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1124952

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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 Units (Use of Force) Act 2018
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for bringing into force the provisions of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	251343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>We remain committed to implementing fully the provisions within the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018. We will work closely with key stakeholders in preparing the relevant statutory guidance and bring the legislation into force in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:10:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1125002

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Maternity Services: Vacancies
	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 he is taking to address staff shortages in maternity units; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	251226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Health Education England released its strategy to increase the numbers of staff working in maternity services within the Maternity Workforce Strategy. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/maternity/maternity-workforce-transformation-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/maternity/maternity-workforce-transformation-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:21:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1125045

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Pregnancy: Mental Illness
	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 (a) identification and (b) treatment of perinatal mental illnesses; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	251267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to improving both the detection and treatment of perinatal mental illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health committed to invest £365 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 in perinatal mental health services to ensure 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.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, includes a commitment for a further 24,000 women to be able to access specialist perinatal mental health care by 2023/24. Specialist care will also be available from preconception to 24 months after birth, which will provide an extra year of support. Support will also be extended to fathers and partners of women accessing specialist perinatal mental health services and maternity outreach clinics.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:38:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1125046

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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: Children
	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 have waited for over six months for mental health treatment following a referral in West Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	251237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>This data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:21:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1125047

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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: 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 steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children receiving initial mental health treatment in West Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	251238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Protecting our children’s mental health is a priority for this Government and a core part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The National Health Service has set a goal of an extra 345,000 children and young people, aged 0-25, receiving support via NHS-funded mental health services by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>Close to 325,000 children and young people have been treated through NHS commissioned community services in 2017/18. We are on track to deliver the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health’s commitment to improve care and extend access to 70,000 more children and young people by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The recent ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a Green Paper’ aims to improve provision of support for all children and young people through its three key proposals:</p><p>- Incentivising every school/college to identify and train Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health;</p><p>- Creating new Mental Health Support Teams in/around schools; and</p><p>- Piloting a four-week waiting time for specialist NHS services.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups in West Yorkshire are responsible for ensuring adequate access to mental health treatment locally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:26:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1125119

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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: Birkenhead
	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 review the (a) causes of, (b) prevention measures for and (c) relief available for (i) depression and (ii) poor mental health in Birkenhead.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	251248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for ensuring adequate provision and access to mental health services for their local populations and keeping services under review.</p><p>The local Primary Care Network, including mental health services, is working in close collaboration with primary care and wider health and care organisations to specifically target areas of need.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 15/05/2019 16:32:34 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125285

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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	Health Services: Rural Areas
	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 taking to enable the use of digital technology to increase access to healthcare for people in rural communities.
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	uin	252028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Digital technology is improving access to healthcare for rural communities:</p><p>- In April 2018, NHS Digital published a digital inclusion guide for health and social care aimed at local health and care organisations to help them to take practical steps to support digital inclusion in their communities, including those in rural areas who are more likely to be digitally excluded;</p><p> </p><p>- We are working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to ensure that health and care needs are taken into account in national digital infrastructure policy, are running two test beds under Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s 5G programme focused on improving access, and the 5G programme itself will address rural connectivity; and</p><p> </p><p>- The NHS App is now connected in over 52% of general practitioner (GP) practices. It provides a universal offer regardless of postcode. It gives patients a single safe and secure means to interact with their GP, including access to their GP record, make GP appointments, order repeat prescriptions, access 111 online for urgent medical questions. The improved NHS website has over 40 million visits a month.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/05/2019 13:15:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1125327

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	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 he has taken to encourage (a) Morrisons, (b) Tesco, (c) Asda, (d) Sainsburys and (d) other supermarket chains to promote the acceptance of Healthy Start Vouchers to their customers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	251898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Information about the Healthy Start scheme is available to the public and retailers on the Healthy Start website. Retailers are encouraged to use promotional materials available on the Healthy Start website to promote their acceptance of the vouchers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/05/2019 11:59:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1125428

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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 mental health support is available to the families of (a) victims and (b) perpetrators of violence.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	252090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for providing services which are responsive to any physical or mental health needs of family members of victims or perpetrators of violence. Talking therapy is available for people affected by depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme, delivered by psychological practitioners or counsellors who provide appropriate treatment to those affected by violence.</p><p>The Prime Minister recently hosted a summit to tackle serious youth violence, which focused on a multi-agency and cross-government response to violent crime. The Government recognises the importance of using and sharing data effectively to identify those in need of support, including witnesses and families of those affected.</p><p> </p><p>Independent Domestic Abuse Advisers are also available through local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/05/2019 13:16:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1125430

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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	Self-harm and Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on levels of (a) self-harm and (b) suicide among victims of violence.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	252091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The data requested is not held. Information is not collected centrally on levels of self harm and suicide among victims of violence or family members of victims of violence.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 252092 question first answered 16/05/2019 11:55:05 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft