Asked by: Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to provide a separate follow-up service to the NHS Heath Check Programme.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Government has no plans to mandate local authorities to commission follow-up services following an NHS Health Check. It is for local authorities, supported by Public Health England, to work closely with their partners across the health care system, including through Health and wellbeing Boards, to ensure the different elements of the programme, including follow-up services link together. The Department, jointly with Public Health England, have issued guidance to support local authorities in delivering NHS Health Checks, including follow up services. NHS England is also producing an action plan to improve patient management following an NHS Health Check by March 2015.
Asked by: Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to include a diabetes-related indicator in the Health Premium Incentive scheme; if he will consult the diabetes community on the design of that scheme; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The independent advisory group, the Health Premium Incentive Advisory Group (HPIAG), was set up as a sub-group of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation to advise Ministers on which indicators from the Public Health Outcome Framework (PHOF) would be suitable for inclusion in the Health Premium Incentive Scheme (HPIS). HPIAG developed a list of technical criteria to guide this assessment and reviewed all the indicators in the PHOF, including those indicators relevant to diabetes, against these criteria. HPIAG concluded that the diabetes related indicators did not meet the criteria and so would not be appropriate for inclusion in the HPIS. HPIAG's report showing which indicator met the criteria has been placed in the Library and can be found at:
www.gov.uk/government/groups/health-premium-incentive-advisory-group
The PHOF itself was subject to a full public consultation and the report of PHOF consultation has been placed in the library and can be found at:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-health-outcomes-framework
Ministers are currently considering options for introducing the scheme.
Asked by: Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Care Quality Commission has made in its thematic data review of diabetes care; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England and has a key responsibility in the overall assurance of safety and quality of health and adult social care services.
The CQC has provided the following information.
The CQC has completed its thematic data review of diabetes care. A summary report which includes findings of the CQC's work and that of others has been shared with the Diabetes Thematic Review External Advisory Group that is supporting the project.
The CQC's plan is to publish the key national findings from this work as a short standalone report this summer.
Results from the data review will be used to inform the CQC's regular inspection regimes. The second phase will begin later in 2014 and will involve inspection activities and bespoke information gathering to follow up on the findings from the data review. It will also explore at the local level the causes behind variations in care and outcomes for different people.
Asked by: Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Care Quality Commission plans to publish its thematic data review of diabetes care.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England and has a key responsibility in the overall assurance of safety and quality of health and adult social care services.
The CQC has provided the following information.
The CQC has completed its thematic data review of diabetes care. A summary report which includes findings of the CQC's work and that of others has been shared with the Diabetes Thematic Review External Advisory Group that is supporting the project.
The CQC's plan is to publish the key national findings from this work as a short standalone report this summer.
Results from the data review will be used to inform the CQC's regular inspection regimes. The second phase will begin later in 2014 and will involve inspection activities and bespoke information gathering to follow up on the findings from the data review. It will also explore at the local level the causes behind variations in care and outcomes for different people.
Asked by: Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Care Quality Commission plans to use the findings from its thematic data review of diabetes care.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England and has a key responsibility in the overall assurance of safety and quality of health and adult social care services.
The CQC has provided the following information.
The CQC has completed its thematic data review of diabetes care. A summary report which includes findings of the CQC's work and that of others has been shared with the Diabetes Thematic Review External Advisory Group that is supporting the project.
The CQC's plan is to publish the key national findings from this work as a short standalone report this summer.
Results from the data review will be used to inform the CQC's regular inspection regimes. The second phase will begin later in 2014 and will involve inspection activities and bespoke information gathering to follow up on the findings from the data review. It will also explore at the local level the causes behind variations in care and outcomes for different people.
Asked by: Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) elective and (b) emergency admissions with a (i) primary and (ii) secondary diagnosis of diabetes there have been in (A) England and (B) each commissioning area of responsibility; and what proportion of such admissions were of (1) a child under the age of 18 and (2) an adult aged 18 and over in each year since 2005.
Answered by Jane Ellison
Information on the finished admission episodes with a primary and secondary diagnosis of diabetes, by admission type, age and primary care trust for the years 2005-06 to 2012-13 has been placed in the Library.