Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many (a) Enfield North constituents and (b) London Borough of Enfield residents have been affected by delays in receiving referrals for treatment as a result of the loss of confidential NHS correspondence by NHS Shared Business Services.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
There has been no loss of correspondence. All correspondence has been securely held, and has now been returned to general practitioner practices or to archives, as appropriate.
The information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency or local authority level.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2016 to Question 56221, if he will list the seven Enfield practices which have been identified for support under the General Practice Resilience Programme.
Answered by David Mowat
Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group is currently working with seven practices that have applied for funding through the General Practice Resilience Programme, of whom four have been accepted and three are pending a decision.
NHS England is unable to release the names of the practices as this information is commercially sensitive.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS England's General Practice Resilience Programme.
Answered by David Mowat
NHS England launched the General Practice Resilience Programme 28 July 2016 following publication of the General Practice Forward View in April 2016 which committed to invest £40 million in supporting practices to become more sustainable and resilient, including £16 million this year.
The programme devolves funding to NHS England’s 13 local teams to secure and deliver a wide menu of support to practices prioritised locally against nationally set criteria. As the first milestones in delivering this four-year programme locally have been focused on developing a local support approach and identifying which practices to support, it is too early to assess its effectiveness.
NHS England is, however, committed to ensuring that the £16 million is invested in support for practices this financial year and to evaluating the effectiveness of to ensure best value from support to practices.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of General Practice Resilience Programme funding has been granted to vulnerable GP practices in London.
Answered by David Mowat
London will receive approximately 16% of the £40 million funding being provided through the four-year General Practice Resilience Programme. London will receive approximately £6.6 million over the lifetime of the programme, with £2.6 million available this year.
Seven practices have been identified for support under the General Practice Resilience Programme in Enfield and support offers are currently being agreed with the practices. The programme funding is not intended to provide financial assistance to practices, but to be used to secure a wide menu of support to improve practice operations that will help practices to become more sustainable and resilient in the future.
229 practices in London have been identified for support under the General Practice Resilience Programme. This includes support to a range of practices - those practices which may benefit from support upstream of any difficulties arising, as well as practices identified as being in difficulty.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP practices in Enfield have received financial assistance from the General Practice Resilience Programme.
Answered by David Mowat
London will receive approximately 16% of the £40 million funding being provided through the four-year General Practice Resilience Programme. London will receive approximately £6.6 million over the lifetime of the programme, with £2.6 million available this year.
Seven practices have been identified for support under the General Practice Resilience Programme in Enfield and support offers are currently being agreed with the practices. The programme funding is not intended to provide financial assistance to practices, but to be used to secure a wide menu of support to improve practice operations that will help practices to become more sustainable and resilient in the future.
229 practices in London have been identified for support under the General Practice Resilience Programme. This includes support to a range of practices - those practices which may benefit from support upstream of any difficulties arising, as well as practices identified as being in difficulty.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2016 to Question 51648, what recent estimate he has made of the number of GP practices that require assistance from the General Practice Resilience Programme in (a) Enfield and (b) London.
Answered by David Mowat
London will receive approximately 16% of the £40 million funding being provided through the four-year General Practice Resilience Programme. London will receive approximately £6.6 million over the lifetime of the programme, with £2.6 million available this year.
Seven practices have been identified for support under the General Practice Resilience Programme in Enfield and support offers are currently being agreed with the practices. The programme funding is not intended to provide financial assistance to practices, but to be used to secure a wide menu of support to improve practice operations that will help practices to become more sustainable and resilient in the future.
229 practices in London have been identified for support under the General Practice Resilience Programme. This includes support to a range of practices - those practices which may benefit from support upstream of any difficulties arising, as well as practices identified as being in difficulty.