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806107

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Meningitis: Health Education
	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 to date of his Department's steps to raise awareness of Meningitis; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	119308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) produces a range of training materials for immunisers, which includes information on vaccination programmes, training events and newsletters. It collaborates with charities to support their work to improve healthcare worker knowledge on meningococcal disease, including through the development and distribution of information aimed at all healthcare professionals.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015-16, PHE spent £50,000 on media to raise awareness of the Meningitis ACWY immunisation. A wide range of communications with young people and their parents was undertaken. Media budgets for financial year 2016-17 are not yet finalised.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016-17, PHE provided a £24,000 grant to Meningitis Research Foundation and Meningitis Now, to support their work to increase awareness and knowledge of meningitis and septicaemia symptoms amongst parents. Activities included: inserting 350,000 copies of ‘Babywatch’ and ‘Totwatch’ information materials into the ‘red book’ provided to all new mothers; distributing ‘Babywatch’ toolkit containing cards and posters to 500 maternity units and special care baby units; and a social media campaign to promote Meningitis Now’s ‘Meningitis Signs and Symptoms’ app.</p><p> </p><p>Meningitis Now’s social media campaign generated almost 4 million opportunities to see their adverts (“impressions”) and there were 470,522 views of their videos about the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia, with the majority of views coming from people new to the charity. This resulted in an 80% rise in downloads of the campaign app. The charity also had nearly 300 new orders for signs and symptoms cards.</p><p> </p><p>Research conducted by PHE in 2016 showed a high level of awareness of meningitis. More than 80% of parents and 70% of 14-25 year olds reported that they had knowledge of meningitis.</p><p> </p><p>The research commissioned by PHE confirmed that awareness of meningitis and septicaemia is high amongst parents but gave recommendations on how existing charity promotional materials could be improved to help parents.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 119307 question first answered 21/12/2017 16:47:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

810616

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eating Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman, Ignoring the Alarms: How NHS Eating Disoider Services are Failing Patients, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS organisations respond to complaints about breaches of patient safety in a coordinated, open and transparent way.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	120961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important for all complaints to National Health Service organisations to be robustly investigated, with responses sent that cover the issues raised in an open and sensitive manner. In order fully to learn from mistakes, it is vital that, where appropriate, there is effective co-operation and co-ordination across organisational boundaries.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work with system partners, including NHS England and NHS Improvement, to improve the handling of, and responses to, complaints and more general feedback across the healthcare system.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/01/2018 16:53:33 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

867068

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	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	Analgesics: 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 people under the age of 18 have been admitted to hospital as a result of overdosing on (a) paracetamol and (b) ibuprofenin in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	133186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/03/2018 11:57:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

884990

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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 Illness: Surveys
	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 criteria are for the assessment of applications to use the data compiled by the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	135978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 2007 dataset is available for secondary research under End User Licence (EUL) in the UK Data Service (UKDS) archive.</p><p> </p><p>The UKDS EUL terms and conditions require that:</p><p>- Data can be downloaded from the UK Data Service into the researcher’s local environment;</p><p>- Researchers can only use data for statistical research under a set of conditions that limit and control purpose and behaviour. Conditions of use are set out within the current End User and Special User Licences; and</p><p>- Disclosure risk is managed by both the licence agreement with the researcher and the disclosure control applied within the design of the dataset.</p><p> </p><p>To further protect respondent confidentiality in line with current NHS Digital policy, the APMS 2014 is available for secondary research applications through the UKDS portal via the NHS Digital Data Access Request Service (DARS) and is subject to further assessment criteria:</p><p>- The legal basis must be correct and appropriate; evidence of legal basis must cover all intended data flows and processing;</p><p>- The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality must be met;</p><p>- Adequate security controls must be in place for each controller(s) and processor(s), covering all processing and storage locations;</p><p>- The application must provide a clear explanation of all intended purposes, and all processing activities;</p><p>- The data requested must be justified by the purpose, and align with the application;</p><p>- The application must evidence in plain English, the benefit to the health and social care system;</p><p>- Information Commissioner's Office registration for all controller(s)/processor(s) must cover the proposed data processing;</p><p>- The territory of use must be stated;</p><p>- Onward sharing of data must be limited to anonymous data, or sub-licenced to allow this;</p><p>- Data controller(s) must have an active data sharing framework contract in place;</p><p>- European Union or commercially funded applications must ensure adequate controls are in place; and</p><p>- Applications must demonstrate compliance with the Data Protection Act, Health and Social Care Act, Care Act, and the European Union General Data Protection Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital is currently looking at technical and governance options for creating a completely anonymised APMS 2014 dataset by the end of the year, which would be subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.</p><p> </p><p>Other survey datasets uploaded since November 2017 are available in two versions. The standard version can be accessed via the UKDS EUL terms and conditions, in the same way as APMS 2007.</p><p> </p><p>There is also an enhanced version subject to the same process and terms and therefore criteria as the APMS 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for survey datasets uploaded before November 2017 are subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.</p><p> </p><p>Eleven applications to use the APMS 2014 dataset have been made but one was subsequently withdrawn by the applicant. Four have been granted access. The remaining six are currently being processed within standard Service Level timescales. Applications to previous datasets were made direct to the UKDS archive.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 135979 135980 question first answered 24/04/2018 11:27:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

884991

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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 Illness: Surveys
	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 criteria used to assess applications for the use of Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey data differs from (a) other mental health-related datasets and (b) other physical health-related datasets in the UK Data archive.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	135979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 2007 dataset is available for secondary research under End User Licence (EUL) in the UK Data Service (UKDS) archive.</p><p> </p><p>The UKDS EUL terms and conditions require that:</p><p>- Data can be downloaded from the UK Data Service into the researcher’s local environment;</p><p>- Researchers can only use data for statistical research under a set of conditions that limit and control purpose and behaviour. Conditions of use are set out within the current End User and Special User Licences; and</p><p>- Disclosure risk is managed by both the licence agreement with the researcher and the disclosure control applied within the design of the dataset.</p><p> </p><p>To further protect respondent confidentiality in line with current NHS Digital policy, the APMS 2014 is available for secondary research applications through the UKDS portal via the NHS Digital Data Access Request Service (DARS) and is subject to further assessment criteria:</p><p>- The legal basis must be correct and appropriate; evidence of legal basis must cover all intended data flows and processing;</p><p>- The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality must be met;</p><p>- Adequate security controls must be in place for each controller(s) and processor(s), covering all processing and storage locations;</p><p>- The application must provide a clear explanation of all intended purposes, and all processing activities;</p><p>- The data requested must be justified by the purpose, and align with the application;</p><p>- The application must evidence in plain English, the benefit to the health and social care system;</p><p>- Information Commissioner's Office registration for all controller(s)/processor(s) must cover the proposed data processing;</p><p>- The territory of use must be stated;</p><p>- Onward sharing of data must be limited to anonymous data, or sub-licenced to allow this;</p><p>- Data controller(s) must have an active data sharing framework contract in place;</p><p>- European Union or commercially funded applications must ensure adequate controls are in place; and</p><p>- Applications must demonstrate compliance with the Data Protection Act, Health and Social Care Act, Care Act, and the European Union General Data Protection Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital is currently looking at technical and governance options for creating a completely anonymised APMS 2014 dataset by the end of the year, which would be subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.</p><p> </p><p>Other survey datasets uploaded since November 2017 are available in two versions. The standard version can be accessed via the UKDS EUL terms and conditions, in the same way as APMS 2007.</p><p> </p><p>There is also an enhanced version subject to the same process and terms and therefore criteria as the APMS 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for survey datasets uploaded before November 2017 are subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.</p><p> </p><p>Eleven applications to use the APMS 2014 dataset have been made but one was subsequently withdrawn by the applicant. Four have been granted access. The remaining six are currently being processed within standard Service Level timescales. Applications to previous datasets were made direct to the UKDS archive.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 135978 135980 question first answered 24/04/2018 11:27:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

884992

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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 Illness: Surveys
	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 applications to use the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey data have been (a) submitted and (b) granted.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	135980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) 2007 dataset is available for secondary research under End User Licence (EUL) in the UK Data Service (UKDS) archive.</p><p> </p><p>The UKDS EUL terms and conditions require that:</p><p>- Data can be downloaded from the UK Data Service into the researcher’s local environment;</p><p>- Researchers can only use data for statistical research under a set of conditions that limit and control purpose and behaviour. Conditions of use are set out within the current End User and Special User Licences; and</p><p>- Disclosure risk is managed by both the licence agreement with the researcher and the disclosure control applied within the design of the dataset.</p><p> </p><p>To further protect respondent confidentiality in line with current NHS Digital policy, the APMS 2014 is available for secondary research applications through the UKDS portal via the NHS Digital Data Access Request Service (DARS) and is subject to further assessment criteria:</p><p>- The legal basis must be correct and appropriate; evidence of legal basis must cover all intended data flows and processing;</p><p>- The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality must be met;</p><p>- Adequate security controls must be in place for each controller(s) and processor(s), covering all processing and storage locations;</p><p>- The application must provide a clear explanation of all intended purposes, and all processing activities;</p><p>- The data requested must be justified by the purpose, and align with the application;</p><p>- The application must evidence in plain English, the benefit to the health and social care system;</p><p>- Information Commissioner's Office registration for all controller(s)/processor(s) must cover the proposed data processing;</p><p>- The territory of use must be stated;</p><p>- Onward sharing of data must be limited to anonymous data, or sub-licenced to allow this;</p><p>- Data controller(s) must have an active data sharing framework contract in place;</p><p>- European Union or commercially funded applications must ensure adequate controls are in place; and</p><p>- Applications must demonstrate compliance with the Data Protection Act, Health and Social Care Act, Care Act, and the European Union General Data Protection Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital is currently looking at technical and governance options for creating a completely anonymised APMS 2014 dataset by the end of the year, which would be subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.</p><p> </p><p>Other survey datasets uploaded since November 2017 are available in two versions. The standard version can be accessed via the UKDS EUL terms and conditions, in the same way as APMS 2007.</p><p> </p><p>There is also an enhanced version subject to the same process and terms and therefore criteria as the APMS 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for survey datasets uploaded before November 2017 are subject to the UKDS EUL terms and conditions only.</p><p> </p><p>Eleven applications to use the APMS 2014 dataset have been made but one was subsequently withdrawn by the applicant. Four have been granted access. The remaining six are currently being processed within standard Service Level timescales. Applications to previous datasets were made direct to the UKDS archive.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 135978 135979 question first answered 24/04/2018 11:27:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

904181

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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	Nutrition: Fruit and Vegetables
	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 promote the consumption of UK (a) fruit and (b) vegetables.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	143817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government recommends eating at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables a day as part of a healthy balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>The national food model the Eatwell Guide provides a visual representation of the types and proportions of the foods needed for a healthy, balanced diet, and depicts a diet rich in fruit and vegetables; the guide can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/the-eatwell-guide/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/the-eatwell-guide/</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2016, the Government’s 5 A Day campaign was refreshed with publication of a new set of 5 A Day logos by Public Health England. The 5 A Day message is embedded in the Eatwell Guide and communicated alongside other healthy eating advice including the Start4Life, Change4Life and One You campaigns, the NHS Choices website as well as Public Health England’s catering guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme provides 2.3 million children in Key Stage 1 with a portion of fresh fruit or vegetables each day at school; over 16,000 institutions are signed up to this scheme. Approximately 445 million pieces of fruit and vegetables are distributed to children annually. Schools are encouraged to use it as an opportunity to educate children about fruit and vegetables and to assist a healthy, balanced diet.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/05/2018 14:10:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1007827

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of personal independence payment assessments that have been video-recorded in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	191975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>There is currently no option available for Personal Independence Payment claimants to have their assessments video recorded. However, as part of our commitment to improve the Personal Independence Payment assessment process, we are progressing options to video record PIP face to face assessments. Following comprehensive work over the summer, we are designing a live pilot, due to begin later this year. The pilot will inform any wider full roll out decisions.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2018 14:28:38 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1020693

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that women and their partners are able to access the leaflets recently developed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to provide evidence-based and expert advice on perinatal mental health services.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	199901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has worked closely with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to promote these leaflets widely to organisations and services that work with families during the perinatal period.</p><p> </p><p>The full content of the leaflets is available digitally to the public on the Royal College of Psychiatrists website. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2018/11/19/new-mental-health-guidance-launched-for-mothers-to-be-and-new-mothers" target="_blank">https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-features/latest-news/detail/2018/11/19/new-mental-health-guidance-launched-for-mothers-to-be-and-new-mothers</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on perinatal mental health is also available on the NHS website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/mental-health-problems-pregnant/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/mental-health-problems-pregnant/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/12/2018 13:48:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

1020694

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Psychiatric Patients: Death
	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 Mental Health Trusts have guidance and support to learn from deaths in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Helen Whately
	uin	199902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>In March 2017, the National Quality Board published ‘National Guidance on Learning from Deaths’. The guidance sets out how National Health Service acute, mental health and community trusts should review, investigate and learn from the deaths of patients in their care, and gives particular emphasis to the deaths of individuals who had a learning disability or mental illness.</p><p> </p><p>To supplement the national guidance, on 22 November 2018 the Royal College of Psychiatrists published guidance specifically for mental health trusts to ensure that opportunities are not missed when reviewing the deaths of patients who had a severe mental illness. The guidance, including a mortality review tool, was commissioned by NHS England and is a key output of the Government’s national Learning from Deaths programme. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-care/campaigning-for-better-mental-health-policy/care-review-tool-for-mental-health-trusts" target="_blank">https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/improving-care/campaigning-for-better-mental-health-policy/care-review-tool-for-mental-health-trusts</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2018 17:08:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately