Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a GP surgery on an Alternative Provider Medical Services contract can transfer onto a General Medical Services contract without a tendering exercise.
Answered by Dan Poulter
There is no automatic right for a contractor holding an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract to transfer to a General Medical Services contract.
It is for a commissioner to decide on the appropriate process for the award of a new contract for clinical services in accordance with the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013. There is no requirement to competitively tender all health care service contracts under the regulations and decisions will be based on the local circumstances. Monitor has published guidance for commissioners to support their decision making and is able to provide further advice when requested.
In addition, the provider would need to satisfy the eligibility criteria set out in the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004. It is not necessarily the case that the holder of an APMS contract will satisfy all of these eligibility requirements.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency are on (i) an Alternative Provider Medical Services contract and (ii) General Medical Services contracts.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The requested information is contained in the following table.
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 20131 | ||
England |
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General Medical Services (GMS) Practices | 4,538 | 4,581 | 4,458 | 4,345 | |
Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) Practices | 262 | 276 | 260 | 271 | |
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North West Strategic Health Authority |
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GMS Practices | 787 | 793 | 768 | .. | |
APMS Practices | 57 | 60 | 53 | .. | |
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Lancashire Area Team |
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GMS Practices | .. | .. | .. | 162 | |
APMS Practices | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
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East Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) |
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GMS Practices | 47 | 47 | 45 | .. | |
APMS Practices | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | |
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NHS East Lancashire clinical commissioning group (CCG) |
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GMS Practices | .. | .. | .. | 44 | |
APMS Practices | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
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1Hyndburn constituency was held within and serviced by East Lancashire Teaching PCT in 2010-2012 and by NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group in 2013. Prior to the formation of the Area Teams in April 2013, the region of Lancashire was contained within the North West Strategic Health Authority
'..' denotes not applicable
Notes:
Data as at 30 September in each year
GP workforce statistics are not available at constituency level; figures are shown for those NHS Organisations in operation at the time of the relevant census
Data Quality:
The Health and Social Care Information Centre seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses.
Further details and definitions of GP Practice contracts can be found in our annual Census publication:
http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB13849
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Hyndburn constituency have transferred from an Alternative Provider Medical Services contract to a General Medical Services contract since 2010.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The requested information is contained in the attached table.
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulance calls were responded to by (a) the police and (b) the fire service in (i) England, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Hyndburn constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The performance standard for ambulance response times is that 75% of Category A life threatening calls are responded to within eight minutes.
Information on the percentage of ambulance responses to Category A immediately life threatening calls that failed to respond within eight minutes in England and the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust since April 2004 is shown in the following table.
Data relating to Lancashire and Hyndburn constituency is not collected separately. Lancashire and Hyndburn constituency is covered by the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
Data around the numbers of ambulance calls responded to by the police and the fire service is not collected centrally.
Table showing the percentage of ambulance responses to Category A immediately life threatening calls that were not responded to within eight minutes in England and in the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, April 2004 to March 2014
England | North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust | ||
2004-05 | 23.8% | 23.3% | |
2005-06 | 24.7% | 25.7% | |
2006-07 | 25.4% | 27.3% | |
2007-08 | 22.9% | 24.4% | |
2008-091 | 25.7% | 25.7% | |
2009-10 | 25.7% | 27.0% | |
2010-11 | 25.1% | 26.4% | |
2011-122 | 23.9% | 23.3% | |
2012-133 | Category A (April to May 2012): | 24.5% | 23.2% |
Red 1 (June 2012 to March 2013): | 26.0% | 26.5% | |
Red 2 (June 2012 to March 2013): | 24.4% | 23.4% | |
2013-14 | Red 1: | 24.4% | 24.1% |
Red 2: | 25.2% | 22.6% |
Notes:
1From 1 April 2008, NHS ambulance trusts measured response times from the point when the call is presented to the control room telephone switch. Previously, response times were measured from the point when certain details had been ascertained from the caller. Therefore, data from 2008-09 onwards are not comparable with earlier years.
2Data up to 2010-11 are from the KA34 data collection by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, and not necessarily consistent with later data, which are supplied via NHS England.
3From June 2012 onwards, the single Category A eight minute response standard was replaced by two separate standards, Red 1 and Red 2. Due to differences in clock start definitions, it is not possible to aggregate performance of Red 1 and 2 into a total Category A performance.
Source: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of ambulances responding to the most serious calls failed to respond within eight minutes in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) the Hyndburn Constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The performance standard for ambulance response times is that 75% of Category A life threatening calls are responded to within eight minutes.
Information on the percentage of ambulance responses to Category A immediately life threatening calls that failed to respond within eight minutes in England and the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust since April 2004 is shown in the following table.
Data relating to Lancashire and Hyndburn constituency is not collected separately. Lancashire and Hyndburn constituency is covered by the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
Data around the numbers of ambulance calls responded to by the police and the fire service is not collected centrally.
Table showing the percentage of ambulance responses to Category A immediately life threatening calls that were not responded to within eight minutes in England and in the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, April 2004 to March 2014
England | North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust | ||
2004-05 | 23.8% | 23.3% | |
2005-06 | 24.7% | 25.7% | |
2006-07 | 25.4% | 27.3% | |
2007-08 | 22.9% | 24.4% | |
2008-091 | 25.7% | 25.7% | |
2009-10 | 25.7% | 27.0% | |
2010-11 | 25.1% | 26.4% | |
2011-122 | 23.9% | 23.3% | |
2012-133 | Category A (April to May 2012): | 24.5% | 23.2% |
Red 1 (June 2012 to March 2013): | 26.0% | 26.5% | |
Red 2 (June 2012 to March 2013): | 24.4% | 23.4% | |
2013-14 | Red 1: | 24.4% | 24.1% |
Red 2: | 25.2% | 22.6% |
Notes:
1From 1 April 2008, NHS ambulance trusts measured response times from the point when the call is presented to the control room telephone switch. Previously, response times were measured from the point when certain details had been ascertained from the caller. Therefore, data from 2008-09 onwards are not comparable with earlier years.
2Data up to 2010-11 are from the KA34 data collection by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, and not necessarily consistent with later data, which are supplied via NHS England.
3From June 2012 onwards, the single Category A eight minute response standard was replaced by two separate standards, Red 1 and Red 2. Due to differences in clock start definitions, it is not possible to aggregate performance of Red 1 and 2 into a total Category A performance.
Source: Ambulance quality indicators, NHS England
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using the increased fixed-odds betting terminals levy to treat gambling addiction in the NHS.
Answered by Norman Lamb
No such discussions have taken place.
The Responsible Gambling Trust expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014-15 and is funded by the gambling industry and further donations.