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794265

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date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Psychologists
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 ensure adequate numbers of trained clinicians in psychological therapies at each NHS trust.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>On 31 July Health Education England (HEE) published the National Health Service workforce plan for England; setting out concrete steps for delivering 21,000 new posts (professional and allied) across the mental health system, with the expectation that 19,000 of these places would be filled by staff employed directly by the NHS. The plan focuses on both new staff and on improved retention of existing staff, as well as new roles and new models of mental health care. The plan can be found at:</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>Implementation of the plan is being led by HEE and NHS England working through HEE Regional Leads and the NHS England Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) who will need to demonstrate how the workforce plan is being taken into account by STPs as part of their future planning. This will include plans for expanding the mental health workforce in both primary and secondary care settings.</p><p> </p><p>Staffing and service provision in the NHS in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is a matter for each of the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/11/2017 16:06:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

794266

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of training in autism diagnosis for clinicians in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) is responsible for the planning and funding of post-registration medical education. HEE works directly with a number of partners, including National Health Service trusts, to assess demand and supply for clinical staff, and commissions programmes of education accordingly. The training curricula for postgraduate trainee doctors is set by the relevant medical Royal College, and continuing professional and personal development for registered professionals employed in the NHS is a matter for employers and those individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has put in place a revised accountability and governance model for implementing the Autism Strategy in line with the Autism Act (2009). It has established a Workforce Development Task and Finish Group as part of this work, co-chaired by Health Education England and Skills for Care, which may consider the provision of training in autism diagnosis for clinicians in the NHS. The 2010 and 2015 statutory guidance for local authorities and the NHS to support implementation of the Autism Strategy makes it clear that autism training should be available to all staff working in health and social care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 115240 question first answered 30/11/2017 15:36:37 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

794267

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking ensure that NHS Trusts have adequate numbers of clinicians trained in the diagnosis of autism.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) is responsible for the planning and funding of post-registration medical education. HEE works directly with a number of partners, including National Health Service trusts, to assess demand and supply for clinical staff, and commissions programmes of education accordingly. The training curricula for postgraduate trainee doctors is set by the relevant medical Royal College, and continuing professional and personal development for registered professionals employed in the NHS is a matter for employers and those individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has put in place a revised accountability and governance model for implementing the Autism Strategy in line with the Autism Act (2009). It has established a Workforce Development Task and Finish Group as part of this work, co-chaired by Health Education England and Skills for Care, which may consider the provision of training in autism diagnosis for clinicians in the NHS. The 2010 and 2015 statutory guidance for local authorities and the NHS to support implementation of the Autism Strategy makes it clear that autism training should be available to all staff working in health and social care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 115239 question first answered 30/11/2017 15:36:37 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

794268

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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 steps his Department is taking to provide suicide risk assessment training to clinicians in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Training provision in the National Health Service is the responsibility of individual organisations who are expected to ensure that training supports maintaining high professional standards, professional development and high quality care. Suicide prevention is a priority for this Government and when we updated the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy earlier this year we highlighted the need to support better mental health and suicide prevention awareness across the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England and Public Health England have been supporting this aim by reviewing materials such as e-learning tools for NHS professionals and are considering how best to support this nationally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/11/2017 16:13:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

794270

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate investment in early intervention treatments for child and adolescent mental health services.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Children and young people’s (CYP) mental health is a top priority for this Government and we are clear that early intervention is vital.</p><p> </p><p>We are making an additional £1.4 billion available for transformation of CYP mental health services from 2015/16 – 2019/20, and have committed to ensuring an additional 70,000 CYP a year will access National Health Service mental health treatment by 2020. We have introduced the first ever waiting times standard for mental health and will shortly be publishing a joint Green Paper on CYP mental health with the Department for Education, focussing on early intervention.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/11/2017 14:07:39 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

794271

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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 steps his Department is taking to improve the commissioning of mental health services for young adults aged 18-25 years old.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Services are expected to work together to plan transition effectively and to meet the needs of young people, as well as their families and carers.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England published its Model Specification for Transitions from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, in January 2015, to support better transition planning and delivery by local providers.</p><p> </p><p>Transition from children and young people’s mental health services has also been included as one of 13 mandatory national indicators in the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation scheme (2017/19). This offers financial incentives to local areas to make improvements in support of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and National Health Service mandate, and will encourage improved transition planning and better experiences for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/11/2017 16:12:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

794272

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government has plans to create a national all-encompassing campaign to promote the importance and value of physical activity in combating the child obesity to children across all areas.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	115245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a fit and healthy childhood’s report on “Physical activity in early childhood” which provides a valuable contribution to the debate as we continue to deliver our world-leading Childhood Obesity Plan.</p><p> </p><p>Physical activity is a key part of our plan and has an important role in maintaining and improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people. We continue to invest in school sport through programmes such as the primary PE and sport premium, School Games, and Change4Life Sports Clubs, to encourage children to be active.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are being given over £16 billion to spend on public health over the five years of the 2015 Spending Review. We know that many are prioritising action to tackle obesity and increase physical activity according to their local need.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has developed “Everybody Active Every Day”, a national implementation framework for physical activity. This will support increased physical activity in local communities by: focussing across the whole life-course; consolidating evidence and providing a structured approach; and enabling local and national organisations to work together.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 115587 115589 question first answered 30/11/2017 15:32:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

794273

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure CCGs spend their allocated budget for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The shared National Health Service planning guidance sets out what clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and providers have to do in 2017/18 and 2018/19. For children and young people’s mental health services, this includes a requirement to increase access, so that 70,000 more people receive specialist treatment nationally by 2020, and to expand eating disorder services so that the new waiting time standard is met.</p><p> </p><p>A joint letter to CCGs and trusts sent by NHS England Directors on 27 February 2017 specifically asked for confirmation that funds for children and young people were being used for the purpose intended.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England published, for the first time in October 2016, a new integrated Five Year Forward View for Mental Health Dashboard. This shows what each CCG is spending on children’s mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>This Mental Health Dashboard is designed to improve the transparency and accountability of CCGs, both to NHS England and to the populations they serve.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s Mental Health Investment Standard requires CCGs to increase their mental health spend in line with their overall increase in allocation each year. This is planned to be met across England as a whole in 2017/18 and 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/11/2017 17:44:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

794274

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure holistic formulation based assessment is provided to children and young people with mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England, in partnership with NHS England, funds the delivery of a suite of therapist interventions and modalities for existing and new staff working within National Health Service commissioned services for children and young people’s mental health known as the Children’s and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The CYP IAPT portfolio, as a whole, through this training supports the provision of a holistic formulation based assessment to children and young people with mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/11/2017 15:35:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

794280

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to address the rise in homeless patients presenting with mental illness at NHS (a) hospitals, (b) drop-in centres and (c) GP surgeries.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	115253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government is working closely with the Department of Health on how we improve access to mental health services for rough sleepers, or those at risk of homelessness in England. The Government has committed over £1 billion until 2020 to local authorities to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping and has supported the Homelessness Reduction Act – due to commence in April 2018. The Act will ensure that people who are in need of assistance get the support they need before becoming homeless.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting 84 projects, some specifically funding mental health interventions, across 205 district and unitary local authorities in England through its £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme offering tailored support services for people who need it and rapid support for people to make a sustainable recovery from homelessness.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also set an aim to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it entirely by 2027. We are setting up a rough sleeping and homelessness taskforce and piloting a Housing First approach to tackle rough sleeping.</p><p> </p><p>We expect local authorities, NHS England and clinical commissioning groups to all play a crucial role in achieving these. NHS England has published guidance for general practices and patients to ensure that homeless patients are still able to access primary care services. Public Health England’s guidance ‘Improving health through the home’ provides a single point of access to wide-ranging authoritative information on data, evaluation, evidence and research related to homelessness to support providers and commissioners, such as good practice prompts for commissioning for homeless people with drug or alcohol problems.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/11/2017 16:11:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron