From April 2014 to April 2016, the Government has invested £175 million in developing innovative approaches to extend access to general practice through the Prime Minister\u2019s GP Access Fund which has included testing, adoption, and evaluation of:<\/p>
<\/p>
\u2015 new types of consultation such as phone, video and online consultations;<\/p>
\u2015 online pre-referral diagnosis tools; and<\/p>
\u2015 telehealth, telecare and healthy living apps.<\/p>
<\/p>
During 2017/18 and 2018/19<\/ins>, £171 million will be made available <\/p> A further £1 billion multiyear investment has been committed via the Estates and Technology Transformation Fund from April 2015 to April 2019, to help GP practices go further and faster to increase the use of technology and develop the primary care estate. Funding will be aligned with local digital roadmaps priorities and will support technology led improvement and innovation which improve patient and clinician experience of services, and access to primary care.<\/p> <\/p> The \u2018General Practice Forward View\u2019, released in April 2016, announced a commitment to greater use of technology. This includes an increase of over 18% in allocations to CCGs for provision of IT services and technology for general practice, alongside revised funding arrangements for GP IT in 2016-18. This will allow CCGs sufficient local flexibility to commission and procure GP IT services to meet local need. There will also be an additional £45 million multiyear national programme to stimulate uptake of online consultation technology for every practice.<\/p> <\/p> The National Information Board also has a programme of work known as Transforming General Practice which will use technology to free GPs from time consuming administrative tasks and provide patients with online services.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to introduce (a) video consultations and (b) other new technology into primary care service delivery.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/457766/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information is shown in the following table.<\/p> <\/p> Information on outpatient ophthalmology, medical ophthalmology,<\/ins> optometry, orthotics and orthoptics appointments for patients under 19 years of age in 2014-15<\/p> <\/p> Outpatient appointments1<\/sup> for patients under 19 years of age<\/ins><\/p><\/td> All patients<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Treatment specialty<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Cancelled (by hospital or by patient)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Patient did not attend<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Median wait time (days)2<\/sup><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ophthalmology<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 98,774<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 93,099<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 35<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Medical ophthalmology<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 565<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 5,448<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 28<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Optometry<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 1,884<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 1,028<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 33<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Orthotics<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 6,519<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 5,162<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 40<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Orthoptics<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 70,327<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 54,062<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 35<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/ins><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Sources:<\/em><\/p> Hospital episode statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre<\/p> <\/p> Notes:<\/em><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient (a) medical ophthalmology, (b) optometry and (c) orthotics appointments for children under 19 years of age were (i) cancelled and (ii) missed because the patient did not attend in 2014-15; and what the median waiting time for an (A) outpatient ophthalmology (B) medical ophthalmology (C) outpatient optometry, and (D) outpatient orthoptics appointment was in 2014-15.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement in paragraph 1.233 of Budget 2015, HC 1093, of additional funding for children and young people's mental health services, how much of this funding has been spent by NHS England to date; how such funding has been spent; and how much in total he anticipates NHS England will have spent by the end of the current financial year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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to<\/del> from <\/ins>clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to enable practices to upscale and implement measures tested through the Access Fund.<\/p> <\/del><\/p><\/td>Outpatient appointments1<\/sup> for patients under 19 years of age<\/del><\/p><\/td>All patients<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Treatment specialty<\/del><\/p><\/td>Cancelled (by hospital or by patient)<\/del><\/p><\/td>Patient did not attend<\/del><\/p><\/td>Median wait time (days)2<\/sup><\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Ophthamology3<\/sup><\/del><\/p><\/td>98,774<\/del><\/p><\/td>93,099<\/del><\/p><\/td>35<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Optometry<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,884<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,028<\/del><\/p><\/td>33<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Orthotics<\/del><\/p><\/td>6,519<\/del><\/p><\/td>5,162<\/del><\/p><\/td>40<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Orthoptics<\/del><\/p><\/td>70,327<\/del><\/p><\/td>54,062<\/del><\/p><\/td>35<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>Within the Hospital Episode Statistics database it is not possible to distinguish between "ophthamology" and "medical ophthamology" treatment specialties.<\/del><\/li><\/ol> the National Health Service<\/del> NHS England <\/ins>to hon. Members are a matter for NHS England. The Department would expect NHS England, and indeed clinical commissioning groups,<\/ins> to respond promptly and courteously to all letters from hon. Members.<\/p>"}
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