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1092080

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Health Visitors: Training
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 training places for health visitors have been (a) commissioned and (b) filled in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	234703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of planned health visitor training places, along with the number of entrants in England each year is shown in following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of planned training commissions against entrants for health visitor programmes in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Entry year</p></td><td><p>Planned commissions</p></td><td><p>Entrants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2,787</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,041</p></td><td><p>1,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>817</p></td><td><p>539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>448</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Health Education England, Financial Management System records (until 2012-13) and Education Commissioning (EdCom) dataset (after 2012-13)</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Data up until 2012-13 is based on financial years. Data after 2012-13 is only available in academic years.</li><li>Data on planned commissions is only available for years 2014-15 to 2016-17.</li><li>Planned commissions are provisional and so not necessarily equal to the actual number of training places available.</li></ol> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 13:39:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1092141

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Health Services: Homelessness
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 his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS (a) guidance and (b) regulations on access to care for people with no fixed address.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	234680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Entitlement to free National Health Service care is largely based on being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom. Being ordinarily resident means, broadly, living here on a lawful and properly settled basis as part of the regular order of his or her life for the time being, with non-European Economic Area nationals subject to immigration control also required to have an immigration status of indefinite leave to remain.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Charging Regulations, there is no reason why a person of no fixed abode cannot pass the ordinarily resident test, if they meet the ordinary residence criteria and are therefore exempt from charges. In determining whether charges are to be made under the Charging Regulations, service providers must make such enquiries as are reasonable in all the circumstances. We expect providers to consider the fact that in some circumstances it will be particularly difficult for a person with no fixed abode to provide documentary evidence of their ordinary residence status.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS will always provide immediately necessary care, including maternity care, to any patient, regardless of their status in relation to the Charging Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has produced guidance for general practices clarifying rights of patients and responsibilities of providers when patient register with a general practitioner. Some services continue to remain free to all regardless of residency status, which currently includes primary medical services, the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases and accident and emergency services. Also, some groups of particularly vulnerable overseas visitors remain exempt from charge for all their treatment, including refugees and persons granted asylum, failed asylum seekers receiving specified packages of state support, victims of modern slavery, including human trafficking, and children looked after by a local authority. These exemptions continue to ensure that the most vulnerable in our society can access free healthcare whenever they need it.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 17:25:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1092151

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
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	Hospitals: WiFi
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 rolling out free WiFi services to NHS hospitals by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	234729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital has advised that, as at 21 March 2019, 94% (203 out of 216) of community, mental health and acute National Health Service trusts in England are now providing free Wi-Fi services. All NHS trusts plan to provide free Wi-Fi by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 17:26:05 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1091231

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the Government holds via the National Haemophilia Database on the number of haemophiliacs classed as Leiden who were infected via contaminated blood products.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	234149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Haemophilia Database (NHD) does not collect data on Factor V Leiden patients as the presence of this mutation causes an increased risk of excess blood clotting or thrombosis. The NHD collects statistics on patients with bleeding disorders, their treatment and morbidity and mortality associated with their condition and its treatment, not those with excess blood clotting disorders.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 13:33:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1091315

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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: 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, with reference to NHS Digital publication Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2017, what assessment he has made of the factors influencing the upward trend of 5-15 year olds reporting at least one mental health disorder.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	234109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Mental Health of Children and Young People in England (2017) prevalence survey shows a slight rise in the prevalence of mental health conditions in children and young people, from 10.1% in 2004 to 11.2% in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Protecting the mental health of our children and young people is a top priority for this Government and is a core part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The recent Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper aims to improve provision of mental health support for all children and young people, and the proposals are based on evidence of what we know is driving the rising demand for children and young people’s mental health services. We will test, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the core proposals to ensure we learn from what works.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 13:31:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 109604 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090900

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Eating Disorders
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 he has made of the effect of recent trends in mental health nursing staff numbers on waiting times for those who require treatment for eating disorders.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	233558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Good progress is being made towards the children and young people’s eating disorder waiting time target. October to December 2018 data shows 80.7% of young people started treatment for an urgent case within one week against a target of 95%, and 86.8% of young people started treatment for a routine case within four weeks against a target of 95%.</p><p> </p><p>For adults, the NHS Long Term Plan commits to “test four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health teams, with selected local areas”. The exact scope and timelines of these pilots are yet to be finalised but NHS England will also consider the interfaces with specialist community mental health services, particularly where there is an existing evidence base for rapid direct access, such as adult eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aware of the importance of increasing the number of people working in mental health services and has made an assessment of the workforce needed to deliver timely access to mental health care. In 2017 Health Education England published ‘Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England’, which set our ambition to deliver 21,000 new posts, to be filled by 19,000 additional staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care asked Baroness Dido Harding to develop a Workforce Implementation Plan for the commitments set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p><p>This Interim Workforce Plan will be published in spring and will include an immediate 2019/20 action plan together with a more detailed vision of how the health and care workforce will transform over the next 10 years to deliver 21st century care for our patients. The plan will build on work already underway to recruit, train and importantly retain more staff to address our most immediate shortages.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 13:35:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1090946

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Universal Credit
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 households' claims for Healthy Start vouchers have ceased upon claiming universal credit; and how many of those households failed to make a new claim.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	233447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/03/2019 12:12:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1091003

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Eating Disorders
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 has taken to ensure that everyone who suffers from an eating disorder is able to access treatment and support regardless of gender, age, sexuality, ethnicity or background.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	233438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring everyone with an eating disorder has access to timely treatment based on clinical need. NHS England’s ‘Access and Waiting Time Standard for Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder: Commissioning Guide’ sets out guidance on establishing and maintaining eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>It states that eating disorder services for young people should follow the overarching principles for service design and development for children’s services required of local transformation plans. This includes meeting legal duties with regard to equality, with an aim to reduce inequality in access and outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cyp-eating-disorders-access-waiting-time-standard-comm-guid.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cyp-eating-disorders-access-waiting-time-standard-comm-guid.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 13:37:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1088738

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Health Services: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what language support NHS services should provide for refugees who lack the English language skills required to communicate with those services in (a) the UK and (b) in Liverpool.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	232640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>People using NHS services who experience a communications barrier may be entitled to access interpreting and translation services. For people who need assistance communicating with healthcare professionals, such as refugees or asylum seekers, NHS services should ensure they comply with legislative provisions such as the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p>For general practice, NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) contracts with three companies to provide translation and interpreting services: Language Line for telephone translation; Global Accent for face to face translation; and Action on Hearing Loss for British Sign Language. The CCG also commissions a local quality improvement scheme (enhanced service) to support general practice in the provision of services for asylum seekers and refugees. Practices are funded based on the number of asylum seekers/refugees on their list.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/03/2019 17:51:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1088277

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Migrants: Detainees
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 are taken to ensure that people in immigration removal centres have uninterrupted access to prescribed medication.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	232076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England’s focus on improving the physical needs of this patient population have resulted in the development of a dedicated medicine improvement programme for those in an immigration removal centre (IRC).</p><p> </p><p>The programme aims to improve the optimisation of medicines for people in immigration removal centres and has been underpinned by specific professional medicines optimisation standards published in partnership with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2017).</p><p> </p><p>The programme aims to improve the optimisation of medicines for people in IRCs to deliver:</p><p> </p><p>- A clear understanding of current provision of pharmacy services, including on-site services, and medicines handling and use in IRCs;</p><p>- An audit of the medicines standards in all IRCs to support quality improvement in pharmacy services and medicines optimisation;</p><p>- Identification of key improvement priorities for each IRC based on the gap analysis between provision and expected standards;</p><p>- Introduction by providers of policies and an IT-based risk assessment tools to enable as many detainees as possible to self-administer their medicines;</p><p>- Provide medicines in an environment where people can maintain confidentiality and access support from pharmacy staff about their medicines; and</p><p>- Improve continuity of medicines on admission through more effective electronic recording during their period of detention in IRCs as well as on their release and transfer or deportation.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/03/2019 14:19:34 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss