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172222

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, launched on 20 November 2014, what the formal terms of reference are for the review and what the deadline is for the review to report.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement that I made on 20 November 2014, Official Report, column 14WS. The review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology will consider how to speed up access for National Health Service patients to cost-effective new diagnostics, medicines and devices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to establish the formal terms of reference for the review. These will be published in due course. The exact structure of the review is currently being considered and, as appropriate, procurements will be through standard departmental procurement processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will set out both short and long-term options for action by Government and relevant bodies — including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and NHS England. Officials are already working with these bodies and will continue to do so as the review progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will take into account a wide range of evidence to draw up its recommendations. We anticipate an initial report before the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 219834 219835 219837 question first answered 13/01/2015 11:15:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172223

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Innovative Medicines and Medical Technology Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement on 20 November 2014 of an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, if he will ensure that the review will take into consideration the conclusions of NICE following its consideration of responses to the Value-Based Assessment consultation.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement that I made on 20 November 2014, Official Report, column 14WS. The review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology will consider how to speed up access for National Health Service patients to cost-effective new diagnostics, medicines and devices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to establish the formal terms of reference for the review. These will be published in due course. The exact structure of the review is currently being considered and, as appropriate, procurements will be through standard departmental procurement processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will set out both short and long-term options for action by Government and relevant bodies — including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and NHS England. Officials are already working with these bodies and will continue to do so as the review progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The review will take into account a wide range of evidence to draw up its recommendations. We anticipate an initial report before the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 219834 219835 219836 question first answered 13/01/2015 11:15:26 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172224

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	University Hospital of Hartlepool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet (a) the hon. Member for Hartlepool and (b) representatives from Hartlepool Borough Council to discuss the issue of transferring hospital services back to the University Hospital of Hartlepool; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>In line with the Government’s commitment to devolve power to communities, decisions about NHS services are essentially a matter for the NHS locally in consultation with the communities they serve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/01/2015 13:45:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172225

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of service provided by the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	219905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Ambulance services are busier than ever. The latest data for November 2014 shows that East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) is not meeting the three national standards:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Red1 A - 72.8% (standard 75%)</p><p> </p><p>- Red2 A - 71.5% (standard 75%)</p><p> </p><p>- A19 – 93.7% (standard 95%)</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The NHS Trust Development Authority, Care Quality Commission, clinical commissioning groups and other local trusts continue to work together to support the Trust, which has recovery plans in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of record operational resilience planning for winter, we have provided an additional £50 million to support ambulance trusts locally in managing extra demand. Nationwide, we have 1,700 more paramedics since 2010.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/01/2015 15:14:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

172226

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Learning Disability and Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the recommendations of the report by Sir Stephen Bubb, entitled, Winterbourne View - Time for Change are being implemented as soon as possible.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	219904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England and the Department of Health are considering the report’s recommendations in the context of the ongoing, system-wide Transforming Care programme, convened in response to events at Winterbourne View Hospital. NHS England will respond to the report by Sir Stephen Bubb in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 13/01/2015 15:31:30 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

172227

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of allocating the funding from primary care trusts to clinical commissioning groups and other organisations.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	219873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The change of the funding allocation basis consisted of the development of a target formula for clinical commissioning groups and other organisations, and replaced work that would have otherwise focused on the development of the target formula for primary care trusts. The work was absorbed in existing resources, with no additional cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 13/01/2015 15:37:08 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

172228

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients registered with GPs in Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	219874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Data on the numbers of patients registered with a general practitioner (GP) are published by health area rather than administrative area. The closest health area to Greater Manchester is that covered by NHS England’s Greater Manchester Area Team. Data for all area teams have been published quarterly since April 2013 and are available here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=title%3A%22number+of+patients+registered+at+a+gp+practice%22&amp;area=both" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=title%3A%22number+of+patients+registered+at+a+gp+practice%22&amp;area=both</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data as at April 2013 and 2014 is provided below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester Area Team - Total patients registered with a GP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,881,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,903,292</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> GP Payments system, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to the National Health Service restructure of April 2013, health areas were based on strategic health authorities (SHA) and primary care trusts. Greater Manchester was part of the North West SHA, which is too large an area to provide comparable data with that given.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/01/2015 14:48:41 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

172229

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses there were in (a) West Suffolk Hospital, (b) Ipswich Hospital and (c) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	219870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre publish an annual workforce census, which shows staff working in the National Health Service in England. The latest information from the census was published in March 2014 and shows the position at 30 September 2013; the next annual census will be published in March 2015 showing the position as at 30 September 2014. The Health and Social Care Information Centre also publish monthly National Health Service workforce statistics. The latest data as at September 2014 was published on 17 December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The numbers of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff in West Suffolk Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, Health Education East of England region and England in each year from September 2004 are set out in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 13/01/2015 11:39:39 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name NHS HCHS Table.xlsx title Qualified staff-West Suffolk & Ipswich Hospital
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

172230

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Walk-in Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS walk-in centres have closed in the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	219875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not collected centrally. The last government made the local NHS responsible for NHS walk-in-centres in 2007 and it is for local commissioners to decide on the availability of these services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/01/2015 15:42:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

172231

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of GP (a) recruitment and (b) retention was in (a) Derbyshire and (b) England in (i) 2010 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Natascha Engel
uin	219906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The annual National Health Service General and Personal Medical Services workforce census, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, shows there were 36,294 full time equivalent general practitioners (GP’s) working and training in the NHS in England as at 30 September 2013. This is an increase of 1,051 compared to the position in September 2010, the most recent figures after the General Election. The next census, reflecting the position in September 2014 will be published in March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s mandate to Health Education England requires them to ensure that 50% of trainee doctors (currently 3,250 based on current forecasts) enter GP training programmes by 2016. This will enable further increases in the GP workforce across England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/01/2015 15:03:18 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1507 label Biography information for Natascha Engel