1. John Redwood says "This is a non answer."
The Department of Health and Social Care has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (123842):
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what main criteria are considered when hiring NHS medical staff other than their medical qualifications. (123842)
Tabled on: 16 January 2023
Answer:
Will Quince:
Local National Health Service trusts are responsible for managing their own staffing levels, making recruitment decisions and recruiting the number of health professionals with the appropriate skills and qualifications required to meet local service need.
The answer was submitted on 23 Jan 2023 at 17:55.
2. John Redwood says: "This Answer is not very informative at a time when there are issues over how much record keeping and form filling is needed."
The Department of Health and Social Care has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (123840):
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the administration and record keeping hospital doctors need to do to ease their jobs whilst recording important information. (123840)
Tabled on: 16 January 2023
Answer:
Will Quince:
Administration and record keeping are overlapping but slightly separate matters. Some hospitals employ doctors’ assistants to help with administrative work, especially for doctors working on wards. There are varying practices across different National Health Service organisations regarding who records information in records. The Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2021 is a guide to the practice of managing records. All health and care employees are responsible for managing records appropriately. Records must be managed in accordance with the law and each organisation should have a designated member of staff who leads on records management.
The answer was submitted on 23 Jan 2023 at 17:59.
3. John Redwood says: "This answer also reveals substantial numbers of additional managers. This big build up coincides with a large rise in waiting lists and a recent deterioration in staff relations. How do they intend to improve their management?"
The Department of Health and Social Care has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (123839):
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many managers have been appointed in the NHS since the end of 2019. (123839)
Tabled on: 16 January 2023
Answer:
Will Quince:
The following table shows number and the change in full-time equivalent managers working in the National Health Service trusts and commissioning bodies from the end of 2019 to the most recent month that the data is available.
December 2019 October 2022 Change
Senior Managers 10,981 12,698 1,717 (15.6%)
Managers 22,1372 3,966 1,829 (8.3%)
Total of managers 33,118 36,664 3,546 (10.7%)
Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics
The answer was submitted on 23 Jan 2023 at 17:58.
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John Redwood says: "This question reveals a large build up in staff over the last three years. I will ask for more detail of who they are and what they are doing:"
The Department of Health and Social Care has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (123838):
Question:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional non-medical staff have been recruited to the NHS since the end of 2019. (123838)
Tabled on: 16 January 2023
Answer:
Will Quince:
The following table shows the increase in number of full-time equivalent non-medical staff, by staff group, working in National Health Service trusts and commissioning bodies from the end of 2019 to the latest month that the data is available.
Staff group: December 2019 October 2022 Change
Non-medical professionally qualified clinical staff: 479,815 527,280 47,465 (9.9%)
Support to clinical staff: 341,992 385,0844 3,092 (12.6%)
NHS infrastructure support staff: 180,540 205,321 24,781 (13.7%)
Total non-medical staff: 1,002,347 1,117,685 115,338 (11.5%)
The answer was submitted on 23 Jan 2023 at 17:57.
