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100206

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any audits have been carried out since April 2012 which consider how many patients may have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 because a doctor had been influenced by the fact that doing so might make the provision of a bed for their patient more likely; and what were the findings of those audits.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	211396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the regulator of the Mental Health Act 1983. In their annual report for 2012-13 <em>Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2012/13</em>, published in January 2014, the CQC noted concerns raised by the House of Commons Health Committee over whether the Act’s powers of detention were being used improperly to access services. They said they found no direct evidence of unlawful practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 22 August 2014, the CQC published a series of reports relating to its inspection in May 2014 of services provided by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. The CQC found that that bed occupancy at the Trust averaged 96.4% between October and December last year, compared to the average of 85.9% across England. CQC inspectors were told that the pressures on beds meant that most new admissions to inpatient beds were people detained under the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC’s annual report on the Act for 2013-14 is expected to be published early in 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/10/2014 11:27:05 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

99852

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an assessment has been carried out on the effectiveness of the fast-track route for Continuing Healthcare in providing support to terminally ill people; and what discussions he has had with NHS England on working with his Department to ensure people eligible for Continuing Healthcare through the fast-track route receive it promptly.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	211125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The principles and processes for assessment of Fast-Track eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare are set out in the ‘<em>National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care</em>’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the effectiveness of the Fast Track Tool for NHS Continuing Healthcare we have recently worked closely with NHS England and other key stakeholders in developing an Assurance Framework. The aim of the Assurance Framework is to ensure compliance with the National Framework and was launched in draft earlier this year. Further work is being undertaken to refine this prior to final publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data regarding the number of people who have been assessed as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) via use of the Fast Track tool.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2013 data on the number of people who are eligible for NHS CHC has been published quarterly at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=continuing+healthcare&amp;go=Go&amp;area=both" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=continuing+healthcare&amp;go=Go&amp;area=both</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 211124 question first answered 23/10/2014 16:57:03 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

99853

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in England who received NHS continuing healthcare through the fast-track route in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013; what plans he has to gather more comprehensive data on the use of NHS continuing healthcare; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	211124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The principles and processes for assessment of Fast-Track eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare are set out in the ‘<em>National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care</em>’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the effectiveness of the Fast Track Tool for NHS Continuing Healthcare we have recently worked closely with NHS England and other key stakeholders in developing an Assurance Framework. The aim of the Assurance Framework is to ensure compliance with the National Framework and was launched in draft earlier this year. Further work is being undertaken to refine this prior to final publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data regarding the number of people who have been assessed as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) via use of the Fast Track tool.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2013 data on the number of people who are eligible for NHS CHC has been published quarterly at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=continuing+healthcare&amp;go=Go&amp;area=both" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=continuing+healthcare&amp;go=Go&amp;area=both</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 211125 question first answered 23/10/2014 16:57:03 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

99860

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish a response to the consultation Updating our care and support system: draft regulations and guidance, published on 6 June 2014.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	211058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>A consultation on the draft regulations and guidance to support implementation of part one of the Care Act 2014 opened on 5 June 2014 and ran for 10 weeks to 15 August 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish a response to the consultation shortly. The statutory guidance to support implementation of part one of the Care Act will be published at the same time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 11:36:29 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

99865

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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, what the average waiting time is for treatment by adult mental health services for people who have suffered sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	211022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not collected centrally. Earlier this month the Department published <em>Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020</em>, which articulates our ambition and the immediate actions we will take this year and next to achieve better access and waiting times for mental health services for all patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have identified £40 million additional spending to kick start change in the current year and a further £80 million to be freed up for 2015-16. This will, for the first time ever, enable the setting of access and waiting time standards in mental health services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 11:11:12 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

99882

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fibromyalgia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve support for people with fibromyalgia; and what plans he has to educate the public about that condition.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	211202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Although there is no cure for fibromyalgia, some treatments can ease symptoms and support improved quality of life for patients. The treatments offered will depend on the severity of a patient’s condition, but may include: pharmacological pain relief; physiotherapy; dietary and exercise advice; counselling or cognitive behavioural therapy; and self-management programmes which aim to give patients the skills and confidence to manage their conditions more effectively. There are also a number of National Health Service trusts that offer specialist fibromyalgia clinics, such the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath, which patients can access on referral from the clinician responsible for their care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know that early diagnosis is the key to improving outcomes across many conditions. Detailed information about fibromyalgia, including symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options, suitable for newly diagnosed patients, is available on the NHS Choices website at <a href="http://www.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 11:39:37 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

99734

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle loneliness in elderly people and the adverse health effects of chronic isolation.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	210982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department is raising awareness regarding the issue of loneliness and social isolation and helping local health and wellbeing boards and commissioners to get better at measuring the issue in their local communities. This will help them come up with the right targeted solutions, and drive local improvements that really make a difference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A measure of social isolation has now been included in the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 2013-14 for the first time, marking an important step towards improving the lives of social care users and carers that are experiencing isolation. This measure provides a clear focus for local priority setting, enabling local authorities to determine the scale of the problem in their area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 16:54:10 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

99735

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had on tackling loneliness and social isolation in elderly people with (i) charities, (ii) professional bodies and (iii) other government departments in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	210983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>I have met with a number of organisations over the past three years to specifically discuss the issue of loneliness and social isolation. These organisations have included The Campaign to End Loneliness, Silverline, Royal Voluntary Service and Citizens UK.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>During this period, I have also met with Ministers from Cabinet Office and Department for Work and Pensions to discuss loneliness and social isolation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 16:51:28 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

93829

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Ashfield constituency have been diagnosed with dementia in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. The number of people on the dementia register is available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people recorded on practice disease registers is taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dementia was included on the QOF register in 2006-07, and the following table shows all the available data for NHS Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Nottingham North and East CCG, NHS Nottingham West CCG and for the Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) (formerly known as the Nottinghamshire County PCT).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of patients on the (QOF) dementia register for NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCG, NHS Nottingham and East CCG, NHS Nottingham West CCG and Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Practices</p></td><td><p>List Size</p></td><td><p>Dementia register counts</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCG</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>186,107</p></td><td><p>1,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham North and East CCG</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>147,212</p></td><td><p>1,099</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham West CCG</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>94,059</p></td><td><p>927</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCG</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>184,622</p></td><td><p>1,244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham North and East CCG</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>145,292</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Nottingham West CCG</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>93,642</p></td><td><p>823</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Nottinghamshire County PCT/Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>671,732</p></td><td><p>4,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>668,390</p></td><td><p>3,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>664,465</p></td><td><p>3,314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>662,003</p></td><td><p>3,073</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>658,900</p></td><td><p>2,902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>649,217</p></td><td><p>2,797</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p> </p><p>1. Practices, Practice List sizes and Number of patients on Dementia Register are based only on those general practitioner practices that participated in QOF.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. Information for 2013-14 is based only on those practices that participated in QOF in both 2012-13 and 2013-14. Therefore, 2013-14 figures are provisional and are subject to change once the full QOF is published 28 October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 09:26:56 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93843

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to support people living with dementia in the (a) community and (b) care system.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	210846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Dementia is a key priority for this Government and we are committed to ensuring people with dementia and their carers receive the best possible care in all care settings. That is why in 2012 we launched the first ever Prime Minister’s Challenge on dementia to increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and understanding and double funding for research in dementia by 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recently a number of steps have been taken to support people living with dementia in the community and in the care system including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- We are aiming for 75 dementia-friendly communities by March 2015. 70 communities across England have signed up to the national Dementia Friendly Communities recognition process, with an increased ambition to reach 75 by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- In the hospital setting, through the Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) reward (introduced from April 2012), with around 4,000 referrals a month, it is clear that more people with dementia in hospitals are being identified and assessed. Between April 2013 and June 2014 there have been 59,961 referrals as a result of the introduction of this CQUIN goal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- We have made available £50 million capital funding for 2013-14 for the NHS and local authorities to work with providers to create better care environments to help people with dementia live well with the condition. The projects are now in the process of being evaluated and we will disseminate the key recommendations by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 1 April 2014 we put in place a new Dementia Directed Enhanced Service, which has had over 80% take up by general practitioners (GPs) to reward practices for facilitating timely diagnosis and support for people with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- The Government’s refreshed Mandate to Health Education England, published on 1 May 2014, builds on the existing ambition to have 100,000 NHS staff receive Tier 1 training on dementia by setting an ambition for a further 250,000 NHS staff to receive Tier 1 training on dementia by March 2015, with the tools and training opportunities being made available to all staff by the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Over 200,000 NHS staff have already received foundation level training with a cumulative target of 359,000 to have completed dementia awareness training by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 7 May 2014 Public Health England and the Alzheimer’s Society launched a major new campaign with the aim of securing one million people to become dementia friends by March 2015. The campaign is aimed at improving understanding and attitudes about dementia and towards people with the condition. There are currently over 520,000 Dementia Friends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 10 September 2014 NHS England published a new Dementia Toolkit aimed at helping GPs making a more timely diagnosis and what they can do in terms of vital post-diagnostic support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- On 3 October 2014 NHS England announced that £5 million will be made available to fund an additional enhanced service for GPs to run between October 2014 and March 2015 to drive improvements in dementia diagnosis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 09:31:16 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson