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1024696

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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	North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what correspondence he has received from (a) local authorities in Staffordshire and (b) the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust on the future of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust; and if he will place a copy of such correspondence in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	202089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received one item of relevant correspondence from a local authority in Staffordshire, which is attached. There has been no correspondence from the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust on the future of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/12/2018 17:00:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name Staffs County Council.pdf title Letter Staffs County Council
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

918380

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	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	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 Local Authority (Public Health, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Health Scrutiny) Regulations 2013, what discussions he has had with the Independent Reconfiguration Panel on improving the referral system from local authority health scrutiny committees.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	150778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department remains committed to ensuring the highest standards of public involvement in, and local democratic oversight of, the development of NHS services. We therefore maintain a regular dialogue with the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP), and other bodies to ensure that our systems and processes support effective scrutiny. The IRP publishes advice and guidance to support local decision making and scrutiny, as well as providing advice to interested parties. Further information can be found on the IRP website.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 14/06/2018 11:23:18 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

929346

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2018
	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	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met the Chair of the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Sustainability and Transformation Partnership; and when he is next scheduled to meet that chair.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	156644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care last met with the Chair of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Sir Neil McKay, on 18 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State was due to meet Sir Neil McKay on Tuesday 26 June, but this has had to be rescheduled due to diary pressures. However, the Secretary of State will meet Sir Neil McKay on 27 June alongside the Rt. hon. member for Basingstoke (Maria Miller). This is a follow-up roundtable meeting from one held on 7 March (which Sir Neil McKay also attended).</p><p> </p><p>I will be meeting with the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) Chair, Sir Neil McKay, and local system partners to discuss the STP on Thursday 28 June 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/06/2018 14:59:00 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

917319

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 Trusts: Fines
	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 total value of all fines levied by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) against NHS trusts was for the financial year 2017-18; and what guidance his Department provides to (a) NHS England and (b) each CCG on how revenue raised through such fines should be used.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	150202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the level of fines levied by clinical commissioning groups against National Health Service trusts during 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the use by commissioners of revenue withheld from providers through financial sanctions, guidance on this is set out in NHS England’s Contract Technical Guidance, at section 40.5 onwards. This guidance sets out how commissioners may use funding they retain as a result of the application of contractual sanctions, recommending that the commissioner considers whether it is possible to invest the withheld funding in a way that will help to rectify the performance problem.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/06/2018 15:04:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

894834

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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	Surgery: 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, what the estimated he has made of the value (a) in total and (b) by clinical commissioning group of all cancelled operations during last winter.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	139574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>No estimate surrounding the value of cancelled operations during last winter has been made.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 08/05/2018 10:35:07 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

917548

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 Trusts: Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the refinancing of PFI contracts for NHS Trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	150212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The debt incurred to finance Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects is incurred predominantly by the PFI companies themselves. Officials at the Department discuss refinancing opportunities with the PFI companies as and when the relevant circumstances arise, although opportunities for re-financing PFI schemes are now comparatively limited given the nature of the financial instruments used by the PFI companies at the time.</p><p> </p><p>More generally the Department has helped and advised local trust contract managers where requested in relation to PFI contractual issues and also to support trusts in making operational savings in their PFI schemes.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/06/2018 11:28:59 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

917549

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	General Practitioners: Stoke on Trent
	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 increase the number of GPs in Stoke-on-Trent.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	150213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have developed a workforce strategy and plan for the area. This focuses on increasing the numbers of general practitioners (GPs), and also in diversifying the skill mix within general practice, to include clinical pharmacists, advanced nurse practitioners, nurses, physician associates, urgent care practitioners, mental health therapists and physiotherapists, to provide high quality care for patients through alternative health professionals.</p><p> </p><p>Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Sustainability and Transformation Partnership successfully bid to be an early wave site for GP international recruitment, which is to commence in July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>A number of newly-qualified GPs have also been recruited to the area through a GP Fellowship scheme, which enables GPs to develop areas of specialist clinical interest. In 2018 there are also up to 18 £20,000 salary supplements available to GP trainees who commit to working for their three year speciality training in Stafford and Staffordshire as part of the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The CCGs are also working with the BMJ to develop a marketing campaign to raise the profile of Staffordshire as a place to work and increase the recruitment rate for General Practice. The campaign will be for 12 months and is planned to start by early July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Schemes to improve GP retention are also currently being scoped in preparation to submit a bid for NHS England funding by the end of June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/06/2018 13:59:07 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

917547

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 Trusts: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Departments policy is on clinical commissioning groups levying fines on NHS Trusts that fail to meet contractual targets.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	150211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The NHS Standard Contract, which is used by clinical commissioning groups for all contracts with hospital providers of National Health Service healthcare services, sets out the consequences of breaches of the waiting time standards and other requirements. In many cases, this consequence is in the form of a financial sanction.</p><p> </p><p>Where a provider breaches a national standard set out in the Contract, prior to April 2016 it was mandatory, under the Contract, for the commissioner to apply the relevant financial sanction. This changed from April 2016, when the application of the principal sanctions (for accident and emergency waiting times, cancer waiting times and waiting times for elective care) being suspended for those NHS trusts and foundations trusts in the national Sustainability and Transformation Fund (STF). Trusts which signed up to the conditions of the STF, including in particular the delivery of a financial control total, were exempted from sanctions. Since April 2018, the arrangement has remained similar in principle, although the STF has now been renamed the Provider Sustainability Fund (PSF) and the range of sanctions suspended has been broadened.</p><p> </p><p>The great majority of trusts have signed up to the STF/PSF conditions since April 2016 and have been protected from financial sanctions as a result.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/06/2018 15:21:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

894833

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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	Clinical Commissioning Groups
	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 clinical commissioning groups have levied fines against NHS Trusts for breaches of payment by results contracts in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	139573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 09/05/2018 12:39:40 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

894835

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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	Clinical Commissioning Groups
	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 and which clinical commissioning groups operate a shared accountable officer.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	139575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 33 joint Accountable Officers across 110 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England. Full details of these CCGs are listed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/05/2018 11:01:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine attachment 1 file name PQ139575 table.docx title PQ139575 attached table
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell