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900043

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Visual Impairment: Depressive Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people registered as blind have been diagnosed with depression.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	141797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of people who are registered as blind or severely sight impaired with a diagnosis of depression is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/05/2018 10:28:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

900080

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place the correspondence between his Department and Serco on the outsourcing of the breast cancer screening helpline in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	141799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The helpline has not been additionally outsourced to Serco. Serco has been the existing contractor for Public Health England’s (PHE) helplines since 2015/16. A summary of PHE’s existing contract with Serco has been published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d1aa641f-b315-4787-adb4-091822bee7e1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d1aa641f-b315-4787-adb4-091822bee7e1</a></p><p> </p><p>The contract allows for expansion according to business need.</p><p> </p><p>To collate the relevant correspondence, review and redact any potentially commercially sensitive information would incur disproportionate cost. The correspondence that are not commercially sensitive will be shared with the independent review team and published as appropriate as part of the review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/05/2018 15:01:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

900081

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which cancer screening programmes have been run in part or entirely by private companies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	141800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>NHS England contracts at a local level for cancer screening programmes and therefore related information is held by NHS England local teams.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the breast screening programme, NHS England has contracted with one independent sector provider – InHealth – which delivers screening services in three areas which are North and East Devon, Outer North East London, and Surrey and North East Hampshire.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/05/2018 15:00:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

900109

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
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 and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that children and young people have access to appropriate mental health treatment.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	141910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>We have made an additional £1.4 billion available over the course of 2015/16 - 2020/21 to transform services and ensure access to specialist mental health services for an additional 70,000 children and young people a year by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>We have also introduced two waiting time standards for children and young people. The first is for 95% of children (up to 19 years old) with eating disorders to receive treatment within a week for urgent cases (and four weeks for routine cases). The second is for 50% of patients (of all ages) experiencing a first episode of psychosis to receive treatment within two weeks of referral. We are currently exceeding or on track to meet these waiting time standards.</p><p> </p><p>The recent Green Paper, ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision’, published by the Department for Health and Social Care and the Department for Education, announced the creation of new Mental Health Support Teams. These teams will deliver mental health interventions for those with mild to moderate needs in or close to schools and colleges (and refer those with more severe needs on to specialist services). The Green Paper also announced the piloting of a four week waiting time to improve access to National Health Service mental health services, which we will roll out in a number of trailblazer areas alongside the support teams. The Green Paper is supported by an additional £300 million.</p><p> </p><p>We will also ensure that at least one teacher in every primary and secondary school will receive mental health awareness training to enable school staff to spot common signs of mental health issues, and to help children and young people receive appropriate support.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2018 10:39:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

900110

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in waiting times for Autism Spectrum Disorder assessments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	141911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no recent assessment of the trends in waiting times for autism spectrum disorder assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines recommend that the time from a referral to a first appointment is no longer than three months.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data for the country as a whole is available in Public Health England’s report, ‘Autism Self-Assessment Exercise 2016 Detailed report and thematic analyses’ (published June 2017). The report states that 33 local authorities (22%) reported already meeting the NICE recommended waiting times, 35 (23%) anticipated meeting NICE recommended waiting times by March 2017 and to be able to sustain this thereafter and 66 (43%) did not anticipate being able to reach NICE recommended waiting times sustainably by March 2017. 18 local authorities did not respond to the relevant question.</p><p> </p><p>Collection of national waiting times data from referral to a first appointment and on to a diagnosis if one is given, began in April this year. Results will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/05/2018 10:31:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

900175

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Suicide: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department have taken to tackle male suicide rates.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	141750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England was updated in 2017 to strengthen delivery in a range of key areas for action including targeting high risk groups such as men. The updated strategy is supported by £25 million of investment over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>Every area is implementing a multi-agency suicide prevention plan to ensure that all local services are working together to implement tailored approaches to reducing suicides in their communities. We acknowledge that men may not engage as easily with services and increasingly, evidence indicates that men feel more comfortable accessing support and services in non-clinical settings.</p><p> </p><p>This has led to a wide range of innovative responses to provide support to men in community environments they find accessible and relevant including, for example, the Men’s Sheds Movement, Andy’s Man Clubs and State of Mind Sport.</p><p> </p><p>We are encouraged that the number of male suicides in England has reduced for the second consecutive year and the overall suicide rate is at its lowest since 2010, but there is much more we must do to ensure that everyone at risk of suicide has the help and support they need.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2018 10:37:00 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

900195

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
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 and Social Care, how many patients have died whilst under the care of inpatient children and adolescent mental health services since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cheadle
tabling member printed	Mary Robinson
uin	141812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2013, the National Health Service has reported 17 deaths of patients under the care of inpatient children and young people’s mental health services. Following the written statement to Parliament by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Public Health and Innovation (Nicola Blackwood) on 20 January 2017 (HCWS 427), all deaths of patients under the care of inpatient children and young people’s mental health services are reported to Ministers and the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness which will include the figures in its annual reports.</p><p> </p><p>Patient safety is a key priority for this Government and we published Learning from Deaths guidance to the NHS in 2017 to improve the way the NHS investigates and learns from deaths to prevent future tragedies. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care also announced a zero suicide ambition for mental health inpatients in January this year, which is supported by £25 million of investment, so that every mental health provider of NHS services has a zero suicide policy in place.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2018 10:42:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4406 label Biography information for Mary Robinson

900198

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role charities will play in the planned inquiry into the failure to invite women aged 68-71 to breast screening since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	141898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The planned inquiry (independent review) will be chaired by Lynda Thomas, Chief Executive of Macmillian Cancer Support and Professor Martin Gore, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Professor of Cancer Medicine at the Royal Mardsen, with Peter Wyman, Chair of the Care Quality Commission as vice-chair.</p><p> </p><p>The terms of reference for the review are still to be agreed with the Chairs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 16/05/2018 11:28:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

900210

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Norovirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ward closures in each of the last five years were due to novovirus outbreaks.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	141825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of suspected and laboratory confirmed norovirus outbreaks and ward/bay closures in hospitals reported to Public Health England from 2013-16.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of norovirus outbreaks</p></td><td><p>Number of laboratory confirmed norovirus outbreaks</p></td><td><p>Number of ward/bay closures*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>662</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>689</p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>881</p></td><td><p>593</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Note:</p><p> </p><p>Not all outbreaks result in whole ward closures; some closures are restricted to bays only. The data on ward and bay closures are not available separately.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/05/2018 10:26:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

900211

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether clinical commissioning group areas that are subject to the capped expenditure process will continue to be so subject in the event that are merged with another clinical commissioning group.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	141826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Capped Expenditure Process was run as an extension to the 2017/18 planning process aimed at those places that were otherwise unable to live within their means. It was therefore limited to the 2017/18 financial year and so is now in effect concluded. For the 2018/19 planning process it is still essential that all clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) do their utmost to submit a plan to live within their means, and to repay any cumulative historical overspends. Where CCGs are merging as of 1 April 2018 the same rules will apply to the merged entity as applied to the individual entities prior to the merger.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/05/2018 10:23:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders