Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what public appointments are made directly by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The statutory basis for public appointments is set out in the Public Appointments Order in Council 2023, which lists public appointments regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments and includes those identified as being made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, listed as entries under the Department of Health and Social Care. A copy of the document is attached.
When the order is next updated by Cabinet Office, it will also include public appointments to the board of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body, which are made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is also responsible for making the following public appointments, which are not regulated by the Commissioner:
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, chair and non-executive members;
- UK Health Security Agency, chair and non-executive members; and
- NHS Pensions Board, chair only.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 20 December 2021 (HL4956), whether they will publish the details of the Government to Government agreements with (1) Kenya, (2) Malaysia, and (3) the Philippines.
Answered by Lord Kamall
Copies of the agreements with Kenya, Malaysia and the Philippines on healthcare workforce recruitment are attached.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Kamall on 27 January (HL Deb col 436) regarding the ethical international recruitment of nurses, what ethical provisions were included in the agreements with (1) Kenya, (2) Malaysia, and (3) the Philippines, to which he referred in his Written Answer on 20 December 2021 (HL4956).
Answered by Lord Kamall
The Government to Government agreements established with Kenya, Malaysia and the Philippines commit to ensuring fair, ethical and sustainable recruitment and employment of healthcare professionals, pursuant to existing laws and regulations in each partner country. We are working with the Governments of Malaysia and Kenya to develop detailed implementation guidelines which will be published in due course. Our agreement with the Philippines confirms that United Kingdom recruiters will consider the national demand for healthcare in relation to the number of healthcare workers in the Philippines.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Kamall on 13 December (HL Deb, col 8), which countries have a surplus of medical professionals.
Answered by Lord Kamall
The information requested is not held centrally. However, we are aware of a number of countries with unemployed nurses and countries that train excess numbers of nurses for their domestic requirements in order to give employment opportunities. We are in discussions with the Governments of some of these countries regarding supporting their health systems and giving opportunities to trained staff in the United Kingdom. We have established Government to Government health worker migration agreements with Kenya, Malaysia and the Philippines this year and a Health Workforce Taskforce with the Government of India as part of the Enhanced Trade Partnership, signed earlier in 2021.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 9 July (HL Deb, col 216) and Written Answer on 29 July (WA 286), how the figure of 19,300 fewer administrative staff was calculated.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The source of the data is the NHS Hospital & Community Health Service (HCHS) monthly workforce statistics - Provisional Statistics published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. This covers directly employed staff working in the National Health Service and excludes staff working in general practice.
The figure of 19,300 (rounded down to the nearest hundred) is the decrease in the full time equivalent number of ‘infrastructure support’ staff between May 2010 (204,695) and February 2014 (185,319). Infrastructure support includes staff that are coded as senior managers, managers, clerical and administrative staff in central functions and all staff in hotel, property and estates; it does not include administration staff that provide direct support to clinicians, such as medical secretaries and ward receptionists.
Based on the latest available data, for April 2014, the number of full time equivalent infrastructure support staff stands at 184,533 and the reduction since May 2010 at over 20,100 (20,161 – rounded down to the nearest whole number).
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 9 July (HL Deb, col 216), how many managerial and clerical staff were appointed to each of the Clinical Commissioning Groups established by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Information concerning the number of clerical and administrative staff, managers, and senior managers in Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) in England, as at 30 September 2013, has been placed in the Library.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 9 July (HL Deb, col 216), how many managerial and clerical appointments have been made to Healthcare Education England.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
As stated in the National Health Service Electronic Staff Record, Health Education England and the 13 Local Education and Training Boards employed 2,483 staff as at 30 June 2014, which is the latest available data. These posts can all be considered as managerial or clerical but include many staff who are directly involved in the management of education and training in the National Health Service, including many qualified clinical staff who add value to its work by providing clinical/health expertise and excellence in the field of education and training.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 9 July (HL Deb, col 216), how many managerial and clerical staff were appointed to each of the Health and Wellbeing Boards established by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 9 July (HL Deb, col 216), how many managerial and clerical appointments have been made to NHS England.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
As stated in NHS England’s annual report for 2013-2014, National Health Service Commissioning Board: Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, which was published on 22 July 2014, NHS England employed 6,231 staff as at 31 March 2014. These posts can all be considered as managerial or clerical.
In addition, 9,060 commissioning support unit staff were employed under a hosting arrangement with the NHS Business Services Authority.
It is not possible to give a more recent verified figure for number of appointments.
The annual report is available on NHS England’s website at:
www.england.nhs.uk/publications/