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733078

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role the National Clinical Director for Mental Health has in the overview, scrutiny and implementation of sustainability and transformation plans.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	1484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS England's National Clinical Director for Mental Health and her team conduct regular assessments of the clinical aspects of delivery within Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs), alongside policy experts for specific areas of the STPs’ plans. This ensures national senior clinical engagement to support quality improvement across the STPs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/07/2017 14:47:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

733156

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely success of each sustainability and transformation plan.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	1487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have been clear that they see Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) as the key means to deliver the goals set out in the Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, they have been working with each area to improve proposals and turn these into plans, and continue to work with STPs in turning plans into partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>Each STP will be formally assessed in relation to its performance across a series of priority metrics. An STP dashboard, setting out this assessment, will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/07/2017 15:22:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

749431

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pharmacy Integration Fund: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a breakdown of how the Pharmacy Integration Fund has been spent to date.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	3483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Pharmacy Integration Fund financial figures are due to be published later in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/07/2017 15:30:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

751798

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Illness: Prescriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including mental health conditions in the list of prescription charge exemptions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	4851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. We have no current plans to change the list of medical conditions which provide for exemption from prescription charges.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/07/2017 10:36:12 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

765696

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider introducing a national 24-hour helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	106319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a national 24-hour helpline to support people affected by prescribed drug dependence. People who feel that they might be dependent on either prescribed or over the counter medicines should seek help from a health professional in the first instance (such as a general practitioner or pharmacist). Help and advice is also available from, for example, the 111 helpline or the on-line NHS Choices service.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/10/2017 13:04:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

774363

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Sodium Valproate: Prescriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information is currently held by NHS England on prescribing rates of sodium valproate to women and girls of childbearing age in each clinical commissioning group; and if he will make it his policy to routinely publish this data.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	108891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds prescribing data which includes patient level data containing National Health Service number, age and date of birth of a patient enabling the ability to report figures of sodium valproate for women and girls of childbearing age. NHSBSA provides NHS stakeholders with prescribing volumes, trend and cost analysis based on prescribing by general practitioners and other prescribers that was dispensed in the community. Data, split by clinical commissioning group, on the volumes of prescriptions and patient numbers has been previously published via the NHS England website.</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/prescribing-for-sodium-valproate/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/prescribing-for-sodium-valproate/</a></p><p>We are exploring how this data might be updated in the future.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/10/2017 16:03:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

749414

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are the for the time taken to publish Health Education England's mental health workforce strategy; and if he will set a date for its publication.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	3441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>A five year workforce plan to deliver the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health is currently being finalised by Health Education England and will be published in summer 2017. Analysis and development of the workforce strategy have been completed and Health Education England is now working with arm’s length body partners to agree the associated goals, trajectories, actions, and other deliverables associated with the implementation of the strategy.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/07/2017 13:59:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

756736

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospital Beds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on patient safety of exceeding the average bed occupancy rate recommended by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	8405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not set a target occupancy rate, but official statistics show that the bed occupancy rate has remained stable, between 84% and 89% (all beds) since 2000.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service hospitals need to manage beds effectively in order to cope with peaks in demand. Occupancy rates are higher in winter, when demands are at their greatest. Bed availability fluctuates, but the NHS has practice and experience in managing capacity to cope with both routine and emergency care. It is the responsibility of individual hospitals to manage the day-to-day running of their organisations, considering issues such as patient flow and throughput, safety and infections.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England publishes quarterly information on the numbers of available and occupied beds open overnight or day only in NHS organisations, most recently for quarter 1 of 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>National time series of these data are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-day-only/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-day-only/</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/09/2017 09:55:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

758217

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of Allied Health Professionals in leadership roles in the NHS; and if he will meet representatives of the Allied Health Professions Federation to discuss this matter.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	9019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We do not currently collect data on the number of allied health professionals occupying leadership positions in the National Health Service. However we understand that around half of NHS trust Chief Executives have a clinical background and that a small number are allied health professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management conducted a review of the opportunities and barriers facing clinicians who wish to move in to senior operational leadership roles in the NHS. The review has been submitted to the Department and a response will be published in due course. We would be happy to meet with the Allied Health Professions Federation to discuss this matter.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 9020 question first answered 11/09/2017 13:56:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

758218

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the Allied Health Professions Federation in response to his consultation on leadership in the NHS; and what his response was to these representations.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	9020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We do not currently collect data on the number of allied health professionals occupying leadership positions in the National Health Service. However we understand that around half of NHS trust Chief Executives have a clinical background and that a small number are allied health professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management conducted a review of the opportunities and barriers facing clinicians who wish to move in to senior operational leadership roles in the NHS. The review has been submitted to the Department and a response will be published in due course. We would be happy to meet with the Allied Health Professions Federation to discuss this matter.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 9019 question first answered 11/09/2017 13:56:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb