Tag: Justin Madders

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2015-11-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS workforce he expects to receive a real-terms pay increase over the next four years; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

The Government announced that it would fund public sector pay increases at an average of 1% for four years from 2016/17. For National Health Service staff, the NHS Pay Review Body and Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration will take evidence from a range of stakeholders, including Government, trades unions, NHS Providers, NHS Employers, NHS England and Health Education England and will make recommendations to Government.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to guarantee that all patients who had their operations cancelled as a result of the proposed industrial action by junior doctors will be offered another date for their operation within the next 28 days.

Ben Gummer

The NHS is making every effort to rearrange treatment for people whose operations were cancelled as quickly as possible.

We recognise that cancellations by the hospital are upsetting and inconvenient for patients, which is why there is a pledge on cancelled operations in the Handbook on the NHS Constitution. When a patient’s operation is cancelled by the hospital at the last minute (on or after the day of admission, including the day of surgery) for non-clinical reasons, the hospital should offer another binding date within a maximum of the next 28 days or fund the patient’s treatment at the time and hospital of the patient’s choice.

For operations that were cancelled before the day of admission, the pledge does not apply. However, the NHS Constitution includes the right “to access services within maximum waiting times, or for the NHS to take all reasonable steps to offer you a range of alternative providers if this is not possible”. Patients have the right to start consultant-led treatment within a maximum of 18 weeks from referral for non-urgent conditions. If this is not possible, and where patients request it, the organisation responsible for commissioning the patient’s care must investigate offering a range of suitable alternative providers that would be able to see or treat the patient more quickly than the original provider. The commissioning organisation must take all reasonable steps to meet patients’ requests.

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been employed on a zero hours contract in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr Rob Wilson

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the most effective way to implement the use of rapid diagnostic technology for the purpose of accurately diagnosing infections in hospitals.

Ben Gummer

An expert group has been looking at how we can improve access to rapid diagnostic testing as part of the implementation of the UK Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy. The group is currently formulating its conclusions and intends to start working with stakeholders to implement improvements across the system from 2016; a part of this work will include an economic analysis to support the rapid adoption of new tests.

The Department has been feeding this work into the Accelerated Access Review, which will make recommendations to Government on speeding up access to transformative new medicines and technologies, including diagnostics, for National Health Service patients. The review is due to report in April 2016.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that the conclusions of appraisals currently being undertaken by NICE are revisited in the light of the conclusions of the Accelerated Access Review: Interim Report, published October 2015.

Ben Gummer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body responsible for developing its guidance in line with its published methods and processes. It will be for NICE to consider the impact of any relevant recommendations from the Accelerated Access Review on its guidance – either published or in development.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on the agreement of a long-term arrangement to control the cost of medical indemnity cover for out-of-hours GPs.

Alistair Burt

The Department and NHS England are committed to addressing the issue of increasing medical indemnity costs for general practitioners (GPs), including those working out of hours.

Increasing costs of indemnity cover associated with out of hours work may discourage GPs from undertaking out-of-hours shifts in primary care.

The Department was represented at a roundtable event held by NHS England on 17 November 2015 to develop a shared understanding of how to address rising medical indemnity costs. A range of stakeholders, including the British Medical Association and Medical Defence Organisations (MDOs), also attended.

On 9 December 2015, NHS England announced a winter indemnity scheme to offset the additional indemnity premium for GPs who wish to work additional sessions for their out-of-hours providers. In addition they have negotiated changes to the products offered by MDOs to bring down costs of indemnity for extended access.

Discussions are ongoing between the Department and NHS England on a long-term solution.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-04-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of qualified paramedics within the NHS to meet demand.

Ben Gummer

Health Education England (HEE) has worked closely with all English ambulance services through the Paramedic Evidence Based Education Project programme, both to modernise the future training of paramedics and other ambulance service workers to be fit for future services.

The national commissioning of paramedic training has increased significantly since 2013 and in the last year alone HEE has commissioned an additional 605 places on 2015/16 figures, which is an increase of 53.8%.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-04-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received in favour of elected mayors in Cheshire and Warrington.

James Wharton

Cheshire and Warrington were one of 38 areas across the country to submit devolution deal proposals in September 2015. Devolution deal proposals are developed and led by local areas. Therefore, the decision to release information regarding the content of any submission—including governance objectives—is a matter for the local area to decide, not the Government.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-05-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NHS providers to return to surplus.

Alistair Burt

The Government’s Mandate to NHS England 2016-17, sets very clear expectations for this year including a specific objective to balance the National Health Service budget.

Details can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494485/NHSE_mandate_16-17_22_Jan.pdf

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-06-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the senior leaders and board members are of the 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprints.

George Freeman

The Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STP) leads for the footprints are as provided below. The names of other members of the footprints are held locally.

Footprint	STP footprint lead
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Mark Adams (Chief Officer, Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG))
West, North and East Cumbria	Stephen Eames (Chief Executive, North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust)
Durham, Darlington and Tees, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby	Alan Foster (Chief Executive, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust)
Lancashire and South Cumbria	Dr Amanda Doyle OBE (Chief Clinical Officer, Blackpool CCG)
West Yorkshire	Rob Webster (Chief Executive designate, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust)
Coast, Humber and Vale	TBC
Greater Manchester	Sir Howard Bernstein (Chief Executive, Manchester City Council)
Cheshire and Merseyside	Louise Shepherd (Chief Executive, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust)
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw	Sir Andrew Cash OBE (Chief Executive, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Kent & Medway	Glenn Douglas (Chief Executive, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust)
Sussex and East Surrey	Michael Wilson (Chief Executive, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust)
Frimley Health	Sir Andrew Morris (Chief Executive, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Surrey Heartlands	Julia Ross (Chief Executive, North West Surrey CCG)
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly	TBC
Devon	Angela Pedder OBE (Chief Executive, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust)
Somerset	Dr Matthew Dolman (Chair, Somerset CCG)
Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire	Robert Woolley (Chief Executive, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust)
Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire	James Scott (Chief Executive, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust)
Dorset	Tim Goodson (Chief Officer, Dorset CCG)
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight	Richard Samuel (Chief Officer, Fareham and Gosport CCG, South Eastern Hampshire CCG)
Gloucestershire	Mary Hutton (Accountable Officer, Gloucestershire CCG)
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West	David Smith (Chief Executive, Oxfordshire CCG)
Staffordshire	John MacDonald (Chair, University Hospitals North Midlands NHS Trust)
Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin	Simon Wright (Chief Executive, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust)
Derbyshire	Gary Thompson (Chief Officer, Southern Derbyshire CCG)
Lincolnshire	Allan Kitt (Chief Officer, South West Lincolnshire CCG)
Nottinghamshire	David Pearson (Director, Adult Social Care, Nottinghamshire County Council)
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland	Toby Sanders (Accountable Officer, West Leicestershire CCG)
The Black Country	Andy Williams (Accountable Officer, Sandwell West Birmingham CCG)
Birmingham and Solihull	Mark Rogers (Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council)
Coventry and Warwickshire	Andy Hardy (Chief Executive, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust)
Herefordshire and Worcestershire	Sarah Dugan (Chief Executive, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust)
Northamptonshire	John Wardell (Accountable Officer, Nene CCG)
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	Dr Neil Modha (Chief Clinical Officer, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG)
Norfolk and Waveney	TBC
Suffolk and North East Essex	Nick Hulme (Chief Executive, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust)
Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Luton	Pauline Philip (Chief Executive, Luton & Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
Hertfordshire and West Essex	Beverley Flowers (Accountable Officer, East and North Hertfordshire CCG)
Mid and South Essex	Dr Anita Donley (Independent Chair for Mid and South Essex Success Regime from 1st April)
North West London	Dr Mohini Parmar (Chair, Ealing CCG)
North Central London	David Sloman (Chief Executive, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust)
North East London	Jane Milligan (Chief Officer, Tower Hamlets CCG)
South East London	Amanda Pritchard (Chief Executive, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust)
South West London	Kathryn Magson (Chief Officer, Richmond CCG)

Note: Entries that are TBC mean that no one is as of yet confirmed in position.