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670258

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cerebral Palsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records his Department keeps of the number of children born with cerebral palsy each year in each (a) community care group area, (b) local authority, (c) region and (d) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	59087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the number of children born with cerebral palsy each year in each community care group area, local authority, region and nationally.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 12/01/2017 11:17:43 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

670275

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cerebral Palsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training healthcare workers receive to increase awareness of signs of cerebral palsy in babies and children.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	59088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) are responsible for ensuring the programmes they provide allow healthcare students to meet the outcomes set out by the regulators upon graduation. For example the Nursing and Midwifery Council sets the standard for nursing which the HEIs must meet when developing curricula and training programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The medical Royal Colleges, for example the Royal College of General Practitioners, have responsibility for developing postgraduate training curricula for doctor for approval by the General Medical Council (GMC).</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England works with regulatory bodies such as the GMC, and the organisations that design curricula such as the medical Royal Colleges, to seek to ensure training meets the needs of patients.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing Professional Development is the responsibility of individual practitioners and their employers.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 12/01/2017 11:20:24 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

657146

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will grant existing EU national NHS staff leave to remain in the UK after the UK's decision to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	56976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister and my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health have made it clear that they wish for European Union citizens, including those working in health and social care, to remain in the United Kingdom once the UK has left the EU and that such a thing would only not be possible if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected in return. The Government is working hard to achieve that outcome.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 15/12/2016 13:52:12 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

655693

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes in social care budgets on the length of time that older people spend in hospital.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	56906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Elderly patients should never be stuck in hospital unnecessarily, and the majority of patients are discharged quickly, with average lengths of stay falling from 6.6 days in 2005-06 to 4.9 days in 2015-16, a 26% decrease.</p><p> </p><p>There is disparity in performance on discharging patients from hospital in different parts of the country which does not reflect variation between local authorities’ social care budgets. In October 2016 50% of all delayed transfers occurred in 16% of local authorities. The Department continues to work with health and care sector partners to better understand and support the complex relationships between health and care services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also continues to provide a wide-ranging package of support to help local areas improve their transfers out of hospital and reduce delays. The Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services have produced a range of tools to help local systems, including Eight High Impact Changes for Reducing Delayed Transfers of Care. NHS England and partners have published guidance to improve discharge practices at local level. We are investing in social care – giving local authorities £3.5 billion extra by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 14/12/2016 17:21:09 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

655694

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Job Satisfaction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the morale of the NHS workforce.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	56907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department uses staff engagement as a proxy for measuring National Health Service staff morale and the 2015 NHS Staff Survey showed an improvement in the overall engagement score for the NHS. The 2016 NHS Staff Survey is due to be published early next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is not complacent about NHS staff morale given the wide variation in engagement scores, so continues to commission NHS Employers to support trusts in improving staff engagement and staff health and wellbeing<sup>1</sup> through advice, guidance and good practice.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Employers is also working with NHS England and Public Health England on NHS England’s initiative<sup>2</sup> to improve staff health and wellbeing which includes a “CQUIN”<sup>3</sup> (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation), a new three part indicator focussing on getting staff better access to health and wellbeing initiatives, supporting them to make healthy choices and lead healthy lives.</p><p> </p><p>The “call to action” to NHS bodies to tackle high levels of bullying and harassment in the NHS was launched on 7 December 2016 by the Social Partnership Forum which includes the Department, employers and unions. This initiative drew on evidence and frontline experiences which were developed into a range of resources, advice and good practice to enable organisations to develop their own plans to tackle bullying in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p>1 <a href="http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience" target="_blank">http://www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/retain-and-improve/staff-experience</a></p><p>2 <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/09/improving-staff-health/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/09/improving-staff-health/</a></p><p>3 <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cquin-guidance-16-17-v3.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cquin-guidance-16-17-v3.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/12/2016 10:52:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

647743

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has issued guidance to GPs on stopping the issuing of repeat prescriptions without an appointment.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	55384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance to general practitioners on stopping the issuing of repeat prescriptions without an appointment.</p><p> </p><p>When issuing repeat prescriptions or prescribing with repeats, prescribers are expected to make sure that procedures are in place to monitor whether the medicine is still safe and necessary for the patient.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 02/12/2016 09:21:19 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

647744

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Capita: NHS England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the option in Capita's contract with NHS England to extend the term of that contract from seven to 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	55385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>It will be for NHS England to decide the merits of the option to extend the contract, which commenced in September 2015 and is thus some way away from its end date.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 02/12/2016 09:24:17 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

638686

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that GP surgeries are reimbursed for the training of GPs.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	53806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Health Education England (HEE) mandate includes an objective for HEE to work with stakeholders including the Department to develop tariffs for primary care medical education and training, which better reflect the costs and benefits to employers of having trainees.</p><p> </p><p>Any proposed national tariffs for primary care would need to be affordable within HEE’s annual funding settlement.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/11/2016 13:32:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

638687

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries are in deficit.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	53807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>NHS England does not routinely collect this information, as general practitioner practices are independently run private businesses - which are mostly partnerships in nature - and are therefore not required to publish their accounts in the same way that limited companies are required to file theirs with Companies House.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 28/11/2016 10:38:20 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

638688

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	GP Practice Lists: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on GP surgeries of waiting times to process electronic patient registrations.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	53808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Data on the effect on general practitioner surgeries of waiting times to process electronic patient registrations is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 28/11/2016 15:08:50 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper