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422644

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date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the ease with which nursing homes find sufficient numbers of nurses to employ; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	12542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>In response to concerns about the shortage of nurses in adult social care homes identified in the Care Quality Commission report <em>The state of health care and adult social care in England, 2013/14</em>, the Department held a symposium to discuss the recruitment and retention of registered nurses in the care sector in February 2015.</p><br /><p>Following feedback at the symposium, the Department established a Care Sector Nursing Taskforce to take forward actions to help ease the recruitment of nurses in care and nursing homes. This includes improving the image of nursing in the care sector through the development of career pathways for registered nurses, as well as developing new models of care provision, such as training for care assistants to take on enhanced roles, freeing up registered nurses to manage patients with the most complex conditions.</p><br /><p>Currently, Health Education England (HEE) is responsible for planning and developing the National Health Service workforce, but has no remit over social care workforce. To solve this situation a Task and Finish Group led by Skills for Care, has been established to scope care sector nursing workforce data. Using data they collect, Skills for Care is able to use mathematical modelling to provide accurate workforce predictions for the care sector. An agreement has been reached that these data will in future be shared with HEE to inform their training commissions. This arrangement will be in place to inform the next commissioning round.</p><br /><p>In addition, the announcement made by the Home Secretary on 15 October, that the Tier 2 restrictions will be temporarily changed for nurses so that they can be recruited from outside the European Economic Area (EEA), will enable care sector organisations to recruit nurses from outside the EEA, if they are unable to fill nursing vacancies with United Kingdom nurses.</p><br /><p>The newly released Care Quality Commission report <em>The state of health care and adult social care in England, 2014/15</em>, has highlighted that the recruitment and retention of registered nurses into social care remains problematic. We will continue to work with all the relevant stakeholders, to improve staffing issues within the care sector.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/10/2015 13:42:31 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

422645

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cardiovascular System: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of training a consultant in vascular surgery.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the average cost to the taxpayer of training someone to become a consultant in vascular surgery.</p><br /><p>The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent estimates within their report ‘Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2014’, published March 2014 (latest data available), that the average cost in 2013/14 of consultant training to be £726,551. These figures reflect the pre-registration costs of tuition, living expenses/lost production and clinical placements and the post-graduate costs of tuition and replacement costs not the average cost to the taxpayer.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/10/2015 13:43:16 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422646

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses that are eligible for tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	12546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally. Eligibility for tax credits is dependent on individual circumstances and income, including for example the financial circumstances of any partner.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/10/2015 13:43:52 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

422647

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to replace bursaries for nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare services tuition with student loans; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has received a number of representations from organisations, including Royal Colleges, professional bodies and representatives of universities, about a number of issues relating to healthcare student education funding in England including a potential move from the current system of funding to student loans.</p><br /><p>No decisions have been taken on any changes to the funding of health care education and training in England. The Department will consider all of its expenditure as part of the Spending Review. The Government will announce the outcome of the Spending Review on 25 November 2015.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 12536 question first answered 23/10/2015 13:38:23 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

422649

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from (a) universities, (b) healthcare professionals and (c) the Royal Colleges on replacing bursaries for nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare service tuition with student loans.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has received a number of representations from organisations, including Royal Colleges, professional bodies and representatives of universities, about a number of issues relating to healthcare student education funding in England including a potential move from the current system of funding to student loans.</p><br /><p>No decisions have been taken on any changes to the funding of health care education and training in England. The Department will consider all of its expenditure as part of the Spending Review. The Government will announce the outcome of the Spending Review on 25 November 2015.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 12533 question first answered 23/10/2015 13:38:23 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

422656

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information Health Education England holds on the number and proportion of doctors who completed their foundation training and are (a) not working in the NHS and (b) working abroad in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>Health Education England does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/10/2015 13:45:13 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

422658

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of additional (a) nurses and (b) doctors required to deliver seven-day working in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>It will be for local providers and their Local Education and Training Boards to develop workforce plans for delivering seven day services in hospitals which will make the best use of staff skills and expertise. Current levels of service provision at weekends currently vary between hospitals. There may be additional staff needed, including doctors, and the Department is working with NHS England and Health Education England to make sure we have the workforce we need, including looking at new working patterns and roles such as physician associates.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 23/10/2015 12:53:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

422659

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many perinatal mental health specialist (a) doctors and (b) nurses were in place in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	12673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The information is not collected.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Perinatal mental health specialist midwives, doctors and nurses are not identified separately in the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s workforce statistics. Mental health specialists work predominantly in psychiatric services but also across a range of settings and the independent sector.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 12672 question first answered 23/10/2015 13:29:44 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

422660

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net change has been in the number of inpatient perinatal mental health beds since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	12670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Since 2010 there has been a net reduction in the number of inpatient perinatal mental health beds from 118 beds in 2010 to 115 beds in 2015.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Since 2010 there has been a net reduction of mother and baby units from 17 units to 15 units.</del></p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2015 13:48:26 question first ministerially corrected 29/10/2015 10:29:54 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 25494 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

422661

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many perinatal mental health admissions there were in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	12671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table. It shows the count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of a mental health issue associated with the puerperium in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.</p><br /><p>Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Count of FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>307</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>325</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em></em></p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><br /><p><em>Note: </em></p><p>An FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2015 13:47:55 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger