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date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
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 increase capacity in general practice in (a) Mid Sussex constituency, (b) West Sussex and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	115805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The General Practice Forward View set out a package of investment in general practice, including reforms to increase capacity, such as recruitment and retention initiatives, extended access and the Time for Care programme.</p><p> </p><p>By 2020, the Government has committed to 5,000 additional doctors in general practice and 5,000 other staff in general practice; and by March 2019 everyone having improved access to general practitioner (GP) services, including sufficient routine appointments at evenings and weekends to meet locally determined demand.</p><p> </p><p>In West Sussex and Mid Sussex, the clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have opened GP access hubs in East Grinstead, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Crawley and Horsham to provide additional appointments in primary care.</p><p> </p><p>Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG is exploring alternative skill mix in primary care to deliver additional capacity and are piloting paramedic practitioners in each town from January 2018. It has also applied to be part of a national programme for international recruitment of GPs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/12/2017 16:42:53 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

795393

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NHS England has a mechanism to investigate and retrieve funds paid to GP practices that claimed high Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF) achievement scores, where CQC Inspectors have subsequently found the scores of those practices were lacking Integrity.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	115814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Commissioners are required under the General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements Directions 2013 to ensure that all Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF) payments claimed and made are based on accurate and reliable information. In the event this is untrue, then the Commissioner may withhold payment of all or part of an Achievement Payment that is otherwise payable.</p><p> </p><p>QOF guidance also sets out the verification process in relation to QOF payments, including any requirements in relation to post payment verification. In relation to an unfavourable Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection, Commissioners would be expected to follow the processes set out in NHS England’s published Framework for responding to CQC inspections of general practitioner practices.</p><p> </p><p>The Commissioner may recover the money paid by deducting an equivalent amount from any payment payable, and where no such deduction can be made; the contractor must pay that equivalent amount.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 05/12/2017 14:02:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway