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NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): The NHS employs more staff than at any time in its 70-year history. Posts may be vacant for a variety of reasons, including maternity and career breaks. The latest data shows that as of December 2018 about 80% of nursing vacancies and 85% of medical vacancies are filled by a combination of bank and agency staff.
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): The NHS long-term plan will set out vital strategic frameworks to ensure that the needs for the next 10 years are met. The hon. Lady will know that we are training an extra 5,000 GPs to work in primary care and general practice. If she writes to me about the specifics of the numbers she mentioned in respect of Nottingham, I will be happy to respond.
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Victoria Mary Boswell Prentis (Conservative, Centre-right): Those of us who are campaigning to reopen a full obstetric unit at Horton General Hospital know how important the workforce are to safety in our NHS. At an excellent meeting today, Baroness Harding set out some of the things we can do to increase our workforce, one of which was much better leadership and career planning for the staff we are already retaining in the NHS so that they want to stay longer. What is the Department doing about that?
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): As my hon. Friend has heard, the Secretary of State commissioned Baroness Harding to bring forward the interim workforce plan. One of the workstreams was looking at retention and the staff we currently have. More than 52,000 nurses are in undergraduate training, and it is essential that they stay in the NHS after training. What Baroness Harding outlined today will ensure that that happens.
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): I will not comment on the specifics of a leak from an outdated version of the plan. The NHS has always recruited nurses internationally and there are no plans to change that. The workforce plan will set out how more nurses, doctors and nursing associates will be recruited and retained inside the NHS.
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
James Stephen Heappey (Conservative, Centre-right): Many surgeries in my constituency augment the work of GPs with nurse practitioners. Will the Minister join me in praising the work of nurse practitioners and say what more the Government could do to grow their number so that they can continue their excellent work in surgeries around the country?
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Nurse practitioners do an extraordinarily valuable job across the country. The Government are committed to training more nurses and more nursing practitioners. As I said in an earlier answer, that will be set out in the workforce plan.
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Nigel Paul Huddleston (Conservative, Centre-right): I appreciate the Minister’s comments about the need for retention and morale-boosting in the NHS. Does he agree that constantly going around fabricating threats of closures when no such threats exist, or constantly going around talking down the NHS—as some politicians do—does not exactly help recruitment and retention either?
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is completely right. One would have hoped that all Members on both sides of the House celebrate the fact that the number of nurses and the number of doctors in the NHS are now higher than they have ever been in its 70-year history, and that the Government are backing that up with a commitment to invest £33.9 billion.
NHS Workforce Vacancies — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady raises a very important matter. The Government recognise the concerns that have been expressed by NHS doctors, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is engaging in numerous conversations with the Chancellor. I am reluctant to give a running commentary on the nature of those internal discussions, but I can say that we hope to resolve the matter soon.
NHS Mental Health Services (University/College Students) — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of NHS mental health services for university and college students.
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care met the Secretary of State for Education in February to discuss concerns about mental health and the prevalence of self-harm among young people. "The NHS Long Term Plan" states that we will "extend current service models to create a comprehensive offer for 0-25 year olds", and I expect to have regular dialogue with our counterparts in the Department for Education to make that a reality.
NHS Mental Health Services (University/College Students) — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of NHS mental health services for university and college students.
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): Young people often fall out of care when they leave their home addresses to go to university. To deal with that transition, we extended the service to nought to 25-year-olds through the forward plan rather than cutting it off at adulthood. That will ensure that we can do more to achieve continuity of care I pay tribute to the efforts that universities have made. They have seized on the challenge posed by the increasing prevalence of mental health problems, and I will continue my dialogue with them.
NHS Mental Health Services (University/College Students) — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of NHS mental health services for university and college students.
Victoria Grace Ford (Conservative, Centre-right): The students union at Anglia Ruskin University—which is based in Chelmsford as well as in that other "C" place, Cambridge—carried out a big study on student mental health. One of its requests was for students to be able to register with two GPs, one at home and one at university, so that they would not be stuck without a GP in the holidays or in term time. Can we look at that again?
NHS Mental Health Services (University/College Students) — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of NHS mental health services for university and college students.
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that we expect all local communities to have suicide prevention plans, part of which will be that they engage in areas of greatest risk, whether issues regarding place or their populations. Suicide is the biggest killer of young people and I expect local authorities to engage with education providers to make sure that sufficient measures are in place. We are in the process of challenging the plans to make sure they are fit for purpose.
NHS Mental Health Services (University/College Students) — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Questions: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the provision of NHS mental health services for university and college students.
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): I have always viewed the ring fence as a ceiling rather than a protection. We have the mental health investment standard and NHS England is challenging clinical commissioning groups that are not spending what we would expect This is a systemic weakness. We have treated children up to 18 and then considered them as adults, but the reality is that people do not suddenly achieve majority overnight. We intend through the forward plan to have the children and young people service from nought to 25. That should enable transition and stop people falling off the cliff edge at 18.
Prescription Drugs — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Seema Louise Ghiassi Kennedy (Conservative, Centre-right): Over 2 million prescription items are successfully dispensed in England every day, and we have well-established procedures to deal with medicine supply issues should they occur. We work closely with all those involved in the supply chain to help ensure any risks to patients are minimised when supply issues arise.
Prescription Drugs — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Seema Louise Ghiassi Kennedy (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this issue again. We have expressed our great concern to the suppliers about this problem, and we are working alongside them to ensure that, although there is enough Sabril nationally, we get it in the right place at the right time. We will go back to them and express our concern again.
Prescription Drugs — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Chris Ian Brian Mynott Philp (Conservative, Centre-right): May I add my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Seema Kennedy) on her appointment? I am sure the whole House wishes her well in her important work Related to the question of prescription drugs is that of vaccinations, where rates have been falling, partly driven by alarming and inaccurate material posted on social media, including Facebook. Will the Minister join me in calling on Facebook to remove material that deters people from vaccinating their children? If it refuses to do so, does she agree that legislation may be needed?
Prescription Drugs — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Seema Louise Ghiassi Kennedy (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for his question. As he will know, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State met Facebook last week On the issue of vaccination broadly, in 2017 we met the 95% rate for vaccination. Immunisation for everybody is absolutely crucial, but some children cannot be immunised because they are too young and others because they are immune-suppressed; so everybody who can be immunised should be immunised.
Prescription Drugs — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Seema Louise Ghiassi Kennedy (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the shadow Minister, my Lancashire neighbour, for her welcome. The Department takes this extremely seriously; we have a whole team working on it. There are about 12,500 prescribed medicines in this country, with only between 50 and 100 being looked at by the medicines supply team at any one time. There is no cause for complacency, though. In January this year, we took further steps to make it mandatory for pharmaceutical companies to report any supply issues to us as soon as possible.
Urgent Care: Kettering — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Questions: If he will make provision for (a) a new urgent care hub at Kettering General Hospital and (b) a health and social care pilot in Northamptonshire with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. [R]
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government are committed to transforming the NHS estate. I discussed the urgent care hub with my hon. Friend and other colleagues in January, and as he knows, I enjoyed my visit to Kettering General. He also knows that future levels of capital will be determined at the next spending review, after which our prioritisation process will be determined, to identify the strongest transformation schemes. We welcome initiatives from local leaders to strengthen and better integrate the local health and care landscape in Northamptonshire.
Urgent Care: Kettering — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Questions: If he will make provision for (a) a new urgent care hub at Kettering General Hospital and (b) a health and social care pilot in Northamptonshire with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. [R]
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): When Kettering’s present A&E was built 25 years ago, it was designed to cope with 45,000 patients a year. It is now coping with 91,000, and it is estimated that in 10 years’ time, 120,000 will use the facility. The whole NHS in Northamptonshire recognises that an urgent care hub at Kettering General Hospital is urgently required. Will the Government get on and fund it?
Patient Experience: Digital Technology — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
George William Freeman (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Secretary of State for that answer and for the energy that he brings to this brief. Does he agree that digital health not only improves healthcare systems but also provides a platform for place-based and population-based prevention, better diagnosis, patient empowerment, novel mental health therapies and accelerated access to the innovative treatments that I introduced as a Minister? This is now being pioneered in some parts of the country. Will he meet me and the Birmingham health partners to look at an interesting idea for digital place-based health impact bonds?
Patient Experience: Digital Technology — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Matthew John David Hancock (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, I am always happy to meet my hon. Friend to talk about interesting new policy innovations like that. It sounds right up my street. In fact, I met the Mayor of the West Midlands combined authority to discuss this subject only last week. There is a huge amount of enthusiasm and energy in this policy area, which will enable us to improve patients’ lives across Birmingham and, indeed, the whole country.
Patient Experience: Digital Technology — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Matthew John David Hancock (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not recognise number that the hon. Gentleman talks about, but we are changing the way in which the GP contract works to ensure that this new technology can be most effectively harnessed to deliver patient need in a way that also works for the NHS. I am slightly surprised that he has not yet got up to say thank you for our announcement on primary care services in his part of London, which we are going to be expanding while stopping the closure of A&E. A little bit of gratitude for that would also go down well.
Autism — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Huw William Merriman (Conservative, Centre-right): I welcome the NHS long-term plan and the steps that will go towards helping autistic people in the healthcare system. Does the Minister agree that we will only make a real difference if we improve the recording of autism in local health and care records? Will she therefore commit to requiring the NHS to record autism diagnoses in each area with the aim of improving autistic people’s health?
Autism — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. Reasonable adjustments are critical for improving the experiences of health and care for autistic people. That is why the long-term plan commits to a digital flag in patient records, which will ensure that staff know whether a patient has a learning disability or autism. At the same time, we are looking at how we record where a diagnosis of autism has been made.
Autism — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): I am pleased the hon. Gentleman has raised this issue, because he is absolutely right that we need to drive up performance nationally on diagnosis for autistic people. It is only with diagnosis that people can get the support and help they need. We are collecting data for the first time. It will be published later this year for the first time. It will mean that each area can be held to account and given the help and support it needs to drive up those figures.
Autism — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): Of the original 2015 cohort that the hon. Lady mentioned, 6,325 people have been discharged and 476 beds have been decommissioned, but the thing is that people are still coming in. The only way we can achieve permanent, long-term cuts is if we invest in community health. That is why the long-term plan commits to an extra £4.5 billion a year for community health. Local providers are expected to use some of that to develop the right specialist services in the community to reduce avoidable admissions.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Matthew John David Hancock (Conservative, Centre-right): Wherever possible, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence aims to publish recommendations on new drugs within a few months of licensing and now publishes draft guidance on cancer drugs even before licensing. Many thousands of patients have benefited from rapid access to effective new drugs as a result.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Matthew John David Hancock (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady rightly raises an important case, and I have met her about it and followed it closely. As she says, there is work ongoing and happening this week to try to make progress. NICE is currently developing technical appraisal guidance on the use of the drug Spinraza, to which she refers. We are working to ensure that we can get it right.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Simon James Hoare (Conservative, Centre-right): As chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on multiple sclerosis, may I urge my right hon. Friend to ask NICE to expedite its perfectly proper processes on the licensing of cannabis-based drugs, particularly for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease?
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Matthew John David Hancock (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes. My hon. Friend raises another important area where progress is being made on the ability for people to get access to drugs that could help them. In the case of medicinal cannabis, we now have a programme in place, as we discussed in this Chamber a couple of weeks ago, so that those with acute conditions and with clinical support for using medicinal cannabis can get it. We are also working as rapidly as we reasonably can to normalise the ability to use medicinal cannabis within the NHS.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Matthew John David Hancock (Conservative, Centre-right): I do agree it is important that NICE constantly tries to get those decisions made objectively, robustly and as fast as possible. There is cross-party support, and I hope continuing cross-party support, for these judgments being made independently so that they are taken not by Ministers but by clinicians. We can all agree that this has to be done as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
Mental Health Funding — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): Funding allocations to clinical commissioning groups vary to meet the needs of local populations, including mental health needs. These allocations are determined by a formula managed for the NHS by the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation. For mental health, the formula takes into account patient-level data covering community, out-patient and in-patient mental health services, as well as improving access to psychological therapies activity and hospital episode statistics.
Mental Health Funding — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is right to highlight this. Good care depends not only on money but on performance, and we expect the Care Quality Commission to be very challenging in inspections so that we can guarantee consistency in the quality of services, rather than experiencing the postcode lottery she mentions. I am disappointed that the CQC rated Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust as requiring improvement following the inspection in May and June last year, but we expect that challenge to continue so that there are obvious improvements.
Mental Health Funding — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen Daniel Double (Conservative, Centre-right): The additional money for mental health in the NHS long-term plan is very welcome, but does the Minister share my concern that it is essential that that money reaches the frontline and results in improved services and improved access to services? What steps is she taking to ensure this money does result in improved services?
Mental Health Funding — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend will know that, in addition to the additional £2.3 billion, we are clear that this money will lead to more rapid treatment. NHS England will also be giving a really direct challenge to clinical commissioning groups and trusts to make sure it actually delivers improved services on the frontline.
Nursing Associates — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): Health Education England is leading a national nursing associate programme with a commitment for 7,500 nursing associate apprentices to enter training in 2019. It is also working with health and care providers to develop a talent pipeline of future nursing associates, as well as sharing how providers are deploying currently qualified nursing associates.
Nursing Associates — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Gregory William Hands (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for that answer, and I thank the Secretary of State for his welcome announcement last month on "Shaping a Healthier Future" in London, which has gone down very well locally. How many more nurses does the Minister for Health think London will need over the spending review period? What specific measures is he taking to improve London’s offer to would-be nurses?
Nursing Associates — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is absolutely correct that the Secretary of State’s announcement has gone down extremely well. He will know that there are now more nurses in training than ever before—over 50,000—and he will know that London, in particular, will get its share of those nurses. He should be reassured that we are creating routes into nursing via nurse training, nursing recruitment and, indeed, nursing associates, and their recruitment into valuable roles across the health service will benefit his constituents.
Nursing Associates — House of Commons, 2019-05-07
Topic: Health
Stephen William Hammond (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman will know that nursing and nursing associate training places are being increased; that more funding is going in to increase nurse training places by 25% every year, from last September; and that we are announcing an expansion of nursing associates. He will see tomorrow, when new figures are announced, that more nurses are working in the NHS than there were this time last year.