Sandra Gidley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will develop national templates to assist primary care trusts in delivering vascular checks in (a) general practice surgeries, (b) community pharmacies, (c) walk-in centres and (d) other settings. [288886]
Ann Keen:
The Department has produced a number of national guidance documents, templates and other resources to support primary care trusts deliver the NHS health check (previous called vascular checks). Most recently, in conjunction with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, it has produced a national template designed to help primary care trusts who wish to commission NHS health checks from community pharmacy. It is available at:
In association with primary care contracting, it has also developed a primary care service framework to assist primary care trusts in delivering NHS health checks in general practice surgeries, walk-in centres and other settings. This can be found at:
Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many care homes obtained each score against each of the national minimum standards in the latest year for which figures are available. [288600]
Phil Hope:
We are informed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that the scores against each national minimum standard (NMS) for care homes, for the year ending 31 March 2008-the latest year for which information is available-are as shown in the following tables.
Performance of care homes against each NMS for care homes for older people as at 31 March 2008
