Tag: Justin Madders

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Justin Madders on 2016-06-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the effect on the role of chief nursing officer will be of the decision to abolish the nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals policy unit.

Ben Gummer

As part of the DH 2020 plan, the Department is making significant changes to the way it works. The Department’s approach is to flexibly access professional advice from a wide range of sources, including arm’s length bodies, regulators and professional bodies, rather than from a fixed standing team of internal advisers.

These changes do not affect the role of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), who as CNO of the Department already advises, and will continue to advise all Ministers and the Department on the range of nursing issues.

All staff in the Department, including staff in the current nursing, midwifery and allied health professions policy unit are eligible to apply for new roles in the organisation or to apply for a voluntary early severance scheme.

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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