Philip Hollobone: DHSC: Written Answers (37)

Written Question

Clinical Commissioning Groups: Northamptonshire

Monday 17th October 2016

Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 12 October 2016, Official Report, column 300, if he will set out the annual funding for (a) Nene Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and (b) Corby CCG in each of the last five years and for each future year where forecasts of funding have been made.

Answered by Philip Dunne

Information is not available in the format requested. Information from NHS England on clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations for Nene CCG and Corby CCG, since 2013/14 (when CCGs came in to existence), and indicative allocations until 2020/21, is shown in the following table.

	Corby CCG £'000	Nene CCG £'000
2013/14	73,851	636,496
2014/15	78,013	663,376
2015/16	84,009	709,177
2016/17	93,236	757,879
2017/18	96,178	777,109
2018/19	99,674	796,460
2019/20	103,394	816,491
2020/21	108,771	851,131

Written Question

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Tuesday 11th October 2016

Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

Answered by David Mowat

In 2004-05, there were 71,300 admitted patient finished consultant episodes at Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, compared to 82,267 in 2009-10 and 90,659 in 2014-15.

The number of outpatient attendances has also risen, with 168,412 in 2004-05; 217,735 in 2009-10; and 274,614 in 2014-15.

In 2004-05, there were 68,650 Accident & Emergency attendances, compared to 85,971 in 2009-10. This number fell in 2014-15 to 76,452 attendances.

Written Question

Kettering Hospital

Monday 8th February 2016

Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what stage the funding application by Kettering General Hospital for a new on-site urgent care hub has reached; and if he will accelerate the approval process for that application.

Answered by Alistair Burt

Monitor has confirmed that it has now received the Kettering General Hospital Trust’s Outline Business Case seeking approval for consultancy spend to progress the development of an Urgent Care Hub.

Written Question

General Practitioners: Northamptonshire

Tuesday 5th January 2016

Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

Answered by Alistair Burt

Data is not available in the format requested. 2014 is the most recent year for which data is available. The attached tables show the number of practising general practitioners (GPs), both including and excluding retainers and registrars, in Northamptonshire in 2005, 2010 and 2014.

Written Question

Cancer: Males

Monday 16th November 2015

Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve cancer outcomes for men.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The Government’s Mandate to NHS England sets out an ambition to make England one of the most successful countries in Europe at preventing premature deaths from all cancers, including prostate cancer and other cancers which affect men. Cancer indicators in the NHS Outcomes Framework and the Public Health Outcomes Framework will help NHS England to assess progress in improving cancer survival and mortality rates.

The Independent Cancer Taskforce published its report, Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A Strategy for England 2015-2020, in July this year. NHS England is currently working with partners across the health system to determine how best to take forward the recommendations contained in the strategy.

As part of putting in place a governance structure for delivery of the strategy, NHS England has appointed Cally Palmer as NHS National Cancer Director. She will lead the implementation of the strategy, as well as new cancer vanguards using outcomes-based commissioning to redesign care and patient experience.

Written Question

Medical Equipment

Wednesday 21st October 2015

Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the provision of medical supplies to NHS facilities in (a) Northamptonshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England of the introduction of the new IT system at NHS Supply Chain's Regional Distribution Centre in Rugby.

Answered by George Freeman

NHS Supply Chain services are delivered by a logistics partner DHL, under the management of NHS Business Services Authority. DHL has been upgrading the main logistics IT system across its warehousing network and on 5 October 2015 commenced the upgrade at its warehouse in Rugby. Various technical issues have been encountered and, as a result, DHL has had to implement contingency measures.

Whilst there has been an administrative impact on some National Health Service trusts, we are not aware of any impact on ‘front line services’ in Northamptonshire and the East Midlands – the area served by the Rugby warehouse. DHL has been able to meet requirements from its remaining network and it expects all current issues to be resolved by 23 October 2015. When the issues have been resolved the NHS Business Services Authority will then address any ‘due compensation’ to NHS trusts affected.

Written Question

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Monday 23rd February 2015

Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were performed by the Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust in each year since 2010.

Answered by Jane Ellison

Information is not available in the format requested.

Information on the number of Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) when any procedure took place in Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for the years 2010/11 to 2013/14 is shown in the table below:

Year	FCEs
2010-11	49,638
2011-12	52,651
2012-13	52,564
2013-14	53,869

Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)

Notes:

The above information is not a count of people but a count of FCEs, as the same person may have had more than one episode of care within the same time period.
An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end.
Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.
Data includes the number of episodes where the procedure (or intervention) was recorded in any of the 24 (12 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 4 prior to 2002-03) procedure fields in a HES record.
A record is only included once in each count, even if the procedure is recorded in more than one procedure field of the record. Note that more procedures are carried out than episodes with a main or secondary procedure. For example, patients undergoing a ‘cataract operation’ would tend to have at least two procedures – removal of the faulty lens and the fitting of a new one – counted in a single episode.
A provider code is a unique code that identifies an organisation acting as a health care provider (e.g. National Health Service trust or primary care trust). Data from some independent sector providers, where the onus for arrangement of data-flows is on the commissioner, may be missing. Care must be taken when using this data as the counts may be lower than true figures.
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.
Note that HES include activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.