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164365

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS staff are eligible for incremental pay awards; and how many of those will receive at least (a) one per cent and (b) three per cent pay increases this year.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	215716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming progression pay in the National Health Service to ensure that the system is fair, consistent and sustainable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over 50% (around 620,000 headcount) of hospital and community health services staff are eligible for incremental pay increases; subject to meeting local performance standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of these eligible staff will receive at least a 1% increase.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two thirds of those staff are eligible for at least 3%, which is the average incremental increase. This is around 410,000 staff (headcount).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/11/2014 16:42:27 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

164371

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Safety
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 relationship between cost savings to the NHS and improved patient safety; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	215712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department commissioned Frontier Economics to investigate the costs of unsafe care in the National Health Service. The final report, <em>Exploring the cost of unsafe care</em> <em>in the NHS</em> suggests that the costs of preventable, adverse events is likely to be more than £1 billion per year, but could be up to £2.5 billion annually. The report, which was published on 16 October, is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.frontier-economics.com/publications/exploring-the-costs-of-unsafe-care-in-the-nhs/" target="_blank">http://www.frontier-economics.com/publications/exploring-the-costs-of-unsafe-care-in-the-nhs/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Sign up to Safety campaign launched in June is now working with healthcare organisations to make the NHS one of the safest healthcare systems in the world and contribute to the goal to halve avoidable harm and save 6,000 lives over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is difficult to disaggregate direct cash releasing savings from this evidence which must take into account the upfront costs of investing in safer care.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></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 27/11/2014 16:45:29 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

164387

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diabetes
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 improve awareness of hypoglycaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	215645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Whilst there are no specific activities to improve awareness of hypoglycaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes, NHS England would expect services to be delivered taking account of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. Patient education forms part of the NICE pathway for management of type 2 diabetes.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the outcomes of <em>NICE Quality statement 14: Hypoglycaemia</em> are a reduction in the number of people with diabetes requiring medical attention as a result of a hypoglycaemic episode and a reduction in the rate of recurrence of an episode of hypoglycaemia requiring medical attention over 12 months.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs6/chapter/quality-statement-14-hypoglycaemia" target="_blank">http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs6/chapter/quality-statement-14-hypoglycaemia</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/11/2014 16:29:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

164390

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason bursary and student loan arrangements are different for science graduates who pursue a further degree in medicine and science graduates who pursue a further degree in physician associate studies.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	215638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>To be eligible for funding from the NHS Bursary Scheme, healthcare courses must meet a number of conditions. One of these conditions is that it is a programme which leads to a primary registration with a recognised professional regulatory body.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition professional programmes should be fully funded and commissioned by Health Education England education as the national standard model. An exception to this is medical and dental degree courses where the Department of Health and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have a shared funding responsibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The physician associate programme does not meet these conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Given the need to control public finances, student loans provided under BIS regulations are not usually available to graduates for a second degree. Exceptionally, graduates entering certain registered professions with no masters route to qualification can access limited support. This includes medicine.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/11/2014 16:39:18 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

164395

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dialysis Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quality and outcome measures NHS England plans to use to ensure maintenance of clinical quality and quality of service in the proposed transition from specialised to clinical commissioning groups commissioning for dialysis.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	215753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that they are in dialogue with key stakeholders about both the opportunities and challenges of transferring responsibility for renal services. The head of the Specialised Services Task Force in NHS England recently met stakeholders from renal service representative groups and heard their concerns directly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to launch a public consultation by the end of 2014 on the recommendations put forward by the independent clinically-led advisory group (Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group) to transfer commissioning responsibility for renal services from NHS England to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This public consultation will specifically be asking key stakeholders involved in the provision of renal dialysis what NHS England would need to do to ensure a safe transfer of commissioning responsibilities to CCGs. This consultation will also be asking stakeholders specifically whether the current proposed timescales for the transfer of services are feasible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A new Task &amp; Finish group is being established by NHS England through the NHS Commissioning Assembly. This group will look specifically at what support CCGs would require to be able to safely and effectively commission services devolved to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to issuing commissioning guidance for the safe transfer of services from national NHS England responsibility to local CCG responsibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 215754 question first answered 27/11/2014 16:35:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

164397

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dialysis Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment NHS England has made of the level of need for specialist renal services to deal with the complications and emergencies associated with dialysis; and how such services will be commissioned from April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	215754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that they are in dialogue with key stakeholders about both the opportunities and challenges of transferring responsibility for renal services. The head of the Specialised Services Task Force in NHS England recently met stakeholders from renal service representative groups and heard their concerns directly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to launch a public consultation by the end of 2014 on the recommendations put forward by the independent clinically-led advisory group (Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group) to transfer commissioning responsibility for renal services from NHS England to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This public consultation will specifically be asking key stakeholders involved in the provision of renal dialysis what NHS England would need to do to ensure a safe transfer of commissioning responsibilities to CCGs. This consultation will also be asking stakeholders specifically whether the current proposed timescales for the transfer of services are feasible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A new Task &amp; Finish group is being established by NHS England through the NHS Commissioning Assembly. This group will look specifically at what support CCGs would require to be able to safely and effectively commission services devolved to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to issuing commissioning guidance for the safe transfer of services from national NHS England responsibility to local CCG responsibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 215753 question first answered 27/11/2014 16:35:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow