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Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.<\/p>

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The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.<\/p>

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Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.<\/p>

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<\/p>

The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.<\/p>

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It is standard practice for employees to claim the travel expenses incurred as a result of their work, including from their base for work to other locations. Simon Holden\u2019s base for work is Nantwich in Cheshire.<\/p>

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<\/p>

As Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, a national business, Simon Holden travels frequently from his home base to the company\u2019s head office in London and many of the company\u2019s other offices and 4,000 properties across the country, meeting staff, tenants and stakeholders. His travel expenses are therefore significant, even though the Company\u2019s expenses policy permits only standard class travel and overnight stays in hotels at £100 plus VAT per night. These limits are applied to all of the Company\u2019s staff, including the Chief Executive.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

NHS Property Services publishes the salary details of its Chief Executive, along with those of the rest of its board members, in its annual report and accounts, available on the company website at:<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/<\/a><\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

For transparency purposes, the company has also begun publishing details of Mr Holden\u2019s travel expenses, and those of the company\u2019s other executive directors.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Expenses for the second quarter are still being audited and will be posted on the website in due course.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

In 2013-14, its first year of operation, NHS Property Services was focused on setting up its systems and processes, and bringing together the systems and processes of 161 predecessor organisations. Collated figures for travel expenses for individual Directors of the company for this year are therefore not available; to establish them would require a manual trawl of every rail ticket and receipt, every expenses payment and claim over a twelve month period, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

An important point to note however is that by Simon Holden not having a London based location, the Company saves a London Weighting allowance of £6,279.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

NHS Property Services Ltd has been fully operational and has had a full complement of non-executive directors since 2013-14. The amounts paid to the Company\u2019s non-executive directors is published in the Company\u2019s annual report and accounts and is shown in the table below for the full year 2013-14; the part-year figures to the end of December 2014 are produced in the same format.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Non-Executive Director<\/p><\/td>

Amount paid in 2013-14 (£000s)<\/p><\/td>

Amount paid April 2014 - December 2014 (£000s)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Robin Williams1<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

50-55<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Charles Howeson2<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

35-40<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Douglas Blausten3<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

30-35<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Martin West<\/p><\/td>

20-25<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Chris Kane<\/p><\/td>

10-15<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rachel Kentleton4<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

10-15<\/p><\/td>

5-10<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

1 <\/sup>Robin Williams joined the Company in April 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>

2 <\/sup>Pro rata \u2013 Charles Howeson resigned 31 December 2013: the whole time equivalent salary was £50,000 - £55,000.<\/p>

<\/p>

3 <\/sup>Douglas Blausten received additional remuneration from 1 January 2014 \u2013 31 March 2014 for role as Acting Chairman. His whole time equivalent pay for 2013-14 was £20,000 - £25,000.<\/p>

<\/p>

4 <\/sup>Rachel Kentleton left the Company October 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The pay levels of the company\u2019s non-executive directors are determined by the Department of Health, taking into account market rates, the required expertise, and the time commitment of the roles.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Tim Litherland was employed as Head of Asset Information at Agenda for Change band 9. He left the company in July 2014, having originally transferred into the Company from a strategic health authority, when the latter was abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The role, which is now a permanent post in the company\u2019s structure, consisted of managing the team that established the company\u2019s estates information database and which collates, reviews and analyses the information relating to the 3,700 properties the company inherited from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Charles Siddons is the company\u2019s Head of Business Development, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Markey. Mr Siddons was appointed to that role after a competitive, internal recruitment process, and he receives a salary equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change band 8d. He is entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses incurred as a result of his work in the same way as other employees of the company, and receives no additional benefits.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

In summary, the role of Head of Business Development is to produce and implement the company\u2019s operational delivery plan for facilities management. This includes the delivery of operational targets and the management of key projects.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

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The 2010 Spending Review protected health funding in real terms. However, in order to continue to meet rising demands from an ageing population while improving services, NHS Leaders estimated that up to £20 billion of efficiency savings would be required over the four years from 2011-12 to 2014-15.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The NHS is on track to deliver these efficiency savings, having reported around £15 billion of efficiencies in the first three years, all of which are being reinvested into frontline care and have enabled the NHS to continue to meet rapidly rising demands whilst improving the quality of care.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

There are now over 17,200 more professionally qualified clinical staff since May 2010 including:<\/p>

<\/p>

- over 9,000 more doctors;<\/p>

<\/p>

- over 3,300 more nurses, midwives and health visitors.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

In contrast, the number of central administrative staff has fallen by over 20,200.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The NHS is experiencing high demand for many services from a growing, ageing population with complex health needs. Performance against quality measures remains high. We have put in place robust year-round operational resilience planning and performance management, backed by additional funding, to help the NHS continue to perform against the access standards.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

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It is standard practice for employees to claim the travel expenses incurred as a result of their work, including from their base for work to other locations. Simon Holden\u2019s base for work is Nantwich in Cheshire.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

As Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, a national business, Simon Holden travels frequently from his home base to the company\u2019s head office in London and many of the company\u2019s other offices and 4,000 properties across the country, meeting staff, tenants and stakeholders. His travel expenses are therefore significant, even though the Company\u2019s expenses policy permits only standard class travel and overnight stays in hotels at £100 plus VAT per night. These limits are applied to all of the Company\u2019s staff, including the Chief Executive.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

NHS Property Services publishes the salary details of its Chief Executive, along with those of the rest of its board members, in its annual report and accounts, available on the company website at:<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

For transparency purposes, the company has also begun publishing details of Mr Holden\u2019s travel expenses, and those of the company\u2019s other executive directors.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Expenses for the second quarter are still being audited and will be posted on the website in due course.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

In 2013-14, its first year of operation, NHS Property Services was focused on setting up its systems and processes, and bringing together the systems and processes of 161 predecessor organisations. Collated figures for travel expenses for individual Directors of the company for this year are therefore not available; to establish them would require a manual trawl of every rail ticket and receipt, every expenses payment and claim over a twelve month period, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

An important point to note however is that by Simon Holden not having a London based location, the Company saves a London Weighting allowance of £6,279.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

NHS Property Services Ltd has been fully operational and has had a full complement of non-executive directors since 2013-14. The amounts paid to the Company\u2019s non-executive directors is published in the Company\u2019s annual report and accounts and is shown in the table below for the full year 2013-14; the part-year figures to the end of December 2014 are produced in the same format.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Non-Executive Director<\/p><\/td>

Amount paid in 2013-14 (£000s)<\/p><\/td>

Amount paid April 2014 - December 2014 (£000s)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Robin Williams1<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

50-55<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Charles Howeson2<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

35-40<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Douglas Blausten3<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

30-35<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Martin West<\/p><\/td>

20-25<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Chris Kane<\/p><\/td>

10-15<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rachel Kentleton4<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

10-15<\/p><\/td>

5-10<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

1 <\/sup>Robin Williams joined the Company in April 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>

2 <\/sup>Pro rata \u2013 Charles Howeson resigned 31 December 2013: the whole time equivalent salary was £50,000 - £55,000.<\/p>

<\/p>

3 <\/sup>Douglas Blausten received additional remuneration from 1 January 2014 \u2013 31 March 2014 for role as Acting Chairman. His whole time equivalent pay for 2013-14 was £20,000 - £25,000.<\/p>

<\/p>

4 <\/sup>Rachel Kentleton left the Company October 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The pay levels of the company\u2019s non-executive directors are determined by the Department of Health, taking into account market rates, the required expertise, and the time commitment of the roles.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Tim Litherland was employed as Head of Asset Information at Agenda for Change band 9. He left the company in July 2014, having originally transferred into the Company from a strategic health authority, when the latter was abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The role, which is now a permanent post in the company\u2019s structure, consisted of managing the team that established the company\u2019s estates information database and which collates, reviews and analyses the information relating to the 3,700 properties the company inherited from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Charles Siddons is the company\u2019s Head of Business Development, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Markey. Mr Siddons was appointed to that role after a competitive, internal recruitment process, and he receives a salary equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change band 8d. He is entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses incurred as a result of his work in the same way as other employees of the company, and receives no additional benefits.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

In summary, the role of Head of Business Development is to produce and implement the company\u2019s operational delivery plan for facilities management. This includes the delivery of operational targets and the management of key projects.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

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It is standard practice for employees to claim the travel expenses incurred as a result of their work, including from their base for work to other locations. Simon Holden\u2019s base for work is Nantwich in Cheshire.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

As Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, a national business, Simon Holden travels frequently from his home base to the company\u2019s head office in London and many of the company\u2019s other offices and 4,000 properties across the country, meeting staff, tenants and stakeholders. His travel expenses are therefore significant, even though the Company\u2019s expenses policy permits only standard class travel and overnight stays in hotels at £100 plus VAT per night. These limits are applied to all of the Company\u2019s staff, including the Chief Executive.<\/p>

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<\/p>

NHS Property Services publishes the salary details of its Chief Executive, along with those of the rest of its board members, in its annual report and accounts, available on the company website at:<\/p>

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www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/<\/a><\/p>

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<\/p>

For transparency purposes, the company has also begun publishing details of Mr Holden\u2019s travel expenses, and those of the company\u2019s other executive directors.<\/p>

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<\/p>

Expenses for the second quarter are still being audited and will be posted on the website in due course.<\/p>

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<\/p>

In 2013-14, its first year of operation, NHS Property Services was focused on setting up its systems and processes, and bringing together the systems and processes of 161 predecessor organisations. Collated figures for travel expenses for individual Directors of the company for this year are therefore not available; to establish them would require a manual trawl of every rail ticket and receipt, every expenses payment and claim over a twelve month period, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>

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<\/p>

An important point to note however is that by Simon Holden not having a London based location, the Company saves a London Weighting allowance of £6,279.<\/p>

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<\/p>

NHS Property Services Ltd has been fully operational and has had a full complement of non-executive directors since 2013-14. The amounts paid to the Company\u2019s non-executive directors is published in the Company\u2019s annual report and accounts and is shown in the table below for the full year 2013-14; the part-year figures to the end of December 2014 are produced in the same format.<\/p>

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<\/p>

Non-Executive Director<\/p><\/td>

Amount paid in 2013-14 (£000s)<\/p><\/td>

Amount paid April 2014 - December 2014 (£000s)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Robin Williams1<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

50-55<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Charles Howeson2<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

35-40<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Douglas Blausten3<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

30-35<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Martin West<\/p><\/td>

20-25<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Chris Kane<\/p><\/td>

10-15<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rachel Kentleton4<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

10-15<\/p><\/td>

5-10<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

1 <\/sup>Robin Williams joined the Company in April 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>

2 <\/sup>Pro rata \u2013 Charles Howeson resigned 31 December 2013: the whole time equivalent salary was £50,000 - £55,000.<\/p>

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3 <\/sup>Douglas Blausten received additional remuneration from 1 January 2014 \u2013 31 March 2014 for role as Acting Chairman. His whole time equivalent pay for 2013-14 was £20,000 - £25,000.<\/p>

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4 <\/sup>Rachel Kentleton left the Company October 2014.<\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

The pay levels of the company\u2019s non-executive directors are determined by the Department of Health, taking into account market rates, the required expertise, and the time commitment of the roles.<\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

Tim Litherland was employed as Head of Asset Information at Agenda for Change band 9. He left the company in July 2014, having originally transferred into the Company from a strategic health authority, when the latter was abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The role, which is now a permanent post in the company\u2019s structure, consisted of managing the team that established the company\u2019s estates information database and which collates, reviews and analyses the information relating to the 3,700 properties the company inherited from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.<\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

Charles Siddons is the company\u2019s Head of Business Development, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Markey. Mr Siddons was appointed to that role after a competitive, internal recruitment process, and he receives a salary equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change band 8d. He is entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses incurred as a result of his work in the same way as other employees of the company, and receives no additional benefits.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

In summary, the role of Head of Business Development is to produce and implement the company\u2019s operational delivery plan for facilities management. This includes the delivery of operational targets and the management of key projects.<\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

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It is standard practice for employees to claim the travel expenses incurred as a result of their work, including from their base for work to other locations. Simon Holden\u2019s base for work is Nantwich in Cheshire.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

As Chief Executive of NHS Property Services, a national business, Simon Holden travels frequently from his home base to the company\u2019s head office in London and many of the company\u2019s other offices and 4,000 properties across the country, meeting staff, tenants and stakeholders. His travel expenses are therefore significant, even though the Company\u2019s expenses policy permits only standard class travel and overnight stays in hotels at £100 plus VAT per night. These limits are applied to all of the Company\u2019s staff, including the Chief Executive.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

NHS Property Services publishes the salary details of its Chief Executive, along with those of the rest of its board members, in its annual report and accounts, available on the company website at:<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

www.property.nhs.uk/about-us/publications/<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

For transparency purposes, the company has also begun publishing details of Mr Holden\u2019s travel expenses, and those of the company\u2019s other executive directors.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Expenses for the second quarter are still being audited and will be posted on the website in due course.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

In 2013-14, its first year of operation, NHS Property Services was focused on setting up its systems and processes, and bringing together the systems and processes of 161 predecessor organisations. Collated figures for travel expenses for individual Directors of the company for this year are therefore not available; to establish them would require a manual trawl of every rail ticket and receipt, every expenses payment and claim over a twelve month period, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

An important point to note however is that by Simon Holden not having a London based location, the Company saves a London Weighting allowance of £6,279.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

NHS Property Services Ltd has been fully operational and has had a full complement of non-executive directors since 2013-14. The amounts paid to the Company\u2019s non-executive directors is published in the Company\u2019s annual report and accounts and is shown in the table below for the full year 2013-14; the part-year figures to the end of December 2014 are produced in the same format.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Non-Executive Director<\/p><\/td>

Amount paid in 2013-14 (£000s)<\/p><\/td>

Amount paid April 2014 - December 2014 (£000s)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Robin Williams1<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td>

50-55<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Charles Howeson2<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

35-40<\/p><\/td>

N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Douglas Blausten3<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

30-35<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Martin West<\/p><\/td>

20-25<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Chris Kane<\/p><\/td>

10-15<\/p><\/td>

15-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rachel Kentleton4<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

10-15<\/p><\/td>

5-10<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

1 <\/sup>Robin Williams joined the Company in April 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>

2 <\/sup>Pro rata \u2013 Charles Howeson resigned 31 December 2013: the whole time equivalent salary was £50,000 - £55,000.<\/p>

<\/p>

3 <\/sup>Douglas Blausten received additional remuneration from 1 January 2014 \u2013 31 March 2014 for role as Acting Chairman. His whole time equivalent pay for 2013-14 was £20,000 - £25,000.<\/p>

<\/p>

4 <\/sup>Rachel Kentleton left the Company October 2014.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

The pay levels of the company\u2019s non-executive directors are determined by the Department of Health, taking into account market rates, the required expertise, and the time commitment of the roles.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Tim Litherland was employed as Head of Asset Information at Agenda for Change band 9. He left the company in July 2014, having originally transferred into the Company from a strategic health authority, when the latter was abolished under the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The role, which is now a permanent post in the company\u2019s structure, consisted of managing the team that established the company\u2019s estates information database and which collates, reviews and analyses the information relating to the 3,700 properties the company inherited from primary care trusts and strategic health authorities.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Charles Siddons is the company\u2019s Head of Business Development, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Markey. Mr Siddons was appointed to that role after a competitive, internal recruitment process, and he receives a salary equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change band 8d. He is entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses incurred as a result of his work in the same way as other employees of the company, and receives no additional benefits.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

In summary, the role of Head of Business Development is to produce and implement the company\u2019s operational delivery plan for facilities management. This includes the delivery of operational targets and the management of key projects.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

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The Department has made no such assessment.<\/p>

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<\/p>

It is a matter for the local National Health Service to plan its workforce, and to ensure it has the appropriate staff in place to provide high quality care for its patients.<\/p>

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No such estimate has been made. However, over £400 million has been invested in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme to make a choice of psychological therapies available for those who need them in all parts of England. We are also investing in improving provision for children and young people.

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IAPT services are not counselling services but may be provided to someone who has developed post-traumatic stress disorder in response to abuse. Assessment for IAPT services includes questions in relation to trauma. IAPT services treat depression and anxiety disorders which are also typical consequences of traumatic abuse.<\/p>

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The Department\u2019s 2014-15 Mandate to NHS England makes clear that \u2018everyone who needs it should have timely access to evidence based services\u2019. The Mandate sets a clear objective for NHS England to deliver the key objectives of the IAPT programme \u2013 providing access to therapies for around 900,000 people per year by 2015, with a recovery rate of 50%.<\/p>

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The information is not available in the format requested.<\/p>

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