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1129166

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date	03/06/2019
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	Dermatology: Wolverhampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to (a) Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and (b) other local NHS Trusts who are exploring redesigning dermatology services towards the community; and what steps he will take to ensure patient access to dermatology services is maintained.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
uin	259387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The commissioning and configuration of dermatology services in England is a local matter. The local National Health Service is best placed to make decisions that ensure services meet the needs of resident populations in the most appropriate way.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning the vast majority of dermatology services. The majority of patients with dermatological disorders are managed in primary and community care. Wolverhampton CCG is currently re-procuring its community dermatology service which will encompass an extended range of services. This procurement has been undertaken with the knowledge and co-operation of Royal Wolverhampton Trust. The Royal Wolverhampton Trust is also exploring with other trusts how to make the best use of scarce dermatology staff by working with each other more closely.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:46:59 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1129167

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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: Staff
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 engage frontline staff in shaping the implementation and delivery of the Workforce Strategy; and what further work is planned to examine (a) dermatology and (b) other specific specialities as part of that strategy.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
uin	259388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service published its interim People Plan on 3 June. It sets out a plan of action to meet the long-term challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership, and puts NHS people at the heart of NHS policy and delivery.</p><p>In developing this plan, the NHS has engaged widely with staff, patients, employers, professional organisations, regulatory bodies, voluntary sector, academia and other experts.</p><p>In advance of publishing the final People Plan, the NHS will establish a national programme board to address geographical and specialty shortages in medicine. We expect the final People Plan to be published soon after the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 11/06/2019 15:42:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

1126575

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date	14/05/2019
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	Pathology: Staff
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 his Department is taking to ensure the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of adequate levels of NHS staff in cancer pathology units.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
uin	254258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published the Cancer Workforce Plan for England in December 2017, which committed to the expansion of capacity and skills of the cancer workforce, including an ambition to attract and retain more cancer specialists, including histopathologists, by 2021. In 2019, 100% of specialist pathology training places, including histopathology, were filled.</p><p>Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January 2019, HEE is now working with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications for the further development of cancer services.</p><p>Locally, responsibility for assessing and managing staffing levels, including specialty staff, rests with individual NHS trusts who are best placed to decide how many staff they need to provide a given service.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 22/05/2019 10:38:44 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith