The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made to date on Recommendation 19 of the NHS England Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.
Alistair Burt
The Government is working with delivery partners to carefully consider the Taskforce’s recommendations and aims to publish a strategic Implementation Plan in the autumn that will set out how Government and partners will deliver the recommendations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made to date on Recommendation 2 of the NHS England Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.
Alistair Burt
The Government is working with delivery partners to carefully consider the Taskforce’s recommendations and aims to publish a strategic Implementation Plan in the autumn that will set out how Government and partners will deliver the recommendations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37371, how many people are in the team with specific responsibility for those areas of policy on children and young people’s mental health for which he is accountable.
Alistair Burt
The Department’s team with specific responsibility for those areas of policy on children and young people’s mental health for which the Secretary of State for Health is accountable consists of eleven people.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical consultations took place in GP practices in the Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group area in the last five years.
Alistair Burt
The information requested is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP premises in the Southampton local authority area are owned by the NHS Property Services.
George Freeman
The following table shows general practitioner practices based in NHS Property Services sites within the Southampton area.
|
Site name |
Address |
Town |
County |
Postcode |
Tenure |
|
Aldermoor Health Centre |
Aldermoor Close |
Southampton |
Hampshire |
SO16 5ST |
Freehold |
|
Shirley Health Centre |
Grove Road |
Southampton |
Hampshire |
SO15 3UA |
Freehold |
|
Lordshill Health Centre |
Lordshill District Centre |
Southampton |
Hampshire |
SO16 8HY |
Freehold |
|
Newtown Health Clinic |
24-26 Lyon Street |
Southampton |
Hampshire |
SO14 0LX |
Part freehold/Part long leasehold |
|
Royal South Hants Hospital |
Graham Road |
Southampton |
Hampshire |
SO14 0YG |
Freehold |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) salaries, (b) pension contributions and (c) indemnity costs and other associated costs of running a GP practice.
Alistair Burt
The Health and Social Care Information Centre publishes an annual report on general practitioner (GP) earnings and expenses. The most recent report was published in September 2015 and covered 2013/14.
The report showed that the average income of a contractor GP working under a General Medical Services (GMS) contract, or a Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract in the United Kingdom in 2013/14 was £99,800. The average total expenses for GMS or PMS contractors in the UK in 2013/14 was £173,800.
Source: GP Earnings and Expenses 2013/14, Health and Social Care Information Centre. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps is he taking to make a career in general practice more attractive to medical graduates.
Alistair Burt
The ‘General Practice Forward View’, published by NHS England in April 2016, sets out actions to double growth in the general practitioner (GP) workforce. This includes work by Health Education England (HEE) to increase the number of medical school graduates choosing general practice. HEE is working with the Medical Schools Council, higher education institutions, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee to increase the profile of general practice in medical schools. A working group, chaired by Professor Valerie Wass OBE, will publish recommendations in summer 2016.
HEE and the RCGP will continue to develop the current recruitment campaign to raise the profile of general practice as a career. The campaign showcases the variety of different opportunities and the flexibility of the specialty, as well as the central role that GPs play in the community and their patients’ care. HEE has recruited and trained 35 campaign ambassadors and advocates to support and promote national and regional activities including attendance at recruitment events and through social media.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Lammy on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 6 June 2016 to Questions 37441 and 38348, why North Middlesex Hospital is not being supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team via the Emergency Care Improvement Programme.
Ben Gummer
We are advised by NHS Improvement that North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust was not supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST) during 2015/16 as it did not fall within the criteria at the time of selection for enrolment in the Emergency Care Improvement Programme.
However, following concerns regarding the Emergency Department waiting time performance at the Trust, we are aware that NHS Improvement and NHS England jointly arranged a review of the system’s emergency care pathway by the North West Utilisation Management Unit.
We understand that in response to the findings the system has developed a ‘safer, faster, better’ programme to address issues across the pathway.
We are informed that the Trust requested support from ECIST at the end of April 2016. A tailored support programme is currently being developed. This will include visits from clinicians and improvement managers from ECIST.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sir Nicholas Soames on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will order a review to be undertaken of the administration and operational effectiveness of NHS Property Services in (a) West Sussex and (b) Mid Sussex.
George Freeman
Review of the effectiveness of NHS Property Services’ operations in all areas of the country is an ongoing process by the Company’s Board, which includes a Departmental senior civil servant as a Director, and by officials in the Department’s Commercial Division.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-06-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential link between potatoes and high blood pressure.
Jane Ellison
No such discussions have been held.