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683011

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to clinical commissioning groups on implementation of quality statements made by NICE published in Quality Standards.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	62654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not issued any guidance to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on implementation of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standards.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that NICE guidance, including quality standards, is built into advice provided to commissioners on specific clinical areas of work as appropriate. For example, the End of Life Commissioning Toolkit, published April 2016, supports delivery of the NICE Quality Standard on end of life care in adults and is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nhsiq-comms-eolc-tlkit-.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nhsiq-comms-eolc-tlkit-.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of the current Diabetes Treatment and Care transformation funding bidding process, part of the scoring criteria for bids includes consideration of the degree to which the proposed developments will be compliant with NICE guidance, including relevant quality standards.</p><p> </p><p>NICE has advised that it provides support and resources to help CCGs work with and use quality standards. This includes the development of formal indicators related to quality standards to measure the quality of care at CCG level, visits from the NICE field team of implementation consultants, a forward plan of topics, including likely resource implications, tools to support measurement against the standards and databases of shared learning examples about the experience of others working with quality standards and levels of uptake of these standards.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 06/02/2017 17:46:30 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

683019

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Capita: Dental Services
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 performance of Capita in administrating the National Dental Performers' List; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	62714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Delays to dental performers being added to the Dental Performers List have affected dental practitioners and their businesses. My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Public Health and Innovation (Nicola Blackwood) is working directly with Capita and NHS England to ensure that services for dentistry and other key services are restored to an acceptable and sustainable standard.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 06/02/2017 13:52:34 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

683020

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on changes to the business rates system.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	62719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Changes to the business rate system include the recent revaluation and the move to 100% business rates retention.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency is responsible for revaluations and setting rateable values for business rates, from which local authorities calculate the business rates bill.</p><p> </p><p>Each National Health Service organisation is responsible for ensuring their current rating assessments and any recent changes thereto are correct and for challenging them if necessary. As with other ratepayers, NHS bodies may be able to seek transitional relief. The Department has not made a national assessment of the overall impact, and no specific additional funding is being provided beyond the £10 billion of real terms growth by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial team has not met with counterparts at the Department for Communities and Local Government to discuss revaluation. The move to business rates was discussed at the time of the Spending Review. Officials are in regular contact to discuss detailed implications, such as the possible inclusion of authority social care and public health functions under the new system.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 62720 62721 question first answered 06/02/2017 16:30:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

683021

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide the NHS with extra funding to cover any additional costs arising from proposed changes to the business rates system.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	62720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Changes to the business rate system include the recent revaluation and the move to 100% business rates retention.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency is responsible for revaluations and setting rateable values for business rates, from which local authorities calculate the business rates bill.</p><p> </p><p>Each National Health Service organisation is responsible for ensuring their current rating assessments and any recent changes thereto are correct and for challenging them if necessary. As with other ratepayers, NHS bodies may be able to seek transitional relief. The Department has not made a national assessment of the overall impact, and no specific additional funding is being provided beyond the £10 billion of real terms growth by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial team has not met with counterparts at the Department for Communities and Local Government to discuss revaluation. The move to business rates was discussed at the time of the Spending Review. Officials are in regular contact to discuss detailed implications, such as the possible inclusion of authority social care and public health functions under the new system.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 62719 62721 question first answered 06/02/2017 16:30:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

683022

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neuromuscular Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with muscle-wasting conditions in (a) Coventry and (b) the UK have access to neuromuscular care advice close to their home; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	62729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning specialised neurological services, including some services for patients with neuromuscular disorders. NHS England has published a service specification for neurological care that includes an exemplar service specification for neuromuscular conditions that sets out what providers must have in place to offer evidence-based, safe and effective services. The service specification for neurological care can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d04-neurosci-spec-neuro.pdf</a></p><p>National Health Service providers, working with local area teams, may establish patient access to neuromuscular care advisers if they consider it would benefit service provision and such decisions are a local matter.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 06/02/2017 13:55:03 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

683023

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Non-domestic Rates
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 potential effect of proposed changes to business rates on NHS hospital and GP practice services in England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	62721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Changes to the business rate system include the recent revaluation and the move to 100% business rates retention.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency is responsible for revaluations and setting rateable values for business rates, from which local authorities calculate the business rates bill.</p><p> </p><p>Each National Health Service organisation is responsible for ensuring their current rating assessments and any recent changes thereto are correct and for challenging them if necessary. As with other ratepayers, NHS bodies may be able to seek transitional relief. The Department has not made a national assessment of the overall impact, and no specific additional funding is being provided beyond the £10 billion of real terms growth by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministerial team has not met with counterparts at the Department for Communities and Local Government to discuss revaluation. The move to business rates was discussed at the time of the Spending Review. Officials are in regular contact to discuss detailed implications, such as the possible inclusion of authority social care and public health functions under the new system.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 62719 62720 question first answered 06/02/2017 16:30:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

683024

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
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 increase organ donation.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>A seven year United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy was jointly published by the four UK health ministers and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) in July 2013. The strategy aims to increase consent rates, encourage people to be proud to donate and to make the UK system comparable with the best of the world.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested significantly in more specialist nurses, in better retrieval arrangements and in strengthening referral procedures between intensive care and the transplant programme to help ensure that all potential donors are identified and that families are supported through this very difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>NHSBT run regular awareness raising campaigns and introduced a new Organ Donation Register (ODR) system making it easier for people to record their wishes about donation. NHSBT works collaboratively with a number of partners in the private, public and third sectors to promote organ donation. People can add their name to the ODR via Government owned channels such as applying for a driving licence and paying car tax online.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is to maximise the number of people who can benefit from a transplant and 2015/16 saw the highest ever deceased donor rate in the UK with 1,364 deceased donors resulting in 3,529 transplants.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people who die while on waiting lists for organ donation is given in the annual NHSBT Transplant Activity Report in Section 1 of the report ‘Summary of Donor and Transplant Activity’. An archive of these reports can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.odt.nhs.uk/uk-transplant-registry/annual-activity-report/" target="_blank">www.odt.nhs.uk/uk-transplant-registry/annual-activity-report/</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 62727 62728 question first answered 06/02/2017 17:44:48 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

683025

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transplant Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died while on waiting lists for organ donation in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>A seven year United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy was jointly published by the four UK health ministers and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) in July 2013. The strategy aims to increase consent rates, encourage people to be proud to donate and to make the UK system comparable with the best of the world.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested significantly in more specialist nurses, in better retrieval arrangements and in strengthening referral procedures between intensive care and the transplant programme to help ensure that all potential donors are identified and that families are supported through this very difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>NHSBT run regular awareness raising campaigns and introduced a new Organ Donation Register (ODR) system making it easier for people to record their wishes about donation. NHSBT works collaboratively with a number of partners in the private, public and third sectors to promote organ donation. People can add their name to the ODR via Government owned channels such as applying for a driving licence and paying car tax online.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is to maximise the number of people who can benefit from a transplant and 2015/16 saw the highest ever deceased donor rate in the UK with 1,364 deceased donors resulting in 3,529 transplants.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people who die while on waiting lists for organ donation is given in the annual NHSBT Transplant Activity Report in Section 1 of the report ‘Summary of Donor and Transplant Activity’. An archive of these reports can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.odt.nhs.uk/uk-transplant-registry/annual-activity-report/" target="_blank">www.odt.nhs.uk/uk-transplant-registry/annual-activity-report/</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 62726 62728 question first answered 06/02/2017 17:44:48 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

683026

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transplant Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people who die while on the waiting list for organ donation.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>A seven year United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy was jointly published by the four UK health ministers and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) in July 2013. The strategy aims to increase consent rates, encourage people to be proud to donate and to make the UK system comparable with the best of the world.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested significantly in more specialist nurses, in better retrieval arrangements and in strengthening referral procedures between intensive care and the transplant programme to help ensure that all potential donors are identified and that families are supported through this very difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>NHSBT run regular awareness raising campaigns and introduced a new Organ Donation Register (ODR) system making it easier for people to record their wishes about donation. NHSBT works collaboratively with a number of partners in the private, public and third sectors to promote organ donation. People can add their name to the ODR via Government owned channels such as applying for a driving licence and paying car tax online.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is to maximise the number of people who can benefit from a transplant and 2015/16 saw the highest ever deceased donor rate in the UK with 1,364 deceased donors resulting in 3,529 transplants.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of people who die while on waiting lists for organ donation is given in the annual NHSBT Transplant Activity Report in Section 1 of the report ‘Summary of Donor and Transplant Activity’. An archive of these reports can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.odt.nhs.uk/uk-transplant-registry/annual-activity-report/" target="_blank">www.odt.nhs.uk/uk-transplant-registry/annual-activity-report/</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 62726 62727 question first answered 06/02/2017 17:44:48 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

683031

registered interest
date	01/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Proof of Identity
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 potential effect on access to care of any requirement for two forms of identification to be provided before NHS treatment is given to a patient.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	62740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>We welcome trusts piloting schemes whereby they ask National Health Service patients for two forms of identification to demonstrate an individual’s residency status. This is good practice and helps establish in a non-discriminatory way who may be eligible for free NHS care and who may not. We will monitor the impact that identification checks have, including the effect on costs identified and recovered from people not eligible for free NHS care.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/02/2017 16:31:40 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes