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1055014

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date	05/02/2019
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: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change has been in the number of people making blood donations between 2008 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	216948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for the collection, manufacturing and issuing of blood products to the NHS in England. NHS Blood and Transplant collects around 1.5 million blood donations every year to make sure hospitals have the blood they need to treat patients.</p><p> </p><p>The following table below shows that the number of active blood donors has decreased by 11.61% between 2008 and 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Active Donors<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2008</p></td><td><p>1,478,332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - Dec ember 2009</p></td><td><p>1,447,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2010</p></td><td><p>1,408,849</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2011</p></td><td><p>1,375,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2012</p></td><td><p>1,330,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2013</p></td><td><p>1,289,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2014</p></td><td><p>1,237,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2015</p></td><td><p>1,281,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2016</p></td><td><p>1,275,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2017</p></td><td><p>1,259,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2018</p></td><td><p>1,306,752</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The data are based on a two-year measure. This is because up until 2014, NHS Blood and Transplant’s active donor base was based on donors who had made at least one donation within two years, and not within one year as is now the case with NHS Blood and Transplant.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/02/2019 12:46:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1055046

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Juliet Bauer
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 times and for what reasons NHS England chief digital officer Juliet Bauer met Livi in her official capacity.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	217027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Juliet Bauer had one meeting and one phone call with Livi in her capacity as Chief Digital Officer at NHS England;</p><p>- January 2018 (phone call) - introductory discussion on Livi’s services and products; and</p><p>- October 2018 (meeting) – discussion on the progress Livi had made in Sweden and whether the NHS could learn from this.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/02/2019 13:18:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1055238

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on advertising directly to men who have sex with men to inform them of recent changes to the rules on blood donation.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	216936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>In November 2017, when the change to the blood donor criteria for men who have sex with men came into force, a media release was distributed to national, regional and trade media. Posts on blood donation social media channels also directed individuals to this information. NHS Blood and Transplant has and will continue to engage with key stakeholders such as the Terrance Higgins Trust, the National Aids Trust and Stonewall on this issue. Further to this activity, NHS Blood and Transplant has not conducted paid for advertising to advertise the change.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant is committed to exploring whether a more individualised approach to risk assessment could be taken to donor selection and expects to report on its findings regarding new evidence and new technologies for assessing risk by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/02/2019 15:08:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1055260

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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 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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2019 to Question 209278 on Mental Health Services, (a) what proportion of people aged 18 and over in contact with National Health Service-funded secondary mental health services the 4,224 figure represents and (b) how his Department defines a speech related disability.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	216910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>At the end of October 2018, 941,561 people were recorded as being in contact with National Health Service-funded mental health services and aged 18 and over. Therefore, the figure of 4,224, for people who were also recorded as having a speech related disability, represents 0.45% of the total.</p><p> </p><p>The data is sourced from the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS). In the MHSDS User Guidance, the specific Code used to record speech related disabilities defines its use as appropriate in cases where “the patient has difficulty speaking or using language to communicate or make their needs known”. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-sets/mental-health-services-data-set/mental-health-services-data-set-specifications-and-guidance" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-sets/mental-health-services-data-set/mental-health-services-data-set-specifications-and-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/02/2019 15:09:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1055281

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Suicide
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 list the (a) Government departments, b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies that have contributed to the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Plan.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	216975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care established a National Suicide Prevention Strategy Delivery Group (NSPSDG). The NSPSDG has developed the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Workplan, which we published last month, and will be responsible for tracking, monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the Workplan. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-cross-government-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/suicide-prevention-cross-government-plan</a></p><p> </p><p>The NSPSDG comprises lead policy officials across Government and delivery agencies, including the voluntary and charitable sector through the National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA), including:</p><p>- Department of Health and Social Care;</p><p>- Public Health England;</p><p>- NHS England/ NHS Improvement (joint representative);</p><p>- Care Quality Commission;</p><p>- Ministry of Justice;</p><p>- Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service;</p><p>- Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody;</p><p>- Office for National Statistics;</p><p>- Home Office;</p><p>- Department for Education;</p><p>- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;</p><p>- Department for Work and Pensions;</p><p>- Department for Transport;</p><p>- Health Education England;</p><p>- Highways England;</p><p>- Chief Coroner’s Office;</p><p>- Government Equalities Office;</p><p>- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs;</p><p>- British Transport Police;</p><p>- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport;</p><p>- Local Government Association;</p><p>- Association of Directors of Public Health; and</p><p>- National Suicide Prevention Alliance.</p><p> </p><p>The membership of the NSPSDG will be reviewed regularly to ensure that it continues to reflect the strategic direction and priorities of the strategy. The Delivery Group will ensure that the Suicide Prevention Workplan is implemented and continues to evolve as new actions to prevent suicide are identified.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/02/2019 12:45:37 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1055360

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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 Health and Employers Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214031 on Mental Health and Employers Independent Review, on what date the Work Leadership Council next plans to meet.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	217136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Thriving at Work Leadership Council is an employer-led group and they are aiming to meet for a second time in April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/02/2019 13:19:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger