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1217903

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: LGBT+ 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 steps his Department is taking to tackle the effect on the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people living in abusive households during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	64911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Mental health services have remained open for business throughout, and NHS England and NHS Improvement has asked mental health trusts to ensure they have 24 hours a day, seven days a week open access telephone lines in place for urgent National Health Service mental health support, advice and triage.</p><p> </p><p>We provided £5 million to Mind and the Mental Health Consortia to administer a Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund. It complements NHS services and support for those struggling with their mental health, including vulnerable people such as survivors of domestic abuse. We also announced a further £4.2 million to support mental health charities as part of our United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector. This package also includes £76 million of funding to support survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and modern slavery as well as ensuring that vulnerable children and young people continue to get the help they need.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/07/2020 10:13:45 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1217916

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the equity of the level of financial support provided to people affected by the contaminated blood scandal in Wales and England.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	64991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Since 1988, successive Governments have voluntarily provided ex-gratia financial and non-financial support for people affected by HIV and/or hepatitis C through historic treatment with National Health Service-supplied blood or blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.</p><p>In 2017, country specific support schemes were set up in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These four schemes are devolved, and each nation has made different choices around their offers of support over time.</p><p>We are aware that there are disparities between the schemes, and we are working with our partners in the devolved nations and other relevant Government departments to improve parity of support for all beneficiaries across the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 30/06/2020 16:37:08 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1217419

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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	Pre-eclampsia: Diagnosis
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 diagnose earlier the symptoms of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	64190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Saving Babies’ Lives care bundle recommends the use of available algorithms to identify women at risk for pre-eclampsia. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance, recommending treatment with aspirin from the first to the third trimester of pregnancy for women at risk of pre-eclampsia and associated preterm birth is in place.</p><p>In 2019, the Accelerated Access Collaborative (which brings together industry, Government, regulators, patients and the National Health Service to accelerate the introduction of ground-breaking new treatments and diagnostics) began supporting implementation of a new Placental Growth Factor Blood test which can indicate whether a woman has the disease and whether they will need delivery soon.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 30/06/2020 16:51:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1217426

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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	Baby Care Units: Coronavirus
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 has taken to ensure that parents with babies on neonatal units have urgent access to covid-19 testing.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	64381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, services have been working hard to support parents to care for their babies as much as possible while still ensuring that services are safe.</p><p>Testing is a key part of the United Kingdom’s response to COVID-19, and, following the publication of the Government’s Testing Strategy we have rapidly expanded our capacity.</p><p>We are now providing testing to anyone with symptoms (England and Northern Ireland; over fives in Wales and Scotland) Current clinical advice is that asymptomatic testing can be conducted where clinically appropriate, for outbreak investigation and infection control. These decisions are made by local decision makers based on patient and procedural risk.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 64109 question first answered 30/06/2020 16:43:05 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1217480

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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	Baby Care Units: Coronavirus
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 effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of access to neonatal units by parents of new-born babies.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	64106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that these are challenging times for everyone, but that it is an especially stressful time for parents with babies in neonatal intensive care units.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, services have been working hard to support parents to care for their babies as much as possible while still ensuring that services are safe.</p><p>The Department has no plans to introduce a bespoke fund to cover subsistence costs for parents with a baby receiving neonatal care during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The Government is providing funding for the charity Bliss to support families with babies that require neonatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Government’s United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 64107 64108 question first answered 30/06/2020 17:04:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1217481

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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	Baby Care Units
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 introduce a subsistence fund to provide funding for parents from low-income families in England to spend time with their new-born babies in neonatal units.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	64107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that these are challenging times for everyone, but that it is an especially stressful time for parents with babies in neonatal intensive care units.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, services have been working hard to support parents to care for their babies as much as possible while still ensuring that services are safe.</p><p>The Department has no plans to introduce a bespoke fund to cover subsistence costs for parents with a baby receiving neonatal care during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The Government is providing funding for the charity Bliss to support families with babies that require neonatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Government’s United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 64106 64108 question first answered 30/06/2020 17:04:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1217482

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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	Baby Care Units: Coronavirus
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 ensure that parents in England are (a) encouraged and (b) financially supported to spend time with their newborn children in neonatal units during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	64108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that these are challenging times for everyone, but that it is an especially stressful time for parents with babies in neonatal intensive care units.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, services have been working hard to support parents to care for their babies as much as possible while still ensuring that services are safe.</p><p>The Department has no plans to introduce a bespoke fund to cover subsistence costs for parents with a baby receiving neonatal care during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The Government is providing funding for the charity Bliss to support families with babies that require neonatal care during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Government’s United Kingdom-wide £750 million package of support for the voluntary sector announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 64106 64107 question first answered 30/06/2020 17:04:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1217483

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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	Baby Care Units: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to expand rapid testing for covid-19 in hospitals to the parents of newborn babies in neonatal units.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	64109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, services have been working hard to support parents to care for their babies as much as possible while still ensuring that services are safe.</p><p>Testing is a key part of the United Kingdom’s response to COVID-19, and, following the publication of the Government’s Testing Strategy we have rapidly expanded our capacity.</p><p>We are now providing testing to anyone with symptoms (England and Northern Ireland; over fives in Wales and Scotland) Current clinical advice is that asymptomatic testing can be conducted where clinically appropriate, for outbreak investigation and infection control. These decisions are made by local decision makers based on patient and procedural risk.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 64381 question first answered 30/06/2020 16:43:04 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1217532

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 has been provided to clinically extremely vulnerable people shielding during the covid-19 outbreak; and what estimate he has made on the number of people that have accessed that support.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	64274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business, offering support using digital, telephone and face-to-face approaches, including 24 hours a day, seven days a week crisis helplines, clearly accessible from trust websites.</p><p>The NHS has written to service providers, including general practitioners (GPs), on 4 June asking them to undertake a series of actions to support people who have been asked to shield. This includes ensuring every shielding individual has a named care coordinator to help coordinate different aspects of their healthcare, including accessing appropriate mental health care from NHS mental health services via their GP or other routes. A copy of the letter is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/06/C0583-nhs-update-on-shielding-june-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/06/C0583-nhs-update-on-shielding-june-2020.pdf</a></p><p>No estimate has been made as the data does not identify people who are shielding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/07/2020 10:04:55 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1217559

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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: Schools
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 improve access to mental health services in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	64083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>We remain committed to investing at least £2.3 billion of extra funding a year into mental health services by 2023-24 through the NHS Long Term Plan. This will see an additional 345,000 children and young people able to access support through National Health Service-funded services or school- and college-based mental health support teams.</p><p>Mental health support teams, which we are introducing in line with our children and young people’s mental health Green Paper, are part of this service expansion and transformation. We remain committed to delivering the other core proposals of the Green Paper, which will pilot a four-week waiting time for specialist NHS services, so that there is swifter access to specialist NHS services.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/07/2020 10:09:20 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell