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100186

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	Patients: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether missed or inadequate hydrocortisone administration is included in the NHS list of Never Events.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	211233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Missed or inadequate hydrocortisone administration is not currently included in the list of ‘never events’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We can confirm that the current list of Never Events is under review and there is a consultation underway which opened online on the 6 October 2014 and closes on 31 October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/10/2014 15:28:25 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:30:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 24770 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

100187

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	Thalidomide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure the health and independence of UK thalidomide victims.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	211270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>On 20 December 2012, I announced a new 10-year grant to the Thalidomide Trust. The grant will be paid on an annual basis, uprated in line with inflation, which means that over the 10-year period it will be worth in the region of £80 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The grant is intended to enable investment in adaptations and preventative measures to improve health and wellbeing and to help minimise further deterioration for this unique group of people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 28/10/2014 15:38:35 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

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

100189

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	Hospitals: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times each Minister in his Department has visited (a) West Cumberland Hospital and (b) Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>On 8 July 2010, my Rt. hon Friend the then Secretary of State (Mr Andrew Lansley) visited West Cumberland hospital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 11:58:41 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100190

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	West Cumberland Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many items of correspondence his Department has received on West Cumberland Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified 145 items of correspondence received since 1 October 2013 about West Cumberland Hospital. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 11:55:30 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100191

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	Cromer Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Minister of State for Care and Support has visited Cromer and District Hospital in his ministerial capacity.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Since September 2012 there have been no Ministerial visits to Cromer and District hospital.</p><p> </p><p>This excludes any visits that my Rt. hon Friend the Minister of State (Norman Lamb) may have undertaken in his constituency capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 12:01:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100192

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	Hospitals: Surrey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times he has visited (a) Frimley Park Hospital and (b) Royal Surrey County Hospital in his ministerial capacity.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	211282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>6 April 2011, Mr Andrew Lansley visited Frimley Park hospital</p><p> </p><p>23 December 2013, Mr Jeremy Hunt visited Royal Surrey County hospital</p><p> </p><p>26 June 2014, Mr Jeremy Hunt visited Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p> </p><p>4 August 2014, Mr Jeremy Hunt visited Royal Surrey County hospital</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 11:51:43 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

100193

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	Medicine: Education
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 increase the number of places for medical students to undertake training in cardiac units.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	211221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The content and standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. It has the general function of promoting high standards of education and to ensure that medical students and newly qualified doctors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Medical schools design curricula for undergraduate medical education, which includes the type of placements students may undertake during the course. In doing so they must ensure that teaching meets the standards of the GMC in order to both gain and maintain GMC recognition of their course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 28/10/2014 15:33:50 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

100194

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	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