Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the letter to him of 22 March 2016 from the hon. Member for Tottenham, whether he plans to meet with the hon. Member to discuss North Middlesex Hospital.
Answered by Ben Gummer
I apologise to the Rt. hon. Member as he has not received a reply to his letter of 22 March 2016 to the Secretary of State requesting a meeting to discuss his concerns about North Middlesex Hospital.
Departmental officials will contact the Rt. hon. Member’s office as a matter of urgency with a view to arranging the meeting he requested.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals are listed as being supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST) is focused on helping 27 urgent and emergency care systems across England that are under the most pressure to deliver real improvements in quality, safety and patient flow. ECIST is also resourced to provide expert input to the eight urgent and emergency care vanguards.
Since April 2016, the team has offered limited improvement support to a small group of trusts at the request of NHS Improvement regional teams.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria is for which hospitals are listed as being supported by the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team.
Answered by Ben Gummer
In 2015/16, increased resources were provided to the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST). This was to enable it to provide a programme of deeper support to 27 health communities in England selected on the basis of poor performance against the national 4-hour accident and emergency standard during 2014/15 and quarter one of 2015/16. ECIST is also resourced to provide expert input to the eight urgent and emergency care vanguards.
Since April 2016, the team has offered limited improvement support to a small group of trusts at the request of NHS Improvement regional teams.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults were refused NHS treatment on the basis of their immigration status in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015 and (d) 2016 to date.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Department does not hold this information.
National Health Service hospital treatment is free to those people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, or those exempt from charge under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended. Anyone else should present a European Health Insurance Card, S1 or S2 form or pay direct for their NHS care. Those who need care and treatment urgently will still receive it even if they are chargeable and cannot pay straight away.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many migrants from other EU countries work in the NHS in London.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Health and Social Care Information Centre collects data on the number of staff working in National Health Service hospital and community health services (HCHS) in England.
Nationality is a self-reported field within the electronic staff record system. The following table shows the number of HCHS staff from other European Union (EU) countries who declared their nationality who work in the NHS in England and in London.
Information on the number of employees from other EU countries working in London is only available for those people working in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups.
England 30 September 2015 | Headcount |
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| All staff | People from other EU countries working in England | People from other EU countries working in London |
Employees in NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups | 1,151,138 | 52,812 | 17,735 |
Employees in Central Bodies and Support Organisations | 36,456 | 1,015 | n/a |
Total | 1,187,594 | 53,827 | 17,735 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics
Information on how many employees working in the NHS have no recourse to public funds is not available.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many migrants working in the NHS have no recourse to public funds.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Health and Social Care Information Centre collects data on the number of staff working in National Health Service hospital and community health services (HCHS) in England.
Nationality is a self-reported field within the electronic staff record system. The following table shows the number of HCHS staff from other European Union (EU) countries who declared their nationality who work in the NHS in England and in London.
Information on the number of employees from other EU countries working in London is only available for those people working in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups.
England 30 September 2015 | Headcount |
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| All staff | People from other EU countries working in England | People from other EU countries working in London |
Employees in NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups | 1,151,138 | 52,812 | 17,735 |
Employees in Central Bodies and Support Organisations | 36,456 | 1,015 | n/a |
Total | 1,187,594 | 53,827 | 17,735 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre, NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics
Information on how many employees working in the NHS have no recourse to public funds is not available.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people working in the NHS were refused NHS treatment on the basis of their immigration status in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015 and (d) 2016.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Department does not hold this information.
National Health Service hospital treatment is free to those people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, or those exempt from charge under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended. Anyone else should present a European Health Insurance Card, S1 or S2 form or pay direct for their NHS care. Those who need care and treatment urgently will still receive it even if they are chargeable and cannot pay straight away.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were refused pregnancy termination on the basis of their immigration status in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015 and (d) 2016.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Department does not hold this information.
National Health Service hospital treatment is free to those people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, or those exempt from charge under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended. Anyone else should present a European Health Insurance Card, S1 or S2 form or pay direct for their NHS care. Those who need care and treatment urgently will still receive it even if they are chargeable and cannot pay straight away.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults were refused chemotherapy on the basis of their immigration status in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015 and (d) 2016.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Department does not hold this information.
National Health Service hospital treatment is free to those people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, or those exempt from charge under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended. Anyone else should present a European Health Insurance Card, S1 or S2 form or pay direct for their NHS care. Those who need care and treatment urgently will still receive it even if they are chargeable and cannot pay straight away.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were refused chemotherapy on the basis of their immigration status in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015 and (d) 2016.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Department does not hold this information.
National Health Service hospital treatment is free to those people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, or those exempt from charge under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended. Anyone else should present a European Health Insurance Card, S1 or S2 form or pay direct for their NHS care. Those who need care and treatment urgently will still receive it even if they are chargeable and cannot pay straight away.