Tag: Mark Prisk

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-03-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the revised Carr-Hill formula.

Alistair Burt

NHS England is committed to reviewing the Carr-Hill formula which underpins the payments made to general practitioner (GP) practices under the General Medical Services contract. A technical working group and steering group have been established and are meeting regularly.

Whilst the technical work is expected to complete in 2016, the new formula is not expected to impact GP contracts before 2017/18, following negotiation with the British Medical Association.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the plans she has to reintroduce tick treatment for pet animals returning to the UK.

George Eustice

The requirement for tick treatment was dropped as part of the harmonisation of the EU pet travel rules for movement and import of non-commercial dogs following a qualitative risk assessment and economic impact assessment for the introduction of Mediterranean Spotted fever (MSF) and the Brown Dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus.

The evidence which informed these pieces of work has not changed and therefore there is still no strong scientific basis for reintroducing the requirement for tick treatment to control MSF, a zoonotic disease.

Treatments for ticks are readily available and veterinary practices are able to advise on the most appropriate treatments.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the plans she has to reintroduce tick treatment for pet animals returning to the UK.

George Eustice

The requirement for tick treatment was dropped as part of the harmonisation of the EU pet travel rules for movement and import of non-commercial dogs following a qualitative risk assessment and economic impact assessment for the introduction of Mediterranean Spotted fever (MSF) and the Brown Dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus.

The evidence which informed these pieces of work has not changed and therefore there is still no strong scientific basis for reintroducing the requirement for tick treatment to control MSF, a zoonotic disease.

Treatments for ticks are readily available and veterinary practices are able to advise on the most appropriate treatments.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the period will be for a decision to be made on applications to the Primary Care Trust Fund.

Alistair Burt

NHS England will publish further guidance about the Primary Care Transformation Fund later this month.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the decision making process will be for the allocation of funding to (a) premises and (b) IT services related to applications to the Primary Care Trust Fund.

Alistair Burt

NHS England will publish further guidance about the Primary Care Transformation Fund later this month.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria is for (a) premises and (b) IT services related to applications to the Primary Care Trust Fund.

Alistair Burt

NHS England will publish further guidance about the Primary Care Transformation Fund later this month.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2015-11-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what date in January 2016 is set for her Department to announce its decision on feed-in tariffs following its review.

Andrea Leadsom

We are currently analysing feedback submitted during the Feed-in Tariff review consultation and intend to publish a Government response as soon as possible.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-04-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the scope is of the current consultation on the Government National Carers Strategy.

Alistair Burt

The Government recognises the valuable contribution made by carers, many of whom spend a significant proportion of their life providing support to family members, friends and neighbours and they must receive support.

This is why the Department is leading on a new cross-Government National Carers Strategy to look at what more we can do to support existing and future carers.

On 18 March the Department launched the National Carers Strategy call for evidence for carers and those who support them. This is focussed on improving knowledge of local practice and hearing from carers about the kind of support that helps them. The consultation will end on 30 June 2016. We intend to publish the new strategy towards the end of 2016 but want to ensure that it is based on an academically robust examination of evidence and draws on a wide range of views and ideas.

As the strategy develops, we will consider evidence around the economic impact of caring and what role it plays within the health and care sectors and wider society. We will also look at both international and national best practice to see what support works best for carers so that they can find a healthy balance between providing high quality care and support and maintaining their own life and wellbeing.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the effect of individual funding requests for palivizumab on premature babies at risk of severe complications from respiratory syncytial virus.

George Freeman

NHS England has advised that it is monitoring the level of individual funding requests for patients who do not meet the criteria for palivizumab. NHS England aims to finalise an analysis of this data in April 2016 and will report its findings to the neonatal care clinical reference group.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Prisk on 2016-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the exemption for the railway sector from the provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 has been extended until October 2016.

Claire Perry

Last year we consulted on an exemption from certain provisions of the Consumer Rights Act for rail, aviation and maritime transport. We have listened to the views we have received, and have decided not to seek a permanent exemption for these sectors.

The temporary exemption for rail only, which will last for one year until October 2017, will allow the industry time to move to a more consistent compensation scheme.