Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients have enrolled in the GP at Hand service in the areas that the service has been rolled out.
Answered by Steve Brine
According to NHS England, about 5,000 patients have registered with GP at Hand. This is a very small proportion of the population that GP at Hand have made their service available to which comprises of anyone that lives or works within London travel zones 1 to 3.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide support to GP practices that are affected by the roll-out of GP at Hand service.
Answered by Steve Brine
Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS England recognise the need to ensure that general practice is stable and sustainable. The roll-out and impact of GP at Hand will be monitored and evaluated.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how her Department will monitor the (a) quality, (b) cost and (c) effect of the GP at Hand Service.
Answered by Steve Brine
The Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) primary care commissioning committee has asked that a robust evaluation is carried out of the development following the clinical review. In addition, an oversight group has been set up with representation from the CCG and NHS England London region which will monitor progress on a regular basis.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance his Department plans to give to users of the GP at Hand service who need to visit a GP face-to-face.
Answered by Steve Brine
GP at Hand is a practice that holds a standard General Medical Services (GMS) contract. The contract requires contract holders to specify the address of each of the premises to be used by the contractor or any sub-contractor for the provision of such services. As such, patients should be able to make an appointment for a face to face consultation.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether there is greater potential for misdiagnosis of patients using the GP at Hand service than there is in a face-to-face appointment; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Steve Brine
Online or telephone consultations are used currently by many practices. However, patients should also be able to make an appointment for a face to face consultation with GP at Hand if they prefer.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the GP at Hand service.
Answered by Steve Brine
GP at Hand is a practice that holds a standard General Medical Services (GMS) contract. As such, they will receive reimbursement on the same basis as other GMS practices based on the nationally negotiated Statement of Financial Entitlements.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110827, if his Department will commit to monitor the average duration of transfers of care.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Government has no plans to monitor the average duration of transfers of care.
NHS England does collect and publish information on transfers of care that have been delayed. This shows the total delayed days during the month for all delayed patients. The information is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to assist people affected by failed mesh implants; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The final report of the Mesh Oversight Group led by NHS England sets out the action that is being taken to improve awareness of complications, to ensure the consent process for patients is strengthened and to put in place access to additional care and support where needed. The Government will continue to work with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to ensure that the potential complications of these devices are better understood and that any necessary action is taken.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve the work environment of NHS Workers.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Government recognises the pressures that National Health Service staff are under and is proposing to improve the working environment for NHS staff by offering more flexible working, improving staff health and wellbeing, tackling bullying and violence against NHS staff. This will complement the work ongoing across the NHS, championed by NHS England, to ensure staff have a better working environment.
The Department uses staff engagement as a proxy for measuring NHS staff morale and the 2016 NHS Staff Survey showed an improvement in the overall engagement score for the NHS. This score combines staff recommending their organisation as a place to work or receive treatment, staff motivation at work and how much staff are able to contribute towards improvement at work.
NHS Employers is also working with NHS England and Public Health England on NHS England’s initiative[1] to improve staff health and wellbeing which includes a “CQUIN”[2] (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation), a new three part indicator focussing on getting staff better access to health and wellbeing initiatives, supporting them to make healthy choices and lead healthy lives.
Notes:
1https://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/09/improving-staff-health/
2https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cquin-guidance-16-17-v3.pdf
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken to transfer patients from hospitals to social care settings is (a) nationally and (b) in Leigh constituency.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
This information is not held centrally.