Asked by: John Stanley (Conservative - Tonbridge and Malling)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue a direction to the Chief Executive of NHS Care Services to reply to the letter of 13 February 2015 sent by the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling to his company's Head of Communications, Dr Belinda Webb-Blofeld, for urgent response.
Answered by Jane Ellison
We understand my Rt. hon. Friend is referring to NSL Care Services.
Departmental offcials have passed my Rt. hon. Friend’s concerns to the local National Health Service.
Asked by: John Stanley (Conservative - Tonbridge and Malling)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific steps he will take to place the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust on a stable and secure long-term financial footing.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The National Health Service Trust Development Authority (TDA) is working with the Trust to determine its financial recovery plans. The Trust's five year sustainability plan is currently being developed, and is due to be submitted on 20 June 2014.
The NHS TDA has also been involved in the recruitment of the Trust's new Finance Director, and is supportive of the appointment of the Trust's Turnaround Director.
NHS West Kent clinical commissioning group is also working with the Trust to ensure its future sustainability.