Parliamentary questions w/e 17 Feb 2017
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- Published: Monday, 20 February 2017 07:53
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As Parliament was in recess this week there have been fewer questions published. But Nicolas Soames continued his questions about the failures of Capita. And Defence Questions revealed a new role for service dentists in relation to alcohol consumption.
Nicholas Soames Conservative MP for Mid Sussex asked what the average time is for which applicants to the National Dental Performers' List wait for their application to be processed in (a) NPL1, (b) NPL2 and (c) NPL3 categories. Secondly he asked how many dentists in (a) NPL1, (b) NPL2 and (c) NPL3 categories are waiting for applications to the National Dental Performers List to be processed.
Minister David Mowat replied that NHS England holds the contract with Capita for the administration of primary care support services, including the National Performers Lists, which includes the Dental Performers List. And said “NHS England informs us that it currently does not hold information centrally on the average processing time for applicants to the National Dental Performers' List for NPL1, NPL2 and NPL3 categories. However, there is an expectation that applications should take 12 weeks to process.
He continued: “According to NHS England there are currently 867 new NPL1 applications to the Dental Performers List from Dental Foundation trainees being processed. They expect these to be completed as a priority. Applications, to change the status of the performer or the area in which they practice which are NPL2 and NPL3 applications, are made regularly. The number of these is not currently available from Capita or held centrally by NHS England.”
In a question to the Ministry of Defence Andrew Murrison Conservative MP South West Wiltshire asked the minister when he expected the alcohol working group to publish its findings. In the course of his reply the Minister Mark Lancaster MP disclosed that last year, a screening programme was introduced at annual dental inspections which will enable better data-gathering to facilitate better-targeted awareness campaigns.
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