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1002174

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of premature births in (a) England, (b) London and (c) the London Borough of Lewisham in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	188219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Data for the number of premature births in England, London and the London Borough of Lewisham is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/11/2018 15:57:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1002175

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made any recent estimate of the average amount of time premature babies spend in neonatal units.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	188220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the average amount of time spent in neonatal units for babies born before 37 weeks’ gestation in 2015, the latest year for which information is currently available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Gestation at birth</p></td><td><p>Average length of stay (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Before and up to 27 weeks</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28-31 weeks</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>32-36 weeks</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/11/2018 15:54:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

999297

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Health Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of health visitors in (a) England, (b) London and (c) the London Borough of Lewisham in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	186402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the full time equivalent (FTE) figures of health visitors in England, London and the London Borough of Lewisham as at 30 September in the specified years and the latest available data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Of which: London</p></td><td><p>Of which: London Borough of Lewisham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>8,959</p></td><td><p>1,308</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>8,644</p></td><td><p>1,276</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>8,100</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>7,849</p></td><td><p>1,074</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7,802</p></td><td><p>1,056</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>7,687</p></td><td><p>1,118</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8,304</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>9,162</p></td><td><p>1,411</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10,236</p></td><td><p>1,639</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>9,521</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>8,497</p></td><td><p>1,307</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 July 2018</p></td><td><p>7,852</p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Due to changes in the data collection and processing methodology, figures for 2007 and 2008 are not directly comparable to figures from September 2009 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>Since September 2015 NHS Digital has been collecting Independent Healthcare Provider Workforce statistics. These statistics are collected biannually and published as experimental statistics. The following table shows the FTE figures of health visitors employed by Independent Healthcare Providers in England, as at 30 September each year since 2015 and the latest data available:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>1,132</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>1,187</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Independent Healthcare Provider Workforce Statistics, England, March 2018, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Information is not held centrally on the number of health visitors in London and the London Borough of Lewisham from independent healthcare providers.</p><p> </p><p>As health visitors are employed by a range of organisations, including National Health Service trusts, CCGs, local authorities and private providers, current data collections do not cover the complete range of these organisations. Consequently, it is not possible to provide accurate data on the total size of the health visitor workforce.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/11/2018 12:39:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

997249

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	Hearing Aids: Children
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 estimate he has made of the length of NHS waiting times for children waiting for hearing aid repairs.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/11/2018 16:24:56 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

988889

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all patients with health conditions previously determined by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to benefit from the use of cannabis will automatically qualify for prescriptions for medicinal cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	180265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Subject to Parliamentary approval, from 1 November doctors on the General Medical Council’s specialist register can make the decision to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use where deemed clinically appropriate and in the best interests of patients. Prescribers will need to follow local governance procedures for prescribing unlicensed medicines.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations do not limit the types of conditions that can be considered for treatment and will only be able to be supplied under the prescription or direction of a specialist doctor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 16:57:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

987878

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Health Services: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training NHS clinical staff receive to ensure that they are able to meet the specific needs of people with learning difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	179258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Employers have a statutory responsibility to provide sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability or learning difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers: Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities including for administrative roles; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing e-Learning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training.</p><p> </p><p>HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and or autism. All nurses should receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education.</p><p> </p><p>In September, the Government response to the second Annual Report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review committed to a public consultation on proposals for mandatory learning disability training for all health and care staff, the consultation to conclude by the end of March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 179259 question first answered 23/10/2018 11:25:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

987879

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Health Services: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training NHS administrative staff receive to ensure that they are able to meet the specific needs of people with learning difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	179259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Employers have a statutory responsibility to provide sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability or learning difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers: Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities including for administrative roles; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing e-Learning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training.</p><p> </p><p>HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and or autism. All nurses should receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education.</p><p> </p><p>In September, the Government response to the second Annual Report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review committed to a public consultation on proposals for mandatory learning disability training for all health and care staff, the consultation to conclude by the end of March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 179258 question first answered 23/10/2018 11:25:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

984875

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people under the age of 18 in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (b) the London borough of Lewisham and (c) London who applied but did not meet the threshold for child and adolescent mental health services treatment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	177764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/10/2018 13:57:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

984876

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Maternity Services: Bereavement Counselling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS trusts in England that provided mandatory bereavement care training for maternity staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	177765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made any estimate of the number of National Health Service trusts that provide mandatory bereavement care training for maternity staff in each of the last five years. It has also not taken steps to mandate bereavement care training for maternity staff in NHS trusts. Decisions about the provision of bereavement services are taken locally and it is for local NHS trusts to ensure that they provide appropriate training for maternity staff.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 177766 question first answered 17/10/2018 13:55:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

984878

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Maternity Services: Bereavement Counselling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that mandatory bereavement care training is provided for maternity staff in all NHS trusts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	177766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made any estimate of the number of National Health Service trusts that provide mandatory bereavement care training for maternity staff in each of the last five years. It has also not taken steps to mandate bereavement care training for maternity staff in NHS trusts. Decisions about the provision of bereavement services are taken locally and it is for local NHS trusts to ensure that they provide appropriate training for maternity staff.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 177765 question first answered 17/10/2018 13:55:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft