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776100

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date	23/10/2017
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, what the average waiting time was in each month since April 2015 for patients referred for primary care having suffered psychosis.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	108997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Average waiting times for patients experiencing psychosis referred for primary care are not centrally held. NHS England publishes interim data on the percentage of patients with first episode of psychosis starting treatment within two weeks of referral, in line with the Early Intervention in Psychosis standard. This data has been available since December 2015 and it can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/EIP-Waiting-Times-Timeseries-August-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/EIP-Waiting-Times-Timeseries-August-2017.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2017 13:44:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

776154

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the increase is in the (a) size of the mental health staff workforce and (b) number of professionally qualified clinical mental health staff employed since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	109144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital data shows that the number of National Health Service staff (full-time equivalent) working in Mental Health and Learning Disability trusts increased by 4,295 from July 2013 to July 2017, of these 2,156 are professionally qualified clinical mental health staff. The number of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) staff (headcount) increased by <del class="ministerial">2,278</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,728 </ins>between 2012 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Figures begin in 2012/13 due to the changes in services resulting from the dissolution of primary care trusts in 2012/13.</p><p>Source:</p><p>1. Health Education England (July 2017). Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England.</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/CCS0717505185-1_FYFV%20Mental%20health%20workforce%20plan%20for%20England_v5%283%29.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/CCS0717505185-1_FYFV%20Mental%20health%20workforce%20plan%20for%20England_v5%283%29.pdf</a></p><p>2. NHS Digital, Monthly workforce statistics as at July.</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30100" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30100</a></p><p>3. 2012 IAPT Workforce Census paragraph 5.1.</p><p><a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246046/11919343/iapt-workforce-education-and-training-2012-census-report.pdf/907e15d0-b36a-432c-8058-b2452d3628de" target="_blank">https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246046/11919343/iapt-workforce-education-and-training-2012-census-report.pdf/907e15d0-b36a-432c-8058-b2452d3628de</a></p><p>4. The overall IAPT workforce number from the 2015 census was calculated as follows: sum of Low Intensity Therapy: Total Number of individuals (Staff in Post) on page 17 and High Intensity Therapy (HIT): Total Number of individuals (Staff in Post) on page 21. The 2015 IAPT workforce census is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/09/adult-iapt-workforce-census-report-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/09/adult-iapt-workforce-census-report-15.pdf</a></p><p>5. The overall IAPT workforce number from the 2014 census was calculated by adding total headcount for Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), non CBT HIT modalities and non-qualified counsellors and therapist, Table 4, page.11. The total funded establishment for whole-time equivalent psychological wellbeing practitioners was obtained from table 2, p. 9. The 2014 IAPT workforce census is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.ewin.nhs.uk/tools_and_resources/2014-adult-iapt-workforce-census-report." target="_blank">http://www.ewin.nhs.uk/tools_and_resources/2014-adult-iapt-workforce-census-report.</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2017 13:56:22 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2017 15:29:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 18029 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

773215

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not recognised as a mental health condition for the purposes of treatment.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	108502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is a term used to describe a range of disorders and disabilities associated with prenatal alcohol exposure. It is not generally regarded as a single condition, but as an umbrella term that covers several alcohol-related medical conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder can include physical or intellectual disabilities, as well as problems with behaviour and learning. Treatment services for people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder will be different for each individual depending on the symptoms. It is for individual clinicians to make decisions on appropriate treatments, together with the patient or their families or carers, taking into account any relevant guidance.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2017 15:07:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

773227

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Mothers
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 identify at an early stage new mothers who may be experiencing mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	108494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Promoting good maternal and perinatal mental health is a key priority for this Government, as set out in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is investing £365 million between 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>A key element of the transformation programme is to increase awareness and skills across the workforce, supporting better identification of perinatal mental illness, early intervention and consequently improved recovery rates.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department has published guidance which has led to the creation of over 570 perinatal mental health visitor champions. Their role is to support health visitors with the identification and management of anxiety, mild to moderate depression and other perinatal mental disorders, and to know when to refer on to a specialist.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2017 15:09:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

773239

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the implementation of his policy Transforming Care since the establishment of the Transforming Care Delivery Board in February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	108577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The total overall number of people in inpatient units has fallen 14% since March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2017 we published a revised Care and Treatment Review (CTR) policy and made a number of changes to improve the effectiveness of CTRs.</p><p> </p><p>164 inpatient beds closed in 2016/17, ahead of plan. The last stand-alone National Health Service hospital for people with a learning disability was absorbed into a mental health trust last year. New community services are opening, offering intensive support in people’s own homes rather than in hospital.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2017 15:08:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes