Written Question
Tuesday 17th November 2015
Asked by:
Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of pharmacy services in central London outside working hours.
Answered by George Freeman
NHS England is responsible for commissioning NHS services from community pharmacies taking account of the local pharmaceutical needs assessment that is published by the Health and Wellbeing Board for each area. The pharmaceutical needs assessments reflect all NHS pharmaceutical services including hours of opening. 99% of the population can get to a pharmacy within 20 minutes by car and 96% by walking or using public transport and access is greater in areas of highest deprivation Across London there are 1,851 community pharmacies. Of these, 255 are open 70 hours or more, including 103 open for 100 hours a week. In Westminster alone there are six 100 hour pharmacies.
Written Question
Monday 29th June 2015
Asked by:
Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of implementation of safe staffing guidance in the NHS.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals was published in July 2014 and guidance on safe midwifery staffing for maternity settings was published in February 2015.
The NICE safe staffing guidance is part of our overall approach to safe staffing which is intended to help make the National Health Service the safest healthcare system in the world and its effectiveness will need to be assessed as part of that ambition in the longer term. Many front-line professionals and NHS organisations have found the guidance a helpful support to their decision-making.
Written Question
Monday 29th June 2015
Asked by:
Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he has not implemented the recommendation of Sir Robert Francis that the development of safe staffing guidance should be undertaken by NICE rather than NHS England.
Answered by Ben Gummer
Following Sir Robert Francis’ report on Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, the Government has worked with a number of organisations in the National Health Service to ensure that the best evidence and guidance about safe staffing is available to NHS providers and commissioners. The work undertaken by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has provided an important foundation for the further work now to be led from within NHS England. This work will bring together the focus on safe staffing with the development of new models of care, as set out in the Five Year Forward View.
This approach will help us to build the evidence for what safe staffing looks like in a range of settings. No one size fits all and so the work will take an adaptive approach to setting staffing levels as the NHS continues to innovate and develop new models of care.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Jun 2015
Health and Social Care
"As I, too, come from the Vale of Clwyd, I welcome the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd (James Davies). I am only sorry that he had to depose Chris Ruane, who was a colleague of mine, and I am sorry for the reasons that he was deposed, but I …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Mar 2015
Maternity Services (Morecambe Bay)
"During the period when I was writing the report on complaints in hospitals, I met Mr Titcombe. I was impressed by his persistence, because persistence is what anyone who is trying to tackle a complaint needs. I understand what he means when he says he is haunted by personal grief: …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2014
Health
"This is the seventh occasion I have quoted from patients’ letters on the NHS. They are patients from all over the country. In some cases I will name where they come from, because they have given me their permission to do so.
A few weeks ago, when I gave evidence …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Mar 2014
Francis Report
"I congratulate the hon. Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy) on his eloquent presentation. The Francis report carries lessons for everyone involved in health care—whether it be hospitals and their boards, regulators, professionals or Governments. However, those lessons need to be learned all over Britain. It is a matter not just …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Mar 2014
Francis Report
"I am grateful to Professor Sir Bruce Keogh for offering to assist. Given his vast experience, the people whom he offered to assist would be sensible to take the offer very seriously indeed.
The Transparency and Mortality Taskforce, which was set up by the Welsh Assembly a year ago, has …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Mar 2014
Francis Report
"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point. In the report that I wrote with Tricia Hart on complaints, we made several suggestions and recommendations, which the Government have accepted. I hope that we have a debate similar to today’s on progress in that area in a …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Nov 2013
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
"I am grateful for the kind words about the report from the Secretary of State and from my right hon. Friend the shadow Secretary of State. If I may plug our report for a moment, “A Review of the NHS Hospitals Complaints System: Putting Patients Back in the Picture” is …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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