Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 128962 on social services: minimum wage, if his Department will publish the evidence base referred to in that Answer.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Deloitte and Frontier Economics and LaingBuisson studies into sleep-in back pay liabilities form part of the evidence base that is being used to assess options and are subject to further analysis and refinement. Consequently, there is currently no timetable for sharing a summary of either report.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2017 to Question 9140, on General Practitioners: Enfield, what information NHS England holds on how many and which GP practices (a) closed and (b) opened in the London Borough of Enfield in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
Answered by Steve Brine
NHS England does not hold details of practices changes between 2010 and 2013.
However, according to NHS Digital, the table below shows the general practitioner practices that were opened or closed between 2010 and 2013, for the London Borough of Enfield.
Calendar Year | Opened | Closed |
2009/10 | - | - |
2010/11 | - | - |
2011/12 | Evergreen Surgery Ltd | - |
2012/13 | - | - |
2013/14 | - | BHP Edmonton North Middlesex NHS Walk In Centre |
Practices may close for a variety of reasons, including mergers with neighbouring practices or the retirement of general practitioners from single-handed practices.
A reduction in practice numbers does not necessarily correspond with a reduction in the quality of care. Much of the trend to work in larger groupings is provider driven, in line with the strategic intent to provide primary care at scale and to create back office efficiencies.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing NHS Trusts with additional funding to offset business rates costs.
Answered by Steve Barclay
National Health Service properties, like almost all other buildings occupied by public bodies, have been subject to non-domestic rates since they were introduced.
Operational costs related to property, which include business rates, are taken into account at spending reviews in determining the overall level of funding for the NHS. The Government committed to backing the NHS’s Five Year Forward View plan with a £10 billion a year real terms increase in funding by 2020/21.
There has been no such assessment.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing NHS Trusts to claim relief on business rates.
Answered by Steve Barclay
National Health Service properties, like almost all other buildings occupied by public bodies, have been subject to non-domestic rates since they were introduced.
Operational costs related to property, which include business rates, are taken into account at spending reviews in determining the overall level of funding for the NHS. The Government committed to backing the NHS’s Five Year Forward View plan with a £10 billion a year real terms increase in funding by 2020/21.
There has been no such assessment.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government on relieving financial pressures on the NHS as a result of business rates.
Answered by Steve Barclay
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regularly meets with colleagues across Government to discuss a range of subjects.