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819176

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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	Pregnancy: 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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of in-patient care available to women suffering from severe perinatal mental health illnesses in England.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	121853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving perinatal mental health services for women during pregnancy and in the first postnatal year, so that women are able to access the right care at the right time and close to home.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is leading the programme of work to transform specialist perinatal mental health services, so that by 2020/21 at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period. This includes access to psychological therapies and specialist community or inpatient care.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has reviewed the provision, access to and local availability of Mother and Baby units. This work resulted in the publishing of a revised service specification in late 2016, and the commissioning of four new Mother and Baby units within underserved areas of the country. These units are due to come on line during 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/01/2018 15:42:02 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

819177

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Local Transformation Plans to improve the provision of local mental health and wellbeing services for child and young people.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	121854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS England published a comprehensive quantitative analysis of Local Transformation Plans (LTPs) in March 2016, and a thematic review in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p>This review included detailed analysis of developing models and approaches to identification and management of children and young people with extra vulnerability to mental health problems including those who have experienced abuse or neglect.</p><p> </p><p>The review showed that all LTPs included evidence that clinical commissioning groups and local authorities are working together in the design of the transformation plans; that 90% evidenced partnership with public health colleagues; that 90% evidenced collaboration with education colleagues or consultation with local primary and secondary schools; and that 80% engaged with youth offending teams.</p><p> </p><p>The analysis and the thematic review are both available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/cyp/transformation/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/cyp/transformation/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/01/2018 15:45:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

819179

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	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 children in England were referred to CAMHS in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	121856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/01/2018 15:43:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

820904

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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 Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has assessed the effect of the UK losing access to the EU portal and database through which all European clinical research is processed and stored after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	122322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government values the strong collaborative partnerships that we have across the European Union in the areas of science, research and innovation, and as part of Exit negotiations is working to ensure that we have the best possible environment in which to support clinical trials and new medicines after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>All clinical trials of investigational medicinal products in the EU are registered and information on the trial and a summary of results is made public in in the EU clinical trials register, except for adult phase one trials which are considered commercially confidential. This information is publicly available now and similar to information that will be publicly available in the new European Medicines Agency clinical trials IT system.</p><p> </p><p>In the United Kingdom, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Health Research Authority, ethics services, National Institute for Health Research and National Health Service have been working towards implementation of the new European Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) since it was agreed in 2014. The application date of the CTR across the EU will be set by the European Commission. The current regulatory approval legislation, portals and databases will stay in place until such time as any changes are needed so there will be no interruption in UK clinical trials approvals.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/01/2018 12:24:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

822992

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Mentally Disordered Offenders
	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 women and men detained under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 who were the primary carers of children in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	122675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/01/2018 15:34:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

822993

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 16 of the report of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman, Ignoring the alarms: how NHS eating disorder services are failing patients, HC 634, published on 6 December 2017, what steps he plans to take to tackle the significant geographical variation that report identifies in access to good quality specialist adult eating disorders services.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	122676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes seriously the report of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman ‘Ignoring the alarms: how NHS eating disorder services are failing patients’.</p><p> </p><p>Following on from the publication of the ombudsman’s report the Department will now work with our partner organisations and arm’s length bodies, including NHS England, to consider how the recommendations can be taken into account as part of the planned improvements to mental health and eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently developing a pathway for adults with eating disorders and working with healthcare professionals so they better understand eating disorders – the case investigated by the ombudsman’s report will be considered as part of this.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the specific recommendation for the development of benchmarking guidance for adult eating disorder services and measuring success against this, NHS England is considering the recommendations within the report and will respond with an outline of proposed set of actions around reviewing provision of adult eating disorder services and the question of parity of adult services with children and young people’s services. NHS England’s response will include their plans to review existing levels of geographical variation and the scope to address these as part of future improvements to adult eating disorder services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/01/2018 15:33:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

822994

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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 Trials
	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 the Government has made of the effect of the UK no longer having access to the EU portal and database through which all European clinical research is processed and stored after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	122677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government values the strong collaborative partnerships that we have across the European Union in the areas of science, research and innovation, and as part of Exit negotiations is working to ensure that we have the best possible environment in which to support clinical trials and new medicines after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>All clinical trials of investigational medicinal products in the EU are registered and information on the trial and a summary of results is made public in in the EU clinical trials register, except for adult phase one trials which are considered commercially confidential. This information is publicly available now and similar to information that will be publicly available in the new European Medicines Agency clinical trials IT system.</p><p> </p><p>In the United Kingdom, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Health Research Authority, ethics services, National Institute for Health Research and National Health Service have been working towards implementation of the new European Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR) since it was agreed in 2014. The application date of the CTR across the EU will be set by the European Commission. The current regulatory approval legislation, portals and databases will stay in place until such time as any changes are needed so there will be no interruption in UK clinical trials approvals.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/01/2018 15:30:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

823705

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on delivering the recommendation of the Mental Health Taskforce Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, published in January 2016, on revisiting membership of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation with the specific goal of ensuring that mental health expertise is adequately represented across the disciplines involved.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	123155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation covers a range of technical expertise, and has experience of a range of service areas, including mental health services. In the latest recruitment for members to the Advisory Committee, NHS England highlighted its interest in recruiting members with experience of mental health services and was successful in increasing the Committee’s experience in this regard:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/2017/02/recruitment-members-acra/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/2017/02/recruitment-members-acra/</a></p><p> </p><p>Where necessary, NHS England draws on its expertise to ensure the Advisory Committee has access to the knowledge, skills and expertise it needs.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/01/2018 11:49:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

823707

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on delivering the recommendation of the Mental Health Taskforce Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, published in January 2016, for his Department to carry out a review of existing regulations of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to identify disparities and gaps between provisions relating to physical and mental health services.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	123157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Act 2012 already placed the principle of parity of esteem on a statutory footing.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Government’s response to the Five Year Forward View we have continued to address gaps in provision for people experiencing mental health problems:</p><p>- The Policing and Crime Act reduces the time that mentally ill people can spend in detention after a Section 136 from 72 hours to 24 hours, and bans the use of police cells as a place of safety for person under 18 years of age to ensure people are directed to mental health services quicker;</p><p> </p><p>- We have made significant progress with access and waiting time standards for mental health services for all ages in the following areas:</p><p> </p><p>- Treatment within six weeks for 75% of people referred to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, with 95% of people being treated within 18 weeks;</p><p>- Treatment within two weeks for more than 50% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis; and</p><p> </p><p>- From April 2017, progress towards achieving the new access and waiting times for children and young people with eating disorders, so that by 2020 95% of children and young people are seen within one week if urgent and four weeks if routine, will be monitored.</p><p> </p><p>- We published a Green Paper on Children and Young People’s Mental Health in December 2017 which sets out proposals to expand and improve early intervention for children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>- We announced an independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983 which is currently underway and will put parity of esteem at the heart of treatment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/01/2018 11:40:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

823712

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on delivering the recommendation of the Mental Health Taskforce Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, published in January 2016, on disaggregating the inequalities adjustment from the baseline funding allocation for clinical commissioning groups and primary care to make the value of that adjustment more visible.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	123161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The NHS England technical guide to allocations explains in detail how the inequalities adjustment to allocations is calculated, including a number of workbooks that set out the calculations in detail at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/allocations" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/allocations</a></p><p> </p><p>Currently, the inequalities adjustment is made to the overall allocation, covering all aspects of health. The Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation is currently considering alternative measures to use in this adjustment, including indicators focused specifically on mental health services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/01/2018 11:45:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger