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720513

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date	13/04/2017
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 assessment he has made of the needs of working-age users of disabled social care ahead of the publication of the forthcoming Green Paper on adult social care funding.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	70934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcement of the General Election on 8 June, decisions on the future reform and funding of adult social care will be taken by the new Government.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 70933 70935 question first answered 24/04/2017 15:56:09 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

720514

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 consultation he has undertaken with organisations operating in the care sector ahead of the publication of the forthcoming Green Paper on adult social care funding.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	70935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcement of the General Election on 8 June, decisions on the future reform and funding of adult social care will be taken by the new Government.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 70933 70934 question first answered 24/04/2017 15:56:09 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

720516

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment was undertaken before the implementation of the new contract of the work-life balance of junior doctors.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	70906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>An extensive programme of work is being undertaken, developed with the full involvement of the British Medical Association, to address junior doctors’ non-contractual concerns, particularly through Health Education England’s Working Group on improving junior doctors’ working lives:</p><p> </p><p>- reviewing rotations so that junior doctors do not have to change placements more than is necessary and can establish a relationship with a single organisation;</p><p>- ensuring that junior doctors beginning rotations know their schedule a month earlier than at present;</p><p>- allowing couples to apply to train in the same area;</p><p>- offering training placements close to their home for those with caring responsibilities;</p><p>- introducing a new catch up programme for doctors who take maternity leave or take time off for caring responsibilities;</p><p>- identifying and removing barriers to flexible (part-time) working; and</p><p>- reviewing how to make appraisal for junior doctors simpler and less stressful.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/04/2017 14:12:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

720527

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish (a) the metrics by which the success of the 2016 junior doctors' contract will be measured in the 2018 review and (b) which stakeholders will be consulted in that review.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	70907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The intention of the Government is that the review will be undertaken by NHS Employers with the British Medical Association and that metrics and any wider consultation will be agreed then between the parties.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/04/2017 14:16:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

720530

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Working Hours
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 the health service of the reduced capacity of junior doctors to undertake additional shifts or internal locums with their own organisations prior to the implementation of the junior doctors' contract in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	70808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The new Junior Doctor’s contract retains the same maximum requirement for working hours of an average of 48 hours a week or 56 if the doctor chooses to opt out of the working time regulations. The contract also includes a fidelity clause so that trainees wishing to work extra shifts offer them to the National Health Service first.</p><p> </p><p>Further, the General Medical Council has recognised that some trainees that do not work full time may have the capacity to undertake additional shifts and have given their support for those working less than full time to do so. Previous advice was that Less Than Full Time trainees should not undertake additional shifts.</p><p>The previous contract allowed patterns of working that junior doctors' representatives told us were unsafe. The new contract is much safer and includes new, stronger limits on working hours and patterns. These include:</p><p>- the maximum number of hours worked in a week reduced from 91 to 72;</p><p>- the maximum number of consecutive nights reduced from seven to four; and</p><p>- the maximum number of consecutive long days reduced from seven to five.</p><p> </p><p>The new contract puts patients first by requiring that these rules apply also to any additional shifts a trainee might choose to work, ensuring junior doctors are not required to work when tired and that their overall working hours, whether they work for their own or another employer remains within safe limits. These are overseen by a Guardian of Safe Working Hours in every trust. Doctors can therefore offer additional hours to the same overall limits as before but must work them within the new safe limits.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/04/2017 14:48:49 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston