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516972

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Olympic Games: Brazil
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Prior of Brampton on 11 and 12 February (HL5764 and HL5766) and by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 11 February (HL5765), and in the light of current information about the increased extent of dangers from the Zika virus affecting up to 20 per cent of all births, whether they intend to issue further advice about, or to reconsider, in consultation with other European governments, the long-term implications of participating in or attending the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL8128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The British Olympic Association (BOA) and British Paralympic Association (BPA) have prepared guidance to consider the health risks, including those posed by Zika, for British athletes and staff travelling to Brazil for the Olympics.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health has convened an Olympics health advisory group on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to focus on Zika and to support the BOA and BPA to ensure that they can continue to provide the best possible information and advice.</p><p> </p><p>The group will be chaired by the Department’s Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Chris Whitty, and will bring together experts from the BOA and BPA as well as the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, University of Nottingham, the Royal Free London, Public Health England and across Government.</p><p> </p><p>Revisions of existing guidance or specific further advice will be published if it is deemed necessary.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, Public Health England and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) have developed and issued more general travel advice online to health professionals that is suitable for people travelling to Zika-affected countries, including pregnant women. A copy of the online advice is attached.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a list of countries where Zika virus transmission is occurring, advice around bite avoidance measures and what and who to speak to if those travelling have concerns. PHE and NaTHNaC continue to monitor the situation very closely and update advice as needed.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/05/2016 16:20:48 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name zika-virus-update-and-advice-for-travellers-including-pregnant-women.pdf title Zika Virus travel advice
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

621149

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Disability: Employment Schemes
	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 case for more resources to be made available for specialist support models for people with complex support needs, and who do not benefit from the Work and Health Programme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
	uin	HL2666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges of helping those with the most complex health conditions move closer to work. The new Personal Support Package announced in <em>Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability </em>Green Paper introduces a range of new measures and interventions designed as part of a package of support which can be tailored to people’s individual needs. The offer, which applies to all Employment and Support Allowance claimants (and Universal Credit equivalents), includes personal support from disability trained, accredited work coaches, with a focus on mental health. Work coaches will be supported by an additional 300 Disability Employment Advisers and around 200 new community partners with disability expertise and local knowledge. This will lead to better signposting to other local voluntary and public sector services that may be available. A copy of the Green Paper is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that more needs to be done to help people stay well at work, including those with complex health conditions. The consultation on the Green Paper will help us to consider appropriate new models of support to help more people with disabilities or long term conditions to enter and remain in work.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/11/2016 15:08:55 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name work-and-health-green-paper-print-version.pdf title HL2666 Green Paper
	tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

450641

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to develop the model of co-location of urgent and emergency primary care service with accident and emergency departments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
	uin	HL5942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>In August 2015, NHS England published <em>Safer, faster, better: good practice in delivering urgent and emergency care. </em>A copy is attached. This provides guidance to help frontline providers and commissioners re-design urgent and emergency care services, including considering locating urgent care centres in emergency departments.</p><p><em>Safer, faster, better</em> notes that urgent care centres co-located with emergency departments provide an opportunity to stream patients with less serious illnesses and injuries to a service that is resourced to meet their needs, while reducing crowding in emergency departments. It also sets out that to preserve flow, urgent care centre staff and cubicles must wherever possible be entirely separated from the majors/admission stream and that where urgent care centres are co-located with emergency departments, there must be appropriate integration, with shared governance arrangements and clearly defined protocols for the two-way transfer of patients.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 11/02/2016 12:53:09 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name trans-uec - HL5942.pdf title Safer, Faster, Better
	tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

637284

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Travellers
	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 Prior of Brampton on 8 November (HL2865), what steps have been taken to encourage joined up working by local authorities, the National Health Service and responsible health agencies, and local public health services to improve the health outcomes of Gypsies and Travellers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL3209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The <em>NHS Five Year Forward View</em> (2014) sets out the ambition to improve the nation’s health and reduce inequalities, including among the most vulnerable groups. Through the inequality duties introduced through the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, local areas must have regard to inequalities in access to, and the outcomes from, National Health Service services in developing their plans. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), health and wellbeing boards and the rest of the local health system work together to undertake joint strategic needs assessments of local health needs and develop strategic plans, working with key stakeholders to deliver outcomes and reduce health inequalities. <strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>All CCGs are provided with local and national data from Public Health England and NHS England to support the planning and commissioning process. These tools help to identify differences in access to services and health outcomes across the local population, including among vulnerable groups. For example, on-line resources available to local areas include Commissioning for Value Packs, the NHS Atlas of Variation in Healthcare, and the Marmot indicator local authority profiles.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on addressing the health needs of vulnerable groups including Gypsies and Travellers was developed under the DH-sponsored inclusion health programme. It included <em>Inclusion of Gypsy Traveller health needs in Joint Strategic Needs Assessments: A review</em>, a report compiled by Friends, Families and Travellers (2015), <em>Standards for commissioners and service providers</em>, by the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health (2013) and <em>Improving access to health care for Gypsies and Travellers, homeless people and sex workers</em>, by Royal College of General Practitioners (2013). Copies of these documents are attached. NHS England published guidance for the service on the rights of vulnerable groups in registering with GPs to reduce the risk of exacerbating health inequalities for vulnerable groups, <em>Patient Registration: Standard Operating Principles for Primary Medical Care (General Practice)</em>, NHS England, 2015. A copy has been placed in the library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Improving access to healthcare.pdf title Improving access to healthcare 2 file name standards for commissioners.pdf title Standards for commissioners 3 file name Inclusion of Gypsy Traveller health needs.pdf title Inclusion of Gypsy Traveller health needs question first answered 24/11/2016 15:22:58 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

528828

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Local Government: Leadership
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to update the national maternity commissioning framework, and if so, whether it will include information about multiple pregnancies.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The <em>Saving Babies Lives care bundle</em> covers all types of pregnancy, including multiple pregnancies. The care bundle will be evaluated so that it can be developed and refined to ensure that it continues to reflect best practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Maternity Transformation Programme Board will drive forward the implementation of the National Maternity Review, <em>Better Births</em>, published in February this year. It will also include work to reduce the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths in England. The formation of the Board marks a clear step forward towards delivering the vision laid out in the National Maternity Review, ensuring that key organisations work together to improve maternity services. <em>Better Births</em> makes recommendations on the use of data including the development of a set of national indicators to aid data comparison. NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement this and the report’s other recommendations, and as part of this are considering the case for a national dashboard. A copy of both <em>Better Births</em> and the <em>Saving Babies Lives</em> care bundle are attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Board held its first meeting on 8 June 2016 and is chaired by Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chief Executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The Board members and the organisations they represent are detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement the vision set out in <em>Better Births</em>, the report of the National Maternity Review. These plans are likely to include commissioning guidance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Person</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah-Jane Marsh</p></td><td><p>Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jane Cummings</p></td><td><p>Senior Responsible Officer, Chief Nursing Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keith Willett</p></td><td><p>Deputy Chair, Medical Director for Acute Care, NHS England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Matthew Jolly</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (obstetrics) / workstream lead (data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (midwifery)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Julia Cumberlege</p></td><td><p>Stakeholder Reference Group Chair / Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework Panel Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flora Goldhill</p></td><td><p>Department of Health / workstream lead (best practice for safer care)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wendy Reid / Bill Irish</p></td><td><p>Health Education England / workstream lead (workforce)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viv Bennett</p></td><td><p>Public Health England / workstream lead (public health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ruth May</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement (Director of Nursing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mike Durkin</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement (Director of Patient Safety)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jimmy Walker</p></td><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lauren Hughes</p></td><td><p>NHS England /workstream lead (local transformation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>James Sanderson</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (choice and personalisation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Medcalf</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (perinatal mental health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tom Denwood</p></td><td><p>NHS Digital / workstream lead (technology)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin Campbell</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (pricing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David Richmond</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cathy Warwick</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigel Acheson</p></td><td><p>Regional delivery lead / Regional Medical Director, South</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roz Lindridge</p></td><td><p>Clinical Networks maternity lead / East Midlands Associate Director, Clinical Networks and Senate</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name saving-babies-lives-car-bundl.pdf title Saving Babies Lives 2 file name national-maternity-review-report (3).pdf title National Maternity Review: Better Births grouped question UIN HL787 HL788 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:59:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

528827

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	UK Permanent Representation to the EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will be on the NHS England’s Maternity Transformation Board, and whether they plan to introduce a national maternity dashboard to provide analysis relating to both single and multiple pregnancies.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The <em>Saving Babies Lives care bundle</em> covers all types of pregnancy, including multiple pregnancies. The care bundle will be evaluated so that it can be developed and refined to ensure that it continues to reflect best practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Maternity Transformation Programme Board will drive forward the implementation of the National Maternity Review, <em>Better Births</em>, published in February this year. It will also include work to reduce the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths in England. The formation of the Board marks a clear step forward towards delivering the vision laid out in the National Maternity Review, ensuring that key organisations work together to improve maternity services. <em>Better Births</em> makes recommendations on the use of data including the development of a set of national indicators to aid data comparison. NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement this and the report’s other recommendations, and as part of this are considering the case for a national dashboard. A copy of both <em>Better Births</em> and the <em>Saving Babies Lives</em> care bundle are attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Board held its first meeting on 8 June 2016 and is chaired by Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chief Executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The Board members and the organisations they represent are detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement the vision set out in <em>Better Births</em>, the report of the National Maternity Review. These plans are likely to include commissioning guidance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Person</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah-Jane Marsh</p></td><td><p>Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jane Cummings</p></td><td><p>Senior Responsible Officer, Chief Nursing Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keith Willett</p></td><td><p>Deputy Chair, Medical Director for Acute Care, NHS England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Matthew Jolly</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (obstetrics) / workstream lead (data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (midwifery)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Julia Cumberlege</p></td><td><p>Stakeholder Reference Group Chair / Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework Panel Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flora Goldhill</p></td><td><p>Department of Health / workstream lead (best practice for safer care)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wendy Reid / Bill Irish</p></td><td><p>Health Education England / workstream lead (workforce)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viv Bennett</p></td><td><p>Public Health England / workstream lead (public health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ruth May</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement (Director of Nursing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mike Durkin</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement (Director of Patient Safety)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jimmy Walker</p></td><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lauren Hughes</p></td><td><p>NHS England /workstream lead (local transformation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>James Sanderson</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (choice and personalisation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Medcalf</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (perinatal mental health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tom Denwood</p></td><td><p>NHS Digital / workstream lead (technology)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin Campbell</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (pricing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David Richmond</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cathy Warwick</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigel Acheson</p></td><td><p>Regional delivery lead / Regional Medical Director, South</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roz Lindridge</p></td><td><p>Clinical Networks maternity lead / East Midlands Associate Director, Clinical Networks and Senate</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name saving-babies-lives-car-bundl.pdf title Saving Babies Lives 2 file name national-maternity-review-report (3).pdf title National Maternity Review: Better Births grouped question UIN HL787 HL789 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:59:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

528826

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	UK Permanent Representation to the EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS England’s stillbirth care bundle will be reviewed to assess whether it is having an impact on reducing stillbirths among multiple pregnancies; and what plans they have to update it if further improvements are required.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The <em>Saving Babies Lives care bundle</em> covers all types of pregnancy, including multiple pregnancies. The care bundle will be evaluated so that it can be developed and refined to ensure that it continues to reflect best practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Maternity Transformation Programme Board will drive forward the implementation of the National Maternity Review, <em>Better Births</em>, published in February this year. It will also include work to reduce the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths in England. The formation of the Board marks a clear step forward towards delivering the vision laid out in the National Maternity Review, ensuring that key organisations work together to improve maternity services. <em>Better Births</em> makes recommendations on the use of data including the development of a set of national indicators to aid data comparison. NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement this and the report’s other recommendations, and as part of this are considering the case for a national dashboard. A copy of both <em>Better Births</em> and the <em>Saving Babies Lives</em> care bundle are attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Board held its first meeting on 8 June 2016 and is chaired by Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chief Executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The Board members and the organisations they represent are detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and its delivery partners are developing plans to implement the vision set out in <em>Better Births</em>, the report of the National Maternity Review. These plans are likely to include commissioning guidance.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Person</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sarah-Jane Marsh</p></td><td><p>Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jane Cummings</p></td><td><p>Senior Responsible Officer, Chief Nursing Officer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keith Willett</p></td><td><p>Deputy Chair, Medical Director for Acute Care, NHS England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Matthew Jolly</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (obstetrics) / workstream lead (data)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent</p></td><td><p>Clinical lead (midwifery)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Julia Cumberlege</p></td><td><p>Stakeholder Reference Group Chair / Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework Panel Chair</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flora Goldhill</p></td><td><p>Department of Health / workstream lead (best practice for safer care)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wendy Reid / Bill Irish</p></td><td><p>Health Education England / workstream lead (workforce)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viv Bennett</p></td><td><p>Public Health England / workstream lead (public health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ruth May</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement (Director of Nursing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mike Durkin</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement (Director of Patient Safety)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jimmy Walker</p></td><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lauren Hughes</p></td><td><p>NHS England /workstream lead (local transformation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>James Sanderson</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (choice and personalisation)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simon Medcalf</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (perinatal mental health)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tom Denwood</p></td><td><p>NHS Digital / workstream lead (technology)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Martin Campbell</p></td><td><p>NHS England / workstream lead (pricing)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David Richmond</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cathy Warwick</p></td><td><p>Royal College of Midwives</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigel Acheson</p></td><td><p>Regional delivery lead / Regional Medical Director, South</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roz Lindridge</p></td><td><p>Clinical Networks maternity lead / East Midlands Associate Director, Clinical Networks and Senate</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name saving-babies-lives-car-bundl.pdf title Saving Babies Lives 2 file name national-maternity-review-report (3).pdf title National Maternity Review: Better Births grouped question UIN HL788 HL789 question first answered 07/07/2016 12:59:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

626840

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to encourage retired general practitioners to work part-time for the NHS; and, if so, on what terms and conditions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL2918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>Health Education England’s Induction and Refresher (I&amp;R) Scheme gives general practitioners (GPs) who have retired the opportunity to return to general practice. The scheme is also open to those who have taken a career break or spent time working abroad.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 October 2016, NHS England set out the latest measures it is implementing to help general practice cope with increasing demand, boosting GP numbers and tackling burnout as part of the <em>General Practice Forward View</em>, a copy of which is attached. This includes increased financial support, increased practical support and making the process more flexible. For example, working to develop a national framework so that suitably qualified and experienced doctors can be added to the Medical Performers List without the need to complete the I&amp;R process.</p><p> </p><p>On completion of the I&amp;R Scheme, GPs may take up a post as a salaried general practitioner. There are model terms and conditions of service for a salaried general practitioner, a copy of which is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name salaried GPs ToS.pdf title Model terms and conditions 2 file name GPFV.pdf title General Practice Forward View question first answered 15/11/2016 15:45:26 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

723741

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Productivity
	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 productivity of UK workers in comparison with workers in (1) other EU member states, and (2) the US.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL6783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces comparisons of UK productivity with the G7 countries and some, but not all, EU member states. ONS statistics show output per hour worked in the UK was 15.9% below the average for the rest of the G7 advanced economies in 2015; 22.7% below that in France; 26.7% below Germany and 22.2% below the USA.</p><p>Please see attached tables for full details.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/04/2017 13:40:47 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name productivity-tables-HL6783.pdf title Productivity statistics
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

658702

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Treatments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that patient groups and patients are consulted on decisions made regarding new treatments as part of NHS England's prioritisation process for investing in specialised services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>NHS England involves patients, patient groups and the public at numerous stages of the process for developing clinical commissioning policies and service specifications that may be subject to a process of relative prioritisation.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical policies and service specifications are developed by Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs), which are advisory groups and include patients and patient representatives in their membership. Draft clinical policies and service specifications undergo a process of testing with registered stakeholders before they are submitted for a full public consultation. The CRG will consider the outcome of stakeholder testing and public consultation before submitting the final proposed document to NHS England for the purpose of relative prioritisation.</p><p> </p><p>Recommendations on the relative prioritisation of new investments in specialised services are made by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group, which is independently chaired and which includes patient and public voice representatives in its membership. ​</p><p><em> </em></p><p>NHS England held a public consultation on <em>Developing a method to assist investment decisions in specialised commissioning </em>between April and May 2016. NHS England’s response to the consultation can be found attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/12/2016 15:53:58 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name prioritisation-method-cons-response.pdf title CONSULTATION RESPONSE
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath