Will Quince corrected a written answer on Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: Staff

15 December 2022 · Commons written answer · Department of Health and Social Care

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour, Slough) asked written question 106487 on 8 December 2022. Will Quince answered on 14 December 2022 for the Department of Health and Social Care, and Will Quince corrected the answer on 15 December 2022. The corrected text no longer gives the figure 2,221,117. Altogether 110 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
While Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) are not commissioned from pharmacies, from November 2021 to October 2022, 2,221,117 SMR appointments were booked in general practice. SMRs optimise patient care in a number of ways, including by reducing medicine wastage. However, no specific assessment has been ~~made of this impact, as it is among a number of benefits. The National Institute~~ for ~~Health and Care Excellence has assessed the evidence for interventions to optimise the use of medicines in developing its guideline ‘Medicines optimisation: the~~ safe ~~and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes’, which has informed NHS England’s commissioning policy.~~	No specific assessment has been made. Staffing levels are determined locally and are informed by national guidance for safe staffing.

Original

Corrected

While Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) are not commissioned from pharmacies, from November 2021 to October 2022, 2,221,117 SMR appointments were booked in general practice.
SMRs optimise patient care in a number of ways, including by reducing medicine wastage. However, no specific assessment has been ~~made of this impact, as it is among a number of benefits. The National Institute~~ for ~~Health and Care Excellence has assessed the evidence for interventions to optimise the use of medicines in developing its guideline ‘Medicines optimisation: the~~ safe ~~and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes’, which has informed NHS England’s commissioning policy.~~

No specific assessment has been made. Staffing levels are determined locally and are informed by national guidance for safe staffing.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

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Date read	15 October 2026
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