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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 15 Jan 2015
NHS Specialised Services

"As my right hon. Friend will be aware, the taskforce has just suggested that renal dialysis and morbid obesity should come off the list of prescribed specialised services. The decision has been taken over a short period and is due for implementation before the general election, on 1 April. Will …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 15 Jan 2015
NHS Specialised Services

"I remain grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way, and to other colleagues; this is the last time that I will intervene. I hear what my right hon. Friend is saying. It is reassuring that he is using language about improvements to patient care and the benefits that …..."
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Written Question
NHS
Wednesday 26th November 2014

Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 212409, whether any clinical policies developed in the last three years have not followed this process.

Answered by Jane Ellison

Since NHS England took on responsibility for specialised commissioning in April 2013, the specialised services Clinical Reference Groups have developed all clinical policies for specialised services. These clinical policies have all passed through the NHS England governance committees process, which is outlined in the answer I gave to the hon. Member on 3 November 2014 to Question 212409.

Written Question
NHS
Monday 3rd November 2014

Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) process and (b) timelines followed by the NHS to determine a specialised clinical commissioning policy are; and what the roles and responsibilities are of the NHS committees involved.

Answered by Jane Ellison

Clinical policies are developed by the appropriate service specific clinical reference group and reviewed by the Clinical Prioritisation Advisory Group (CPAG). CPAG then makes a recommendation whether to commission the service or treatment in question. CPAG recommendations are ratified by the Specialised Commissioning Oversight Group (SCOG).

The length of time to produce a clinical commissioning policy is variable depending on the complexity of the subject area. The timeline is typically between 6-9 months but can be shorter.

SCOG has operational oversight of specialised commissioning and has delegated authority to make decisions on the recommendations made by CPAG, which provides advice to NHS England about any decision-making that defines access to clinical services. The Directly Commissioned Services Committee, a sub-committee of the NHS England Board, oversees the delivery of directly commissioned services within the overall strategy set by NHS England. The SCOG reports to this committee.

Written Question
Health Professions: Regulation
Tuesday 15th July 2014

Asked by: Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat - St Austell and Newquay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to act on the recommendations made by the Health and Care Professions Council to extend statutory regulation to new groups of healthcare professionals.

Answered by Dan Poulter

The Health and Care Professions Council made 11 recommendations for professional groups to be brought within the framework for statutory regulation.

Operating Department Practitioners have been regulated. The Modernising Scientific Careers programme provides healthcare scientists in scope of the recommendations with standardised and accredited education and training that enables formalised regulation, whether voluntary or statutory.

Accredited voluntary registration by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) provides an appropriate and proportionate response to risks presented by many groups to patient safety. It is open to groups whose recommendations have not been progressed to applying to the PSA.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Hospices (Children and Young People)

"I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. He is making a powerful point about funding. Demand for beds at Little Harbour, run by the Children’s Hospice South West in my constituency, has doubled recently. Since 2006, we have seen a 30% increase in NHS funding, but …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of section 64 grants in supporting children’s hospices...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that answer. Since the introduction of the grant in 2006, children’s hospices now reach 75% more children and families and provide vital services. Can he assure me that the funding agreement will be in place by 2015?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Gay-to-straight Conversion Therapy

"I congratulate the hon. Lady on the measures that she has outlined and support her fully. Is it not the case that in 21st-century Britain, no lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual individual should be accessing this kind of voodoo psychology? Instead, we should provide services that help to give confidence …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Nov 2012
Regional Pay (NHS)

"I think we know what is coming next, whether it is in North Tees and Hartlepool or in the south-west—cuts to pay and reduced employment benefits. In my part of the country, and I am sure in the hon. Gentleman’s, this does not have public, patient or political support...."
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