Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to place on a statutory footing the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2020.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
We will consider the progress of the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry and whether it should remain on a non-statutory footing.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the investment needed in additional GP capacity in (a) the Witham constituency; and (b) Essex over the next (i) five and (ii) ten years.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
‘A five-year framework for GP contract reform to implement The NHS Long Term Plan’ was agreed with the British Medical Association and provides clarity on funding for practices until 2023/24. This was updated in 2020 to invest and an additional £1.5 billion to create a further 50 million general practice appointments by 2024 through increasing and diversifying the workforce.
The current framework ends in April 2024 and future funding for general practice, including to support capacity, will be considered in due course.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of the patients per GP in each (a) primary care network and (b) Integrated Care System.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
Data on the number of patients per full time equivalent general practitioner in each Primary Care Network and integrated care board is available at the following link:
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
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 availability of face-to-face GP appointments in (a) Witham constituency, (b) in Essex and (c) nationwide.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The information requested is not collected at constituency or county level. In England, 68.1% of appointments were conducted face-to-face in September 2022, excluding COVID-19 vaccinations.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of basing a community diagnostic centre in Witham.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Future locations for community diagnostic centres (CDCs) are currently under review. NHS England is working with integrated care systems, diagnostic networks and primary care services to assess and determine the location and configuration of services for future CDCs, based on the needs of the local population. This review will consider a number of sites in Mid and South Essex.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS dental periodontal disease specialists in each Care Commissioning Group area.
Answered by Seema Kennedy
Data is not held centrally on the number of patients treated for periodontal disease and the number of National Health Service dental periodontal disease specialists in the format requested.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were treated for periodontal disease on the NHS in each Care Commissioning Group area in the last 12 months for which data is available.
Answered by Seema Kennedy
Data is not held centrally on the number of patients treated for periodontal disease and the number of National Health Service dental periodontal disease specialists in the format requested.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report of 12 June 2019 entitled Missed opportunities: What lessons can be learned from failings at the North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, what steps his Department is taking to (a) address the criticisms of leadership at that Trust and (b) ensure that mental health Trusts across the NHS are operating and delivering safe, high quality services for patients.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report recommended that NHS Improvement conduct a review of the cases detailed in the report once the Health and Safety Executive investigation and any related activity has been completed. NHS Improvement will make recommendations to the Department once its review has been completed. The review will also ensure that the learning from these tragic incidents is shared with mental health providers across the country.
NHS Improvement has reported that there is now a stable leadership team at the successor Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust under a new chief executive.
In October 2017, NHS Improvement and the Care Quality Commission launched a national patient safety improvement programme for mental health trusts, which is committed to engaging with all mental health trusts by the end of March 2020.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report of 12 June 2019 entitled Missed opportunities: What lessons can be learned from failings at the North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the findings of this report are shared across the NHS.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report recommended that NHS Improvement conduct a review of the cases detailed in the report once the Health and Safety Executive investigation and any related activity has been completed. NHS Improvement will make recommendations to the Department once its review has been completed. The review will also ensure that the learning from these tragic incidents is shared with mental health providers across the country.
NHS Improvement has reported that there is now a stable leadership team at the successor Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust under a new chief executive.
In October 2017, NHS Improvement and the Care Quality Commission launched a national patient safety improvement programme for mental health trusts, which is committed to engaging with all mental health trusts by the end of March 2020.
Asked by: Priti Patel (Conservative - Witham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the costs recovered from foreign nationals who received treatment on the NHS in (a) Mid Essex, (b) North East Essex and (c) the UK in the last five years for which data is available.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The Department does not hold data on the costs recovered from foreign nationals who have received treatment on the National Health Service in Mid Essex and North East Essex. Data on the costs recovered from overseas visitors, including United Kingdom nationals resident overseas, is published in NHS trust and NHS foundation trust annual accounts.
The total income identified from chargeable overseas visitors receiving NHS treatment is set out in the following table.
Year | Total income* |
2017-18 | £391 million |
2016-17 | £352 million |
2015-16 | £290 million |
2014-15 | £97 million |
2013-14 | £100 million |
Note:
* includes direct charges, reimbursement from European Economic Area member states and immigration health surcharge