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1059787

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of nurse training course fees and bursaries being paid for by the NHS subject to the completion of several years of post-registration work as a nurse.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	220203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation and secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the National Health Service and enable universities to create additional nursing and midwifery training places.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February, the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) published full-time undergraduate nursing and midwifery applications made by the 15 January deadline. This data showed a 4.5% increase in the number of applicants compared to the same point in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the data UCAS published in February, there is no intention to provide bursaries for nurse training course fees.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018 the former Secretary of State for Health (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a £10,000 package of golden hello payments for 2018/19 loan funded postgraduate nursing students that take up employment in learning disability, mental health or community service nursing roles. The full details of this incentive will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that nurses have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220204 question first answered 18/02/2019 12:22:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1059789

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current framework and funding of nurse training in incentivising sufficient people to join the nursing profession to meet the needs of the health service.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	220204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation and secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the National Health Service and enable universities to create additional nursing and midwifery training places.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February, the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) published full-time undergraduate nursing and midwifery applications made by the 15 January deadline. This data showed a 4.5% increase in the number of applicants compared to the same point in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the data UCAS published in February, there is no intention to provide bursaries for nurse training course fees.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018 the former Secretary of State for Health (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a £10,000 package of golden hello payments for 2018/19 loan funded postgraduate nursing students that take up employment in learning disability, mental health or community service nursing roles. The full details of this incentive will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that nurses have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220203 question first answered 18/02/2019 12:22:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1058819

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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: Medical Equipment
	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 is taking to ensure that surgery after-care equipment is (a) collected from patients when it is no longer needed and (b) reused when in pristine condition in order to reduce costs.
	tabling member constituency	Waveney
	tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
	uin	219411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>There is a responsibility on National Health Service trusts to make the very best use of all resources and items where they are safely and legally reusable and returnable.</p><p> </p><p>The policy on the return of equipment is a matter for each individual NHS trust. The policy should be included in the trust’s Sustainable Development Management Plan (SDMP). The publication of a trust’s SDMP is a requirement under Service Condition 18 of the NHS Standard Contract. This should be available for inspection by any member of the public.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 12:23:39 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1060620

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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: British Nationals Abroad
	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 advice issued on 28 January 2019 entitled New advice for travellers visiting the UK, European Union or European Economic Area in the event of a no-deal EU exit, what advice he has for people on kidney dialysis who wish to travel in the EU or EEA and to whom his advice of 28 January 2019 does not cover because dialysis is not covered under travel insurance.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	220902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>If the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal, the Department cannot guarantee the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) will be valid after 29 March 2019 in all European Economic Area countries.</p><p> </p><p>The reciprocal healthcare system requires reciprocity from the EU or individual Member States and cannot be protected unilaterally. The UK Government is seeking agreements with Member States, so that no individual will face sudden changes to their healthcare cover.</p><p> </p><p>People requiring dialysis treatment when travelling should always seek advice from their doctor and renal unit before booking travel. They should also contact the chosen dialysis administrator at the destination of travel to ensure their treatment is covered after 29 March 2019 in a ‘no-deal’ scenario and so that they are aware of and can agree to any potential charges before booking travel.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare advice on the National Health Service for travellers with pre-existing conditions including dialysis users is being updated.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220903 220904 question first answered 18/02/2019 15:22:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1060783

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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 Professions: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources have been allocated to regulators of the health professions to support them with the potential increased workload of maintaining their registers in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	220892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has introduced legislation that will largely maintain existing arrangements for the recognition of European health and care qualifications. European qualifications that are currently recognised automatically by United Kingdom regulators (doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists and pharmacists), will continue to be recognised after the UK leaves the European Union. European qualifications that are not accepted automatically will continue to be assessed against the standard of UK qualifications, as is currently the case.</p><p> </p><p>UK regulators have been preparing for a possible 'no-deal' scenario. As the legislation introduced maintains the current systems as far as is possible for at least two years upon coming into force, little impact is expected after exit day. No additional funding has been allocated.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 15:20:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1059888

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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: Screening
	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 is on target to meet its commitment in the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review to provide two million more diagnostic tests per year by 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
	uin	220082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2017/18 the National Health Service carried out 21.9 million diagnostic tests, nearly 1.7 million more than in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England publishes monthly data on diagnostic waiting times which includes the volume of patients waiting for a diagnostic test. The data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 15:17:05 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

1059957

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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: Transport
	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 Huffington Post article entitled Police Driving Mental Health Patients To Hospital In 48 per cent Of All Crisis Cases, published on the 11 February 2019, whether his Department plans to reverse the reduction in funding to ambulance services over the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	220199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The following table sets out the total income received by National Health Service ambulance trusts in the last five financial years. Total income has increased each year over this period.</p><p> </p><p>Total income received by NHS ambulance trusts 2013/14 – 2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Total NHS ambulance trust income</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,088,126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2,179,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,194,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,333,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,465,389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Published NHS financial accounts</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 15:15:28 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1059958

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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: Transport
	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 Huffington Post article entitled Police Driving Mental Health Patients To Hospital In 48 per cent Of All Crisis Cases, published on the 11 February 2019, what proportion of the £20.5 billion announced for the NHS in the NHS Long Term Plan will be allocated to ambulance services.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	220200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Implementation Framework, which is to be published in the spring, will provide further information on how the NHS Long Term Plan will be implemented. Further details, based on local health system five year plans will be brought together in a detailed national implementation plan in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 12:24:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1059727

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) restrictions and (b) prohibitions are in place on (i) engaging with and (ii) selling to the NHS for senior staff who leave NHS England and move to work for private companies.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	220225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The standard contract of employment that NHS England Executive and Senior Manager staff are issued with includes the following:</p><p> </p><p>“20. Post-termination restrictions</p><p> </p><p>20.1 You agree that, following the termination of your employment for any reason you will not directly or indirectly, either alone or jointly with or on behalf of any person, firm or company and whether on your own account or as principal, shareholder, partner, employee, agent or otherwise:</p><p> </p><p>20.1.1 for a period of six months lobby the UK government in relation to any aspect of national or regional health policy with a view to promoting or advancing your own business interests or those of any third party</p><p> </p><p>20.1.2 for a period of six months solicit the employment or engagement of any person who immediately prior to termination of your employment was a senior employee in a managerial, executive or technical capacity of NHS England with whom you worked or with whom you had contact or whose work you were aware of in the 12 months prior to such termination.”</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 12:26:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1060724

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements will be in place to provide healthcare cover for UK state pensioners who reside in the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	220982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government appreciates the importance of retaining reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the European Union, and has been clear in the negotiations that it wants to protect the rights of UK citizens in the EU.</p><p>Subject to the Withdrawal Agreement being agreed by Parliament, during the implementation period the current rules on reciprocal healthcare will continue until December 2020. The rights of UK nationals living in the EU, and who fall within the scope of the Withdrawal Agreement, will continue to be protected after December 2020, for as long as these individuals remain in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement. This includes state pensioners already benefiting from that cover.</p><p>The reciprocal healthcare system requires reciprocity from the EU or individual Member States and cannot be protected unilaterally. The UK Government is seeking agreements with Member States, so that no individual will face sudden changes to their healthcare cover in a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 15:18:09 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle