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Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I remember my hon. Friend’s campaigning on superfast broadband in north Yorkshire from my last portfolio. He is absolutely right that technology has a big role to play. That is why a year and a half ago the Prime Minister announced plans to expand weekend and evening GP appointments through the use of technology, which is already helping 5.5 million people and by March will be helping 7.5 million people. We must absolutely consider this as a solution.
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.
Henry Edward Millar Smith (Conservative, Centre-right): In 2005 under the previous Labour Government, Crawley hospital’s A and E department was closed, but I am pleased to say that in recent years health and other emergency services have been returning to the facility. Will my right hon. Friend consider centring more emergency centres in Crawley, as the natural sub-regional population centre?
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I congratulate my hon. Friend on his campaigning for Crawley hospital and pay tribute to staff at the hospital, which was rated "good" by the Care Quality Commission last year as part of the new inspection regime. He will welcome the fact that since 2010 the number of doctors at the hospital has increased by 97 and the number of nurses by 107. Of course, we will always consider ways to improve services for his constituents.
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; The Home Secretary talked about the £2 billion he has put aside for the NHS, some £1.5 billion of which is for clinical commissioning groups and specialised commissioning. Why are more than 50 CCGs in the south of England to receive a 3.6% increase in funding to the detriment of the north, where my own CCG is to receive only 0.24%, which is below inflation and a pittance compared with the south?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): These things are decided independently by NHS England, which made the decision on the basis of which CCGs were most off their target allocation and on social deprivation and the number of older people. I remind the hon. Gentleman that there are many older and vulnerable people in the south, too, and they need a fair settlement from the NHS. That is why the decision was made.
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; The Home Secretary talked about the £2 billion he has put aside for the NHS, some £1.5 billion of which is for clinical commissioning groups and specialised commissioning. Why are more than 50 CCGs in the south of England to receive a 3.6% increase in funding to the detriment of the north, where my own CCG is to receive only 0.24%, which is below inflation and a pittance compared with the south?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I have had a number of discussions with the College of Emergency Medicine and what it actually says is that the system is working pretty well—[Interruption.] Well, that is what the College of Emergency Medicine says. The country’s A and E doctors welcome the fact that with the winter pressures money, there are now 800 more doctors and 4,700 more nurses, but we always want to make sure that the money is getting through as quickly as possible, so if the hon. Lady has any particular examples, I would be happy to look into them.
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; The Home Secretary talked about the £2 billion he has put aside for the NHS, some £1.5 billion of which is for clinical commissioning groups and specialised commissioning. Why are more than 50 CCGs in the south of England to receive a 3.6% increase in funding to the detriment of the north, where my own CCG is to receive only 0.24%, which is below inflation and a pittance compared with the south?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree with that, and I hope that the hon. Gentleman will campaign to make sure that the Northern Ireland Executive put the extra money they have received as part of the Chancellor’s autumn statement into precisely that—good GP services for the people of Northern Ireland.
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; The Home Secretary talked about the £2 billion he has put aside for the NHS, some £1.5 billion of which is for clinical commissioning groups and specialised commissioning. Why are more than 50 CCGs in the south of England to receive a 3.6% increase in funding to the detriment of the north, where my own CCG is to receive only 0.24%, which is below inflation and a pittance compared with the south?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I am sorry, but this says it all about the Labour party’s campaign. It talks about savage cuts to social care and then the shadow Chancellor says he is not going to do anything to reverse them. It really has to be consistent. On the walk-in centre, Labour Members were saying earlier today that they want GPs present in every A and E department and that is exactly what has happened at Salford Royal. The walk-in centre was closed so that GP services could be moved closer to the A and E at that hospital. Perhaps the hon. Lady should talk to Sir David Dalton, her local chief executive, who will tell her why this is doing a better job for her constituents.
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; The Home Secretary talked about the £2 billion he has put aside for the NHS, some £1.5 billion of which is for clinical commissioning groups and specialised commissioning. Why are more than 50 CCGs in the south of England to receive a 3.6% increase in funding to the detriment of the north, where my own CCG is to receive only 0.24%, which is below inflation and a pittance compared with the south?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I think we need to look at the emergency medicine contracts. One thing said by the College of Emergency Medicine—I have a lot of sympathy with this view—is that emergency doctors want not more money, but the right to the same holidays that other doctors get. It is the time off that is important to them. They have to work 24/7 and they get extremely tired; they want some compensation for that in being able to spend extra time with their families. We are getting more people into emergency medicine, but we should look at anything we can do to make it better.
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; The Home Secretary talked about the £2 billion he has put aside for the NHS, some £1.5 billion of which is for clinical commissioning groups and specialised commissioning. Why are more than 50 CCGs in the south of England to receive a 3.6% increase in funding to the detriment of the north, where my own CCG is to receive only 0.24%, which is below inflation and a pittance compared with the south?
Sarah James (Wollaston) (Conservative, Centre-right): NHS staff are working extraordinarily hard to deal with not only the extra demands, but the increased complexity of patient cases in all parts of the urgent care system. Will the Secretary of State set out what more can be done to make sure that people access the right part of the system and that all parts of the system work together?
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; What progress his Department has made on its long-term plans for easing pressures on A and E departments and preparing the NHS for the future.; The Home Secretary talked about the £2 billion he has put aside for the NHS, some £1.5 billion of which is for clinical commissioning groups and specialised commissioning. Why are more than 50 CCGs in the south of England to receive a 3.6% increase in funding to the detriment of the north, where my own CCG is to receive only 0.24%, which is below inflation and a pittance compared with the south?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): As a former GP, my hon. Friend understands this issue better than most. For me, the single most important thing for patients with the most complex needs, particularly for vulnerable older people, is having a system where the buck stops with a doctor. Someone must be accountable for ensuring that such people get the right care wrapped around them. We have brought back named GPs for all over-75s this year as a first step, but there is much more to do.
Princess Alexandra Hospital — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Daniel Leonard James Poulter (Conservative, Centre-right): The West Essex system, which includes Princess Alexandra hospital, has received an additional £4 million in winter resilience funding. Of that, £842,000 has been spent on additional community beds, £211,000 on putting GPs into A and E departments, and £205,000 on reducing delays in the discharge of medically fit patients.
Princess Alexandra Hospital — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Robert Henry Halfon (Conservative, Centre-right): Harlow’s A and E has seen more attendances per bed than some of the biggest hospitals in the country. Although the staff at Princess Alexandra hospital are outstanding, they are still more than 40 nurses short. The chief executive says that recruitment is difficult because pay is better in the neighbouring London hospitals, although they are not far away. I welcome the 6,000 extra nurses, but will the Secretary of State consider what more can be done to help recruitment in Harlow and ease pressure on my local hospital?
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What assessment he has made of the level of improvement made by East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust since it was put into special measures.
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I am pleased to report that East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust has started to make good progress since it was placed in special measures last August. That includes improved incident reporting rates, a revised policy enabling staff to raise concerns, and the creation of a cultural change programme.
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What assessment he has made of the level of improvement made by East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust since it was put into special measures.
Brett Charles Anthony Elphicke (Conservative, Centre-right): Does not the Secretary of State’s answer highlight the fact that the best way of dealing with long-term and deep-set problems is to put patients first and ensure that there is a culture of transparency? Does that not contrast sharply with the denial and cover-ups that we have seen too often in the past?
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: What assessment he has made of the level of improvement made by East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust since it was put into special measures.
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Absolutely. I think that what shocks people is Labour trying to make political capital out of winter pressures in the NHS, and then sweeping the poor care that happened on its watch under the carpet. We are making great progress at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust: there are 82 more nurses, and more than 100 more doctors. That is because we are facing up to the problems, not running away from them.
Adult Autism Strategy — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Questions: With reference to his Department’s publication “Transforming care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital”, published in December 2012, if he will take steps to ensure that the statutory guidance implementing the adult autism strategy uses clear language and is mandatory.
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick (Conservative, Centre-right): Is my right hon. Friend aware that there is clear evidence that homeopathy is effective in treating autism, especially when doctors have not found a solution? Now that the Society of Homeopaths is regulated by the Professional Standards Authority, will he make more use of homeopathy in the health service generally, and in this particular instance?
Calderdale Royal Hospital — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Jane Ellison (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady and I have debated this topic before on the Adjournment. This is a locally led process. Nothing has been ruled in or out, no decision has been made, and first and foremost comes the safety and efficacy of local health services. May I commend to the hon. Lady the approach of her constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Calder Valley (Craig Whittaker), who at all times has championed the best outcomes for his constituents’ health, rather than seek to make politics out of this?
Hospitals (Winter Demand) — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Obviously this is very important, and that is what is happening now for the first time. We are seeing the true integration of health and social care through the better care fund and record working, and in my hon. Friend’s area, despite the pressures they have been feeling this winter, they have made some good progress. They have put an urgent care centre next to the A and E. They are seeing within four hours nearly 12,000 more people every year, and they are doing about 12,000 more operations every year as well.
Hospitals (Winter Demand) — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): No, we have not. The NHS funds were allocated on the basis of a formula and the extra money was given to the places that were most off-target on the basis of the number of older people, the level of social deprivation and a range of other important factors. All I would say to the hon. Gentleman is that we have increased the NHS budget in real terms in his area, whereas those on his own Front Bench wanted to cut it.
Hospitals (Winter Demand) — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I think it is, and my hon. Friend is right that it is a brilliant hospital; it serves my constituents as well. One of the things it is doing is helping to turn around Heatherwood and Wexham Park hospitals trust, which was in special measures, including its A and E department, which is doing much better. Sir Andrew Morris has been running that hospital for 26 years, and that kind of stability in leadership makes a huge difference.
District Hospitals — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Jane Ellison (Conservative, Centre-right): The NHS "Five Year Forward View" sets out a range of actions to help sustain smaller local hospitals, and we have backed that with almost £2 billion. NHS England is making a £200 million transformation fund available to smaller hospitals looking to develop prototypes.
District Hospitals — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Mark Julian Francis Pawsey (Conservative, Centre-right): Did the Minister see the recent remarks by Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS England, on how smaller local hospitals can play a role in providing care, particularly to older patients, many of whom prefer to be treated close to home? Does she agree that this makes the case for the future within the NHS for smaller hospitals such as St Cross in Rugby?
District Hospitals — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Jane Ellison (Conservative, Centre-right): It is exactly that kind of flexibility that we so much welcome in the "Five Year Forward View", recognising the potential of smaller hospitals. My hon. Friend’s local hospital, which he champions so well, can apply to be one of NHS England’s prototypes, and I would encourage it to do so.
District Hospitals — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Jane Ellison (Conservative, Centre-right): These are clearly difficult local questions that local health leaders need to look at. If there is a particular issue the hon. Gentleman would like to draw to our attention, we will certainly be able to examine it. I recognise that unique geography is involved, but steps are already being taken by NHS England to try to close some of those gaps and to deal with those challenges that smaller hospitals face, working with Monitor and looking at, for example, the tariff regime. I encourage him to look at that, too.
111 Calls — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Robert Edward Jenrick (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for that response, and I am grateful for the earlier response to my hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes), which is very reassuring. Any Member who has spent time with paramedics, as I have in Newark, knows that this is a hot topic for them. So we would appreciate any extra reassurance the Minister can give that the algorithms that lie behind the 111 service, and the level of clinical involvement in it, can be improved, with experience, to create a sensible number of cases going to accident and emergency.
Accident and Emergency Departments — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): The Northamptonshire clinical commissioning groups and Kettering general hospital are agreed that Kettering’s A and E department is too small and outdated and needs to be replaced with an urgent care hub in line with the NHS five-year forward view. Given that the three local MPs on a cross-party basis refused to treat our local A and E as a political football, will the Minister of State encourage his colleague, the hospitals Minister, to consider that proposal seriously when we come to see him this afternoon?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2015-01-13
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): The Chancellor agreed in the autumn statement to support NHS England’s five-year forward view with the £1.7 billion of additional funding that the NHS requested. On top of that, the Chancellor allocated £1 billion of funding to transform primary care facilities, and I am pleased to announce today that a letter will shortly be sent to every single GP practice in the country, inviting them to bid for the first tranche of that funding with the aim of supporting more GP appointments and more proactive care for the most vulnerable.