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1148748

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve cooperation between mental health services and the voluntary sector to support victims of domestic abuse with psychiatric health needs.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service Mental Health Implementation Plan highlights the essential role the voluntary sector will play in the design and delivery of services, including services which will benefit victims of domestic abuse with psychiatric health needs. It recommends commissioners and providers vary procurement routes to give more opportunity for the voluntary sector to provide services, and encourages commissioners to support and develop local voluntary sector capacity. NHS England and NHS Improvement have commissioned guidance and tools to support this.</p><p>The Department is overseeing £2 million of Government funding to expand a pathfinder programme developing a model health system response to domestic abuse including in mental health settings, to bridge the gap between the voluntary sector and NHS services, and to harness the strengths of each.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/10/2019 15:40:29 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1148823

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes are in place to ensure complaints about the NHS are investigated.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Patients have the right, set out in the NHS Constitution, to make a complaint about any aspect of National Health Service care, treatment or services and to have that complaint properly investigated, dealt with efficiently and to know the outcome of any complaint investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS complaints procedure, including the process for investigating and responding to a complaint is set out in secondary legislation, primarily the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone wishing to make a complaint can do so either to the service provider or to the commissioner. If they are not happy with the outcome of their complaint, they have the right to ask the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to investigate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/10/2019 13:48:33 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1148844

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Psychiatric Hospitals
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 visits each Minister in his Department made to inpatient adult mental health facilities in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers have visited a wide range of health and care settings in this period, including inpatient adult mental health services. However, multi-site visits could include those with mental health settings, but they are not always recorded in Ministerial diaries as such.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/10/2019 15:46:08 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1148871

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Psychiatric Hospitals: Capital Investment
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 the Government has to allocate new capital investment to modernise the mental health estate, as recommended by the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act, published 6 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	20
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Improving mental health is at the heart of this Government’s agenda and capital investment to modernise the mental health estate is a key part of the Government’s ambition to achieve greater parity between physical and mental health care.</p><p>The Government has announced investments of over £400 million in improving the mental health estate since July 2017. Most recently this included £72.3 million for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust to develop a new adult mental health inpatient unit and £33 million to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust for a 40-bed low secure unit for people with learning disabilities, both of which were included in the £850 million capital funding for 20 hospital upgrades announced by the Prime Minister on 5 August. In addition, the Department spent almost £19 million capital last year on central programmes to support mental health services. This includes schemes to deliver Perinatal Mental Health Mother and Baby Units to deliver more personalised care to expectant and new mums with serious mental ill health.</p><p>As set out in the new Health Infrastructure Plan on 30 September, the Government is committed to making further strategic investments to modernise mental health facilities, which will be confirmed when the Department receives a multiyear capital settlement at the next capital review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/10/2019 15:42:36 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1148873

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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 Act 1983 Independent Review
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 the Government has made on responding to the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act; and what plans he has to ensure that people with direct experience of the Mental Health Act 1983 continue to be involved in designing future reforms.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	21
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>We have already accepted a number of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983’s recommendations and we will publish a White Paper by the end of this year, setting out our response in full. This will pave the way for reform to the Act and tackle issues addressed by the Review.</p><p> </p><p>There will be a public consultation on the reforms. We also plan to run a number of public engagement events, in particular, with those who have had direct experience of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>We have also drawn on the expertise of service users, carers and professionals as we have considered the review’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/10/2019 15:36:04 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1148875

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	General Practitioners: 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 has been made on implementing recommendation 36 in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health on ensuring that all GPs receive core mental health training by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	23
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working to ensure that all general practitioners are suitably trained in mental health issues. Mental health care is an essential element of general practice. Mental health care is emphasised in the Royal College of General Practitioners (GP) curriculum. All GP specialty trainees receive mental health training in their 18 months in general practice and this is regarded as a core element of their training.</p><p>Health Education England is working with NHS England and Royal College of General Practitioners to further improve mental health training of GPs as part of building training capacity in primary care for multi-professional, multi-disciplinary training, clinical placements and continuing professional development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/10/2019 15:43:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1149004

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Diabetes: 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 he is taking to improve access to mental health support for people with type 1 diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan committed to increasing the provision of mental health support for all patients who require it. The importance of addressing the mental health needs of people with diabetes is recognised and further work is underway to consider the most effective routes for supporting this as part of the future development of services.</p><p> </p><p>On 21 March 2018, NHS England and NHS Improvement, along with the National Collaboration Institute for Mental Health, published ‘The Improving Access to Psychotherapy Therapy (IAPT) Pathway for People with Long-term Physical Health Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms’. The guidance outlines the IAPT pathway, and accompanying benchmarks, to support the national expansion of IAPT services for adults with long term conditions and medically unexplained symptoms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/10/2019 15:41:08 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1149031

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	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, whether patient deaths reported to the National Reporting & Learning System by the Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust in 2018-19 included deaths of those using addiction services.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Trust reports deaths of patients who are accessing their services, or who have been discharged from these services within the last six months if there is evidence of a patient safety incident. This would include patients who are also known to partner services, such as addiction services.</p><p>The Trust adheres to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) guidance as outlined within the Degree of Harm document available on the NHS Improvement website which specifically highlights “deaths from drugs and alcohol”. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1673/NRLS_Degree_of_harm_FAQs_-_final_v1.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/1673/NRLS_Degree_of_harm_FAQs_-_final_v1.1.pdf</a></p><p>The guidance directs organisations to consider whether there is immediate evidence of a patient safety incident. If not, then no report would be made. However if further evidence comes to light, or post Coroner’s inquest, the cause of death is identified as a patient safety incident, the organisation would at this point make a report to the NRLS.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/10/2019 15:36:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1148327

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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 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 steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in managing the increase in mental ill health.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	294743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) provides a variety of resources to support local authorities in managing the increase in mental ill health.</p><p>PHE also provides local government with data on mental health to local authority level via our National Mental Health Intelligence Service. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>A dedicated profiling tool on our PHE fingertips platform is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/" target="_blank">http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/</a></p><p>PHE published a suite of evidence for local areas and local government in August 2017 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-concordat-for-better-mental-health-consensus-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-concordat-for-better-mental-health-consensus-statement</a></p><p>This includes work on Commissioning Cost Effective Interventions at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-services-cost-effective-commissioning" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-services-cost-effective-commissioning</a></p><p>These resources give local authorities the evidence they need to take action for mental health promotion and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>PHE provides support to local areas through its Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health and through the work of the nine PHE local centres who support local authorities in their local areas. To date, over 70 national organisations and 70 local authorities have signed up to the Prevention Concordat programme. The target is to achieve full sign up of all local areas by the end of 2020/21. This work helps support local government in their strategic planning and delivery of mental health work as part of their overall work on improving the health and wellbeing of their local population.</p><p>On 7 October 2019, PHE also launched a new national resource for the public to help them look after their own mental health and support others, Every Mind Matters. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/</a></p><p> </p><p>We are supporting the recruitment of mental health social workers in local authorities and the NHS through the Think Ahead initiative. In addition, the New Roles in mental health social work group, led by Health Education England and Skills for Care, is working to develop the future social work and social care workforce with local authorities.</p><p>NHS England has developed community mental health services framework which aims to deliver greater integration with other services that impact on mental health and wellbeing outcomes - including primary care, general practitioners, social care, education, housing and third sector services. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/the-community-mental-health-framework-for-adults-and-older-adults/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/the-community-mental-health-framework-for-adults-and-older-adults/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/10/2019 14:46:00 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1148334

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Vasa Praevia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of Vasa Praevia in expectant mothers in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	294749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>A count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a primary diagnosis or all diagnoses of labour and delivery complicated by vasa praevia, for 2018/19 - activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector can be found in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>.</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary diagnosis</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Diagnoses</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 08/10/2019 15:03:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith