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date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the guidance issued by NHS England to clinical commissioning groups in May stating that all areas of the country should have a system in place from September to ensure that all new GP referrals are subject to clinical peer review, how they define such reviews.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL1581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>Clinical peer reviews are a simple way for general practitioners (GPs) to support each other and help patients get the best care, from the right person at the right time, without having to make unnecessary trips to hospital. More than half of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have already implemented some form of clinical peer review system and the NHS England guidance will help ensure best practice is shared to the remaining local commissioners.</p><p> </p><p>There is flexibility in how local CCGs and their GPs implement prospective internal clinical peer review, but it should see GPs reviewing each other’s new referrals to provide constructive feedback in a safe learning environment. Delivering prospective internal peer review will help ensure that all patients get access to the optimum care pathway. It should not be established as an approval process and the referring GP retains responsibility for the patient and makes the final decision.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 21/09/2017 12:09:27 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

760026

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date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Judicial Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many legal cases have been filed against the Department of Health about public health matters in each of the last five years; and how many are currently in progress.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL1582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department and the Government Legal Department do not categorise cases as specifically relating to ‘public health’. According to Government Legal Department records, the approximate total number of judicial review cases brought against the Department in each of the last five years is shown in the following table. 42 cases are recorded as active as of 15 September 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of cases brought</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Data from the Government Legal Department.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 21/09/2017 12:10:21 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich