The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he provides to the NHS Leadership Academy on the selection of candidates.
Ben Gummer
The Department does not provide specific guidance to the Leadership Academy on the selection of candidates.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the legal status of NHS Improvement is; how and to whom that body is accountable; and what functions he has in relation to that body.
Ben Gummer
NHS Improvement has brought together two distinct legal entities: Monitor, a non-departmental public body and the NHS Trust Development Authority, a special health authority, under a single leadership and operating model. It is a combination of the continuing statutory functions and legal powers vested in these organisations.
They will continue to maintain their current legal underpinnings as two separate bodies, although they will function as a single organisation to manage NHS trusts and foundation trusts more effectively in the interests of patients and taxpayers.
NHS Improvement will be accountable directly to Parliament, the Secretary of State and the Department’s Principal Accounting Officer for discharge of Monitor’s statutory and regulatory functions and to the Secretary of State and Principal Accounting Officer for the specific functions of the Trust Development Authority.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of providing NHS dental services was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
Information is not collected centrally by the Department on the number of dentists taking on new patients.
The table below shows the expenditure on National Health Service dental services. The total expenditure figures have been broken down into primary care (delivered by high street dentists through General or Personal Dental Service contracts (GDS/PDS)) and other services (delivered in community and secondary care settings).
|
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
||
|
1 |
Primary Care (Net) Expenditure on GDS / PDS |
£2,075,965 |
£2,175,560 |
£2,190,685 |
£2,056,469 |
£2,030,294 |
|
2 |
Patient Charge Revenue |
-£617,014 |
-£637,121 |
-£653,006 |
-£683,583 |
-£716,014 |
|
3 |
Primary Care (Gross) Expenditure on GDS / PDS |
£2,692,979 |
£2,812,681 |
£2,843,691 |
£2,740,052 |
£2,746,308 |
|
4 |
Other (Community and Secondary Care) |
£826,857 |
£602,327 |
£740,640 |
£818,042 |
£851,687 |
|
5 |
Total Expenditure |
£3,519,836 |
£3,415,008 |
£3,584,331 |
£3,558,094 |
£3,597,995 |
Notes:
Total expenditure is the sum of rows 3 and 4.
Expenditure figures between years is not directly comparable owing to changes in commissioning arrangements from primary care trusts (PCTs) to NHS England from April 2013.
In addition, responsibility for public health and prevention programme moved from PCTs to local authorities.
Source: Rows 1, 2, 3 -Primary Care expenditure Departmental accounts; row 4 – Other Programme Budgeting NHS England.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maggie Throup on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for NHS England’s decision not to fund the pre-exposure drug prophyaxis for HIV for the at-risk population.
Jane Ellison
NHS England has placed its position on the commissioning of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) under review. This review of the commissioning process will be undertaken by the Specialised Services Committee of NHS England in late May 2016. Depending on the outcome of that decision, a further decision taking account of the clinical evidence for PrEP, the evidence and demand for other new treatments not currently commissioned and NHS England’s available funding and priorities is currently planned for June 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides to people with autism.
Alistair Burt
The Department co-ordinates the Cross Government Autism Strategy originally published as Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives in 2010 and updated as Think Autism in 2014. The on-going actions of the strategy focus on assisting local implementation and multi-agency planning to deliver the aims of the 2009 Autism Act and help people with autism access services and support, and reach their potential. In support of the strategy, statutory guidance was co-ordinated by the Department and issued to local authorities and the National Health Service in 2010 and 2015.
Figures on the numbers of people diagnosed with autism in different parts of the country are not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle loneliness among people with dementia.
Alistair Burt
Loneliness is a complex problem and affects people in many different ways. There is no single solution that can tackle loneliness and many of the solutions to combatting it lie within local communities. Examples of emerging practice are provided on the Social Care Institute for Excellence Prevention Library.
The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 set out a vision for a society where the public thinks and feels differently about dementia. It raises the importance of social action solutions such as peer support and befriending services which can also provide practical and emotional support to people with dementia and carers to reduce isolation and prevent crisis.
The Prime Minister’s 2020 Challenge, promotes dementia friendly communities, which are helping to support people with dementia to live more independent and fulfilling lives in their own communities, for longer. Currently, there are around 140 communities across England. Towns, cities and villages have signed up to Alzheimer’s Society’s foundation-stage recognition process for dementia friendly communities and there are over 1.5 million Dementia Friends.
The Cross Government Autism Strategy originally published as Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives in 2010 and updated as Think Autism in 2014 has done much to encourage innovation to break down social isolation by helping autistic people, their families and carers access health, social care, other public services, and peer support. Recently the Department has been working with the Autism Alliance UK, the largest network of autism charities, on the Connect to Autism project. It encourages local organisations, services and companies to become Autism Champions through training staff in autism awareness with a view to helping people who have autism overcome the anxiety and loneliness they can suffer in many everyday environments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle loneliness among people with autism.
Alistair Burt
Loneliness is a complex problem and affects people in many different ways. There is no single solution that can tackle loneliness and many of the solutions to combatting it lie within local communities. Examples of emerging practice are provided on the Social Care Institute for Excellence Prevention Library.
The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 set out a vision for a society where the public thinks and feels differently about dementia. It raises the importance of social action solutions such as peer support and befriending services which can also provide practical and emotional support to people with dementia and carers to reduce isolation and prevent crisis.
The Prime Minister’s 2020 Challenge, promotes dementia friendly communities, which are helping to support people with dementia to live more independent and fulfilling lives in their own communities, for longer. Currently, there are around 140 communities across England. Towns, cities and villages have signed up to Alzheimer’s Society’s foundation-stage recognition process for dementia friendly communities and there are over 1.5 million Dementia Friends.
The Cross Government Autism Strategy originally published as Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives in 2010 and updated as Think Autism in 2014 has done much to encourage innovation to break down social isolation by helping autistic people, their families and carers access health, social care, other public services, and peer support. Recently the Department has been working with the Autism Alliance UK, the largest network of autism charities, on the Connect to Autism project. It encourages local organisations, services and companies to become Autism Champions through training staff in autism awareness with a view to helping people who have autism overcome the anxiety and loneliness they can suffer in many everyday environments.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Royston Smith on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Southampton were diagnosed with autism in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Alistair Burt
The Department co-ordinates the Cross Government Autism Strategy originally published as Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives in 2010 and updated as Think Autism in 2014. The on-going actions of the strategy focus on assisting local implementation and multi-agency planning to deliver the aims of the 2009 Autism Act and help people with autism access services and support, and reach their potential. In support of the strategy, statutory guidance was co-ordinated by the Department and issued to local authorities and the National Health Service in 2010 and 2015.
Figures on the numbers of people diagnosed with autism in different parts of the country are not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of dental practices which were accepting NHS patients in each of the last five years.
Alistair Burt
Information is not collected centrally by the Department on the number of dentists taking on new patients.
The table below shows the expenditure on National Health Service dental services. The total expenditure figures have been broken down into primary care (delivered by high street dentists through General or Personal Dental Service contracts (GDS/PDS)) and other services (delivered in community and secondary care settings).
|
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
||
|
1 |
Primary Care (Net) Expenditure on GDS / PDS |
£2,075,965 |
£2,175,560 |
£2,190,685 |
£2,056,469 |
£2,030,294 |
|
2 |
Patient Charge Revenue |
-£617,014 |
-£637,121 |
-£653,006 |
-£683,583 |
-£716,014 |
|
3 |
Primary Care (Gross) Expenditure on GDS / PDS |
£2,692,979 |
£2,812,681 |
£2,843,691 |
£2,740,052 |
£2,746,308 |
|
4 |
Other (Community and Secondary Care) |
£826,857 |
£602,327 |
£740,640 |
£818,042 |
£851,687 |
|
5 |
Total Expenditure |
£3,519,836 |
£3,415,008 |
£3,584,331 |
£3,558,094 |
£3,597,995 |
Notes:
Total expenditure is the sum of rows 3 and 4.
Expenditure figures between years is not directly comparable owing to changes in commissioning arrangements from primary care trusts (PCTs) to NHS England from April 2013.
In addition, responsibility for public health and prevention programme moved from PCTs to local authorities.
Source: Rows 1, 2, 3 -Primary Care expenditure Departmental accounts; row 4 – Other Programme Budgeting NHS England.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christian Matheson on 2016-04-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust, working with a clinical commissioning group, has asked every GP in Lancashire if it can help cover the staff shortfall in that trust.
Ben Gummer
These are operational matters for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and we have written to Stuart Heys, Chair of the Trust informing him of the hon. Member’s questions. He will reply shortly and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.