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Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency spent on staffing in each of the last five years. [289088]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The following table provides the staff costs for NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency over the last five years.
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Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) part- time staff are employed by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency. [289089]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The whole time equivalent staff employed by NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency is 264.9 as of 30 June 2009 of which 37 are part time.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when Ministers in his Department last met staff of the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency. [289091]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Ministers have met with staff of the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency on a number of occasions relating to their responsibilities over the year for example:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State (Andrew Burnham) was shown around the HealthCare Associated Infection exhibition stand at the NHS Innovation Expo on 18 June.
Officials attended a meeting with my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ann Keen) and an NHS supplier on 24 June.
Officials have also met with my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Darzi) on a number of occasions over the last six months regarding Innovation in Procurement.
NHS: Accountancy
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 692W, on NHS accountancy, what assessment he has made of the effects on the revenue of NHS organisations of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in relation to (a) accounting for private finance initiative deals, (b) accounting for local improvement finance trust schemes and (c) the accounting treatment of lease arrangements. [288571]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: In preparation for the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), from 2009-10, the Department has estimated the recurring additional revenue impact should all NHS local improvement finance trust (LIFT) and private finance initiative (PFI) schemes come onto the public sector balance sheet. For 2009-10 it is estimated that this would amount to £36 million and £148 million respectively. No similar assessment has been performed for lease arrangements but we expect the introduction of IFRS to have a minimal net financial impact.
We are currently considering the Treasury Consolidated Budgeting Guidance published in June 2009, which deals with aspects of IFRS accounting, to determine how it should be applied to national health service. We are also in discussion with the audit Commission around the likely effect of IFRS on the revenue of NHS organisations.
NHS: Drugs
Mark Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his response is to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency consultation MLX357, on the medicines' supply chain, completed in March 2009. [287813]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reviewed the responses to the public consultation MLX357 and has now published those responses, together with an account of how the Government propose to take account of them. All these documents can be found on the MHRA's website at:
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts have a pharmaceutical needs assessment in place. [288887]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information requested is not held centrally. Primary care trusts were advised in 2004-05 to prepare and to publish pharmaceutical needs assessments in advance of reforms introduced through the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 from 1 April 2005.
NHS: Finance
Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether it is his policy that the balance of the £750 million of capital expenditure for community hospitals over five years announced by his predecessor the right hon. Member for Leicester West is to be spent; what the monetary value of that balance is; and over what period he plans to spend such balance. [288031]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Government continue to ensure that we provide support for the community hospital programme. Investment in community services remains a high priority for us. 28 projects have secured elements of the funding to a value of at least £250 million.
The money has contributed to a range of services, including community hospitals, and more generally to other important and welcome community projects. I can confirm that the Department of Health and the Treasury will continue to consider schemes for community hospitals. They will be subject to the same approval process as all capital investment, thus ensuring that any further spending is affordable and that it provides value for money. For projects due to start in 2010-11, decisions will be subject to the strategies that PCTs produce for the development of their estates and the outcomes of the next spending review.
Sir John Stanley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the community hospital capital projects which have been approved under the £750 million of capital expenditure for community hospitals over five years announced by his predecessor the right hon. Member for Leicester West since the approval given in June 2008 to St Thomas', Stockport, New Build, stating in each case (a) the name of the
community hospital and its location, (b) a brief description of the capital works, (c) the capital cost approved and (d) the date of approval. [288032]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The 2005 Labour Manifesto promised a new generation of state of the art community hospitals. The 'Our health, our care, our say' (January 2006), reiterated the manifesto commitment and pledged to invest £750 million capital in modern community hospitals over five years from 2006-07. Policy details were set out in Our health, our care, our community: investing in community hospitals and services. A copy has already been placed in the Library.
Since 'Our health, our care, our say', around £250 million of the £750 million has been allocated to 28 schemes.
the name and location of each community hospital;
a description of the capital works;
the amount of the Department's capital allocated to each scheme; and
the date each scheme was approved.
| Strategic Health Authority | Primary Care Trust | Name of scheme | Funding Model | Date scheme approved | Total Department of Health Funding (£ million) |
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