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Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what way the New Horizons initiative will clarify entitlements to support and treatment for those with mental health problems. [305916]
Phil Hope: The consultation document on New Horizons, published in July this year, outlined the features of high-quality mental health care, which support the recovery of everyone who experiences mental ill health, including timely access to high-quality services. "New Horizons: A shared vision for mental health" published on 7 December 2009, a copy of which has already been placed in the Library, stresses the need to improve access to mental health services for socially excluded groups. It includes commitments to work with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on developing further quality standards in mental health, and to exploring options that would help increase personalisation and choice for mental health service users.
New Horizons has been developed in collaboration with strategic health authorities and is consistent with their regional visions for mental health.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how his Department is involving service users in designing Payment by Results for mental health. [305917]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Service users have been involved in developing Payment by Results (PbR) for mental health at an early stage. A study by the University of Huddersfield, "Exploring the Impact of a Clinical Decision Support Tool from the Perspective of Service Users & Carers" (available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/5092), used focus groups to identify what service users thought of an early iteration of the mental health currency work. The study highlighted service users' desire to be involved in the care planning process that is linked to mental health PbR. We therefore expect, as mental health PbR is implemented, that service users will be very involved in the identification and agreement of local care packages and pathways to meet their own needs as part of care planning. User representatives will also be consulted on key aspects of the further development of the approach to PbR for mental health.
MMR Vaccine: Basingstoke
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of children in Basingstoke under the age of five years received two doses of MMR vaccine in each quarter of the last 10 years. [305365]
Gillian Merron: The Health Protection Agency (HPA) publishes quarterly data under the COVER (cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly) programme.
Data are not available for Basingstoke itself, and the organisation responsible for primary care for Basingstoke has changed following national health service reorganisations. Up to 2002, North and Mid Hampshire health authority (HA) was responsible; for 2002 to 2006 it was North Hampshire primary care trust (PCT); and from 2006 it has been Hampshire PCT.
| Quarter evaluated | PCT name | Number of children with 5( th) birthday in quarter | Percentage received MMR2 by 5( th) birthday |
Prior to 2002, vaccine coverage data were published annually. Annual Measles Mumps and Rubella 2 (MMR2) coverage data at age five years by HA were published by the Department's Statistics Division for the fiscal years (1 March to 31 April) 1999-2000 to 2001-02. During this period Basingstoke was part of North and Mid Hampshire HA.
| North and Mid Hampshire HA | ||
| Denominator | MMR2 coverage at five years (percentage) | |
NHS Business Services Authority
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to withhold approval from the NHS Business Services Authority for the outsourcing of its IT and dental services contract until a full appraisal of the in-house option is conducted. [305359]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: On 27 November 2009, Ministers approved the business case for the award of the contract for the supply of dental contract support services and IT infrastructure to the NHS Business Services Authority ("the Authority") to Capita Group Plc. The Authority expects to sign the contract on 14 December 2009 subject to final approval by the board of the Authority on 10 December 2009.
In preparing its business case, the Authority examined its existing in-house capability and considered it was not capable of delivering the full set of business requirements set out in that case. In the circumstances, a further appraisal of the in-house option would not be appropriate.
NHS Direct: Marketing
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the Central Office of Information press release of 17 July 2008 entitled NHS Direct Unveils New Identity, what the cost to the public purse was of the creation of the new brand identity for NHS Direct. [305026]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The total spend on the NHS Direct rebrand was £160,478.
NHS: Drugs
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what account will be taken of patient safety within the health impact assessment element of the overall impact assessment accompanying the forthcoming consultation on proposals to introduce automatic generic substitution; and whether the health impact assessment will be published within the overall impact assessment. [305910]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Patient safety will be absolutely paramount in taking forward the work on generic substitution. We are currently finalising the impact assessment that will be published as part of the consultation exercise which will begin shortly.
NHS: Finance
Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each NHS trust and NHS foundation trust in England received for the provision of private patient services in the latest period for which figures are available. [304723]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information requested has been placed in the Library
Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much debt each NHS trust in England has; and how much each NHS trust in England has spent on debt interest in each of the last three years. [305919]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Information on the total amount owed by national health service trusts in respect of bank overdrafts, current and long-term loans, obligations under finance leases and private finance initiative (PFI) arrangements, and the interest cost in respect of these items for the last three years has been placed in the Library.
NHS: Greater London
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the financial performance of each London (a) acute hospital trust and (b) primary care trust. [305078]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: This information is published in the quarter, a copy of which is published on the Department website at the following location:
A copy of this has been placed in the Library.
NHS: ICT
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what legal firms his Department used to draft the contracts for the National Programme for IT; and for what period each was contracted. [304238]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Allen and Overy, and DLA (subsequently DLA Piper), were appointed in December 2002 to participate in the drafting and negotiation of contracts which formed the National Programme for IT, and were entered into between October 2003 and January 2004. These were the five original local service provider contracts, together with the Spine, N3 network, and e-booking (later Choose and Book) contracts.
Since that time the Department has continued to receive legal support from DLA Piper in connection with the work of the programme. The appointment of Allen and Overy ceased in June 2006.
NHS: Procurement
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the result was of the Strategic Review of Collaborative Procurement in the NHS; and if he will publish the report of the review. [304250]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The Strategic Review of the Collaborative Procurement Hub Programme was undertaken by Ernst and Young in the second half of 2007 and was intended to inform a wider assessment of
commercial capability across the Department and the national health service. This wider assessment took place during 2008 and resulted in publication of "Necessity-not Nicety", a new commercial operating model for the NHS and the Department.
A copy of the report of the Strategic Review of the Collaborative Procurement Hub Programme presented to the Department by Ernst and Young has been placed in the Library.
This report is also available on the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency's website, via the following link:
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