Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to establish the National Quality Board, as referred to on page 54 of High Quality Care for All, Cm 7432; how many members the board will have; whether members of the board will be remunerated; and if he will make a statement. [221116]
Mr. Bradshaw:
The National Quality Board will provide strategic oversight and leadership on quality, and will advise on priorities for clinical standards. The board will play a key role in ensuring that our efforts to improve quality are successful. We will be considering the membership and governance of the board over the summer.
Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to introduce a new measure of patient satisfaction with urgent care services, referred to on page 27 of NHS Next Stage Review: Our vision for primary and community care; whether this measure will be developed in consultation with (a) service users and (b) others; and if he will make a statement. [221134]
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Mr. Bradshaw:
The Department will introduce an indicator to measure patient reported access to out of hours care by 2009-10. Information will be collected through the new National General Practice Patient Survey.
The indicator will be developed in consultation with key stakeholders.
NHS: Training
Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to have replaced the Medical Professional Education and Training budget with a tariff-based system, as referred to on page 74 of High Quality Care for All, Cm 7432; whether the change to a tariff-based system will entail a change to a ring-fenced workforce training budget; whether the new budget will be held (a) centrally and (b) locally; and if he will make a statement. [221052]
Ann Keen:
Work is in progress to develop a robust and equitable allocation methodology for future administration and use of the Multi Professional Education and Training (MPET) budget, including developing a tariff based system where funding follows the trainee.
Decisions on future arrangements for the funding of national health service education and training activity will be made in the light of this work.
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Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to introduce the Leadership for Quality Certificate, as referred to on page 66 of High Quality Care for All, Cm 7432; which organisation he expects will design the requirements of the Leadership for Quality Certificate; what the cost to the public purse of developing the Leadership for Quality Certificate will be; and how much it will cost for NHS staff to train for a (a) level 1, (b) level 2 and (c) level 3 of the Leadership for Quality Certificate. [221061]
Ann Keen:
We are in the early stages of developing this work. Further information will be available in due course.
Mr. Stephen O'Brien:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS bursaries were available in each of the last 11 years; for which courses NHS bursaries were provided; what the total cost was in each year; what the average bursary was; and what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) range of bursaries was (i) in financial terms and (ii) as a percentage of estimated tuition and living costs. [221386]
Ann Keen:
Information on the number of students for whom a NHS bursary award was assessed, the number of NHS funded students, the amount of NHS bursary paid, the average amount of NHS bursary paid and the median bursary paid for income assessed bursaries and non income assessed bursaries in each of the last 10 years is shown in the following table.
NHS funded students on pre registration health professional courses
Academic year
Number of students for whom a NHS bursary award assessed( 1)
Number of NHS funded students( 2)
Amount of bursary paid( 3) (£)
Average bursary paid (£)
Median bursary paid (£)
Income assessed awards( 4)
1997-98(5)
7,957
7,888
14,532,040
1,842
1,989
1998-99(5)
11,265
10,600
20,258,727
1,911
1,961
1999-2000
14,300
13,587
28,789,017
2,119
2,100
2000-01
17,314
16,629
38,728,409
2,329
2,225
2001-02
21,439
20,398
51,211,917
2,511
2,408
2002-03
27,176
26,594
67,945,615
2,555
2,426
2003-04
31,044
30,293
79,974,536
2,640
2,555
2004-05
34,083
33,339
94,014,031
2,820
2,641
2005-06
37,197
36,272
113,840,537
3,139
2,845
2006-07
39,657
38,600
126,273,938
3,271
2,935
Non-income assessed awards( 6)
1997-98(5)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1998-99(5)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1999-2000
16,267
15,926
65,678,860
4,124
4,741
2000-01
30,896
30,333
143,056,665
4,716
4,860
2001-02
45,478
44,715
240,556,255
5,380
5,448
2002-03
53,103
52,364
279,084,394
5,330
5,487
2003-04
54,999
54,175
293,778,507
5,423
5,617
2004-05
55,669
55,239
318,773,305
5,771
5,750
2005-06
56,001
55,322
334,132,328
6,040
5,892
2006-07
54,748
53,974
334,731,614
6,202
6,038
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(1 )The number of students for whom a NHS Bursary award assessed is shown rather than number of applications because:
Non income assessed award holders do not need to make an application for any other academic year other than the first academic year for their basic bursary entitlement, if the data showed the number of applications received, the number would be approximately one-third of the number of awards assessed which would inflate the figures when comparing with total amount of NHS bursary paid.
If an application is received and returned for more information, NHS Student Bursaries do not hold the data on the number received and returned.
If an application is received, and rejected on residency eligibility grounds, NHS Student Bursaries receive the application, but do not assess their entitlement as they are rejected before that assessment is made.
If an application is received, but NHS Student Bursaries need more information to determine if they are eligible on residency grounds, they have received that application, but do not assess their entitlement information until the student provides the additional information. (2) Includes students in receipt of a Nil Bursary Award but whose tuition fee contributions are met by the NHS. (3) Includes Basic Award and Allowances and all one-off payments (4) Applicable to students on all health professional courses other than a diploma in higher education (DipHE) Nursing, Midwifery and Operating Department Practitioner. (5) For these years Bursaries were administered by the Higher Education Institutions (6) Applicable to students on DipHE Nursing, Midwifery and Operating Department Practitioner courses. Notes:
1998-99—the first academic year the NHS Bursary Scheme was extended to cover courses leading to professional registration as a dietician, chiropodist, prosthetist and orthotist, speech and language therapist.
1998-99—the first academic year BSA Student Bursaries became responsible for the payment of Practice Placement Expenses.
1999-2000—the first year the NHS Student Bursaries unit became responsible for the administration of bursaries to new DipHE Nursing and Midwifery students. (Please see footnote 5 to the table explaining that HEI’s were responsible for the processing of bursaries for earlier years).
2002-03—the first year the NHS Bursary Scheme was extended to cover courses leading to professional registration as a doctor, dentist, audiologist or operating department practitioner.
2005-06—the first academic year BSA Student Bursaries holds data on the amount of tuition fee contributions paid in respect of medical and dental students to Higher Education Institutions. Source:
National Health Service Business Services Authority Student Bursaries Unit
Information prior to 1998-99 is not available.
The range of basic bursary rates for new degree level students (based on courses of 30 weeks) and for new diploma level students, in 2006-07 is shown in the following table.
£
Basic bursary rate 2006-07
If students are studying:
Degree (income assessed)
Diploma (non income assessed)
In London and living in student accommodation or their own home
0-2,908
7,030
Elsewhere in the UK and living in student accommodation in their own home
0-2,367
5,983
Anywhere in the UK (including London) and living with their parents
0-1,936
5,983
Source:
Financial Help for New Healthcare Students 2006-07
The courses for which NHS bursaries are provided is shown in the following table.
