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100620

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the Secretary of State for Health has discharged his duty to report on the treatment of National Health Service health care providers as specified in section 8 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL2351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State commissioned Monitor to lead a Fair Playing Field Review into the equal treatment of providers of National Health Service services. The Review published its final Report in March 2013. Since publication, Monitor has established a high level implementation group, of which the Department is a member, to take forward the Review’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As part of its annual assurance processes the Department seeks confirmation from all its Directors General that they and our Arm’s Length Bodies have taken the duty into consideration, as outlined in Section 8 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 31/10/2014 13:18:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

101279

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the requirements for (1) NHS Trust Boards, and (2) other NHS Boards, to hold their meetings in public.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL2484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service trust boards and all other NHS boards are required to hold their meetings in public. The Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 sets out the requirement for most NHS bodies to have their meetings in public. NHS foundation trusts and clinical commissioning groups are governed by the NHS Act 2006 (as amended by the Health &amp; Social Care Act 2012), which sets out similar requirements for these bodies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The public body may exclude the public from a meeting where publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business of the body or for other special reasons as decided by board resolution.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 11/11/2014 12:01:04 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

156495

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether plans are in place to roll out the position of Ambassador for Cultural Change across the National Health Service in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
	uin	HL2937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>We welcome local innovations such as the role of the Ambassador for Cultural Change at the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust, but we have not made a formal assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not have plans to roll out this position nationally. Local National Health Service organisations are responding to the challenges of the Francis Inquiry in a number of different ways, and we will continue to support them through mechanisms such as the patient safety collaboratives, and the work of organisations such as Health Education England and NHS England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2936 question first answered 26/11/2014 12:53:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

79730

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what opportunity the House of Lords and House of Commons will be given to scrutinise the NHS Mandate 2015–16 ahead of its publication.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
	uin	HL1622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires the Secretary of State to publish and lay before Parliament its Mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England). Before specifying any objectives or requirements in the Mandate, the Secretary of State must consult NHS England, Healthwatch England and any other persons he considers appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>I announced on 22 July 2014 in a Written Ministerial Statement (HL Deb, column WS124-5) that the Government proposes to uphold all of the existing objectives in the current Mandate and maintain a stable Mandate for 2015-16. This will enable the National Health Service to build on its achievements and make further progress on the ambitious agenda already set.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working closely with NHS England on the approach to the Mandate and will be engaging with stakeholders over the summer, ahead of publishing and laying the final Mandate before Parliament in the autumn. The Mandate for 2015-16 will take effect from April 2015.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:13:05 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

79750

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	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 effectiveness of the National Health Service Mandate in holding the National Health Service accountable to government.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL1642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The National Health Service Mandate, which is published annually, sets the Government’s objectives for NHS England which NHS England must seek to deliver, and its business plan sets out how it will do so. Following this, NHS Planning Guidance sets out expectations on clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) for their role in delivering the mandate, which CCGs are then expected to reflect in their plans. As such, the mandate provides a basis for holding NHS England and, through them, CCGs, to account.</p><p> </p><p>The Department holds the NHS formally to account for its progress on achieving the objectives in the mandate through bi-monthly Secretary of State accountability meetings, of which the minutes are published. In July, the first Annual Assessment of NHS England was laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State, which covers the extent to which NHS England met its mandate in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>As the Annual Assessment acknowledged, NHS England and the wider system have recently undergone a complex transition process. This means it is difficult at this time to assess the effectiveness of the Mandate as an accountability mechanism. Nevertheless, we will keep this under review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:10:50 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

79786

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP on 22 July (HC Deb, col 119WS), at what point the Department of Health decided on a "commitment to stability" for the NHS Mandate 2015–16 and whether this commitment will prevent changes to the Mandate ahead of its publication.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
	uin	HL1675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, announced the Government’s intention to maintain a stable Mandate for 2015-16 at the same time as publishing the first Annual Assessment of NHS England. The Annual Assessment, and NHS England’s first Annual Report, describe an organisation that has established itself and made progress, but has more to do to deliver all of its objectives. The decision to propose a stable Mandate for 2015-16 was taken in view of the importance of continuity of purpose for NHS England in the final year of the current spending review cycle. The priorities for the National Health Service remain those described in the current Mandate for 2014-15, and the Government wants NHS England to make further progress still on the ambitious agenda already set.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in my Written Ministerial Statement on 22 July (HL Deb, column WS124-5), the Department is engaging with key stakeholders on its proposed approach over the summer. The Government will consider views expressed before finalising the Mandate for publication in the autumn.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:06:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

89918

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement on the NHS Commissioning Board: Annual Assessment and Annual Report and Accounts by Earl Howe on 22 July (WS 124–5), what factors they considered when they decided on which date to make that statement; and what arrangements they have made for parliamentary scrutiny of the NHS mandate for 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL1760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>We announced on 22 July 2014 in a Written Ministerial Statement on the NHS Commissioning Board: Annual Assessment and Annual Report and Accounts (WS 124-5) that the Government proposes to uphold all of the existing objectives in the current mandate and maintain a stable mandate for 2015-16. This announcement was made on 22 July so the annual assessment could be published before Parliamentary recess and alongside the annual report of the NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England). The timing of the publication of NHS England’s Annual Report and Accounts was determined by the annual reporting cycle of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies. The exact date of the Written Ministerial Statement was subject to other Government business.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Act 2012 requires the Secretary of State to publish and lay before Parliament its mandate to NHS England. Before specifying any objectives or requirements in the mandate, the Secretary of State must consult NHS England, Healthwatch England and any other persons he considers appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working closely with NHS England on the approach to the mandate and have been engaging with stakeholders over the summer, ahead of publishing and laying the final mandate before Parliament in the autumn. The mandate for 2015-16 will take effect from April 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/09/2014 11:29:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

101576

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) process and (b) timelines followed by the NHS to determine a specialised clinical commissioning policy are; and what the roles and responsibilities are of the NHS committees involved.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
	uin	212409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Clinical policies are developed by the appropriate service specific clinical reference group and reviewed by the Clinical Prioritisation Advisory Group (CPAG). CPAG then makes a recommendation whether to commission the service or treatment in question. CPAG recommendations are ratified by the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group (SCOG).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The length of time to produce a clinical commissioning policy is variable depending on the complexity of the subject area. The timeline is typically between 6-9 months but can be shorter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SCOG has operational oversight of specialised commissioning and has delegated authority to make decisions on the recommendations made by CPAG, which provides advice to NHS England about any decision-making that defines access to clinical services. The Directly Commissioned Services Committee, a sub-committee of the NHS England Board, oversees the delivery of directly commissioned services within the overall strategy set by NHS England. The SCOG reports to this committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:46:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

101649

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral contribution of 23 October 2014, Official Report, columns 1044-5, on Five Year Forward View, if he will ensure that any Multispeciality Community Providers are NHS providers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	212491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>It is envisaged that the vast majority of future provision of National Health Service services will be by NHS bodies, including Multispecialty Community Providers. Further details about how NHS England intend to support areas wishing to develop these providers will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:43:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

156329

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2013 to Question 158873, which 28 NHS front-line services, and which seven accident and emergency departments, he has visited since September 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	215027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has undertaken visits to the following NHS front line services and accident and emergency departments since September 2012. Here is the list of all front line visits undertaken since September 2012 including the 28 front line and seven accident and emergency departments alluded to in answer to Question 158873.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt)</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 September 2012</p></td><td><p>St Thomas' Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 October 2012</p></td><td><p>Royal Marsden (Fulham site) AHPF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 October 2012</p></td><td><p>Adelaide Medical Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 October 2012</p></td><td><p>University College Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 October 2012</p></td><td><p>Camden CCG and Rushmore House Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 October 2012</p></td><td><p>Hammerton Court and Norfolk dementia care academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 November 2012</p></td><td><p>Kettering Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 November 2012</p></td><td><p>Kings College Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 December 2012</p></td><td><p>University Hospital South</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 December 2012</p></td><td><p>Guy's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 December 2012</p></td><td><p>Mid Staffordshire Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 December 2012</p></td><td><p>Great Ormond Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 January 2013</p></td><td><p>Heart of Kent Hospice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 January 2013</p></td><td><p>Royal Surrey County Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 January 2013</p></td><td><p>Airedale Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 February 2013</p></td><td><p>Norton Care Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 March 2013</p></td><td><p>Worthing Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 April 2013</p></td><td><p>St Thomas' Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 April 2013</p></td><td><p>Newham Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 April 2013</p></td><td><p>Salford Royal Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 April 2013</p></td><td><p>Watford General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 April 2013</p></td><td><p>George Eliot Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 April 2013</p></td><td><p>Frome Medical Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 April 2013</p></td><td><p>Shepton Mallett Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 May 2013</p></td><td><p>Hurley GP Practice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 May 2013</p></td><td><p>Chelsea and Westminster Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 May 2013</p></td><td><p>Brocklebank Group Practice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 May 2013</p></td><td><p>Kings College Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 May 2013</p></td><td><p>University College London Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 May 2013</p></td><td><p>Banstead Ambulance Call Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 June 2013</p></td><td><p>Royal Surrey County Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 June 2013</p></td><td><p>Royal Hospital Chelsea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 June 2013</p></td><td><p>University College London Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 June 2013</p></td><td><p>Pentelow Practice GP surgery</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 July 2013</p></td><td><p>Earls Court Health and Well-being centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 July 2013</p></td><td><p>Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 July 2013</p></td><td><p>Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 August 2013</p></td><td><p>Kings College London NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 September 2013</p></td><td><p>Medical Practice GP surgery</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 September 2013</p></td><td><p>Woodside Care Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 September 2013</p></td><td><p>Richmond House Care Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 October 2013</p></td><td><p>Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 October 2013</p></td><td><p>Harrogate Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 October 2013</p></td><td><p>Kings College Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14 November 2013</p></td><td><p>Nightingale House Care Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 November 2013</p></td><td><p>University College London Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 November 2013</p></td><td><p>Royal Brompton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 December 2013</p></td><td><p>Royal Surrey County Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 December 2013</p></td><td><p>Woodside Care Home</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4th August 2014</p></td><td><p>Royal County Surrey Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 August 2014</p></td><td><p>Royal Marsden Hospital (Fulham Site)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 August 2014</p></td><td><p>Royal Free Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 September 2014</p></td><td><p>Greenwich Better Care Fund Pioneer Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 September 2014</p></td><td><p>Medway Maritime Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 October 2014</p></td><td><p>Birmingham Children's Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 November 2014</p></td><td><p>Wycombe Hospital Buckinghamshire Healthcare</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Visits specifically to Accident and Emergency Units</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 April 2013</p></td><td><p>St Thomas' Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 April 2013</p></td><td><p>Watford General Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 May 2013</p></td><td><p>Chelsea and Westminster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20 June 2013</p></td><td><p>Royal Victoria Infirmary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 July 2013</p></td><td><p>Calderdale Royal Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 August 2013</p></td><td><p>Queen Elizabeth Hospital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 January 2014</p></td><td><p>London Ambulance Service</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 21/11/2014 14:22:01 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis