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1012319

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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 and Young 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 support charity-run mental health counselling services for (a) children and (b) adolescents.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	194583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>In general, funding for mental health services, such as counselling, is the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Some CCGs may choose to use non-National Health Service providers, including those run by charities. It is up to the local CCG to make commissioning decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does directly provide funding to third sector organisations through the voluntary, community and social enterprise organisation (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Programme, which launched in 2016, replacing the previous VCSE grant funding and engagement programmes. A key part of the programme is the Health and Wellbeing Fund, and the theme for the Fund in 2019-20 is children and young people’s mental health. More information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vcse-health-and-wellbeing-fund-2019-to-2020-how-to-apply" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/vcse-health-and-wellbeing-fund-2019-to-2020-how-to-apply</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/11/2018 17:10:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1012358

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Women
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 take steps to introduce a strategy on women’s reproductive health.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	194728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE) reproductive health action plan will be published in 2019 and aims to demonstrate sustainable improvements in key reproductive health outcomes and reduce inequalities. Alongside this the Department has recently launched a Women’s Health Taskforce with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This taskforce will look at action that can be taken to address women’s health issues. The terms of reference are currently being defined, but this group will look at women’s health across the life course.</p><p>PHE is working closely with the Women’s Health Taskforce Group to ensure actions are aligned.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/11/2018 17:08:28 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1012456

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Eating Disorders: 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) males and (b) females under 18 with an eating disorder have been admitted to a child and adolescent mental health inpatient bed in every year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	194678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/11/2018 17:10:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1012457

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Psychiatric Hospitals: 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) males and (b) females under 18 years of age have been admitted to an child and adolescent mental health inpatient bed out of area in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	194679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS England holds management data on children and young people under 18 years of age that have been admitted to an out of area child and adolescent mental health services inpatient bed, as shown in the following table. This data is only available from 2016/17 to 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of Out of Area Admissions</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Financial Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>726</p></td><td><p>731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender not recorded</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,069</p></td><td><p>1,039</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/11/2018 17:07:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1012474

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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 and Young 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 assessment his Department has made of the merits of the Children’s Commissioner for England's recommendation in her November 2018 briefing for £1.7 billion of additional annual funding for child and adolescent mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	194781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of this recommendation. The Government announced its long term financial settlement for the National Health Service in June. This will represent an increase of £20.5 billion in real terms by 2023/24. The Government has asked the NHS to develop a long-term plan which will set out a vision for the health service and ensure every penny is well spent. Government has been clear that better access to mental health services, to help achieve the government’s commitment to parity of esteem between mental and physical health, is one of the principles which must underpin the plan.</p><p> </p><p>The 2018 Budget set out some of aspects of what the long-term plan will contain, and further details will follow when the plan is published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/11/2018 17:09:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1011474

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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
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 adequacy of access to mental health services for individuals who have been involved in a terror attack.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	194066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government and its health partners recognise that it is important to ensure that people who have survived any form of critical incident have appropriate, evidence based mental health support if needed.</p><p> </p><p>It is essential that the mental health response is proportionate to the situation and the specific models of service delivery are a matter for NHS England and the local National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that health systems in London and Manchester are evaluating the response of the NHS and wider economy to their recent terrorist events. We will ensure this learning is shared with the system.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/11/2018 17:27:05 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011603

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Arthritis
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 that NHS trusts provide early support for the mental wellbeing of patients with (a) rheumatoid arthritis and (b) adult juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	194089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that long-term conditions, such as arthritis, can have an impact on a person’s mental wellbeing. The guideline ‘Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management’, updated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in 2018, sets out best practice in the diagnosis, treatment, care and support of people with rheumatoid arthritis. The guidance recommends that patients should be offered psychological interventions (for example, relaxation, stress management and cognitive coping skills to help them to adjust to living with their condition). The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng100" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng100</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/11/2018 17:27:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1010614

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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
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 November 2018 report by Rethink entitled Right treatment, right time, whether he is taking steps to ensure that NHS England works with NHS Improvement and NHS Digital to develop the Mental Health Dashboard further to include operational data for people treated in secondary and community care under a mental health trust.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	193432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health Dashboard brings together key data from across mental health services to measure the performance of the National Health Service in delivering our plans as set out in the Mental Health Five Year Forward View. Indicators within the dashboard are intended to provide a high level overview of how the NHS is performing, alongside detail on how mental health services are funded and delivered.</p><p> </p><p>The content of the dashboard was recently reviewed to ensure that the measures within the dashboard are sufficiently robust to provide an accurate picture of mental health delivery across services and regions. NHS England is working with NHS Improvement and NHS Digital to improve operational data for people treated in secondary and community care and these measures will be included in the dashboard as soon as data quality demonstrates that it is appropriate to do so.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/11/2018 11:10:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1010616

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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
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 November 2018 report by Rethink entitled Right treatment, right time, whether he is taking steps to lower the average 14-week wait for assessment and 19-week wait for treatment for people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, eating disorders and other severe mental illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	193434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Right treatment, right time, by Rethink Mental Illness, highlights challenges in mental health services. The Government recognises that we need to go further in improving mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health contains specific steps for reducing waiting times for psychosis and eating disorders. By 2020/21, at least 60% of people with first episode psychosis should start treatment with a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended package of care, via a specialist Early Intervention in Psychosis service, within two weeks of referral. For eating disorders, we have targets for ensuring that 95% of children in need receive treatment within one week for urgent cases, and four weeks for routine cases. Figures published on the Five Year Forward View dashboard show that these targets have been met or are on track to be met by the end of 2020/21. The dashboard is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/11/2018 11:15:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1010638

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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 Visitors: Resignations
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 health visitors (a) resigned and (b) otherwise left their posts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	193546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of leavers from the health visitor staff group in England, partitioned into reasons for leaving of resignation and other reason for leaving, as at 31 July in each specified year from 2013, headcount:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All reasons for leaving</p></td><td><p>1,441</p></td><td><p>1,331</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>2,203</p></td><td><p>1,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reason for leaving of resignation</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>461</p></td><td><p>603</p></td><td><p>694</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other reason for leaving</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>837</p></td><td><p>781</p></td><td><p>588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknowns</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>614</p></td><td><p>732</p></td><td><p>633</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics</p><p> </p><p>As health visitors are employed by a range of organisations, including National Health Service trusts, CCGs, local authorities and private providers, current data collections do not cover the complete range of these organisations. Consequently, it is not possible to provide accurate data on the total number of leavers from the whole health visitor workforce.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/11/2018 11:09:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris