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100188

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	NHS: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by each NHS Trust and NHS foundation trust on contract and agency staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	211294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Following the Francis report many trusts increased their spend on temporary staffing to meet safe staffing levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department expects trusts to have a strong grip on their finances, and manage their agency and temporary staffing spend responsibly through effective and efficient workforce planning and management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Spend by each National Health Service foundation trust on contract and agency staff[1] in each of the last five years is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount spent by each NHS trust on contract and agency staff in 2013-14 is attached. Amounts for 2009-10 to 2012-13 were not separately identified from other non permanent staff[2].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. The definition of Contract / Agency staff is: “Agency” employee payments for the employment of staff where the staff remain employees of the agency and “Contract staff” where the NHS trust has control over numbers and qualifications of staff (in contrast to a service obtained under contract) .</p><p> </p><p>[2] non-permanent staff are defined as “others engaged on the objectives of the organisation including staff on inward secondment or loan from other organisations, bank/agency/temporary staff and contract staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name NHS Trusts Contract and Agency Spend- 5 Years.xlsx title NHS trusts contract and agency spend- 5 years 2 file name NHS Trusts Contract and Agency Spend 2013-14.xlsx title NHS trusts contract and agency spend- 2013-14 question first answered 24/10/2014 12:25:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

93579

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospitals used contract and agency staff in each of the past five years; and how many contract and agency staff have been employed by NHS hospitals in each of the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	210800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of National Health Service hospitals using contract and agency staff in each of the past five years. It also does not hold information on how many contract and agency staff have been employed by NHS hospitals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts records the cost of temporary and agency staff used by the different types of NHS organisation including NHS foundation trusts and trusts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/10/2014 16:08:13 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

91991

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) workers in agencies which report to his Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	209469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>All staff directly employed by the core Department and its Executive Agencies are paid the Living Wage or above.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and its Executive Agencies do not routinely collect information on the numbers or salaries of employees working for outsourced service providers on their premises. All service providers comply with the law in respect of the National Minimum Wage, but in line with Cabinet Office advice the Department and its Executive Agencies do not require their suppliers to pay their employees the local Living Wage. Public Health England are actively working with their supply base to ensure that staff such as cleaners etc., working on their leased and/or shared premises are paid in accordance with the Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>All agency staff in the Department’s Executive Agencies are paid at or above the living wage. The core Department currently has four agency staff on less than the living wage. In accordance with the Agency Worker Regulation 2010 (as amended) these four agency workers, on the completion of the 12 week qualifying period, will be paid the equivalent of a permanent member of staff on the starting point of the pay scale for their equivalent grade which are all above the Living Wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 16/10/2014 16:27:16 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

79064

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve the reassessment process for people with progressive and non-improving conditions who are in receipt of NHS Continuing Care funding.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	206724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The ‘National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care’ states that individuals found eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare should have their case reviewed initially after three months, and then annually as a minimum. The diagnosis of a particular disease or condition is not in itself a determinant of eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has recently worked closely with the Department and other key stakeholders in developing an Assurance Framework to ensure that clinical commissioning groups comply with the requirements of the National Framework.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Department has supported the development of an electronic training tool for those who are involved in assessment and decision making for NHS Continuing Healthcare. The tool is available free of charge for use by all staff involved in this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 01/09/2014 13:29:03 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

79070

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to routinely collect data on the number, outcome and details of applications for NHS Continuing Care.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	206728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to collect data regarding NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) applications.</p><p>Until 31 March 2013, quarterly data on the number of people in receipt of NHS CHC funding was collected and published on the Department’s website at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-continuing-healthcare</p><p>Since 1 April 2013, responsibility for the collection of data for NHS CHC has been transferred to NHS England. Data on the number of people who are eligible for NHS CHC is published quarterly at:</p><p>www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=continuing+healthcare&amp;area=both</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 01/09/2014 13:27:04 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

77662

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many families are awaiting a decision for continuing healthcare funding where it is claimed that the application applies to an unassessed period of care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	205581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect data regarding the number of applications for NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments.</p><p> </p><p>However, following the introduction on 15 March 2012, of deadlines for requests for assessments of eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare for previously unassessed periods of care which occurred during the time 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2012, the Department is aware that there were approximately 60,000 enquiries received by primary care trusts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 17/07/2014 13:29:06 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

77164

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 704W, on general practitioners, what estimate he has made of the effect of projected population growth from overseas immigration on the demand for GP services over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	205120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that they are not undertaking any work to estimate the impact of immigration on the numbers of general practitioners (GPs)(or other health services). However, there may be local work being carried out by clinical commissioning groups to ensure they can plan for a growing population.</p><p> </p><p>The Department commissioned the Centre for Workforce Intelligence to conduct an in-depth review of the GP workforce. The report will be published shortly and will build on the preliminary findings published in March 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The review will assess:</p><p>- current workforce numbers to forecast supply;</p><p>- key drivers affecting workforce demand; and</p><p>- regional variations in demand.</p><p> </p><p>The review will make recommendations for future workforce planning. It will also address issues such as GP workload and the 2015 recruitment target and beyond, as well as wider issues around primary care delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 15/07/2014 14:50:20 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

76372

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has allocated to the School Fruit and Vegetable scheme for the 2015-16 school year.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	204446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department allocates budgets including, for the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme on the basis of financial years (beginning in April) rather than academic years (beginning in September). The Department has not yet set its central budgets, which include the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme, for the 2015-16 financial year which covers the first seven months of the 2015-16 academic year. The remaining five months of the 2015-16 academic year fall into the 2016-17 financial year which will be subject to the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 14/07/2014 13:01:34 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

64775

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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 estimate he has made of the effect of projected population growth on the demand for GP services over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	203089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Office for National Statistics estimates suggest that by 2024, more than 10% of the United Kingdom population will be aged 75 or over. Our recent publication <em>Transforming Primary Care</em>, sets out our vision for more proactive, personalised, joined up care, particularly for older people. From the end of June 2014, all people aged 75 and over will have a named general practitioner (GP) with overall responsibility for and oversight of their care.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, because of advances in medicine, people of all ages are living with complex health needs. Starting in September 2014, over 800,000 people will benefit from a Proactive Care Programme, which will provide personalised joined-up care and support tailored to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that the workforce is capable of supporting these changes, we are working closely with Health Education England, NHS England and the professions to improve recruitment, retention and return to practice, both for GPs and for other key parts of the local workforce such as community nurses. We are planning to make available around 10,000 additional primary and community health and care professionals by 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 03/07/2014 13:29:08 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

57874

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tomography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure access to CT scanning is more readily available to NHS patients.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	198783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>All acute trusts have access to computerised tomography (CT) and NHS England is not aware of any patient access problems. The NHS England standards for seven day services support seven day access to CT. CT involves ionising radiation, so is a test that has to be justified and used in appropriate patient pathways.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/06/2014 15:12:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead