Asked by: Lord Colwyn (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the main causes of clinical negligence in NHS dental care in England.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
No such assessment has been made as the Department does not hold data on the causes of clinical negligence in National Health Service dental care.
Asked by: Lord Colwyn (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish a response to the consultation on fixed recoverable costs for clinical negligence claims.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
In January 2017 the Department launched a consultation on proposals to fix or limit the costs recoverable by claimant lawyers in lower value clinical negligence cases. The Department published a holding response to the consultation on 25 July 2017, so as to allow the Department time to reflect the recommendations made by the Right Honourable Lord Justice Jackson following his review in to fixed costs, published on 31 July.
Lord Justice Jackson’s report includes a recommendation for the Civil Justice Council and the Government to set up a working party to develop a new process for clinical negligence initially up to £25,000 alongside new fixed costs.
Departmental Ministers have agreed with this recommendation, as referenced in the recent Public Accounts Committee on 29 November 2017 and the Department is now preparing the final response to the consultation for publication. The publication dates will be decided according to standard Government processes.
Asked by: Lord Colwyn (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what were (1) the total contracted Units of Dental Activity, and (2) the average value of a contracted Unit of Dental Activity per capita, in each region in England in each year since the current dental contract was introduced in 2006.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
The total contracted units of dental activity for England and by region can be found in the table, which is attached owing to the size of the data. We do not hold the average value of contracted unit of dental activity per capita in England or by region.
Asked by: Lord Colwyn (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what were (1) the total contracted Units of Dental Activity, and (2) the average value of a contracted Unit of Dental Activity per capita, in England in each year since the current dental contract was introduced in 2006.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
The total contracted units of dental activity for England and by region can be found in the table, which is attached owing to the size of the data. We do not hold the average value of contracted unit of dental activity per capita in England or by region.
Asked by: Lord Colwyn (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the assessment of the new dental contract prototypes.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
The evaluation report on the first full year of prototyping is due to be published by the end of this year. Evaluation of the dental contract prototype scheme is led by Eric Rooney, Deputy Chief Dental Officer for England, with an evidence and learning reference group, which includes external members.