<\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/420887/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "No agreement ever existed - in principle or otherwise \u2013 beyond the Heads of Terms that were the basis for negotiations. No agreement has been set aside by the Government or the Department.<\/p>
NHS Employers and the British Medical Association (BMA) agreed Heads of Terms for negotiations in July 2013 and commenced negotiations in October 2013, the intention being to conclude negotiations by the end of October 2014. The BMA walked away from those negotiations on 16 October 2014.<\/p>
As part of negotiations, proposals for a new contract had been made by the management side (employers from each of the four United Kingdom countries). The BMA said it could not agree to these. The Government therefore asked the independent Review Body on Doctors\u2019 and Dentists\u2019 Remuneration (DDRB) to make recommendations.<\/p>
The DDRB took evidence from the BMA, NHS Employers, the Department of Health and other parties. NHS Employers\u2019 evidence, on behalf of the four UK countries, set out the proposals made by employers in negotiations, illustrating how these related to the jointly agreed Heads of Terms. The BMA\u2019s evidence set out alternative proposals, which had not been made during negotiations.<\/p>
The DDRB\u2019s report broadly endorsed the proposals made by NHS Employers and made recommendations, identifying some areas where further discussion was needed. The Government invited both parties to return to the table with the DDRB recommendations forming the basis for further negotiations.<\/p>
The Government, in England, has made clear its desire for the BMA to be involved in work to introduce a new contract. The Government has asked NHS Employers to work on the detailed design of a new contract for introduction in August 2016 and has continued to encourage the BMA to return to negotiations and take part in that work.<\/p>"}
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No agreement ever existed - in principle or otherwise \u2013 beyond the Heads of Terms that were the basis for negotiations. No agreement has been set aside by the Government or the Department.<\/p>
NHS Employers and the British Medical Association (BMA) agreed Heads of Terms for negotiations in July 2013 and commenced negotiations in October 2013, the intention being to conclude negotiations by the end of October 2014. The BMA walked away from those negotiations on 16 October 2014.<\/p>
As part of negotiations, proposals for a new contract had been made by the management side (employers from each of the four United Kingdom countries). The BMA said it could not agree to these. The Government therefore asked the independent Review Body on Doctors\u2019 and Dentists\u2019 Remuneration (DDRB) to make recommendations.<\/p>
The DDRB took evidence from the BMA, NHS Employers, the Department of Health and other parties. NHS Employers\u2019 evidence, on behalf of the four UK countries, set out the proposals made by employers in negotiations, illustrating how these related to the jointly agreed Heads of Terms. The BMA\u2019s evidence set out alternative proposals, which had not been made during negotiations.<\/p>
The DDRB\u2019s report broadly endorsed the proposals made by NHS Employers and made recommendations, identifying some areas where further discussion was needed. The Government invited both parties to return to the table with the DDRB recommendations forming the basis for further negotiations.<\/p>
The Government, in England, has made clear its desire for the BMA to be involved in work to introduce a new contract. The Government has asked NHS Employers to work on the detailed design of a new contract for introduction in August 2016 and has continued to encourage the BMA to return to negotiations and take part in that work.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government on what basis officials in the Department of Health have said that the claims made by Dr Dan Poulter, formerly the minister in charge of negotiations, that they had set aside an agreement in principle with the British Medical Association on junior doctor working and instead acted to impose a new contract, were incorrect.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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On 15 October 2015, the Home Secretary announced that the Tier 2 restrictions will be temporarily changed for nurses so that they can be recruited from outside the European Economic Area (EEA).<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p>Nurses will be added to the Government\u2019s Shortage Occupation List (SoL) on an interim basis. The temporary rule change, which will apply to applications considered from December, will mean that nurses from outside the EEA who apply to work in the United Kingdom will have their applications for nursing posts prioritised.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p>The change is designed to ease pressure on health and care services ahead of the busy winter period and at a time when the Government is introducing tough new controls on agency spending. It will help improve continuity of care for patients and maintain safe staffing levels.<\/p>
The Home Secretary has also asked the Migration Advisory Committee to carry out a review of the evidence about whether nurses should remain on the SoL and to report back to the Home Office by 15 February 2016.<\/p>"}
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The Department has made no formal estimate of the costs of delayed discharge to the National Health Service. It is recognised that such delayed discharges do use resource which could be deployed elsewhere, and all parts of the NHS and those with responsibility outside it, are continually looking for ways in which to reduce the number of delays.<\/p>"}
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NHS England has advised that it does not currently have plans to introduce requirements on clinical commissioning groups to prioritise patients in one area over another.<\/p>
However, NHS England is working to improve patient flow, for example through the Urgent and Emergency Care Review, which proposes a radical transformation in the way services are provided to deliver a more sustainable urgent and emergency care system, delivering care closer to home whenever it is safe and appropriate to do so.<\/p>
NHS England has also recently published guidance on Transforming urgent and emergency care services in England <\/em>to help frontline providers and commissioners deliver safer, faster and better urgent and emergency care to patients of all ages, collaborating in networks that cross traditional boundaries in order to deliver best practice. A copy of the guidance is attached.<\/p>"}
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