§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the results have been of the Gateway reviews of the NHS Integrated Care System. [136628]
§ Mr. HuttonNew and large scale procurement projects in central Government are subject to gateway reviews. The process examines a project at critical stages to provide assurance that it can progress successfully to the next stage. The review provides project teams with advice and guidance from fellow practitioners and in order to maintain the integrity of the advice, this is held to be completely confidential by both parties. The gateway review process is not an audit.
Recommendations are made to the senior responsible officer on good practice in key areas such as programme management, risk management and involving key stakeholders. The national programme is implementing any recommendations which arise from each stage in the gateway review.
The national information technology programme is fully committed to external reviews being undertaken on a timely basis.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many man hours he estimates will be required to input a record for each NHS patient into the Integrated Care System; and who will be responsible for this work. [134287]
§ Mr. HuttonData and information is already keyed in on multiple systems and on multiple occasions.
The efficiency savings will be generated through data and information being keyed in once only. This will result in a net saving to the time required on record keeping and maintenance.
The integrated care records service is not about entering historical data but about improving the capture, use and quality of current data and future support to patient care.