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712451

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent NHS (a) consultants, (b) junior hospital doctors, (c) nurses and midwives, (d) other clinical staff and (e) staff in total were employed at York hospitals, excluding mental health units in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to define those employed at National Health Service mental health units because the delivery of services by NHS staff is only captured at trust level, not hospital or site level.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 68572 question first answered 27/03/2017 10:03:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712452

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	York Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients referred to York Hospital for (a) elective surgery and (b) outpatient appointments waited longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment in each year since 2009-10; and what the average waiting time was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on referral to treatment waiting times to report performance against the legal right that patients have to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times for patients whose treatment started during the month and involved admission to hospital are described in the data as admitted pathways. Not all admissions to hospitals are for surgery. Waiting times for patients whose treatment started during the month and did not involve admission to hospital, for example outpatients, are described in the data as non-admitted pathways.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement advise that York NHS Foundation Trust is working to improve referral to treatment performance, with several areas of work underway such as maximising theatre and outpatient capacity and working with commissioners on managing future demand for pressurised specialties such as dermatology.</p><p> </p><p>Number and percentage of admitted pathways and non-admitted pathways longer than 18 weeks and average median waiting times at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in each year since 2009-10</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Admitted pathways</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Non-admitted pathways</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of pathways more than 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pathways more than 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Median waiting time (weeks) in March</p></td><td><p>Number of pathways more than 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pathways more than 18 weeks</p></td><td><p>Median waiting time (weeks) in March</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,439</p></td><td><p>8.8%</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,136</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>1,263</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,584</p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>1,141</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>8.7%</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>3,115</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td><td><p>11.0%</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td><td><p>4,642</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4,140</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>4,010</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>6,307</p></td><td><p>24.0%</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>4,606</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times, NHS England</p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust acquired Scarborough Hospital in 2012.</li></ol> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/03/2017 16:12:44 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712453

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	York Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients referred for elective surgery to York Hospital waited longer than six months from referral to treatment in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on referral to treatment waiting times to report performance against the legal right that patients have to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions. Waiting times for patients whose treatment started during the month and involved admission to hospital are described in the data as admitted pathways. Not all admissions to hospitals are for surgery.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number and percentage of admitted pathways longer than 26 weeks at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in each year since 2009-10.</p><p> </p><p>Number and percentage of admitted pathways<sup>1</sup> longer than 26 weeks at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 2009-10 to 2015-16</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number longer than 26 weeks</p></td><td><p>Percentage longer than 26 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>769</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,635</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,322</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,368</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em>Consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times, NHS England</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li>Before October 2015, adjustments were allowable to admitted pathways for clock pauses, where a patient declined reasonable offers of admission and chose to wait longer. From October 2015, there is no provision for clock pauses under any circumstances and admitted pathways are unadjusted.</li><li>York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust acquired Scarborough Hospital in 2012.</li></ol> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/03/2017 14:34:25 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712454

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a second, junior tier of qualified nursing staff in order to increase the general supply of nursing staff in public hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>We have record numbers of nurses working in the National Health Service. Since May 2010 we have seen an increase of almost 6,500 nurses in the NHS (a 2.3% increase), and there are currently over 52,000 students training to become nurses.</p><p> </p><p>We have increased the number of training places for both new and nurses returning to practice.</p><p> </p><p>Developing new routes into nursing is a priority for the Department. We have developed the new Nursing Associate role and Nursing Degree Apprenticeship which will open up routes into the registered nursing profession for thousands of people from all backgrounds and allow employers to grow their own workforce. The Nursing Associate has been designed to bridge the gap between senior healthcare support workers and registered nurses delivering hands on care and freeing up registered nurses to focus on clinical duties and using their specialist training to lead patient care. Nursing Associates will complement, not replace, Registered Nurses.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 68554 question first answered 28/03/2017 16:56:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712455

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the General Medical Council's licensing rules to increase the general supply of doctors in public hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is consulting on proposals to introduce a United Kingdom Medical Licensing Assessment. This consultation closes in April. The Department will consider whether changes to the GMC’s rules are required in light of the outcome of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 27/03/2017 10:04:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712456

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent NHS (a) consultants, (b) junior doctors, (c) nurses, (d) other clinical staff and (e) staff in total were employed at NHS mental health units in the 2012 City of York council area in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to define those employed at National Health Service mental health units because the delivery of services by NHS staff is only captured at trust level, not hospital or site level.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 68576 question first answered 27/03/2017 10:03:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712457

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the supply of nurses in public hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	68554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>We have record numbers of nurses working in the National Health Service. Since May 2010 we have seen an increase of almost 6,500 nurses in the NHS (a 2.3% increase), and there are currently over 52,000 students training to become nurses.</p><p> </p><p>We have increased the number of training places for both new and nurses returning to practice.</p><p> </p><p>Developing new routes into nursing is a priority for the Department. We have developed the new Nursing Associate role and Nursing Degree Apprenticeship which will open up routes into the registered nursing profession for thousands of people from all backgrounds and allow employers to grow their own workforce. The Nursing Associate has been designed to bridge the gap between senior healthcare support workers and registered nurses delivering hands on care and freeing up registered nurses to focus on clinical duties and using their specialist training to lead patient care. Nursing Associates will complement, not replace, Registered Nurses.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 68559 question first answered 28/03/2017 16:56:28 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

712459

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner on the breach of the IT system SystmOne.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	68594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner published a statement regarding this matter on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website on 21 March. There is no evidence that records have been lost, mislaid or misused.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations have been working closely with the ICO and the British Medical Association to support TPP to take appropriate mitigations to respond to the concerns raised. A number of measures are already being implemented and a full plan is expected to be in place by summer 2017.</p><p> </p><p>This software is in use in around one third of general practitioner (GP) practices in England. However, not all GP practices or their patients will be affected.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 68595 question first answered 28/03/2017 16:51:13 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

712460

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Databases
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 number of medical records at risk of being unlawfully accessed through the SystmOne IT system managed by the company TPP.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	68595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner published a statement regarding this matter on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website on 21 March. There is no evidence that records have been lost, mislaid or misused.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations have been working closely with the ICO and the British Medical Association to support TPP to take appropriate mitigations to respond to the concerns raised. A number of measures are already being implemented and a full plan is expected to be in place by summer 2017.</p><p> </p><p>This software is in use in around one third of general practitioner (GP) practices in England. However, not all GP practices or their patients will be affected.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 68594 question first answered 28/03/2017 16:51:13 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

712462

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Plastic Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve the regulation of dermal fillers used in non-surgical cosmetic interventions and not classified as medical devices.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	68608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency only regulates dermal fillers that are placed on the United Kingdom market as medical devices, as defined in the Medical Devices Regulations 2002. The majority of these products are intended to be used in reconstructive surgery, and as a result they are considered to be medical devices.</p><p> </p><p>Where an unregulated medical product, including dermal fillers, is administered by a regulated medical professional, that regulated professional is subject to the standards of their registration.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 23/03/2017 16:18:22 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones