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1166955

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve NHS facilities.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	900206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to improving the quality of National Health Service premises including hospitals, primary and community estate and facilities. That is why we have announced the Health Infrastructure Plan – a new, long-term programme of investment in NHS buildings, estates and equipment.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/10/2019 16:28:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1166957

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on vaccine research to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	900208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>My Right Honourable friend and I recognise the importance of vaccination in tackling antimicrobial resistance (or AMR). Our AMR national action plan, developed across Government, includes commitments to optimise use of vaccines in humans and animals, and stimulate vaccine research and development.</p><p>A cross-departmental Delivery Board, co-chaired by my Department and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will drive and oversee delivery of this work and met for the first time this month.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/10/2019 16:46:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1166958

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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	General Practitioners: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress he has made on recruiting additional GPs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	900209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We know we need more General Practitioners (GPs) and we remain committed to delivering 5,000 more doctors in general practice as soon as possible.</p><p>It is encouraging to see, as of June, there are over 250 more doctors working in general practice than there were last year.</p><p>As the Secretary of State announced to the House last Wednesday, we have built on the record numbers entering training last year with a record 3,538 trainees accepting a GP specialty training place this year.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 16:35:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1166962

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve GP services.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
uin	900217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>General Practitioner (GP) services are critically important to support our ambition for people to live independent, healthier lives for longer. Our NHS Long Term Plan commits at least £4.5billion a year more for primary and community care by 2023, and we remain committed to delivering an additional 5,000 GPs.</p><p>Our landmark five-year GP contract will better integrate care through Primary Care Networks and see an extra 20,000 primary care staff, so every patient has faster access to the most appropriate primary care professional.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 16:44:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1156115

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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	Mental Health Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to introduce a cap investment strategy for NHS mental health trusts.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	4910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP) on 17 October to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-10-14/20/" target="_blank">20</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 29/10/2019 16:20:40 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1156182

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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	Psychiatric Patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in inpatient mental health facilities have been held in such facilities for (a) up to three months; (b) three to six months, (c) six months to one year, (d) one to two years, (e) two to five years, (f) five to 10 years and (g) 10 years or more.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	4967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of people in mental health inpatient services at the end of July 2019 is shown in the following table. The length of stay of an individual patient is influenced by many factors but the aim is always to have as short a stay as possible in an inpatient setting with patients returning home and having support from community-based services.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Length of stay</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Age group (years)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>18 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>21,665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 3 months</p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td><p>10,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 months and less than 6 months</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>2,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 months and less than 12 months</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>2,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months and less than 2 years</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>2,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 years and less than 5 years</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 years and less than 10 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years or more</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: NHS Digital, Mental Health Services Dataset</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 29/10/2019 16:19:59 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1156189

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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	Primary Health Care: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the recent cyber attack on Pitney Bowes and its impact on the primary care provision within the (a) East Lancashire CCG and (b) East Lancashire hospitals NHS trust.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	4984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Pitney Bowes machines are not connected to National Health Service networks and therefore no effect has been seen to any NHS equipment. We are aware that East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s franking machines were affected and contingency plans were immediately actioned. This resulted in the Clinical Commissioning Group and a few other local companies franking the mail for the hospital in order to ensure patients received their letters.</p><p> </p><p>Both East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust have confirmed that there was no impact to the provision of care as a result of the recent malware attack.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 29/10/2019 16:18:16 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1156224

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-disclosure agreements have been placed on NHS staff by NHS England in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	5093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Information on how many non-disclosure agreements the National Health Service has entered into with NHS staff in each of the last five years is not held centrally.</p><p>Non-disclosure agreements are settlement agreements that includes some form of confidentiality requirement that applies to one or both parties. Confidentiality clauses used appropriately can have a right and proper place but should go no further than is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of both the employer and the worker. Any cause in settlement agreement or contract of employment which purports to prevent an individual from making a protected disclosure, speaking about patient survey, quality of care or other wrong doing that is in the public interest has no place in the NHS and in any event would have no legal effect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/10/2019 12:42:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1156255

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the seed funding announced on 30 September 2019 will be allocated to (a) Charing Cross Hospital, (b) Hammersmith Hospital and (c) St Mary's Hospital, Paddington.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	4953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>As announced on 30 September £100 million of seed funding has been made available to support 21 major projects to commence their development of schemes to be delivered in a second phase of major hospital rebuilds (HIP2).</p><p>This £100 million of seed funding will be provided as capital and will enable project teams, specialist advisers and site surveys. The funding will be drawn by providers in line with need up to 1% of the estimated capital value of each HIP2 scheme. The budget has been received for 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years but funding this year could be available if there is an immediate and strong case. NHS England and NHS Improvement will be visiting the schemes to discuss their proposals and how they can be helped to develop.</p><p>Trusts will be required to provide a breakdown of what seed funding will be spent on and how that will accelerate the project development. The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement will then ascertain how much seed funding will be provided for each scheme.</p><p>Seed funding will not constitute approval of the scheme as a whole as that will be subject to further development and subject to the usual business case approvals process, including demonstrating affordability and value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 4954 question first answered 29/10/2019 14:48:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1156256

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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	Hospitals: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the seed funding announced on 30 September 2019 will be allocated to Hospital Trusts; and what conditions will be attached to the use of that funding.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	4954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>As announced on 30 September £100 million of seed funding has been made available to support 21 major projects to commence their development of schemes to be delivered in a second phase of major hospital rebuilds (HIP2).</p><p>This £100 million of seed funding will be provided as capital and will enable project teams, specialist advisers and site surveys. The funding will be drawn by providers in line with need up to 1% of the estimated capital value of each HIP2 scheme. The budget has been received for 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years but funding this year could be available if there is an immediate and strong case. NHS England and NHS Improvement will be visiting the schemes to discuss their proposals and how they can be helped to develop.</p><p>Trusts will be required to provide a breakdown of what seed funding will be spent on and how that will accelerate the project development. The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement will then ascertain how much seed funding will be provided for each scheme.</p><p>Seed funding will not constitute approval of the scheme as a whole as that will be subject to further development and subject to the usual business case approvals process, including demonstrating affordability and value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 4953 question first answered 29/10/2019 14:48:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter