Questioner: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Trusts have applied for the additional funding that was made available in response to the findings of the Ockenden report; how much each such Trust has (a) applied for and (b) received to date.
Answered by Maggie Throup
The information requested is shown in the following table.
Trust | Original bid total value 6 May 2021 £ | Total 2021/22 allocation (part year September 2021) | ||
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | 1,252,192 | 148,803 |
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Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 807,732 | 408,904 | ||
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | 284,877 | 193,089 | ||
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 518,511 | 124,995 | ||
Barts Health NHS Trust | 2,590,042 | 693,225 | ||
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | 1,378,502 | 1,040,098 | ||
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 456,291 | 261,476 | ||
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | 541,505 | 201,313 | ||
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,070,526 | 1,344,456 | ||
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 318,337 | 219,466 | ||
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | 488,208 | 412,414 | ||
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | 495,114 | 380,316 | ||
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 612,378 | 420,628 | ||
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 2,364,103 | 1,270,115 | ||
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 400,761 | 318,066 | ||
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 843,183 | 314,466 | ||
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | 1,583,072 | 634,923 | ||
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | 1,461,591 | 557,411 | ||
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | 1,027,109 | 455,416 | ||
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 567,988 | 220,725 | ||
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 827,660 | 248,454 | ||
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust | 834,962 | 482,419 | ||
East Cheshire NHS Trust | 636,124 | 258,510 | ||
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | 1,147,954 | 886,774 | ||
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | 853,426 | 362,131 | ||
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | 571,587 | 188,113 | ||
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | 253,900 | 86,304 | ||
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | 966,167 | 818,568 | ||
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | 530,181 | 240,808 | ||
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | 1,093,090 | 225,558 | ||
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 815,905 | 383,925 | ||
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 533,570 | 338,133 | ||
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 982,451 | 562,385 | ||
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,373,665 | 766,847 | ||
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | 423,669 | 273,125 | ||
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 972,472 | 1,238,318 | ||
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 715,349 | 129,893 | ||
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | 540,633 | 362,198 | ||
Isle of Wight NHS Trust | 554,009 | 241,584 | ||
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 483,415 | 448,795 | ||
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1,004,043 | 719,567 | ||
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1,264,801 | 464,460 | ||
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 389,393 | 138,797 | ||
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 899,543 | 332,181 | ||
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | 1,620,632 | 782,098 | ||
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust | 1,298,096 | 217,777 | ||
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | 1,261,169 | 759,539 | ||
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | 1,136,540 | 495,878 | ||
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | 2,471,658 | 583,693 | ||
Medway NHS Foundation Trust | 1,035,684 | 393,221 | ||
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | 1,262,103 | 1,948,672 | ||
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 482,978 | 284,865 | ||
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | 255,689 | 144,326 | ||
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 1,503,738 | 1,556,665 |
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust |
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James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 934,755 | 1,017,201 | ||
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | 786,935 | 386,333 | ||
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | 488,080 | 108,031 | ||
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | 1,030,383 | 1,294,487 | ||
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust | 568,109 | 191,966 | ||
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust | 243,027 | 152,338 | ||
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | 2,232,040 | 931,611 | ||
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 623,081 | 269,818 | ||
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 1,799,999 | 2,716,293 | ||
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 933,750 | 156,226 | ||
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 1,115,415 | 711,830 | ||
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust | 814,130 | 610,888 | ||
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | 447,824 | 462,235 | ||
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | 553,762 | 310,237 | ||
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust | 431,030 | 390,084 | ||
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 546,072 | 262,598 | ||
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | 492,788 | 331,795 | ||
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | 369,900 | 317,437 | ||
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | 728,672 | 427,623 | ||
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,215,276 | 1,256,381 | ||
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 683,524 | 171,677 | ||
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | 821,370 | 291,675 | ||
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 875,734 | 550,860 | ||
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,427,975 | 513,838 | ||
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | 729,908 | 243,746 | ||
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust | 430,933 | 177,328 | ||
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust | 532,610 | 264,757 | ||
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1,246,578 | 682,149 | ||
St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Services NHS Trust | 783,726 | 159,799 | ||
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | 408,193 | 661,922 | ||
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | 874,006 | 523,048 | ||
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | 595,864 | 76,664 | ||
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | 1,021,397 | 438,694 | ||
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 608,616 | 407,188 | ||
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 913,583 | 505,490 | ||
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | 722,952 | 376,861 | ||
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | 252,492 | 55,389 | ||
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | 390,212 | 182,462 | ||
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust | 444,384 | 207,723 | ||
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust | 317,227 | 258,891 | ||
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust |
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
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The Whittington Health NHS Trust |
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 2,767,608 | 1,550,305 | ||
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | 250,975 | 186,379 | ||
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | 932,997 | 697,617 | ||
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
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North Bristol NHS Trust (lead trust)* | 711,100 | 624,157 |
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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | 1,665,250 | 705,716 | ||
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | 1,208,036 | 535,947 | ||
University Hospitals of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust | 1,728,332 | 417,735 | ||
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | 732,539 | 789,937 | ||
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | 753,140 | 223,162 | ||
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | 295,052 | 282,039 | ||
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | 538,932 | 484,576 | ||
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | 2,521,058 | 725,640 | ||
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | 869,333 | 596,393 | ||
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 519,827 | 294,297 | ||
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust | 1,123,433 | 658,402 | ||
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust |
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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (lead trust)* | 1,793,858 | 1,576,451 | ||
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 423,542 | 398,582 | ||
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 308,613 | 316,217 | ||
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | 1,023,668 | 370,698 | ||
Wye Valley NHS Trust | 591,237 | 85,481 | ||
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 1,384,798 | 505,506 |
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*Collaborative bid partnerships with the joint figure listed with to the nominated lead trust.
Questioner: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a dental school at the University of York which has a medical school based with the University of Hull.
Answered by Jo Churchill
We have made no such assessment.
Questioner: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that all university careers services have in place effective interventions for students with disabilities.
Answered by Michelle Donelan
This government believes it is important that disabled students receive an appropriate level of support wherever and whatever they choose to study and is committed to ensuring that all students with disabilities receive the support they need to enable them to study alongside their fellow students on an equal basis.
I am aware of the recommendations in the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services Disability Task Group's eighteenth annual ‘What Happens Next? 2021 Report’, looking at the outcomes of 2018 disabled graduates, and how the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle’s questions reflect those recommendations. The report can be found here: https://www.agcas.org.uk/Latest/what-happens-next-2021.
It is pleasing to see the Disabled Students’ Commission (DSC) is supporting the report’s recommendation that more research should be undertaken on the outcomes of disabled graduates, and that the commission’s upcoming primary research project will have a focus on disabled graduates and employment.
Good work in identifying barriers disabled students can face when moving into employment after graduation was also included in Policy Connect's ‘Arriving at Thriving’ report published in October 2020, following a six-month inquiry that included gathering evidence from over 500 disabled students, which can be accessed here: https://www.policyconnect.org.uk/research/arriving-thriving-learning-disabled-students-ensure-access-all.
I agree wholeheartedly with the report’s suggestion that higher education (HE) providers must recognise the importance for disabled students of good careers information, advice and guidance by investing in the regular training and continuing professional development of careers services professionals. I am also delighted that the DSC has committed to producing materials shortly that will promote the development of disability employability guidance and boost effective practice among HE providers and employers.
Advance HE's ‘Equality in higher education: Student statistical report 2020’ meanwhile shows similar continuation and qualification rates for disabled and non-disabled UK domiciled full-time first degree entrants (89.3% and 88.5%, respectively). 6.5% of disabled students who entered HE in academic year 2017/18 left HE with no award the following year, compared with 6.8% of non-disabled students. The report can be found here: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/equality-higher-education-statistical-report-2020.
The Office for Students has a formal key performance measure to eliminate the gap in degree outcomes (firsts or 2:1s) between disabled students and non-disabled students by academic year 2024/25.
Questioner: Jon Trickett (LAB - Hemsworth)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of hospital beds are currently occupied by people with dementia; and what the average length of stay for patients with dementia is for each NHS Hospital within West Yorkshire.
Answered by Helen Whately
Information on what proportion of hospital beds are currently occupied by people with dementia is not available.
NHS Digital has provided the following table showing the mean and median length of stay for finished discharge episodes (FDEs) with any diagnosis of dementia from hospitals within Yorkshire and Humber Government Office Region for the year 2019/20. This data is a count of discharge episodes where the patient left hospital after a period of treatment. It is not a count of patients as an individual may have had more than one episode of care which ended in the period covered.
NHS Provider | Discharges (FDEs) | Discharges with valid length of stay | Mean length of stay (days) | Median length of stay (days) |
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3,110 | 3,110 | 6 | 1 |
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 4,555 | 4,555 | 9 | 4 |
Harrogate And District NHS Foundation Trust | 1,145 | 1,145 | 9 | 5 |
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | 1,560 | 1,560 | 10 | 6 |
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 2,940 | 2,940 | 5 | 3 |
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | 2,275 | 2,275 | 8 | 4 |
Leeds And York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | 70 | 70 | 110 | 76 |
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3,970 | 3,970 | 10 | 6 |
Northern Lincolnshire And Goole NHS Foundation Trust | 2,585 | 2,585 | 8 | 6 |
Doncaster And Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 3,995 | 3,995 | 7 | 3 |
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 4,430 | 4,430 | 15 | 7 |
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust | 90 | 90 | 47 | 22 |
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 3,505 | 3,505 | 7 | 4 |
Calderdale And Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | 3,155 | 3,155 | 8 | 3 |
Rotherham Doncaster And South Humber NHS Foundation Trust | 115 | 115 | 52 | 27 |
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust | 4,010 | 4,010 | 9 | 5 |
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | 70 | 70 | 100 | 83 |
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust | 60 | 60 | 121 | 77 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital |
Questioner: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of tests for students at the University of Hull covid-19 testing site.
Answered by Helen Whately
We are opening new test sites every week, particularly in and around university settings so that almost all universities are within one and a half miles of testing. The testing site at the Inglemire Lane Car Park in Hull has been operating since 22 September 2020.
Questioner: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the value is of the contracts awarded to (a) Deloitte and (b) G4S to run the covid-19 testing site at the University of Hull.
Answered by Helen Whately
The Government does not publish this data in the format requested. All the Departmental COVID-19 contracts are, or will be, published on the GOV.UK Contract Finder service.
Questioner: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many University of Hull students have tested positive for covid-19 since the academic year began on 14 September 2020.
Answered by Michelle Donelan
In order to balance the need for accurate information with reducing data burdens on universities, we have asked for additional information only from universities with cumulative outbreaks of 25 or more positive student COVID-19 cases. We have received no response from the University of Hull and external sources indicate that there have been fewer than 25 positive student cases at the university so far.
From the week commencing 19 October 2020, the Office for Students will be gathering data on COVID-19 outbreaks, and we will consider how best to report that information in line with data-sharing protocols.
Questioner: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his letter to the hon Member for Hull West and Hessle of 21 September 2020, how much of the £100 million allocated to support remote education has been (a) allocated to and (b) claimed by university students.
Answered by Michelle Donelan
The department invested over £100 million to help provide laptops and devices for disadvantaged children and young people so they can access education and social care services remotely.
The department distributed laptops, tablets and 4G wireless routers for disadvantaged children in year 10, children receiving support from a social worker and care leavers to ensure these children and young people could continue to access education and vital social care services online during the COVID-19 outbreak.
As part of this, we have provided devices for care leavers, including those who might be studying at university.
Information on the equipment distributed to care leavers, including those studying in higher education, is held by local authorities.
Data on the number of care leavers in higher education are included in the report ‘Children Looked After in England (including adoption), year ending 31 March 2019’. This data shows that 6% of 19 to 21-year-old care leavers were known to be in higher education. This report is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019.
The government has also worked closely with the Office for Students to help clarify that higher education providers can draw upon existing funding to provide hardship funds and support disadvantaged students impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Providers are able to use the funding, worth around £256 million for the academic year 2020/21 towards student hardship funds, including the purchase of IT equipment.
Questioner: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letter of 7 April 2020 from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North, on the University of Hull.
Answered by Nick Gibb
I can confirm that the letter, received into the Department on 8 April 2020, from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North has been responded to.
Questioner: Lord Hunt of Chesterton (LAB - Life peer)
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide more data to local organisations and communities to help them prepare for future floods.
Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
The Environment Agency (EA) publishes data and maps for England on coastal erosion risk and flood risk. This includes a five-day flood forecast, river levels and flood warnings. The EA makes, and will continue to make, this and other environmental data openly available for download so that it can be used by individuals, communities and local organisations free of charge. The EA will continue to improve these digital services based on feedback.
The EA will be releasing an updated flood information service (https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/warnings) in spring 2020 which will feature more impact information, rainfall information and improved navigation. In addition, the EA is working with Fujitsu, EE and the University of Hull to undertake trials of Cell Broadcasting technology (https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/cell-broadcast-trial), and is intending to work with other Government bodies to help to implement this service to warn those at highest risk in advance of flooding.
Questioner: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held any meetings or discussions with relevant bodies to assess the effect of the reduction of the (a) number of vascular centres in England on rates of lower limb amputations and (b) capacity at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's vascular service on its ability to meet the health needs of its population; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The Government is committed to providing NHS England with increased funding of £33.9 billion every year by 2023/24 through the NHS Long Term Plan agreed last year. The Prime Minister also announced an extra £1.8 billion in addition to the extra £33.9 billion, in cash terms, for local areas to deliver National Health Service frontline services.
The majority of capital investment in the NHS is a local responsibility, with available funds locally directed and prioritised within individual providers and sustainability and transformation partnership/integrated care systems.
The Government has supported this local decision making through the £1 billion boost to NHS capital spending in 2019-20, allowing existing upgrade programmes to proceed and tackling the most urgent infrastructure projects. The Department is not aware of a bid from Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for capital funding as part of any of the waves of sustainability and transformation capital funding that have been awarded, so far totalling £3.3 billion.
NHS England and NHS Improvement are working to improve vascular services nationally, including through working alongside regional teams and the ‘Getting It Right First Time’ programmes. Everyone, especially older and vulnerable people, should be able to access compassionate care. The Care Act 2014 enshrines in law that local authorities must assess and meet the needs of people in their area.
The Diabetes Transformation programme has a project in progress across the four Humber clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in respect of multi-disciplinary team foot care which aims to reduce lower limb amputations. This team has recently been expanded to include a vascular surgeon to support swift intervention if required at the early signs of foot disease. Humber CCGs have also provided all general practitioner practices with information to support them in maintaining their skills on how to effectively assess the feet of a patient with diabetes, in order to identify early signs of disease.
Two vascular surgeon consultants have been recruited to Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to cover South and North bank Multi-disciplinary foot care teams.
An evaluation report is in development for Humber Coast and Vale sustainability and transformation partnership strategic planning Board and Elective Care Board.
Questioner: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with relevant bodies on (a) the effect on patients of increased demand for vascular services and (b) increasing levels of capital funding for vascular services in Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The Government is committed to providing NHS England with increased funding of £33.9 billion every year by 2023/24 through the NHS Long Term Plan agreed last year. The Prime Minister also announced an extra £1.8 billion in addition to the extra £33.9 billion, in cash terms, for local areas to deliver National Health Service frontline services.
The majority of capital investment in the NHS is a local responsibility, with available funds locally directed and prioritised within individual providers and sustainability and transformation partnership/integrated care systems.
The Government has supported this local decision making through the £1 billion boost to NHS capital spending in 2019-20, allowing existing upgrade programmes to proceed and tackling the most urgent infrastructure projects. The Department is not aware of a bid from Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for capital funding as part of any of the waves of sustainability and transformation capital funding that have been awarded, so far totalling £3.3 billion.
NHS England and NHS Improvement are working to improve vascular services nationally, including through working alongside regional teams and the ‘Getting It Right First Time’ programmes. Everyone, especially older and vulnerable people, should be able to access compassionate care. The Care Act 2014 enshrines in law that local authorities must assess and meet the needs of people in their area.
The Diabetes Transformation programme has a project in progress across the four Humber clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in respect of multi-disciplinary team foot care which aims to reduce lower limb amputations. This team has recently been expanded to include a vascular surgeon to support swift intervention if required at the early signs of foot disease. Humber CCGs have also provided all general practitioner practices with information to support them in maintaining their skills on how to effectively assess the feet of a patient with diabetes, in order to identify early signs of disease.
Two vascular surgeon consultants have been recruited to Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to cover South and North bank Multi-disciplinary foot care teams.
An evaluation report is in development for Humber Coast and Vale sustainability and transformation partnership strategic planning Board and Elective Care Board.
Questioner: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will allocate new funding to tackle unmet needs in provision of vascular services in (a) England and (b) Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jo Churchill
The Government is committed to providing NHS England with increased funding of £33.9 billion every year by 2023/24 through the NHS Long Term Plan agreed last year. The Prime Minister also announced an extra £1.8 billion in addition to the extra £33.9 billion, in cash terms, for local areas to deliver National Health Service frontline services.
The majority of capital investment in the NHS is a local responsibility, with available funds locally directed and prioritised within individual providers and sustainability and transformation partnership/integrated care systems.
The Government has supported this local decision making through the £1 billion boost to NHS capital spending in 2019-20, allowing existing upgrade programmes to proceed and tackling the most urgent infrastructure projects. The Department is not aware of a bid from Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for capital funding as part of any of the waves of sustainability and transformation capital funding that have been awarded, so far totalling £3.3 billion.
NHS England and NHS Improvement are working to improve vascular services nationally, including through working alongside regional teams and the ‘Getting It Right First Time’ programmes. Everyone, especially older and vulnerable people, should be able to access compassionate care. The Care Act 2014 enshrines in law that local authorities must assess and meet the needs of people in their area.
The Diabetes Transformation programme has a project in progress across the four Humber clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in respect of multi-disciplinary team foot care which aims to reduce lower limb amputations. This team has recently been expanded to include a vascular surgeon to support swift intervention if required at the early signs of foot disease. Humber CCGs have also provided all general practitioner practices with information to support them in maintaining their skills on how to effectively assess the feet of a patient with diabetes, in order to identify early signs of disease.
Two vascular surgeon consultants have been recruited to Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to cover South and North bank Multi-disciplinary foot care teams.
An evaluation report is in development for Humber Coast and Vale sustainability and transformation partnership strategic planning Board and Elective Care Board.
Questioner: Emma Hardy (LAB - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming NHS People Plan will include a fully costed plan to address the needs of NHS staff providing vascular services in (a) England and (b) Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Edward Argar
The NHS People Plan will set the national strategic direction for how the National Health Service workforce will be staffed to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan commitments in the short and longer term.
NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with Regional teams and alongside the ‘Getting It Right First Time’ programmes to jointly improve vascular services, including the workforce challenges.
Local NHS organisations, such as Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, will be expected to continue to plan and cost their own workforce based on local population needs.
It is expected that the full NHS People Plan will be published in early 2020.
Questioner: Lord Bradley (LAB - Life peer)
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government which universities in England and Wales provide undergraduate training places for learning disability nurses; and how many undergraduate training places for learning disability nurses will be available in each of those universities in each of the next three academic years.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Office for Students (OfS) published data on the names of the universities in England which offered pre-registration undergraduate learning disability nursing courses in 2018 /19. These universities are shown in the following table:
Coventry University | University of Greenwich | University of Chester |
Edge Hill University | University of Hertfordshire | The University of Cumbria |
Kingston University | University of Keele | De Montfort University |
Teesside University | University of Northampton | University of Northumbria at Newcastle |
The University of East Anglia | University of the West of England, Bristol | University of Salford |
The University of Huddersfield | University of Wolverhampton | Sheffield Hallam University |
The University of Hull | Birmingham City University | University of Sunderland |
Source: Published OfS Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey 2018/19
Healthcare education, training and recruitment in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland is a matter for the devolved governments in each nation, and the Department does not hold information on this.
The Department does not hold information on the numbers of training places for undergraduate learning disability nursing that are expected to be available at universities in future years.
Universities are autonomous private institutions and are responsible for setting the number of training places they offer. It is for universities to work as part of their local health economy to secure training places.
In August 2017, the Government changed the funding system for pre-registration undergraduate nurse training. The funding reforms unlocked the cap which constrained the number of pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health profession training places, meaning that we have moved away from centrally imposed number controls and financial limitations, creating a sustainable model for universities and the healthcare workforce supply.
In support of the reforms, we announced additional clinical placement funding to make available 5,000 more nurse training places each year.