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416819

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses from non-EEA countries granted Tier 2 visas between 6 April 2011 and 5 April 2012 and employed on salaries below £35,000 per year are employed by each (a) hospital and (b) hospital trust in London.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	8516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office estimate that there were 713 visas issued to nurses in 2011/12 to whom the pay threshold and six year cap would apply if they are still resident in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/09/2015 09:17:47 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

416820

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses who will leave the NHS in 2017 as a result of changes to the immigration rules which will require non-EEA nationals with Tier 2 visas to earn £35,000 per year before they are allowed to stay in the UK; and what steps he is taking to prevent staff shortages as a result.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	8517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office estimate that there were 713 visas issued to nurses in 2011/12 to whom the pay threshold and six year cap would apply if they are still resident in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is implementing a number of steps to increase nurses numbers within the National Health Service. These plans include:</p><p> </p><p>- increases in the number of training commissions, which will deliver over 23,000 more nurses by 2019;</p><p> </p><p>- a Return to Practice programme, aimed at encouraging previously qualified nurses that have left the NHS, to update their skills and qualifications and return to practice within the NHS, and</p><p> </p><p>- the provision of flexible routes into nursing for pre-existing support staff, such as part-time nursing degrees in partnership with the Open University for care assistants who have been sponsored by their employer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Chief Nursing Officer has established a programme board to oversee activities aimed at increasing nursing numbers.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/09/2015 08:51:31 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

386668

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Trust managers on Guys and St Thomas' Hospital Trust running services currently provided by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; and which services have been the subject of those discussions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	5030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>These issues are for the local National Health Service to determine based on clinical leadership, not direction from Ministers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/07/2015 16:33:47 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

385029

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial and clinical performance of (a) Lewisham and Greenwich, (b) King's College Hospital and (c) Guy's and St Thomas' hospital trusts.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	3878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>These are matters for the local National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised that there are challenges for both commissioners and providers in South East London which are linked to increasing demand for services. The six South East London Clinical Commissioning Groups and NHS England are working closely with local authorities, providers and local people and patients to develop a strategy under the programme <em>Our Healthier South East London</em> to deliver improvements across a number of priorities and address these challenges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 3863 question first answered 29/06/2015 16:11:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

385030

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust on expanding capacity within its accident and emergency and maternity departments.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	3877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>We understand that there is a capital project underway at the Foundation Trust to improve emergency care for patients. This is a £20 million project to create an Emergency Floor at St Thomas’ hospital which is due to be completed in the latter part of 2016. This will help develop a new service model for emergency care that will transform not only the accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments but also acute medical wards which patients are admitted to from A&amp;E.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/06/2015 16:09:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

385031

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of NHS services in south east London.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	3863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>These are matters for the local National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised that there are challenges for both commissioners and providers in South East London which are linked to increasing demand for services. The six South East London Clinical Commissioning Groups and NHS England are working closely with local authorities, providers and local people and patients to develop a strategy under the programme <em>Our Healthier South East London</em> to deliver improvements across a number of priorities and address these challenges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 3878 question first answered 29/06/2015 16:11:51 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

385032

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS trusts that will be put into the unsustainable providers regime in the next five years in (a) England and (b) London.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	3864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Trust Special Administrator’s (TSA) regime was first introduced in the Health Act 2009 and is a distinct statutory process intended to be used as a last resort to address significant, intractable failings at a National Health Service trust or foundation trust in a time-bound and transparent way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no current recommendations to place any trusts into the TSA regime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 29/06/2015 15:11:32 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

385034

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of hospitals in London to meet the London quality staffing standards for (a) maternity, (b) A&E and (c) paediatric care.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	3865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>National Health Service organisations are best placed to decide how many staff they employ. Services should be tailored to meet the needs of their patients and local communities, to deliver safe care. For the first time we have published ward by ward staffing information so patients and NHS leaders have this available as part of our transparency drive. Where there are concerns, the Chief Inspector of Hospitals will take action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 29/06/2015 15:18:53 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

381195

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Maternity Services: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in London that deliver a full maternity service have 24 hours a day, seven days a week consultant presence on labour wards; and which hospitals meet those criteria.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	2397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 2399 question first answered 18/06/2015 15:08:39 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

381196

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in England that have a Type 1 A&E department have consultant presence on emergency wards for a minimum of 16 hours a day, seven days a week; and which hospitals in each region meet those criteria.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	2398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 2401 question first answered 18/06/2015 15:04:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander