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964039

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Postnatal Care
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 increase funding for new mothers' postnatal checks.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	169245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Currently, there are no plans to increase funding for new mothers' postnatal checks. However, Better Births, the report of the National Maternity Review, published in February 2016, outlined that better postnatal care was a key requirement for improved maternity services. It recommended that women should have access to their midwife and obstetrician as they require after having had their baby, as well as the need to ensure a smooth transition to on-going care in the community from their general practitioner and health visitor. Forty-four Local Maternity Systems (LMS) have come together across sustainability and transformation partnership footprints to lead the transformation of local maternity services in England, and are implementing plans to deliver the vision of Better Births, including the recommendations on better postnatal care. Additional national support will be provided to LMS by NHS England, which has convened an Expert Reference Group to advise on further opportunities make improvement in this important time for women and babies.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 10:51:02 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

964040

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Postnatal Depression
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has met with the representations of the National Childbirth Trust to discuss the findings of its report, Hidden Half: bringing postnatal mental illness out of hiding, published in June 2017 and recommendations for tackling low rates of identification of perinatal mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	169246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not met with the National Childbirth Trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aware of the National Childbirth Trust’s ‘Hidden Half’ Campaign. We are grateful to the National Childbirth Trust for their campaigning on this important issue.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving perinatal mental health services for women during pregnancy and in the first postnatal year, so that women are able to access the right care at the right time and close to home.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is investing £365 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 in perinatal mental health services, and NHS England is leading a transformation programme to ensure that, by 2020/21, at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 16:29:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

964041

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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: Children
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 evidence of a link between perinatal mental illness and emotional and behavioural problems in children, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequate identification through primary care of (a) that illness and (b) those problems.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	169247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department is investing £365 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 in perinatal mental health services, and NHS England is leading a transformation programme to ensure that, by 2020/21, at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period.</p><p> </p><p>Over £1.2 million was provided in 2017 to enable the training of primary care, maternity and mental health staff to increase awareness and skills related to perinatal mental health.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also invested in multidisciplinary perinatal mental health clinical networks across the country to drive forward change, focusing on collaborative working to develop local, integrated pathways and support early identification of those at risk of mental illness in the perinatal period, to enable better outcomes for women in all communities.</p><p> </p><p>We are expanding access to appropriate mental health support for children and young people that need it, including those with emotional and behavioural problems. Primary care is an essential part of the pathway and can assist in referring on to children and young people’s mental health services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 10:54:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

964055

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Health Services: Children
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 assessment he has made of take-up rates by levels of household income of recipients of the health check for children aged two years undertaken by health visitors.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	169035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Data on the take up rates of the health check of children aged two years undertaken by health visitors is only available at local authority level. Data on take-up rates by levels of household income of recipients of the health check for children aged two years undertaken by health visitors is not collected. Therefore, no direct comparison can be made between household income and uptake of service.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 16:11:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

964177

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Internet: Harassment
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport on tackling online trolling and the effect of trolling on people’s psychological wellbeing.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	169446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The current Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (the Rt. hon. Matt Hancock MP) is yet to discuss online trolling with the current Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (the Rt. hon. Jeremy Wright MP). However, this Government is clear that online abuse of any kind is unacceptable and the Departments are working together on this.</p><p> </p><p>To help tackle some of the issues around the potential negative impacts of the online environment for children and young people’s mental health, the previous Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (the Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt MP) and the previous Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (the Rt. hon. Matt Hancock MP) set up a working group with social media companies. Within this group we discussed how the companies could take concrete action, particularly in the areas of improved age verification tackling long periods online and harmful content.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that companies have some existing work in place in these areas, and that there are significant challenges, but we are keen for further action to be taken. This is why the previous Secretary of State for Health and Social Care asked social media companies to set out their formal positions on this work and how they envisage we could work together to make further progress. We have received a number of responses and we are working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as we consider our next steps, including our contribution to their joint work with the Home Office on a White Paper on on-line harms, following their Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 10:46:02 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

964178

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Internet: Harassment
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 assessment he has made of the effect of (a) internet trolling and (b) online abuse on people’s psychological wellbeing.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	169447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government is clear that online abuse of any kind is unacceptable. Social media can be a way of making positive social connections, and should never be used as a platform to abuse or bully individuals. Evidence has shown links between certain increases in social media use and poorer mental health, however it is not clear whether increased use causes poorer mental health. For example, it is possible that poorer mental health drives an increase in use of social media. To better understand the relationship between social media and the mental health of children and young people up to 25 years old, the Chief Medical Officer is leading a review to examine all relevant international research in the area. The review will inform a report from the Chief Medical Officer, expected for publication next year.</p><p> </p><p>To help tackle some of these issues, we have talked to social media companies about taking concrete action, particularly in the areas of improved age verification for underage children, tackling long periods online and harmful content. We understand that companies have existing work in place in these areas, and that there are significant challenges, but we are keen for further action to be taken. This is why the former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (the. Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt) asked social media companies to set out their formal positions on this work and how they envisage we could work together to make further progress. We have received a number of responses and we are working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as we consider our next steps, and they work with the Home Office on a White Paper on Internet Harms, following their consultation on internet safety.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 169449 question first answered 06/09/2018 15:36:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

964180

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Social Media: Harassment
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 and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have to ensure that social media companies (a) tackle online trolls and (b) improve the reporting process for victims of that abuse.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	169449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government is clear that online abuse of any kind is unacceptable. Social media can be a way of making positive social connections, and should never be used as a platform to abuse or bully individuals. Evidence has shown links between certain increases in social media use and poorer mental health, however it is not clear whether increased use causes poorer mental health. For example, it is possible that poorer mental health drives an increase in use of social media. To better understand the relationship between social media and the mental health of children and young people up to 25 years old, the Chief Medical Officer is leading a review to examine all relevant international research in the area. The review will inform a report from the Chief Medical Officer, expected for publication next year.</p><p> </p><p>To help tackle some of these issues, we have talked to social media companies about taking concrete action, particularly in the areas of improved age verification for underage children, tackling long periods online and harmful content. We understand that companies have existing work in place in these areas, and that there are significant challenges, but we are keen for further action to be taken. This is why the former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (the. Rt. hon. Jeremy Hunt) asked social media companies to set out their formal positions on this work and how they envisage we could work together to make further progress. We have received a number of responses and we are working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as we consider our next steps, and they work with the Home Office on a White Paper on Internet Harms, following their consultation on internet safety.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 169447 question first answered 06/09/2018 15:36:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

964182

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Internet: Harassment
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on educating children and young people about online trolling and the support that is available to them to aid psychological wellbeing and build resilience.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	169450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Across Government, we are clear for the need to take action to tackle the increase in cyberbullying and are incorporating such action within related work streams across health, education and culture. The Department of Education is clear that all schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying - including cyberbullying - and recognise that bullying of any kind can now, just as easily, occur online as face to face.</p><p> </p><p>Teaching about social media and internet safety will be integrated into the new subjects of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education, which schools will be encouraged and supported to teach from September 2019 and required to teach from September 2020. Pupils will be taught about online risks so they can learn to recognise potential dangers for themselves, and about broader steps they can take to protect and support their own and others’ health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education will continue to work together as we enter the implementation phase of the Green Paper on Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services, which aims to improve provision of mental health support in schools and enable children and young people to access earlier help for emerging problems.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 10:58:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

964345

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Self-harm: 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 (a) boys and (b) girls aged (i) 0-10, (ii) 11-13, (iii) 14, (iv) 15 and (v) 16 and 17 years old have been admitted to hospital in England as a result of (A) self-harm and (B) self-poisoning in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	169127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with an external cause of self-harm and self-poisoning for boys and girls aged 0-10, 11-13, 14, 15 and 16 and 17 years old in England for the years 2014-15 to 2016-17 is shown in the attached table owing to its size.</p><p> </p><p>An FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2018 10:42:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price attachment 1 file name PQ169127 format.xlsx title PQ169127 attached document
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

964380

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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 Health Services: Children
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 ensure the provision of mental health support services to vulnerable children after 2021.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	169263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Children’s mental health, including for the most vulnerable, remains a priority for this Government and will continue to form a key part of National Health Service provision as we look beyond 2021. In June, the Prime Minister announced her intention to work with the NHS to develop a 10-year plan for the future of the health service, underpinned by a five-year funding offer which will see the NHS budget grow by over £20 billion a year in real terms by 2023-24. The NHS will produce a new long-term plan led by clinicians – setting out how the money will be used to deliver our vision for the health service and to ensure every penny is well spent.</p><p> </p><p>The plan will be developed by the NHS, working closely with the Government and will be published later this year. Better access to mental health services is one of the priorities to help achieve the Government’s commitment for parity of esteem between mental and physical health. This will be a significant step forward towards improving, and continuing to deliver, high-quality mental health support services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/09/2018 15:37:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron