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date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's benchmark waiting time is to see a General Practitioner for a routine appointment; and how that benchmark was set.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	211311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not set a benchmark for waiting times to see a general practitioner (GP) for a routine appointment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 48 hour waiting time target was removed because it as seen as too inflexible in meeting the needs of patients. The GP patient survey showed that the proportion of people who wanted to get an appointment within 2 days (and were able to) actually fell between 2008-09 and 2009-10 i.e. when the target was in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/10/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

100195

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to simplify the provision and commissioning of secondary care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
uin	211309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>In considering the commissioning and provision of secondary care, it is for commissioners and clinicians locally to design and deliver the models of care that are going to provide the best outcomes for patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has published a Five Year Forward View which describes the vision for the future of the NHS, including increasing the involvement of General Practitioners in the provision of services traditionally placed in secondary care through ‘Multispecialty Community Providers’ and ‘Primary and Acute Care Systems’. A copy of the Five Year Forward View is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2014 17:11:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name NHS England- Five Year Forward View.pdf title NHS England- Five Year Forward View
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

93798

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	College of Social Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much central Government funding has been allocated to the College of Social Work from each Department in the 2014-15 financial year.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	210862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The total of £650,000 of central Government funding has been allocated to the College of Social Work in the current financial year. £200,000 has been provided by the Department for Education, with the Department of Health providing the remaining £450,000.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 27/10/2014 17:18:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck