Staff Council agreed new redundancy provisions for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The British Medical Association (BMA), who are part of the Staff Council, did not agree to amend the national terms and conditions which their members are employed upon. This resulted in redundancy terms being different for doctors compared with other National Health Service staff. In 2016 the new contract for doctors and dentists in training introduced schedules which brought them in line with the shared provisions for other NHS staff, including redundancy. However, as it stands, other grades of doctors still have anomalous redundancy arrangements compared with the rest of the NHS workforce.</p><p>The effect of the proposal to accept a set of common provisions on consultants and SAS doctors will be that these non-pay elements of their terms and conditions will be brought into line with doctors and dentists in training and Agenda for Change staff, bringing equity across staff groups.</p><p>The BMA have responded that whilst they are keen to incorporate the new provisions on shared parental leave, they do not wish to accept the set of common provisions from the NHS Handbook as they wish to maintain distinct terms and conditions of service for the groups they represent. The Government see no basis for maintaining separate terms and conditions for these groups of doctors in relation to the shared schedules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260569 260571 260572 question first answered 13/06/2019 10:46:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130090

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Doctors: Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2019 to Question 256964, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) consultants and (b) associate doctors (SAS) doctors if contractual terms from the Agenda for Change staff handbook relating to redundancy payments were automatically applied to those doctors as a requirement to access the enhanced shared parental leave NHS entitlement implemented in April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	260571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Employers have proposed to medical trades unions the adoption of a set of common provisions set out in the NHS Handbook. These terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, shared parental leave and redundancy. Medical trades unions have been invited to discuss the proposed changes in partnership through the established negotiation forums for the consultant and specialty and associate specialists (SAS) doctor contracts.</p><p>This is the same protocol as has previously been followed for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to consultants and SAS doctors.</p><p>In 2015, the NHS Staff Council agreed new redundancy provisions for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The British Medical Association (BMA), who are part of the Staff Council, did not agree to amend the national terms and conditions which their members are employed upon. This resulted in redundancy terms being different for doctors compared with other National Health Service staff. In 2016 the new contract for doctors and dentists in training introduced schedules which brought them in line with the shared provisions for other NHS staff, including redundancy. However, as it stands, other grades of doctors still have anomalous redundancy arrangements compared with the rest of the NHS workforce.</p><p>The effect of the proposal to accept a set of common provisions on consultants and SAS doctors will be that these non-pay elements of their terms and conditions will be brought into line with doctors and dentists in training and Agenda for Change staff, bringing equity across staff groups.</p><p>The BMA have responded that whilst they are keen to incorporate the new provisions on shared parental leave, they do not wish to accept the set of common provisions from the NHS Handbook as they wish to maintain distinct terms and conditions of service for the groups they represent. The Government see no basis for maintaining separate terms and conditions for these groups of doctors in relation to the shared schedules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260569 260570 260572 question first answered 13/06/2019 10:46:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130097

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Doctors: Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2019 to Question 256964, what the normal protocol is for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to (a) consultants and (b) associate doctors (SAS); and whether that protocol has been followed in relation to the enhanced shared parental leave NHS entitlement implemented in April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	260572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS Employers have proposed to medical trades unions the adoption of a set of common provisions set out in the NHS Handbook. These terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, shared parental leave and redundancy. Medical trades unions have been invited to discuss the proposed changes in partnership through the established negotiation forums for the consultant and specialty and associate specialists (SAS) doctor contracts.</p><p>This is the same protocol as has previously been followed for proposing provisions agreed under the non-pay schedules in the NHS Handbook to consultants and SAS doctors.</p><p>In 2015, the NHS Staff Council agreed new redundancy provisions for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The British Medical Association (BMA), who are part of the Staff Council, did not agree to amend the national terms and conditions which their members are employed upon. This resulted in redundancy terms being different for doctors compared with other National Health Service staff. In 2016 the new contract for doctors and dentists in training introduced schedules which brought them in line with the shared provisions for other NHS staff, including redundancy. However, as it stands, other grades of doctors still have anomalous redundancy arrangements compared with the rest of the NHS workforce.</p><p>The effect of the proposal to accept a set of common provisions on consultants and SAS doctors will be that these non-pay elements of their terms and conditions will be brought into line with doctors and dentists in training and Agenda for Change staff, bringing equity across staff groups.</p><p>The BMA have responded that whilst they are keen to incorporate the new provisions on shared parental leave, they do not wish to accept the set of common provisions from the NHS Handbook as they wish to maintain distinct terms and conditions of service for the groups they represent. The Government see no basis for maintaining separate terms and conditions for these groups of doctors in relation to the shared schedules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 260569 260570 260571 question first answered 13/06/2019 10:46:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly