Tag: Justin Madders

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-09-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he has had with the BMA in each of the last 12 months.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Secretary of State for Health has always made clear that he wishes to work with the British Medical Association to address Junior Doctors’ concerns. He has met with the BMA on 11 occasions between September 2015 and August 2016. The meetings were held on 10 September, 30 September (two separate meetings), 1 December, 28 April 2016, 12 May, 16 May, 26 May, 7 July, 28 July and 30 August.

The meetings on 12 May and 16 May were part of contract negotiations.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-10-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the autism employment gap.

Penny Mordaunt

We will shortly publish a Green Paper on work and health and conduct a consultation aimed at disabled people, their representative organisations and a wide range of other stakeholders.

We have put in place the Autism Alliance UK contract to upskill autism leads across the JCP+/DWP Network – Delivering autism and associated hidden impairments training by specialists in this area. So far we have reached over 1,100 staff.

It is hoped the training will help increase the proportion of autistic adults in full-time employment, which currently stands at 15%, according to the National Autistic Society.

DWP has also developed an uncovering hidden impairments toolkit to help colleagues support those with hidden impairments, including autism.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of girls were (a) White British, (b) White British eligible for free school meals, (c) White Non-British, (d) White Non-British eligible for free school meals, (e) Black, (f) Black eligible for free school meals, (g) Indian, (h) Indian eligible for free school meals, (i) Chinese ethnicity, (j) Chinese ethnicity eligible for free school meals, (k) other Asian, (l) other Asian eligible for free school meals, (m) any other ethnicity and (n) any other ethnicity eligible for free school meals received a place in a grammar school in each of the last five years.

Nick Gibb

Proportion of Year 7 pupils in Selective schools by selected ethnic groups, gender & FSM eligibility

Girls	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
White British	3.80%	3.80%	4.10%	4.00%	3.90%
White British – Eligible for FSM	0.60%	0.60%	0.60%	0.70%	0.70%
White non-British	3.40%	3.30%	3.50%	3.40%	3.40%
White non-British – Eligible for FSM	0.20%	0.60%	0.60%	0.60%	1.30%
Black	2.70%	3.20%	3.60%	3.30%	3.90%
Black – Eligible for FSM	0.40%	0.50%	0.80%	0.50%	0.90%
Indian	12.20%	12.90%	13.90%	15.80%	15.80%
Indian – Eligible for FSM	2.00%	1.80%	1.90%	2.50%	2.40%
Chinese	20.00%	18.10%	19.70%	18.20%	18.00%
Chinese – Eligible for FSM	11.50%	5.40%	9.70%	12.50%	4.40%
Other Asian	5.10%	5.60%	5.40%	5.80%	5.60%
Other Asian – Eligible for FSM	1.40%	0.90%	1.30%	1.30%	1.30%

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the outcome of the consultation on the community pharmacy contractual framework, if he will introduce a maximum (a) distance and (b) travel time to a community pharmacy.

David Mowat

The Government announced the package of reforms for community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond on 20 October 2016. This included full details of how the Pharmacy Access Scheme will operate. This can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-pharmacy-reforms

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 32(1) of the Pilotage Act 1987, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to maintain pilotage standards in areas where harbour authorities now have the power to impose compulsory pilotage upon shipping.

Mr Robert Goodwill

None. The Pilotage Act 1987 already requires Competent Harbour Authorities to keep under consideration what pilotage services need to be provided to secure the safety of ships navigating their waters, including the circumstances in which pilotage should be compulsory, and to provide such pilotage services accordingly.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral contribution of 30 November 2015, Official Report, column 33, on the estimated number of patients who may have had a vital operation cancelled, how many patients who had such an operation cancelled had it rescheduled to a time within 24 hours of the original scheduled operation.

Ben Gummer

On 30 November, based on information provided by hospital trusts, NHS England estimated that around 3,000 procedures that were due to take place on 1 December 2015 were planned to be rescheduled. It has not collected information or estimated how many of these could not be rebooked for 1 December 2015 once the proposed industrial action was suspended. There has been no estimate of how many vital procedures that were cancelled were rescheduled within 24 hours. These are operational matters for hospital trusts.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill on reducing the length of time it takes to bring a new drug to market.

George Freeman

The purpose of the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill is to promote access to innovative medical treatments. It is not specifically designed to reduce the length of time it takes to bring a new drug to market. To which end work is being done in parallel, notably through the Accelerated Access Review, which explores options to speed up access to innovative drugs, devices and diagnostics for National Health Service patients. Sir Hugh Taylor, the independent chair of the review will make his recommendations in the spring.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-02-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the potential merits of expanding the monitoring of healthcare-associated infections.

Ben Gummer

Public Health England undertakes monitoring of healthcare associated infections, which includes the mandatory healthcare associated infections surveillance system. These arrangements are regularly reviewed and changes introduced in 2015 include enhanced surveillance for very antibiotic resistant infections (carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK citizens have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC); and how many such people have used their EHIC to obtain state provided healthcare in other EU countries in each of the last five years.

Alistair Burt

The United Kingdom European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) means that people living in the UK are able to travel to the European Economic Area (EEA) safe in the knowledge that they will be able to receive free or reduced cost healthcare should they need it.

There are currently 27,570,911 cards in circulation, as of January 2016. The number of cards granted since 2006, providing such cover is:

2014/15 – 5,414,977

2013/14 – 5,571,060

2012/13 – 5,240,608

2011/12 – 6,830,734

2010/11 – 5,703,895

2009/10 – 4,162,170

2008/09 – 4,269,023

2007/08 – 4,160,935

2006/07 – 5,163,121

Source: Business Services Authority

The Department does not hold information about on how many people have used their UK EHIC to obtain state provided healthcare in another EEA country in any 12 month period. This is because data on UK EHIC usage is recorded by individual treatment episode rather than the card holder.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-03-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department plans to increase the understanding and use of social value in the design of healthcare services.

Alistair Burt

The Department is reviewing its work with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector and will consider how to enhance the understanding and use of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 as part of this work. The Department also intends to develop guidance for procurers and non-procurers on how to make best use of the Act. In addition, the Sustainable Development Unit, funded by NHS England and Public Health England, has established a programme of work on social value which includes providing guidance to commissioners and embedding social value in the Sustainability and Transformation Planning process underway across the health and care system.