Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the detailed breakdown of the amount forecast to be spent on corporate services by NHS Track and Trace in its 2021–22 budget; what has been spent to date against that budget line in the current financial year; and how much has been spent on the use of management consultants from that budget line.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The programme is expected to spend £1,779 million on corporate services in 2021/22, which includes spend on finance, legal, commercial, human resources, digital, policy and communication services. However, a detailed breakdown of the forecast spend, the spend to date against that budget line and on management consultants is not currently available as it is being collated and centrally validated.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the data protection impact assessment for NHS Digital General Practice Data for planning and research data collection will be published.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The data protection impact assessment is currently being reviewed and updated ahead of the delivery of this service. NHS Digital plans to publish the impact assessment for the programme following its final assurance processes, legal and stakeholder reviews.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on patient outcomes of the steps being taken by NHS providers to improve such outcomes.
Answered by Lord Bethell
We have made no specific assessment.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost of an NHS cataract operation.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Payment for cataract surgery within the National Health Service depends on complexity and tariffs for each procedure varies from £973.42 to £1070.36. Data is not collected on the cost of cataract operations carried out by the independent sector, on behalf of the NHS.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost for an NHS Ambulance emergency response.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The information is not held in the format requested as there is no single type of National Health Service emergency ambulance response.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what personal data is held on the database of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination; and who can that data be shared with.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Within NHS Digital, information is held on people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination including their name, postcode, date of birth, National Health Service number, gender, date of COVID-19 vaccination, type of vaccine received and batch number. The data can be shared with the person’s general practitioner practice, Public Health England, the Joint Biosecurity Centre, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling. The data can also be shared with organisations or individuals via NHS Digital Data Access Request Service, subject to them being able to meet strict data governance standards and having an appropriate legal basis.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost for an NHS community-based mental health session.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will list the projects using the NHS data store.
Answered by Lord Bethell
The projects using the National Health Service data store are as follows:
- Data Integration and Analytics Capability for Self-Service;
- Strategic Decision-Makers Dashboard;
- Recovery of Critical Services;
- Early Warning System;
- Supply Management Capability;
- Immunisation and Vaccination Management Capability;
- Workforce Analytics Capability;
- Adult Social Care Dashboard Capability; and
- Integrated Planning Tool.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost for an NHS community-based cataract operation.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Data on the cost of cataract operations undertaken outside of National Health Service hospital trusts is not collected.
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value to taxpayers of over £4 million per annum being paid from NHS Trust budgets to cover the cost of NHS Providers.
Answered by Lord Bethell
We have made no such assessment. It is for National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts to decide whether to join a representative body and whether it provides value for money.