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Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what lessons have been learned from the implementation of recommendations contained in NHS England’s report, entitled Innovation, Health and Wealth, published in December 2011; and how his Department is implementing those lessons in the Accelerated Access Review.

George Freeman

Innovation Health and Wealth rightly emphasised how crucial innovation is to our better care for patients and improving the health and care system. The Accelerated Access Review was established to build on this, recognising the fundamental contribution that the United Kingdom’s world class medical innovators make to our economy. The evaluation of the Innovation, Health and Wealth has formed part of the review evidence base.

The independent Accelerated Access Review will report at the end of April with recommendations on how to increase the uptake of innovation in the National Health Service.

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Wes Streeting – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Wes Streeting on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of open MRI scanners available to the NHS in each region.

Jane Ellison

We do not hold information centrally about the number of open magnetic resonance imaging scanners in each region and so no estimate has been made.

01/01/2023
David Hanson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has for the transfer of documents between GP surgeries when a patient moves to a different area.

Alistair Burt

The Department does not collect information on the time taken to transfer documents between general practitioner (GP) surgeries.

The GP contract requires GP practices to use the electronic facility known as “GP2GP” for the safe and effective transfer of any computerised patient records where they have access to this system. As at end September 2015, 97.2% of GP practices were using GP2GP. 5,859,890 patient electronic health records have been transferred by GP2GP to the patient’s new GP since 2007.

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David Hanson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland on the speed and efficiency of transfer of patient records between administrations.

Alistair Burt

We do not have any record of discussions that have taken place between the Secretary of State for Health and the devolved administrations on the speed and efficiency of transfer of patient records between administrations. However, we are aware that Wales has been conducting a pilot of the GP2GP system, which enables patient records to be electronically transferred between one practice and another, and Scotland has also been rolling out the system. In the future this should enable faster, more effective transfer of patient records between administrations.

Additionally, the Summary Care Record Programme in England has a four nations forum with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland that focuses on best practice and lessons learned from the respective national record sharing solutions.

01/01/2023
David Hanson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries have adopted the use of the GP2GP system developed by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

George Freeman

7,547 general practitioner practices in England were live with the GP2GP system at the end of November 2015; this equates to 97.7% of all GP2GP eligible practices within England.

01/01/2023
David Hanson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken for the transfer of documents between GP surgeries when a patient move to a different health area was in each of the last five years.

Alistair Burt

The Department does not collect information on the time taken to transfer documents between general practitioner (GP) surgeries.

The GP contract requires GP practices to use the electronic facility known as “GP2GP” for the safe and effective transfer of any computerised patient records where they have access to this system. As at end September 2015, 97.2% of GP practices were using GP2GP. 5,859,890 patient electronic health records have been transferred by GP2GP to the patient’s new GP since 2007.

01/01/2023
Chris Green – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Green on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to NHS’s consultation, Specialised services policy and specifications, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procedure in use by NHS England to develop commissioning policies for specialised medicines.

George Freeman

NHS England is continuing to refine its standard operating procedure for developing commissioning policies for specialised medicines, taking into account professional and stakeholder feedback. For example, during 2015/16 NHS England introduced a more explicit requirement for external review of the available evidence of clinical and cost effectiveness, and a parallel clinical assurance process to ensure new policies appropriately reflect the available evidence. These evidence reviews are now made available alongside draft policy proposals as part of NHS England’s public consultation process.

NHS England has also commissioned an external review of its current policy development process and will formally consider lessons learned as it refines the process to be adopted in support of the 2016/17 work programme.

01/01/2023
Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the report it commissioned entitled Evaluating the role and contribution of innovation to health and wealth in the UK, published in January 2016; and if he will make a statement.

George Freeman

The Department is funding RAND Europe and the University of Manchester to conduct a formative and summative evaluation of Innovation, Health and Wealth (IHW). The project is expected to complete in 2017 and the report on the first stage of the evaluation, including an assessment of progress towards actions within Theme 8: High Impact Innovations, can be found on the RAND Europe website:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1143.html

This report represents the first phase of a three year evaluation aimed at mapping progress towards the IHW strategy and its component actions. The Department will be considering the outputs of the evaluation as they emerge over the next three years including as part of the evidence feeding into the Accelerated Access Review.

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01/01/2023
Alasdair McDonnell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alasdair McDonnell on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis rates of pancreatic cancer.

Jane Ellison

Improving early diagnosis of cancer is a priority for this Government. We have committed to implementing recommendation 24 of the Independent Cancer Taskforce’s report Achieving World-Class Outcomes and this will be underpinned by investment of up to £300 million more in diagnostics each year by 2020. The strategy also makes recommendations for speeding up diagnosis of cancers with non-specific but concerning symptoms through the use of multidisciplinary diagnostic centres. NHS England is working with partners across the health system to consider how best to take forward these and other recommendations.

Updated suspected cancer referral guidelines by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), including new guidelines for pancreatic cancer, which was published last June will continue to support general practitioners (GPs) to identify patients and urgently refer them as appropriate, where pancreatic cancer is suspected. NICE noted that more lives could be saved each year in England if GPs followed the new guideline, which encourages GPs to think of cancer sooner and lower the referral threshold.

01/01/2023

Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sales of land of what value and to whom there have been in each health trust area in London (a) on the open market or (b) below market value in each year since 2010.

George Freeman

The Department has only collected data on surplus land sales since 2011. Since then the National Health Service has sold 26 London sites. The names of the sites sold are given in the following table. The Department does not hold information about whether or not sites were sold on the open market, or the final sale price. The Department does not hold information centrally about the number of housing units or affordable homes that have been built.

NHS trust	Site
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	69 Oakley Square
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	Gunnersbury Day Hospital
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust	Henderson Hospital
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	Manor Gate Mental Health Resource Centre
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust	Wolfson Medical Rehab Centre
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust	St Lukes Hospital
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	Broadmoor Hospital Plot 1
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust	Newland House, Twickenham
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust	Roselands Resource Centre, New Malden
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	St Bernards Wing 1
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	Upney Lane Health Centre,
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust	16a Cleveland Street
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	78 London Road, Croydon
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust	Ashley Road
North East London NHS Foundation Trust	Hedgecock Centre 1
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	Hubert Grove
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	Lennard Lodge
North East London NHS Foundation Trust	Mascalls Park
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	Southall/ Norwood Mental Health Resource Centre
West London Mental Health NHS Trust	St Bernards Wing 2
Central and Northwest London NHS Foundation Trust	17 Paddington Green London
North East London NHS Foundation Trust	Stonelea (Langthorne Hospital)
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	Barnet General Hospital
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	Coppett’s Wood
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust	Part Springfield Hospital
Barts Health NHS Trust	The London Chest Hospital

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