Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of NHS North Tyneside CCG in reducing waiting times for treatment; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has been working to reduce waiting times for treatment, although this is impacted by COVID-19. The CCG have made use of locums and an Elective Recovery Framework and a Recovery Plus programme have been developed to address waiting times, with system-wide solutions established with local integrated care systems.
Asked by: Kate Osborne (Labour - Jarrow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to accelerate the covid-19 vaccination programme in the North East as a result of rising infection rates in that area.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The Government has implemented surge vaccination in areas with rising infection rates to protect communities supported with an Enhanced Response Package (ERP) which includes Test and Trace measures, enhanced self-isolation support and guidance. On 20 May, North Tyneside Council received this support and we will continue to monitor whether other areas within the North East might require an ERP.
South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group continues to work closely with South Tyneside Council and other partners to provide wide access to vaccination to all their population, including walk-in pop-up services and a vaccine bus.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
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 availability of paediatric continence services for children throughout (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Sunderland.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Continence services are commissioned locally by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Later this year the National Bladder and Bowel Project Group will undertake an audit of CCGs across all regions in England to assess the commissioning of continence services.
Sunderland CCG is working with providers to improve the pathway in the local area, where continence services are currently provided by:
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (commissioned by Sunderland CCG), which provides a bladder and bowel service for both adults and children. This includes the provision of products using a locally agreed policy; and
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (commissioned by Sunderland City Council), which provides the 0-19 service and support services including level 1 continence support for nocturnal enuresis, constipation and toilet training and initiating first line treatments.
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a patient to see a GP in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear, (d) the North East and (e) England in each year since 2010.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Data on appointments in general practice have only been available since November 2017. The most recent data on the time between booking an appointment with a general practice and having the appointment (in days) for South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS England North East and Yorkshire (Cumbria and North East) Regional Local Office, and England are presented in the table below as the average over the 12 months from September 2018 to August 2019. NHS Digital is unable to provide data for all the geographical areas requested as the data is collected at CCG level, but has provided data for three included in the table.
The data is taken from the NHS Digital publication ‘Appointments in General Practice’. This is a new experimental data collection which is still being refined and improved.
It should be noted that the ‘time from booking to appointment’ refers only to the time elapsed between the successful booking of an appointment and the appointment actually taking place. The data does not take into consideration that many patients will be appropriately booking ahead as part of the continuity of care they receive for long-term conditions.
| South Tyneside CCG | NHS England North East and Yorkshire (Cumbria and North East) Regional Local Office | England |
| Distribution of average time elapsed between booking an appointment and the appointment taking place, September 2018 to August 2019. (Numbers may not add to 100% due to rounding.) | ||
Same Day | 38% | 40% | 42% |
1 Day | 9% | 7% | 7% |
2 to 7 Days | 25% | 21% | 20% |
8 to 14 Days | 13% | 14% | 14% |
15 to 21 Days | 6% | 7% | 8% |
22 to 28 Days | 4% | 5% | 5% |
More than 28 Days | 3% | 5% | 5% |
Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
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Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse for NHS services in South Tyneside in each year since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations for South Tyneside CCG, which covers Jarrow, are shown in the attached table. The CCG is expected to receive more than the England average per head per year in every year from 2019/20 to 2023/24. It has also received above the England average per head per year from 2013/14 to 2017/18.
In 2019/20, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust was allocated £2 million Public Dividend Capital for GDE Fast Follower scheme. In addition, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, which covers South Tyneside and Jarrow, secured £835,000
The Trust’s predecessor, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, also secured a £887,000 Public Dividend Capital award as part of a national programme for Energy Efficient LED Lighting.
The Department are also aware of a likely award of Public Dividend Capital relating to Urgent and Emergency Care Services provision which is in the process of being allocated and there are a number of ongoing capital funding programmes that the Trust may be considering applications for.
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for NHS services in (a) Jarrow constituency and (b) South Tyneside.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocations for South Tyneside CCG, which covers Jarrow, are shown in the attached table. The CCG is expected to receive more than the England average per head per year in every year from 2019/20 to 2023/24. It has also received above the England average per head per year from 2013/14 to 2017/18.
In 2019/20, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust was allocated £2 million Public Dividend Capital for GDE Fast Follower scheme. In addition, North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, which covers South Tyneside and Jarrow, secured £835,000
The Trust’s predecessor, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, also secured a £887,000 Public Dividend Capital award as part of a national programme for Energy Efficient LED Lighting.
The Department are also aware of a likely award of Public Dividend Capital relating to Urgent and Emergency Care Services provision which is in the process of being allocated and there are a number of ongoing capital funding programmes that the Trust may be considering applications for.
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the number of GPs in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East.
Answered by Steve Brine
South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) supports a number of initiatives to attract general practitioners (GPs) to the region.
The CCG is in the process of developing new career start posts, which will enable newly qualified GPs to apply for supported roles. The GPs will receive mentorship and help to focus on their clinical and personal development, with the hope that GPs will continue into permanent roles within South Tyneside.
In addition, it has been announced that Sunderland University will be opening a medical school in September 2018. The school will specialise in GP and psychiatric training, and it is envisioned that 50 students will enrol in 2019 and 100 new students in 2020. While the students will not be fully qualified GPs for a number of years, the CCG is establishing early links with the medical school, which it hopes will put the CCG in a better position to encourage students to remain within the region once their training is complete.
Asked by: Alan Campbell (Labour - Tynemouth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of funding was, per patient, for North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group in the last financial year for which figures are available.
Answered by Philip Dunne
NHS England’s published clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocation figures are published, and accessible via the link below. Per capita allocations are found in column nine, and figures from the last financial year – 2016-17 – begin on page one. Data for North Tyneside CCG can also be found on this page.
These figures are as published when allocations were updated in January 2016, and thus do not include any adjustments that may subsequently have been made locally. It should be noted that these figures relate to funding for core CCG services only; they do not, for example, include primary medical care.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ccg-allocations.pdf
Asked by: Alan Campbell (Labour - Tynemouth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mean level of funding was, per patient, for each English Clinical Commissioning Group in the last financial year for which figures are available.
Answered by Philip Dunne
NHS England’s published clinical commissioning group (CCG) allocation figures are published, and accessible via the link below. Per capita allocations are found in column nine, and figures from the last financial year – 2016-17 – begin on page one. Data for North Tyneside CCG can also be found on this page.
These figures are as published when allocations were updated in January 2016, and thus do not include any adjustments that may subsequently have been made locally. It should be noted that these figures relate to funding for core CCG services only; they do not, for example, include primary medical care.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ccg-allocations.pdf
Asked by: Alan Campbell (Labour - Tynemouth)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on legal advice by North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group in each of the last three years.
Answered by Philip Dunne
NHS England advises that NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCGs) spending on legal advice since 2014/15 is as follows:
2014/15 £9,826
2015/16 £49,064
2016/17 £40,837
2017/18 £40,692 (year-to-date, up to end of October 2017, month seven)
Please note that legal costs listed include all costs incurred as a result of direct patient care, and do not just relate to advice in respect of organisations or contracts.
The year-to-date figure for 2017/18 includes £17,281 in respect of the CCG’s response to the legal challenge to the urgent care procurement process earlier this year, and £1,281 in relation to the new urgent care work which is currently underway. There are no further costs associated with the urgent care procurement process, as this work is carried out by officers of the CCG and North of England Commissioning Support as part of their normal work.