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1059789

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Nurses: Training
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 he has made of the effectiveness of the current framework and funding of nurse training in incentivising sufficient people to join the nursing profession to meet the needs of the health service.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	220204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation and secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the National Health Service and enable universities to create additional nursing and midwifery training places.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February, the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) published full-time undergraduate nursing and midwifery applications made by the 15 January deadline. This data showed a 4.5% increase in the number of applicants compared to the same point in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the data UCAS published in February, there is no intention to provide bursaries for nurse training course fees.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018 the former Secretary of State for Health (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a £10,000 package of golden hello payments for 2018/19 loan funded postgraduate nursing students that take up employment in learning disability, mental health or community service nursing roles. The full details of this incentive will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that nurses have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220203 question first answered 18/02/2019 12:22:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1059787

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Nurses: Training
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 he has made of the potential merits of nurse training course fees and bursaries being paid for by the NHS subject to the completion of several years of post-registration work as a nurse.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	220203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In August 2017 the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The intention of the reforms is to boost participation and secure the future supply of home-grown nurses to the National Health Service and enable universities to create additional nursing and midwifery training places.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 February, the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) published full-time undergraduate nursing and midwifery applications made by the 15 January deadline. This data showed a 4.5% increase in the number of applicants compared to the same point in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the data UCAS published in February, there is no intention to provide bursaries for nurse training course fees.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018 the former Secretary of State for Health (Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) announced a £10,000 package of golden hello payments for 2018/19 loan funded postgraduate nursing students that take up employment in learning disability, mental health or community service nursing roles. The full details of this incentive will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out a vital strategic framework to ensure that over the next 10 years the NHS will have the staff it needs so that nurses have the time they need to care, working in a supportive culture that allows them to provide the expert compassionate care they are committed to providing.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key NHS interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce, including consideration of additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220204 question first answered 18/02/2019 12:22:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1059767

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the 95 per cent four-hour A&E waiting time in (a) Southampton and (b) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	220292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has several schemes in place to improve hospital flow and four-hour accident and emergency performance. These schemes include a focus on clinical standardisation, general practitioner streaming, criteria-led discharge and weekend discharges, and front door frailty teams.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, steps are being taken to improve performance across the South East region. The national Urgent and Emergency Care Director and CEO of NHS Improvement have agreed a plan which focuses on the five streams that have seen the largest decline between winters to understand the drivers and what support is needed to improve performance. In addition, there will be a specific focus on overall weekend discharges to improve patient flow.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s ‘Operational and Planning Guidance for 2019/20’ sets out deliverables against key performance areas and the Government expects the National Health Service to deliver these actions in full as key steps towards fully recovering performance against core access standards.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/02/2019 11:36:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1059888

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Health: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on target to meet its commitment in the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review to provide two million more diagnostic tests per year by 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Kevin Barron
uin	220082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2017/18 the National Health Service carried out 21.9 million diagnostic tests, nearly 1.7 million more than in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England publishes monthly data on diagnostic waiting times which includes the volume of patients waiting for a diagnostic test. The data is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 15:17:05 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

1059958

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Huffington Post article entitled Police Driving Mental Health Patients To Hospital In 48 per cent Of All Crisis Cases, published on the 11 February 2019, what proportion of the £20.5 billion announced for the NHS in the NHS Long Term Plan will be allocated to ambulance services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	220200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Implementation Framework, which is to be published in the spring, will provide further information on how the NHS Long Term Plan will be implemented. Further details, based on local health system five year plans will be brought together in a detailed national implementation plan in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 12:24:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1059957

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Huffington Post article entitled Police Driving Mental Health Patients To Hospital In 48 per cent Of All Crisis Cases, published on the 11 February 2019, whether his Department plans to reverse the reduction in funding to ambulance services over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	220199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The following table sets out the total income received by National Health Service ambulance trusts in the last five financial years. Total income has increased each year over this period.</p><p> </p><p>Total income received by NHS ambulance trusts 2013/14 – 2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Total NHS ambulance trust income</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,088,126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2,179,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,194,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,333,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,465,389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Published NHS financial accounts</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 15:15:28 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1059891

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department provided to Scan4Safety in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	220228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Funding provided by the Department to Scan4Safety for these financial years is as follows:</p><p>- 2017-18 - £2.7 million</p><p>- 2018-19 - £1.2 million (figures only available to end of January 2019)</p><p>- 2019-20 – No allocated funding</p><p> </p><p>Plans to roll out the Scan4Safety initiative across England are currently in development following a decision from ministers to see this implemented in the acute sector.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out his wish to see Scan4Safety taken up by the acute sector in the NHS in his speech at the Royal Society of Medicines on 11 February 2019. The text of the speech can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/i-care-about-tech-because-i-care-about-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/i-care-about-tech-because-i-care-about-people</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220227 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:35:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1059890

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Safety
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 he has to roll out the Scan4Safety initiative across England.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	220227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Funding provided by the Department to Scan4Safety for these financial years is as follows:</p><p>- 2017-18 - £2.7 million</p><p>- 2018-19 - £1.2 million (figures only available to end of January 2019)</p><p>- 2019-20 – No allocated funding</p><p> </p><p>Plans to roll out the Scan4Safety initiative across England are currently in development following a decision from ministers to see this implemented in the acute sector.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out his wish to see Scan4Safety taken up by the acute sector in the NHS in his speech at the Royal Society of Medicines on 11 February 2019. The text of the speech can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/i-care-about-tech-because-i-care-about-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/i-care-about-tech-because-i-care-about-people</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 220228 question first answered 19/02/2019 11:35:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1059727

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) restrictions and (b) prohibitions are in place on (i) engaging with and (ii) selling to the NHS for senior staff who leave NHS England and move to work for private companies.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	220225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The standard contract of employment that NHS England Executive and Senior Manager staff are issued with includes the following:</p><p> </p><p>“20. Post-termination restrictions</p><p> </p><p>20.1 You agree that, following the termination of your employment for any reason you will not directly or indirectly, either alone or jointly with or on behalf of any person, firm or company and whether on your own account or as principal, shareholder, partner, employee, agent or otherwise:</p><p> </p><p>20.1.1 for a period of six months lobby the UK government in relation to any aspect of national or regional health policy with a view to promoting or advancing your own business interests or those of any third party</p><p> </p><p>20.1.2 for a period of six months solicit the employment or engagement of any person who immediately prior to termination of your employment was a senior employee in a managerial, executive or technical capacity of NHS England with whom you worked or with whom you had contact or whose work you were aware of in the 12 months prior to such termination.”</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 12:26:36 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1060008

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Nurses: Resignations
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 nurses have left the employment of the NHS in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	220276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors who have left National Health Service employment as at 31 October, in the last five years, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors that have left National Health Service employment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013 – October 2014</p></td><td><p>29,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014 – October 2015</p></td><td><p>32,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015 – October 2016</p></td><td><p>33,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016 – October 2017</p></td><td><p>33,506</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017 – October 2018</p></td><td><p>32,362</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>These figures include nurses moving to roles in primary care and social care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 12:25:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens