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832871

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the stakeholder questions on the requirement for all relevant bodies to charge upfront for treatment, which are being asked as part of the review of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/756), are designed to exclude evidence relating to the impact of charging upfront prior to those Regulations coming into force; whether the review will consider evidence submitted relating to that impact; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which it is possible for a stakeholder responding to provide evidence of the impact of the requirement to charge upfront without drawing on evidence of the impact of charging upfront before that new requirement came into effect.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The current review was initiated as a response to concerns that have been raised by stakeholders regarding the introduction of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, the ‘amendment regulations 2017’, and in line with the continuing public sector equalities duty in relation to these regulations. A document outlining the scope of the review, to consider the impact of the amendment regulations 2017, was shared with stakeholders in November 2017. The questions which have been sent to stakeholders since the sharing of the scope document have intentionally focused on asking for evidence relating to the impact of the amendment regulations 2017. This is in accordance with the rationale for the review and the review scope, which had previously been communicated to stakeholders.</p><p>The Department is aware that, given that the amendment regulation, introduced as part of the amendment regulations 2017, requiring relevant bodies to withhold treatment from chargeable overseas visitors until the estimated full cost of the service has been paid, made a legal requirement of what was previously best practice, it may be relevant to refer to the effects of upfront charging prior to the amendment regulations 2017 coming into effect. This is acknowledged in the question documents which the Department has sent to stakeholders. For example, in the question document sent to vulnerable group’s representatives, the introduction asks for stakeholders to indicate whether the evidence they present relates to the period before or after the relevant provisions of the Amendment Regulations 2017 came into force. It is also the case that if, during the course of engaging with stakeholders as part of the review the Department were to receive evidence concerning the impact of upfront charging prior to the amendment regulations 2017 coming into force the Department would, of course, consider this evidence and take any resulting action which it judged to be necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 07/02/2018 12:17:41 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

832873

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 24 January (HL4671), what assessment they have made of the accuracy of the assertion by Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust that staff were consulted appropriately in October and November 2017 over plans to establish a wholly-owned company to run estates and other support services; and how it relates to the date on which the decision to establish the company was taken by the Board.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>On 25 January 2017, the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust board approved work to examine the case for establishing a wholly owned subsidiary for estates and facilities management. On 20 December 2017, after staff consultation had taken place, the Trust board approved the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary.</p><p>NHS Improvement has reviewed key relevant documents including the Trust board paper evidencing informal staff engagement about the proposed changes during October 2017, as well as a formal 30-day staff consultation during November 2017. Following the staff consultation, the Trust made changes to its proposal which benefitted the staff transferring to the new company. The Trust has confirmed to NHS Improvement that it took legal advice in relation to its duty to consult staff on the changes.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust did not establish the wholly-owned subsidiary prior to consulting clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). NHS Improvement has seen correspondence from Somerset CCG on 19 December 2017 giving permission for the wholly-owned subsidiary to be a permitted subcontractor. NHS Improvement has seen similar correspondence from NHS England Specialised Commissioners on 22 November 2017 approving the wholly-owned subsidiary as a permitted subcontractor. The Trust board took the decision to approve the formation of the wholly owned subsidiary on 20 December 2017.</p><p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has told NHS Improvement that it has not been necessary to spend additional time beyond normal Board business discussing clinical matters as a result of establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary company.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5200 HL5201 HL5202 question first answered 08/02/2018 12:33:14 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

832875

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 24 January (HL4673), why the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust established a wholly-owned subsidiary company prior to consulting Clinical Commissioning Groups locally about the proposal.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>On 25 January 2017, the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust board approved work to examine the case for establishing a wholly owned subsidiary for estates and facilities management. On 20 December 2017, after staff consultation had taken place, the Trust board approved the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary.</p><p>NHS Improvement has reviewed key relevant documents including the Trust board paper evidencing informal staff engagement about the proposed changes during October 2017, as well as a formal 30-day staff consultation during November 2017. Following the staff consultation, the Trust made changes to its proposal which benefitted the staff transferring to the new company. The Trust has confirmed to NHS Improvement that it took legal advice in relation to its duty to consult staff on the changes.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust did not establish the wholly-owned subsidiary prior to consulting clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). NHS Improvement has seen correspondence from Somerset CCG on 19 December 2017 giving permission for the wholly-owned subsidiary to be a permitted subcontractor. NHS Improvement has seen similar correspondence from NHS England Specialised Commissioners on 22 November 2017 approving the wholly-owned subsidiary as a permitted subcontractor. The Trust board took the decision to approve the formation of the wholly owned subsidiary on 20 December 2017.</p><p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has told NHS Improvement that it has not been necessary to spend additional time beyond normal Board business discussing clinical matters as a result of establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary company.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5199 HL5201 HL5202 question first answered 08/02/2018 12:33:14 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

832881

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Liothyronine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the degree to which the analysis contained in the NHS England document Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: Guidance for CCGs justifies the advice given that prescribers in primary care should not prescribe liothyronine (T3) for any new patients.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>In November 2017 NHS England published commissioning guidance for clinical commissioning groups, entitled <em>Items which should not be routinely prescribed in primary care: A Consultation on guidance for CCGs, </em>following a three month consultation. A joint clinical working group comprised of clinical representatives reviewed the consultation findings and made evidence-based recommendations for consideration by the NHS England Board. Liothyronine attracted a significant number of responses and following detailed review, significant amendments to the original proposals were made before being published in the finalised guidance. NHS England’s recommendations are that National Health Service consultant endocrinologists may still initiate and recommend liothyronine for new patients, following audited individual trial periods of use, as recommended by the British Thyroid Association.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 07/02/2018 12:11:38 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

829024

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to mandate NHS England to ensure that community advice services are established to provide advice to patients suffering from the impact of long-term use of dependence forming medication.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to mandate NHS England to establish community advice services for this purpose. The Government is currently developing its approach to the mandate to NHS England for 2018-19, in light of the extra £2.8 billion to 2019/20 provided through the Autumn Budget to support the National Health Service. Both NHS England and Healthwatch England are involved in its development as statutory consultees.</p><p>The Department has commissioned Public Health England to undertake an evidence review to better understand the scope of the problem of prescribed drug dependence. The review will bring together the best available evidence on prevalence and prescribing; the nature and likely causes of dependence or withdrawal among people who continue to take these medicines; and effective prevention and treatment responses for each indication.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 06/02/2018 13:46:18 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

829025

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to amend the NHS pensions regulations to allow new staff of wholly owned subsidiaries of NHS Foundation Trusts to join the NHS Pension Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>There are no current plans to amend the NHS Pension Scheme regulations. While each case would need to be considered on its own merits, wholly owned subsidiaries could apply for Scheme membership for any new staff who are eligible. To be eligible, these new staff would have to be employed under a standard National Health Service sub-contract to the NHS standard contract held by the NHS foundation trust, and in a role that wholly or mainly (more than 50%) relates to the delivery of clinical services to patients under that contract.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 06/02/2018 13:40:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

829026

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a public consultation will be included as part of their current review of the impact of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/756).
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to include a public consultation as part of the review of ‘The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017’ (the 2017 Amendments). The Department ran a consultation ‘Making a fair contribution: consultation on the extension of charging overseas visitors in and migrants for using the NHS in England’ in early 2016. This covered many of the areas included in the 2017 Amendments. The Government published its response in February 2017.</p><p>The Department initially sent a list of review questions on 22 December 2017 to several organisations with a deadline of 31 January 2018 for the submission of evidence to be returned.</p><p>The Department does fully recognise the need to ensure that sufficient time is provided for both evidence collection and analysis. The end of January deadline was chosen so that the Department could seek to identify the main impacts of the amendment regulations on vulnerable groups as early in the review process as possible. This will allow more time to further explore these impacts with stakeholders, within the timeframe of the review that has been set out.</p><p>The Department has responded to questions from stakeholders about the deadline by saying ‘we recognise that the end of January deadline may not be possible for all organisations due to the issues you have raised. As we previously stated, we are therefore willing to be flexible on this deadline, so while we would appreciate organisations submitting their responses as soon as possible, we will of course still consider the information in responses that are submitted after that.’ The Department has made it clear that evidence submitted within a timeframe that allows it to be taken into account as part of the review will be considered.</p><p>The Department has also committed to continue to work with stakeholders to monitor the effects of the charging regulations on vulnerable groups after the review process has concluded. Therefore, if new evidence concerning the impact of the impact of the 2017 Amendments is presented to the Department, after the time at which it can be considered as part of the review process, it will be considered in accordance with the Secretary of State’s ongoing duties.</p><p>The Department does not see any reason to change the position, outlined above, which has already been communicated to stakeholders.</p><p>The Department has undertaken a review of the 2017 Amendments in line with continuing public sector equalities duty, and also in response to concerns that have been raised by stakeholders. The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 were minor amendments in respect of errors identified by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. Given that there have not been recent concerns raised by stakeholders about these amendment regulations the Department does not feel it necessary to review them.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5010 HL5011 HL5012 question first answered 06/02/2018 13:44:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

829028

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what time limit was given to stakeholders to respond to their current review of the impact of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/756).
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to include a public consultation as part of the review of ‘The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017’ (the 2017 Amendments). The Department ran a consultation ‘Making a fair contribution: consultation on the extension of charging overseas visitors in and migrants for using the NHS in England’ in early 2016. This covered many of the areas included in the 2017 Amendments. The Government published its response in February 2017.</p><p>The Department initially sent a list of review questions on 22 December 2017 to several organisations with a deadline of 31 January 2018 for the submission of evidence to be returned.</p><p>The Department does fully recognise the need to ensure that sufficient time is provided for both evidence collection and analysis. The end of January deadline was chosen so that the Department could seek to identify the main impacts of the amendment regulations on vulnerable groups as early in the review process as possible. This will allow more time to further explore these impacts with stakeholders, within the timeframe of the review that has been set out.</p><p>The Department has responded to questions from stakeholders about the deadline by saying ‘we recognise that the end of January deadline may not be possible for all organisations due to the issues you have raised. As we previously stated, we are therefore willing to be flexible on this deadline, so while we would appreciate organisations submitting their responses as soon as possible, we will of course still consider the information in responses that are submitted after that.’ The Department has made it clear that evidence submitted within a timeframe that allows it to be taken into account as part of the review will be considered.</p><p>The Department has also committed to continue to work with stakeholders to monitor the effects of the charging regulations on vulnerable groups after the review process has concluded. Therefore, if new evidence concerning the impact of the impact of the 2017 Amendments is presented to the Department, after the time at which it can be considered as part of the review process, it will be considered in accordance with the Secretary of State’s ongoing duties.</p><p>The Department does not see any reason to change the position, outlined above, which has already been communicated to stakeholders.</p><p>The Department has undertaken a review of the 2017 Amendments in line with continuing public sector equalities duty, and also in response to concerns that have been raised by stakeholders. The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 were minor amendments in respect of errors identified by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. Given that there have not been recent concerns raised by stakeholders about these amendment regulations the Department does not feel it necessary to review them.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5009 HL5011 HL5012 question first answered 06/02/2018 13:44:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

829029

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the deadline for responding to the consultation as part of their current review into the impact of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/756).
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to include a public consultation as part of the review of ‘The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017’ (the 2017 Amendments). The Department ran a consultation ‘Making a fair contribution: consultation on the extension of charging overseas visitors in and migrants for using the NHS in England’ in early 2016. This covered many of the areas included in the 2017 Amendments. The Government published its response in February 2017.</p><p>The Department initially sent a list of review questions on 22 December 2017 to several organisations with a deadline of 31 January 2018 for the submission of evidence to be returned.</p><p>The Department does fully recognise the need to ensure that sufficient time is provided for both evidence collection and analysis. The end of January deadline was chosen so that the Department could seek to identify the main impacts of the amendment regulations on vulnerable groups as early in the review process as possible. This will allow more time to further explore these impacts with stakeholders, within the timeframe of the review that has been set out.</p><p>The Department has responded to questions from stakeholders about the deadline by saying ‘we recognise that the end of January deadline may not be possible for all organisations due to the issues you have raised. As we previously stated, we are therefore willing to be flexible on this deadline, so while we would appreciate organisations submitting their responses as soon as possible, we will of course still consider the information in responses that are submitted after that.’ The Department has made it clear that evidence submitted within a timeframe that allows it to be taken into account as part of the review will be considered.</p><p>The Department has also committed to continue to work with stakeholders to monitor the effects of the charging regulations on vulnerable groups after the review process has concluded. Therefore, if new evidence concerning the impact of the impact of the 2017 Amendments is presented to the Department, after the time at which it can be considered as part of the review process, it will be considered in accordance with the Secretary of State’s ongoing duties.</p><p>The Department does not see any reason to change the position, outlined above, which has already been communicated to stakeholders.</p><p>The Department has undertaken a review of the 2017 Amendments in line with continuing public sector equalities duty, and also in response to concerns that have been raised by stakeholders. The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 were minor amendments in respect of errors identified by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. Given that there have not been recent concerns raised by stakeholders about these amendment regulations the Department does not feel it necessary to review them.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5009 HL5010 HL5012 question first answered 06/02/2018 13:44:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

829030

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why their review on the impact of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/756) does not cover the implementation of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/2025).
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to include a public consultation as part of the review of ‘The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017’ (the 2017 Amendments). The Department ran a consultation ‘Making a fair contribution: consultation on the extension of charging overseas visitors in and migrants for using the NHS in England’ in early 2016. This covered many of the areas included in the 2017 Amendments. The Government published its response in February 2017.</p><p>The Department initially sent a list of review questions on 22 December 2017 to several organisations with a deadline of 31 January 2018 for the submission of evidence to be returned.</p><p>The Department does fully recognise the need to ensure that sufficient time is provided for both evidence collection and analysis. The end of January deadline was chosen so that the Department could seek to identify the main impacts of the amendment regulations on vulnerable groups as early in the review process as possible. This will allow more time to further explore these impacts with stakeholders, within the timeframe of the review that has been set out.</p><p>The Department has responded to questions from stakeholders about the deadline by saying ‘we recognise that the end of January deadline may not be possible for all organisations due to the issues you have raised. As we previously stated, we are therefore willing to be flexible on this deadline, so while we would appreciate organisations submitting their responses as soon as possible, we will of course still consider the information in responses that are submitted after that.’ The Department has made it clear that evidence submitted within a timeframe that allows it to be taken into account as part of the review will be considered.</p><p>The Department has also committed to continue to work with stakeholders to monitor the effects of the charging regulations on vulnerable groups after the review process has concluded. Therefore, if new evidence concerning the impact of the impact of the 2017 Amendments is presented to the Department, after the time at which it can be considered as part of the review process, it will be considered in accordance with the Secretary of State’s ongoing duties.</p><p>The Department does not see any reason to change the position, outlined above, which has already been communicated to stakeholders.</p><p>The Department has undertaken a review of the 2017 Amendments in line with continuing public sector equalities duty, and also in response to concerns that have been raised by stakeholders. The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 were minor amendments in respect of errors identified by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. Given that there have not been recent concerns raised by stakeholders about these amendment regulations the Department does not feel it necessary to review them.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5009 HL5010 HL5011 question first answered 06/02/2018 13:44:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath