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1012376

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Mental Health Services: Veterans
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 is taking to ensure that retired military personnel have access to mental health support.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	194742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>In addition to all the clinical commissioning group commissioned mental health services, many of which have pathways and services relevant to armed forces, NHS England commissions two bespoke services for veterans experiencing mental health difficulties.</p><p>The first is the Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service which supports serving personnel who need additional support as they are leaving the armed forces and veterans who have mental health issues. The Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service is also the entry point to the Complex Treatment Service, the second service commissioned by NHS England. The Complex Treatment Service is able to provide a range of more intensive care and treatment for veterans with military related complex mental health difficulties, many of whom will have experienced trauma.</p><p>The Transition Intervention and Liaison Service accepts referrals directly from veterans or a veteran can ask their general practitioner or a military charity to refer them.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/11/2018 10:50:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1005826

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Palliative Care: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to increase funding for end-of-life care; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	190548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care, is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the £20.5 billion a year for the NHS, NHS England is working with the Department to develop a long-term plan, details of which will be published later this year. End of life care is an important part of the proposals and NHS England will continue working with key stakeholders to test the plan before its publication.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/11/2018 16:11:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

995535

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Patients: Personal Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures the NHS has put in place to ensure the protection of vulnerable inpatients personal affects.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	184407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>NHS Protect provides guidance to National Health Service organisations in England on the secure management of all patients' property. This includes the process for documenting patients’ property, transferring patients and discharging patients.</p><p> </p><p>Patients should be advised of their rights and responsibilities with respect to property taken onto the NHS organisations premises.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 31/10/2018 15:26:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

964662

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Rheumatoid Arthritis: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that the treatment of NHS patients with rheumatoid arthritis is not interrupted in the event that the UK does not agree a withdrawal deal with the EU before March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	169798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>We understand that disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and other biological treatments including Etanercept is vitally important to many people in this country. Our contingency plans include sensible mitigations for medicines that come to the United Kingdom from or via the European Union, such as precautionary stockpiling by suppliers, to ensure that the supply of essential medicines to patients is not disrupted.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/09/2018 14:15:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

964663

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	NHS: Migrant Workers
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 foreign nationals from (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries are employed by NHS trusts in the Kirklees area.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	169799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitoner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows all staff employed in National Health Service trusts in the Kirklees area (Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust) by nationality, as at 31 May 2018, headcount.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All nationalities</p></td><td><p>14,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which:</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>12,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union (excluding UK)</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other European Economic Area countries</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of the World</p></td><td><p>526</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Nationality is self-reported and may be a reflection of cultural heritage rather than country of birth.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/09/2018 11:07:02 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

938620

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Nurses: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's recruitment target is for the nursing degree apprenticeship entry route, and what recent steps his Department has taken to meet that target.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	163191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>There is no recruitment target for the nurse degree apprenticeship. The Government has a clear aspiration that once the apprentice route is established, up to 1,000 apprentice nurses could join the National Health Service each year.</p><p> </p><p>The registered nurse (degree) apprenticeship standard was approved for delivery on 9 May 2017. To date, there have been 260 starts on the registered nurse (degree) apprenticeship in the 2017 to 2018 academic year (August 2017 to April 2018) in England but this will continue to increase over the full year August 2017 to August 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no immediate plans to provide additional funding for the costs of education for the nurse degree apprenticeship, which should be met from the apprentice levy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 163192 question first answered 16/07/2018 17:04:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

938621

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Nurses: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional finding his Department plans to provide to employers to cover the educational costs of nursing degree apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	163192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>There is no recruitment target for the nurse degree apprenticeship. The Government has a clear aspiration that once the apprentice route is established, up to 1,000 apprentice nurses could join the National Health Service each year.</p><p> </p><p>The registered nurse (degree) apprenticeship standard was approved for delivery on 9 May 2017. To date, there have been 260 starts on the registered nurse (degree) apprenticeship in the 2017 to 2018 academic year (August 2017 to April 2018) in England but this will continue to increase over the full year August 2017 to August 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no immediate plans to provide additional funding for the costs of education for the nurse degree apprenticeship, which should be met from the apprentice levy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 163191 question first answered 16/07/2018 17:04:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

938657

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Colne Valley that was sent on the 23 May and again on 12 June 2018 on ambulance response times.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	163200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member’s letters on 16 July.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 17/07/2018 13:48:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

938677

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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 (a) the practices in place to allow medical professionals to identify fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in (i) newborn and (ii) young children and (b) how those cases are recorded.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	163201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Maternity Transformation Programme, Public Health England is leading work to provide prevention-focused leadership to support a reduction in the proportion of women drinking alcohol during pregnancy. Midwives and health visitors also have a role in providing clear, consistent advice and early identification and support.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/07/2018 09:40:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

934961

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Hypoglycaemia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding for additional research into reactive hypoglycaemia.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	161240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), which has a broad portfolio of research into diabetes and related symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including reactive hypoglycaemia. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications for funding are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/07/2018 13:48:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker