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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

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

172236

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	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 219055, which areas are piloting enhanced access to mental health practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	219813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>All NHS 111 areas receive mental health calls and use algorithms within NHS Pathways to enable assessment; receiving additional support from nurses as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are <del class="ministerial">four</del> <ins class="ministerial">six </ins>areas that are piloting enhanced access to mental health practitioners, either within the NHS 111 call centre or by transferring to teams outside. NHS England is in the process of finalising which locations will take forward the NHS 111 pilot areas and NHS England will make an announcement when this process has been completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 09/01/2015 13:44:16 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 11:25:01 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 37717 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

172239

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, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) matron and senior nurse posts are filled and (b) such posts are advertised in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	219785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The responsibility of recruiting for nursing or any other National Health Service (NHS) profession sits with local employers and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England’s <em>Compassion in Practice</em>, nursing strategy published in December 2012, has a dedicated work stream, which is ensuring that we have the right staff, with the right skills in the right place. This national work stream has set clear guidance for NHS provider Boards and commissioners regarding appropriate staffing levels. NHS Boards are required to sign off and publish evidence based staffing levels at least every six months, providing assurance regarding the impact on quality of care and patient experience and publishing these for patients and the public. This work includes the recruitment of matrons and senior nurses as well as all staff at the clinical front line who are just as pivotal to the delivery of the kind of care we aspire to provide in any care setting at any time of the day or night.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To support nursing workforce requirements, Health Education England is running a campaign to encourage registered nurses who have left to come back to work for the NHS, and ensure that they have the most up to date knowledge and skills to provide high quality care.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are investing £40 million through the NHS Leadership Academy, in leadership training for ward sisters, senior nurses and midwives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 12/01/2015 15:17:21 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon