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1183285

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS bursary will be paid retrospectively to students who did not receive that funding between 2017 and 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	26188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn MP) on 27 February 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-02-24/19994/" target="_blank">19994</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 12/03/2020 11:02:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1183111

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Coronavirus: 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 plans he has to enable physician associates to prescribe medication in tackling the spread of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	25661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>Whilst there is no legal requirement for a profession to be regulated before it can be given prescribing responsibilities, all healthcare professions that have prescribing responsibilities in the United Kingdom are regulated. This is because prescribing is a high-risk activity.</p><p>Physicians associates (PAs) are not regulated and therefore do not have prescribing responsibilities. Work to bring PAs into regulation is underway and the Department plans to consult on draft legislation later this year.</p><p>Arrangements can be made under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 when a disease is, or is imminently anticipated to be, a pandemic. These arrangements can set aside the usual prescribing arrangements and allow medicines to be supplied under a protocol approved by Ministers or a National Health Service body.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/03/2020 17:04:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1183067

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has plans to maintain the 18-week waiting time for referral to treatment for joint replacement surgeries.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	25718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>A maximum waiting time of 18 weeks from referral to elective treatment, including for joint replacement surgery, is the existing National Health Service access standard.</p><p> </p><p>A clinically-led review of NHS access standards is ongoing. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s final recommendations to the Government are due by the spring and the Government will carefully consider these recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/03/2020 12:39:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1183150

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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 Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to prevent copycat EHIC websites from charging applicants for European Health Insurance Cards.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	25720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>Internet search engines are repeatedly reviewed for copycat websites, with data reported to relevant parties and subsequent removal of the copycat websites. Government Digital Service leads on a cross Government group investing in tackling phishing and scamming activities across public services. We also collaborate with other organisations that are able to take action against the owners of these sites and provide evidence to the National Trading Standards Board e-crime unit to assist with on-going prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/03/2020 12:40:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1183082

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Hospitals: Doctors and Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses have been employed in hospitals in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	25619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>Due to changes in the data collection and processing methodology, it is not possible to compare data prior to September 2009. Data from 2009 onwards relate to the HCHS workforce directly employed in National Health Service trusts and CCGs who are paid for activity. Data from 2000 to 2008 will include some staff not receiving pay for activity and some staff employed by NHS support organisations and central bodies.</p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors and nurses and health visitors in NHS trusts and CCGs as at September for each year specified, full time equivalent.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>62,094</p></td><td><p>229,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>64,055</p></td><td><p>238,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>68,260</p></td><td><p>250,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>72,260</p></td><td><p>260,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>78,462</p></td><td><p>268,704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>82,568</p></td><td><p>276,086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>85,975</p></td><td><p>277,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>87,533</p></td><td><p>275,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>91,586</p></td><td><p>281,021</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors and nurses and health visitors in NHS trusts and CCGs as at November 2019, the latest available data and at September for each year specified, full time equivalent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>95,410</p></td><td><p>278,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>97,130</p></td><td><p>279,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>98,389</p></td><td><p>277,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>99,529</p></td><td><p>271,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>101,137</p></td><td><p>274,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>103,330</p></td><td><p>278,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>104,498</p></td><td><p>281,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>106,131</p></td><td><p>284,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>109,002</p></td><td><p>283,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>111,247</p></td><td><p>285,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>116,416</p></td><td><p>292,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2019</p></td><td><p>117,382</p></td><td><p>297,449</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/03/2020 17:40:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1183083

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs have been contracted to the NHS in each of the last 20 years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	25620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent (FTE) doctors working in general practice in England in each year since September 2015 presented in the following table. Data is not included prior to 2015 as improvements were made to the methodology for recording all staff working in general practice and data prior to this is not comparable.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>FTE</p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>September 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All general practitioners (GPs)</p></td><td><p>34,429</p></td><td><p>35,229</p></td><td><p>34,653</p></td><td><p>34,534</p></td><td><p>34,862</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Data as at 30 September 2019.</p><p>2. Figures shown do not include GPs working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings.</p><p>3. Each period, figures contain estimates, for practices that did not provide fully valid General Medical Practice GP records.</p><p>4. FTE refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time. In Registrars' contracts 1 FTE = 40 hours. To ensure consistency, these FTEs have been converted to the standard wMDS measure of 1 FTE = 37.5 hours in the table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 11/03/2020 17:58:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 11699 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1183209

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Mortality Rates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of mortality from COVID-19 amongst smokers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England has not undertaken a specific risk of mortality from COVID-19 amongst smokers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 19/03/2020 17:29:30 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1183174

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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: Negligence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, pursuant to section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, how much was paid in damages for clinical negligence claims by both (1) settlement, and (2) judgment award, above what would have been paid in accordance with common law negligence principles of compensation in the last three years for which the information is available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL2266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.</p><p>NHS Resolution does not hold the information requested and does not make estimates of how much the additional costs of section 2(4) are when settling the payment of clinical negligence claims.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 18/03/2020 15:21:23 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1183175

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Personal Injury: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to repeal section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL2267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with the Ministry of Justice, other Government departments and NHS Resolution, looking at a wide range of options to address the drivers of cost of clinical negligence claims.</p><p>We will update Parliament in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 18/03/2020 15:21:44 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1183106

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust: Finance
	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 PFI interest rate is that is charged to the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust on the construction of the Royal Stoke University Hospital, what the comparable rate is for HM Treasury-funded projects; and what additional funding is provided to that NHS Trust for mitigating any difference.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
	tabling member printed	Jack Brereton
	uin	25725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>As each Private Finance Initiative (PFI) company raises its finance in different ways and from different sources, the most relevant and easily comparable way of describing the cost of PFI finance is the pre-tax nominal project internal rate of return. This rate for the Royal Stoke University Hospital PFI project was 5.70% in June 2007 based on the Government’s standard inflation rate assumption.</p><p>At the time the Royal Stoke University Hospital PFI was signed in June 2007, the interest rate for loans for capital investment, which was based on the relevant National Loan Fund rates, was 5.65%.</p><p>Where public dividend capital is made available for capital investment, under current rules Trusts are required to pay a 3.5% dividend on its net assets.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/03/2020 14:07:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4643 label Biography information for Jack Brereton