Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been supplied with NHS-funded hearing aids in each clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.
The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.
Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.
Total spend on audiology services in £ million
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Admitted Patient Care | 25.8 | 124.5 | 161.8 | 163.5 | 152.5 |
Outpatient Attendances | 21.2 | 30.8 | 24.2 | 32.0 | 36.5 |
Community Health Services | 208.5 | 172.9 | 193.5 | 201.0 | 196.2 |
Total | 255.5 | 328.2 | 379.5 | 396.5 | 385.2 |
Source: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/
The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.
CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on audiology services (a) nationally and (b) by each clinical commissioning group in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.
The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.
Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.
Total spend on audiology services in £ million
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Admitted Patient Care | 25.8 | 124.5 | 161.8 | 163.5 | 152.5 |
Outpatient Attendances | 21.2 | 30.8 | 24.2 | 32.0 | 36.5 |
Community Health Services | 208.5 | 172.9 | 193.5 | 201.0 | 196.2 |
Total | 255.5 | 328.2 | 379.5 | 396.5 | 385.2 |
Source: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/
The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.
CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the projected spend on audiology services is (a) this year and (b) next year, broken down (i) nationally and (ii) by clinical commissioning group.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.
The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.
Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.
Total spend on audiology services in £ million
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Admitted Patient Care | 25.8 | 124.5 | 161.8 | 163.5 | 152.5 |
Outpatient Attendances | 21.2 | 30.8 | 24.2 | 32.0 | 36.5 |
Community Health Services | 208.5 | 172.9 | 193.5 | 201.0 | 196.2 |
Total | 255.5 | 328.2 | 379.5 | 396.5 | 385.2 |
Source: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/
The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.
CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received representations from the hospice movement on the effect of the proposed increases in NHS pay on that sector; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Steve Barclay
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has received 10 written representations from the hospice sector; raising concerns about the potential increase in their costs if they choose to increase pay in line with the proposed Agenda for Change pay rates.
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed NHS pay increase on voluntary sector hospices.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The proposed Agenda for Change pay framework, which includes contract reform and pay awards over three years, is currently out to consultation with the National Health Service trades unions and the outcome will be known in June.
The Chancellor was explicit that additional funding was tied to extensive reforms to the terms and conditions of staff employed on the Agenda for Change contract.
We are considering the impact of the agreement on non-NHS organisations such as hospices that may be affected by the proposed deal however no decisions have been made.
Staff in hospices do a fantastic job in delivering world-class care. The Department remains fully committed to improving palliative and end of life care.