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810501

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, whether his Department plans to roll-out nationally Mental Health Support Teams in 2022-23 in the event that the pilot phase is successful.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	120847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Decisions about future rollout of the Mental Health Support Teams will be informed by the trailblazer programme and the outcomes of the evaluation which will help to understand what works, and will be subject to future spending reviews.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:07:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

810626

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the risk that cyber bullying poses to the mental health of children.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	120971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Evidence exists on the impact of bullying, including cyberbullying, on the mental health and wellbeing of children. The Government published the joint Department of Health and Department for Education ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ in December 2017, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper</a></p><p>This sets out work by the Department of Health and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to convene a working group comprising social media and technology companies, which will consider what further action can be taken to improve the mental health of young online users and will consider tackling cyberbullying and harmful content.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s work to develop a Digital Charter, announced in the Queen’s speech, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published the ‘Internet Safety Strategy’ in October 2017, which focuses on keeping all users safe online:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/internet-safety-strategy-green-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/internet-safety-strategy-green-paper</a></p><p>The Strategy covers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions to prevent online harms and Government’s role in supporting users. The Strategy also includes initiatives for tackling cyberbullying.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England published analysis of cyberbullying in school age children in June 2017, ‘Cyberbullying: An analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey for England, 2014’, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/621070/Health_behaviour_in_school_age_children_cyberbullying.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/621070/Health_behaviour_in_school_age_children_cyberbullying.pdf</a></p><p>This analysis showed the prevalence of cyberbullying reported by schoolchildren in England and highlighted evidence that exists which shows that schoolchildren that are bullied and those who are engaged in bullying behaviour experience poorer health and wellbeing outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:10:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

810653

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transplant Surgery: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the merits for England of the organ retrieval system in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	120998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) was established by NHS Blood and Transplant in April 2010 and operates across all parts of the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 NORS has been successful in playing a vital role in contributing to the increase in deceased donors and organ transplants. As a key component of the organ donation and transplantation infrastructure, it provides a national 24 hour service for retrieving organs from deceased donors.</p><p> </p><p>NORS ensures the best possible transplant outcomes are achieved for all organs offered. Thanks to donors and their families’ selfless generosity, thousands of lives are saved every year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:04:39 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

810700

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Postnatal Depression
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, Health what discussions he has had with NCT on the identification of postnatal problems in that organisations Hidden Half campaign.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	121045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have not met with representatives from the National Childbirth Trust, but are aware of their Hidden Half campaign.</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>A key element of NHS England’s £365 million perinatal mental health transformation programme is to increase awareness and skills across the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The six week postnatal check is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidance on postnatal care and identified as a crucial element of postnatal care by NHS England’s National Maternity Review. This check should make an assessment of how a woman has made the transition to motherhood, including her mental health.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:15:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

810732

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit of measures to support organ donation other than an opt-out system.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	121077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The last major review of organ donation in 2008 concluded that the case for a change to the law on consent was finely balanced and that other aspects of the systems supporting donation should be developed before any change to the law. Those actions, included in the United Kingdom-wide strategy Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020, have resulted in year on year growth in the number of transplants, seen the number of people on the NHS Organ Donation Register increase by almost five million people over the last five years and, in 2016/17, the highest ever deceased donor rates in England. The Government wants to see rates of transplantation in England amongst the best in the world and is keen to explore all options to increase the availability of suitable organs for transplantation. As part of the consultation on an opt-out system of consent, the Government has invited further evidence to be submitted which could impact on the desired outcome to increase the number of organs for transplant in England. This evidence will be carefully considered before the Government responds.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:14:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

810061

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will investigate the case of a West Lancashire constituent who required an inpatient bed at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and was informed that the nearest available bed was in Somerset.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	120527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Day to day operational decisions about the management of individual patients are a matter for NHS England and/or the trusts with responsibility for patient care.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that patients with mental health conditions can receive treatment as close as possible to where they live. Inappropriate out of area placements are unacceptable and the Government has set a target to eliminate these in non-specialist, acute mental health care by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>More than £400 million has been made available for investment in mental health crisis resolution home treatment teams over the next four years, enabling them to provide 24/7 crisis response and intensive home treatment as a genuine alternative to admission where appropriate. Shared learning and best-practice advice on reducing out of area placements through improved system capacity management will be included in acute care commissioning guidance.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:01:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

810087

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to remove the need for bank statements to be submitted in support of discretionary grant applications with the England Infected Blood Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	120553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The discretionary payments scheme, part of the England Infected Blood Support Scheme administered by NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA), and the criteria under which these payments are made is currently being reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>As was required under the former infected blood payment schemes, the criteria for some discretionary payments may be linked to an individual’s income. One way a beneficiary could demonstrate their income is through the submission of bank statements, although NHS BSA is considering with beneficiaries other possible options as part of the review process.</p><p> </p><p>NHS BSA will try to keep additional information requests to support claims to a minimum.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:11:39 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

810096

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department is using to monitor the performance of healthcare providers in English prisons and effect of those services on the overall health and well-being of prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	120562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Since 2013, NHS England has been responsible for commissioning health services in public sector prisons in England. When contracts are awarded a plan is established between NHS England, as commissioner, and the provider to ensure a smooth transition in the delivery of the contract specifications if there has been a change of provider, or, if the provider remains the same, a planned approach to how the provider will meet any new requirements that sit within the new contract specification.</p><p> </p><p>Providers and commissioners meet on a quarterly basis, for the life of the contract for contract and performance management reviews. Where there are performance issues these meetings are more frequent, weekly or monthly, and the providers will be required to provide a remedial action plan against which they will be monitored and measured.</p><p> </p><p>If the providers fail to meet the required quality for the delivery of the service at any time during the life of the contract, and after any improvement planning has not been productive, the local commissioners can give notice on the contract and re-procure the services.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:19:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

810097

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to increase the availability of stop smoking support services in prisons that have implemented a smoking ban.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	120563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Prisons are rolling out the smoke free policy, subject to a series of assessments which will test the operational stability, readiness and health readiness of the prisons to implement the policy in a safe, decent and secure way.</p><p> </p><p>As the roll out of the smoke free estate continues, each new cohort of prisons preparing to go smoke free must complete a state of readiness document which details that across the establishment everything is in place to ensure a smooth transition to a smoke free establishment. This includes the information sharing plan for the prisoner population, the increase in stop smoking services, and the availability of Nicotine Replacement Therapy, and e cigarettes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:13:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

810138

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pick's Disease: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of treatment provided to people diagnosed with Pick's disease.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>While there is no specific treatment available for Pick’s disease, or frontotemporal dementia as it is sometimes referred to, it is important that people diagnosed with this disease and other forms of dementia receive appropriate treatment and support that can help with the symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>Dementia is a priority for this Government. Whilst the Government’s Dementia 2020 Challenge does not distinguish between different types of dementia, we want every person diagnosed with dementia to receive meaningful care following their diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Challenge Implementation Plan, published in March 2016, set out the actions partners across health and care will take to ensure commitments in the 2020 Challenge are delivered. This includes ensuring every person diagnosed with dementia has meaningful care following their diagnosis, which supports them and those around them, irrespective of the type of dementia diagnosis they have.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has doubled research spending on dementia, with a commitment to maintain this level of spending at £60 million a year to 2020, with an ambition for overall spending on research from all sectors to double by 2025. Much of this investment is in research to better understand the nature of dementia, to inform development of future treatments and ways to prevent the onset of the condition.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:17:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham