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1127103

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Dementia
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 implementing the recommendations of the Alzheimer’s Society’s report entitled, Dementia Fund, published in May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	255383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper on adult social care at the earliest opportunity, setting out proposals for reform and will bring forward ideas for including an element of risk pooling in the system, which will help to protect people from the highest costs. We are committed to ensuring everyone has access to the care and support they need, based on a principle of shared responsibility.</p><p>One of the important elements of the dementia fund proposal was greater use of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs). PHBs are one way to give people with long-term health conditions and disabilities more choice and control over the money spent on meeting their health and wellbeing needs. We have committed to exploring possible new rights to have PHBs to a further five areas across 2019-20 including dementia.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2019 11:08:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127122

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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 Trusts: Disclosure of Information
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 NHS Trusts have appointed Freedom to Speak Up Guardians; and how many of those are (a) board members and (b) members of human resources staff.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	255384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Freedom to Speak Up Guardians have been appointed in all National Health Service trusts in England.</p><p>Appointments to the role are made locally. There is no nationally published data on the number of Freedom to Speak Up Guardians in trusts that are board members or members of human resources staff.</p><p>However, further information on the grade and job role of Freedom to Speak Up Guardians can be found in the National Guardian’s 2018 survey of guardians at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20181101_ngo_survey2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20181101_ngo_survey2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2019 13:05:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1127133

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Pathology: Greater London
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 make it his policy to consult on any future changes to pathology services in South East London.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	255373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The South East London pathology network is being created as part of a national strategy to network all National Health Service pathology services in England, following identification of significant opportunity in the 2016 Carter review.</p><p>Due to the significant benefits to quality and cost of service, all NHS trusts are expected to network as per the direction set out by NHS Improvement in September 2017.</p><p>There are different ways to approach networking and the delivery of pathology services and the trust may wish to lead public consultation on any chosen delivery model, however the decision to consult would be for the South East London hospitals involved to decide. Neither the Department or NHS England have plans to consult on this specific network.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 255250 question first answered 21/05/2019 13:02:55 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1127144

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Great Ormond Street Hospital: Doctors Laboratory
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 effect on patient care at Great Ormond Street Hospital of the planned two-day strike by couriers from the Doctors Laboratory.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	255269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Trust does not consider the strike a material risk and will manage the potential impact through use of existing alternative courier arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 21/05/2019 13:14:26 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1127160

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Social Services: Training
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 adequacy of the level of training and support provided to those employed in the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	255348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working alongside stakeholders in the adult social care sector to ensure there is the right number of people, with the right skills, knowledge and values to meet increasing demand, and deliver high quality, person-centred care and support.</p><p>The Department’s delivery partner, Skills for Care, monitors levels of qualifications and training and works to improve standards and increase uptake of training and qualifications for those working in adult social care. This includes distributing £12 million a year through the Workforce Development Fund to support employers fund training.</p><p>We know that there is more that we can do, and the Government will publish a Social Care Green Paper at the earliest opportunity setting out proposals for reform to ensure the social care system is sustainable for the future. It will include a vision for the workforce, and proposals to boost recruitment, retention, and workforce development in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2019 13:10:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1127205

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Hospitals: Greater London
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 plans to undertake a public consultation on proposals to change pathology and specialist scanning services in South East London hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	255250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The South East London pathology network is being created as part of a national strategy to network all National Health Service pathology services in England, following identification of significant opportunity in the 2016 Carter review.</p><p>Due to the significant benefits to quality and cost of service, all NHS trusts are expected to network as per the direction set out by NHS Improvement in September 2017.</p><p>There are different ways to approach networking and the delivery of pathology services and the trust may wish to lead public consultation on any chosen delivery model, however the decision to consult would be for the South East London hospitals involved to decide. Neither the Department or NHS England have plans to consult on this specific network.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 255373 question first answered 21/05/2019 13:02:55 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1126827

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to reduce the differential in spending on mental health support between different parts of the country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	254721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Funding allocations to clinical commissioning groups vary to meet the needs of local populations, including mental health need. These allocations are determined by a formula managed for the National Health Service by the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation.</p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are required to continue to increase investment in mental health services in line with the mental health investment standard. In 2017/18, all CCGs met the standard. For 2019/20, the standard requires CCGs to increase spend by at least their overall programme allocation growth, plus an additional percentage increment to reflect the additional mental health funding included in CCG allocations for 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/05/2019 14:20:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1126891

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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
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 record national figures on patient discharge from community mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	254737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>National figures on patients discharged from community mental health services in England are recorded and can be extracted from data collected by NHS Digital as part of the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS).</p><p>This breakdown of the data is not published by NHS Digital and there are no current plans to do so.</p><p>To note, the MHSDS data collection is still experimental and should be interpreted with caution.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/05/2019 14:10:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1126898

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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	Perinatal Mortality
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 publish a report on proposals to change the law on the registration of stillborn babies before the 24 week viability threshold.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	254710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Pregnancy Loss Review was commissioned by the Department in March 2018. The Terms of Reference for the Review include considering whether it would, on balance, be beneficial to look at legislative options to amend existing primary legislation to allow parents to register a miscarriage if they so wish. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/pregnancy-loss-review-group" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/pregnancy-loss-review-group</a></p><p>The Department expects to publish the Review report by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/05/2019 14:08:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1126905

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 251433 on NHS: Migrant Workers, whether he has made an estimate of the number of EU nationals who left their jobs at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	254874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of EU27 joiners and leavers, to and from, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as at September each year since 2009 to 2015, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Period</p></td><td><p>EU27 joiners to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td><td><p>EU27 leavers from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 – September 2010</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 – September 2011</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 – September 2012</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012 – September 2013</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013 – September 2014</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 – September 2015</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In November 2011 Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust dissolved with services transferring its staff to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Consequently, EU27 leavers from Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust joined Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in November 2011.</p><p>The following table shows the number of EU27 joiners and leavers, to and from, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust as at September each year since until November 2011, headcount.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Period</p></td><td><p>EU27 joiners to Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>EU27 leavers from Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009 – September 2010</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010 – September 2011</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011 – November 2011</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Nationality is self-reported.</p><p>Joiners and leavers data from the trusts may include staff that have come from or left to join other National Health Service trusts.</p><p>Leavers data includes people leaving active service temporarily, this would include those going on maternity leave or career break.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 20/05/2019 14:46:55 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran