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823180

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has fully engaged with staff in accordance with the NHS constitution when considering major changes in the way services are provided.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have informed NHS Improvement they carried out informal staff engagement about the proposed changes during October 2017, in addition to a formal 30-day staff consultation during November 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/01/2018 16:06:19 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

823182

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust fully consulted with partners in their local Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships over proposals to establish a wholly-owned company to run estates and other support services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust briefed all members of the Somerset Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint (Somerset and Taunton Foundation Trust, Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust, Somerset Clinical Comissioning Group and Somerset County Council) about its plans to establish a wholly-owned company to run its estates and other support services. As required by the National NHS Standard Contract, the Trust sought and received permission from Somerset CCG, Dorset CCG and NHS England Specialist Commissioning for some of the estates services previously delivered by the Trust to be delivered by the new wholly-owned subsidiary.</p><p>NHS Improvement has advised that following legal advice sought by the Trust, informal staff consultation took place in October 2017 and that a further formal consultation took place in November 2017.</p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures they need to deliver services to their patients within available resources.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4674 HL4675 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:04:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

823183

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust fully consulted with staff over the full details of proposals to establish a wholly-owned company to run estates and other support services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust briefed all members of the Somerset Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint (Somerset and Taunton Foundation Trust, Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust, Somerset Clinical Comissioning Group and Somerset County Council) about its plans to establish a wholly-owned company to run its estates and other support services. As required by the National NHS Standard Contract, the Trust sought and received permission from Somerset CCG, Dorset CCG and NHS England Specialist Commissioning for some of the estates services previously delivered by the Trust to be delivered by the new wholly-owned subsidiary.</p><p>NHS Improvement has advised that following legal advice sought by the Trust, informal staff consultation took place in October 2017 and that a further formal consultation took place in November 2017.</p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures they need to deliver services to their patients within available resources.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4673 HL4675 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:04:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

823184

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they had with the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust about options for the Trust to make major savings, before the Trust proposed to establish a wholly-owned company to run estates and other support services; and what options were considered.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust briefed all members of the Somerset Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint (Somerset and Taunton Foundation Trust, Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust, Somerset Clinical Comissioning Group and Somerset County Council) about its plans to establish a wholly-owned company to run its estates and other support services. As required by the National NHS Standard Contract, the Trust sought and received permission from Somerset CCG, Dorset CCG and NHS England Specialist Commissioning for some of the estates services previously delivered by the Trust to be delivered by the new wholly-owned subsidiary.</p><p>NHS Improvement has advised that following legal advice sought by the Trust, informal staff consultation took place in October 2017 and that a further formal consultation took place in November 2017.</p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures they need to deliver services to their patients within available resources.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4673 HL4674 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:04:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

825683

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	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	Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust were treated in A&E within one hour of their arrival at that hospital in the most recent quarter for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	123751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The count and proportion of unplanned accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with a treatment duration of up to and including one hour is shown in the table below. Also shown is the count and proportion of unplanned A&amp;E attendances at the trust with a duration to the conclusion of treatment of up to and including one hour. The data for both of these counts is for the period 1 July 2017 and 30 September 2017 and is provisional.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Attendances</p></td><td><p>Percentages</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Duration to treatment (up to and including one hour)</p></td><td><p>9,390</p></td><td><p>39.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Duration to conclusion of treatment or attendance (up to and including one hour)</p></td><td><p>2,877</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total A&amp;E attendances</p></td><td><p>23,695</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 24/01/2018 13:54:06 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

823995

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	Prescriptions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which medicines and foods that are readily available over the counter, or in shops, can be prescribed by GPs, and whether they intend to ban all such prescriptions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Some medicines and foods which are available to buy over the counter can be made available on prescription where they have a role in managing a patient’s clinical condition. A general practitioner is able to prescribe any product on the National Health Service they consider necessary for the treatment of their patient unless it is listed in Schedule 1 to the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc.) Regulations 2004. However, the Department encourages prescribing in line with clinical and cost effective guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE provides national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health.</p><p>The Department has no plans to ban the prescribing of all over the counter medicines and medical foods on prescription.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/01/2018 15:59:17 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

823664

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure adequate supplies of the PPV23 vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	123119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the intermittent issues affecting the supply of Pneumococcal polysaccharide 23-valent vaccine (PPV 23 vaccine). We are working closely with Public Health England (PHE) and the supplier, MSD, on this issue and can confirm that further United Kingdom deliveries are expected to be made available over the coming months. Despite this, supplies are expected to be constrained for the foreseeable future. In order to mitigate the impact to patients, PHE has issued clinical guidance to general practitioners, which provides recommendations on how to manage patients who are eligible for vaccination during periods of constraint.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/01/2018 12:04:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

823372

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	Ovarian Cancer: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the introduction of new medicines to help prevent the spread of ovarian cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	122855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a number of technology appraisal guidance documents on the treatment of ovarian cancer. NICE technology appraisal guidance makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether drugs and treatments represent a clinically and cost effective use of resources. NHS commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended through the technology appraisal programme within three months.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has positively appraised guidance on use of “Paclitaxel in the treatment of ovarian cancer” (TA:55), published in May 2005; “Olaparib for maintenance treatment of relapsed, platinum-sensitive, BRCA mutation-positive ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer after response to second-line or subsequent platinum-based chemotherapy” (TA:381), published in January 2016; and, “Topotecan, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride, paclitaxel, trabectedin and gemcitabine for treating recurrent ovarian cancer” (TA:389), published in April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/01/2018 12:11:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

820688

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to incorporate access targets from the NHS Constitution into the performance ratings of NHS Trusts that are produced by the Care Quality Commission.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL4658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has provided the following response:</p><p>The CQC already reports on access targets under the key inspection question: ‘are they responsive to people’s needs’. The CQC runs analysis on these indicators to support its monitoring, inspection and ratings of this key question.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/01/2018 13:10:48 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

820660

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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: Sick Leave
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the latest rate of absence through sickness of NHS staff; and what were the comparable figures for each of the last 20 years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL4630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The latest rate of sickness of National Health Service staff is 4.16% (2016/17). Comparable figures from 2009/10, extracted from the Electronic Staff Record (ESR), are shown in the following table and is information collected from ESR by NHS Digital. Sickness absence data collected by the Department before 2009 used a different methodology and are not comparable. Sickness absence figures for 2017/18 will be published in July 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Sickness absence rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>4.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>4.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>4.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>4.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>4.16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/01/2018 16:07:15 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere