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1039590

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date	11/01/2019
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: 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 steps he is taking to involve people with learning disabilities and autism in the development of mandatory training for NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	207559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We will shortly consult on proposals for mandatory learning disability and autism training to ensure that staff working in health and social care understand the needs of people with learning disabilities and autism and have the skills to provide them with the most effective care and support. Officials have worked with people with lived experience of learning disabilities and autism to develop the consultation proposals.</p><p> </p><p>We want to hear a range of views, including those from people with a learning disability or autism and their families, and in line with Cabinet Office principles on consultation, we will tailor the consultation to meet the needs and preferences of different groups, including the provision of consultation documents in alternative formats.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/01/2019 12:21:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

931789

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date	27/06/2018
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	Learning Disability: Nurses
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 plans to take to ensure the retention and recruitment of Learning Disability Nurses as a result of the findings of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Annual Report 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	158181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving workforce capability in relation to learning disability across the National Health Service and social care and we have committed that there will be a response to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review report and its recommendations shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Government announced a 25% increase in the number of nurse training places that will be available, starting in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2018, my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health (Stephen Barclay) announced £10 million funding for incentives for postgraduate students who go on to work in mental health and learning disability fields, as well as those postgraduates who go on to work in community nursing roles. The Government is considering the most effective way to implement the incentive scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working closely with Health Education England, NHS England, NHS Improvement and Skills for Care on a range of measures to support increased recruitment and improve retention across the health and care system, including the learning disability nursing workforce. These measures include marketing campaigns to raise awareness and interest in careers in the NHS, an NHS Improvement programme to improve staff retention in trusts across England and bring down the leaver rates in the NHS by 2020 and arrangements to support flexible working to help staff to balance work-life commitments.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/07/2018 15:24:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

931790

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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	Hearing Impairment: Staffordshire
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 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guideline on hearing loss in adults, published in June 2018, what assessment he has made of North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s decision to restrict hearing aids for people with mild or moderate hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	158182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Individual clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for the provision of hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss to meet the needs of their local population. As with other services CCGs commission, they should take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant guidance, such as that published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE clinical guidelines are not mandatory, although we expect service commissioners to take them into account alongside local priorities in the design of services.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/07/2018 15:29:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly