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date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the recording and sharing of NHS data to assist to improve care for patients and scientific research.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	109214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that health and care data plays in improving care, treatment, support and research. We are committed to ensuring the health and social care system in England realises the benefits of sharing data in a safe, secure and legal way.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital is the trusted national provider of high quality information and data for health and social care. We are committed to ensuring that the data NHS Digital holds is accessible. We have tasked NHS Digital with a statutory duty in the Health and Social Care Act 2012, to assure the quality of all the data it collects and publishes.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with NHS Digital to develop an information governance framework which will help health and social care organisations to clearly describe activities that require data; justify the legal basis underpinning any data sharing; and, provide assurance around how the data will be protected.</p><p> </p><p>This will provide information to support high quality data sharing applications, agreements and governance. It will also allow local areas to access, link and, where appropriate and safe, share data to enable population health management, while ensuring that its use is proportionate, legal and secure.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to supporting research, innovation and improvement through the use of data and information with appropriate regulation that is subject to public scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/11/2017 12:35:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776891

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to improve the UK's clinical trials base capacity over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	109237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to take steps to improve the United Kingdom’s clinical trials base capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) provides significant investment to support the UK’s clinical trials base and has transformed the health research environment in the UK. This investment includes the England-wide NIHR Clinical Research Network which provides the infrastructure in the National Health Service to deliver clinical trials and other well designed studies. NIHR also provides funding to support Clinical Trial Units. These specialist units support researchers in the design, conduct, analysis and publication of clinical trials and other well-designed studies.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR also supports capacity development through personal and infrastructure training awards, which includes supporting the development of a highlight skilled research and trials workforce through funding for NIHR Clinical Trials Fellowships. The NIHR has recently published a review of NIHR academic training. The report is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nihr.ac.uk/our-faculty/strategic-review-of-training.htm" target="_blank">www.nihr.ac.uk/our-faculty/strategic-review-of-training.htm</a></p><p>In 2016/17 the NIHR committed to invest £981 million over the next five years in research infrastructure in the NHS in England, providing the expertise and facilities the NHS needs to undertake health research and clinical studies. This includes funding for NIHR Biomedical Research Centres, NIHR Clinical Research Facilities and Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres.</p><p> </p><p>The Medical Research Council (MRC) supports a number of activities and initiatives which aim to improve the UK clinical trials capacity. The MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London provides expertise in novel clinical trial methodology including complex stratified medicine trials and contributes to capacity building through training programmes and conferences. The MRC Hub for Trials Methodology Research Network supports the development of trials methodology research in the UK through leadership and developing guidance for trialists to improve the design, conduct and reporting of clinical trials and support for PhD Studentships to grow national capacity. The MRC’s Regulatory Support Centre supports the research community with appropriate interpretation and implementation of regulatory requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also noted the recommendations in Sir John Bell’s Life Sciences Industrial Strategy regarding improving UK clinical trial capabilities and will consider them, along with other recommendations, as part of the ongoing sector deal process. The strategy is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/life-sciences-industrial-strategy" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/life-sciences-industrial-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/11/2017 12:33:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776990

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional resources have been allocated to child and adolescent mental health services in Lancashire, outside the Greater Manchester region, since the Manchester area attack of 22 May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	109318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has made £1 million available to the NHS North Region to support the mental health care and treatment required for people affected by the Manchester Arena incident and to inform the response for future incidents.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/11/2017 12:37:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

776154

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the increase is in the (a) size of the mental health staff workforce and (b) number of professionally qualified clinical mental health staff employed since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	109144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital data shows that the number of National Health Service staff (full-time equivalent) working in Mental Health and Learning Disability trusts increased by 4,295 from July 2013 to July 2017, of these 2,156 are professionally qualified clinical mental health staff. The number of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) staff (headcount) increased by <del class="ministerial">2,278</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,728 </ins>between 2012 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Figures begin in 2012/13 due to the changes in services resulting from the dissolution of primary care trusts in 2012/13.</p><p>Source:</p><p>1. Health Education England (July 2017). Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England.</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/CCS0717505185-1_FYFV%20Mental%20health%20workforce%20plan%20for%20England_v5%283%29.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/CCS0717505185-1_FYFV%20Mental%20health%20workforce%20plan%20for%20England_v5%283%29.pdf</a></p><p>2. NHS Digital, Monthly workforce statistics as at July.</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30100" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30100</a></p><p>3. 2012 IAPT Workforce Census paragraph 5.1.</p><p><a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246046/11919343/iapt-workforce-education-and-training-2012-census-report.pdf/907e15d0-b36a-432c-8058-b2452d3628de" target="_blank">https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246046/11919343/iapt-workforce-education-and-training-2012-census-report.pdf/907e15d0-b36a-432c-8058-b2452d3628de</a></p><p>4. The overall IAPT workforce number from the 2015 census was calculated as follows: sum of Low Intensity Therapy: Total Number of individuals (Staff in Post) on page 17 and High Intensity Therapy (HIT): Total Number of individuals (Staff in Post) on page 21. The 2015 IAPT workforce census is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/09/adult-iapt-workforce-census-report-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/09/adult-iapt-workforce-census-report-15.pdf</a></p><p>5. The overall IAPT workforce number from the 2014 census was calculated by adding total headcount for Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), non CBT HIT modalities and non-qualified counsellors and therapist, Table 4, page.11. The total funded establishment for whole-time equivalent psychological wellbeing practitioners was obtained from table 2, p. 9. The 2014 IAPT workforce census is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.ewin.nhs.uk/tools_and_resources/2014-adult-iapt-workforce-census-report." target="_blank">http://www.ewin.nhs.uk/tools_and_resources/2014-adult-iapt-workforce-census-report.</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2017 13:56:22 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2017 15:29:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 18029 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris