From early August, 12 hospital trusts began testing the use of an average (mean) wait between being referred by a general practitioner and starting treatment for routine conditions. The testing will help the National Health Service to see whether keeping the focus on patients at all stages of their pathway can help to reduce long waits. As well as using the data from trial sites to assess whether the testing has met these criteria, there will be an evaluation of the testing which will consider the impact they have had in the following areas:<\/p>
- Patient safety;<\/p>
- Waiting times;<\/p>
- Process change;<\/p>
- Patient and public experience;<\/p>
- Clinical outcomes;<\/p>
- Variation in outcomes, experience and performance; and<\/p>
- Staff experience.<\/p>
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As set out in the CRS interim report published in March, the NHS will hold a public consultation on the proposals. This will be informed by further evidence from field testing.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4362", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Argar"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Charnwood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Edward Argar"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "846"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-10-21T12:50:42.127Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Surgery: Standards"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England will take to record patient experience at trusts participating in the field test programme for the elective care standards proposed in the interim review of clinically-led access standards.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "845"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1149892", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1149892/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
From early August, 12 hospital trusts began testing the use of an average (mean) wait between being referred by a general practitioner and starting treatment for routine conditions. The testing will help the National Health Service to see whether keeping the focus on patients at all stages of their pathway can help to reduce long waits. As well as using the data from trial sites to assess whether the testing has met these criteria, there will be an evaluation of the testing which will consider the impact they have had in the following areas:<\/p>
- Patient safety;<\/p>
- Waiting times;<\/p>
- Process change;<\/p>
- Patient and public experience;<\/p>
- Clinical outcomes;<\/p>
- Variation in outcomes, experience and performance; and<\/p>
- Staff experience.<\/p>
<\/p>
As set out in the CRS interim report published in March, the NHS will hold a public consultation on the proposals. This will be informed by further evidence from field testing.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4362", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Argar"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Charnwood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Edward Argar"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-10-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "845"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-10-21T12:50:42.177Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Surgery: Standards"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England will consult patients on changes to waiting time standards arising from the field test programme for the elective care standards proposed in the interim review of clinically-led access standards.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "846"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1149972", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1149972/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Flu vaccination is recommended for all frontline social care workers. This should be provided by their employer as part of the organisation\u2019s policy for the prevention of the transmission of flu to help protect both staff and those that they care for. To help increase uptake rates for social care workers, NHS England and NHS Improvement have a scheme to complement employers responsibilities so that vaccination is also available for social care and hospice staff from their general practitioner or community pharmacy.<\/p>
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For this coming winter, Public Heath England have developed brand new resources to encourage social care worker vaccination. These resources are available at the following link:<\/p>
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Year<\/p><\/td> | Numbers waiting 6+ weeks for an endoscopy test<\/p><\/td> | Percentage waiting 6+ weeks for an endoscopy test<\/p><\/td> | Numbers waiting for a diagnostic test<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2010<\/p><\/td> | 1,391<\/p><\/td> | 1.7%<\/p><\/td> | N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2011<\/p><\/td> | 4,008<\/p><\/td> | 4.6%<\/p><\/td> | 575,638<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2012<\/p><\/td> | 2,265<\/p><\/td> | 2.5%<\/p><\/td> | 625,054<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2013<\/p><\/td> | 2,332<\/p><\/td> | 2.7%<\/p><\/td> | 677,731<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2014<\/p><\/td> | 2,636<\/p><\/td> | 2.8%<\/p><\/td> | 789,392<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2015<\/p><\/td> | 7,004<\/p><\/td> | 6.0%<\/p><\/td> | 842,263<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2016<\/p><\/td> | 6,086<\/p><\/td> | 5.6%<\/p><\/td> | 876,329<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2017<\/p><\/td> | 3,181<\/p><\/td> | 2.9%<\/p><\/td> | 943,010<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2018<\/p><\/td> | 5,685<\/p><\/td> | 5.3%<\/p><\/td> | 979,831<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2019<\/p><\/td> | 9,178<\/p><\/td> | 7.5%<\/p><\/td> | 1,071,744<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> NHS England collects and publishes waiting times performance data for all diagnostic tests on a monthly basis. This is available at a trust and national level via the following link:<\/p>
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