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1029371

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Staff
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 adequacy of the capacity of the mental health workforce.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	204565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to increase the mental health workforce to deliver its ambitious mental health transformation programme. To ensure that the National Health Service has an adequate workforce, Health Education England (HEE) published ‘Stepping Forward to 2020/21: The Mental Health Workforce Plan for England’. This plan sets out the Government’s ambition to deliver 21,000 new posts, professional and allied, across the mental health system, with the expectation that 19,000 of these places will be filled by staff employed directly by the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>The plan aims to increase the size of the mental health workforce through increased recruitment, improved retention and through development of new roles and ways of working to improve efficient use of the most qualified staff. A Mental Health Workforce Delivery Group, chaired by HEE and attended by the Department and its arm's-length bodies, was established shortly after publication to oversee implementation of the plan, through regional sustainability and transformation partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 13:52:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1029388

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to put NHS-funded counsellors in every school to ensure easy access to mental health services for children.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the National Health Service does not plan to fund counsellors in every school, the joint Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Education Green Paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’, set out our plans to improve access to mental health services for children. The Government plans have three key components: creating new mental health support teams working in and near schools and colleges to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health conditions; piloting a four week waiting time for access to specialist NHS children’s mental health services; and training Designated Senior Leads in mental health in schools and colleges.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/01/2019 15:28:10 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1029389

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Veterans
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 potential merits of an independent inquiry on the treatment of ex-service personnel with mental health issues.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	204508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>There are no current plans for such an inquiry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and the National Health Service are taking forward a number of initiatives to support ex-service personnel with mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissions two bespoke services for ex-service personnel. The first is the Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service, which supports serving personnel who need additional support as they are leaving the armed forces and veterans who have mental health issues. The second is the NHS Veterans’ Mental Health Complex Treatment Service, which is a community-based service providing a range of more intensive care and treatment for ex-service personnel with military attributable complex mental health problems that have not improved with earlier care and treatment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/01/2019 15:24:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1029418

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	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, pursuant the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194124 on Blood: Contamination, what plans he has to increase the level of financial support provide to people affected by infected blood and blood products; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	204532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS), administered by NHS Business Services Authority, was launched on 1 November 2017 following two public consultations in 2016 and 2017. These consultations sought views on the proposed reforms to the EIBSS and the new special appeals mechanisms for those with chronic hepatitis C infection. Over the period of the current spending review, the launch of the EIBSS was part of the Government’s commitment, in January 2016, to provide an extra £125 million to support people affected by infected blood and blood products.</p><p> </p><p>The Infected Blood Inquiry, announced in July 2017, has included examination of the support provided to people affected by infected blood in its terms of reference. The Department continues to follow the Inquiry closely and will careful consider any views from the Inquiry on where further improvements to the EIBSS could be made.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/01/2019 15:15:32 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1029493

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Infant Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase support for families who have suffered baby loss.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	204429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working to improve the care and support received by families who experience baby loss. The Department has provided funding to Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, to work with other baby loss charities and Royal Colleges to produce the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP) to reduce the variation in the quality of bereavement care provided by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The NBCP helps professionals to support families in their bereavement after any pregnancy or baby loss, be that miscarriage (including ectopic and molar pregnancy), termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly, stillbirth, neonatal death or sudden unexpected death in infancy. In October 2018, all of the NBCP guidance materials and tools were published online.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England’s Perinatal Mental Health Team has been working with Sands to ensure that the NBCP guidelines effectively signpost universal mental health screening and referral to evidence-based interventions and support.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Pregnancy Loss Review which the Department commissioned earlier this year, has been considering the question of whether legislation should provide new rights to bereaved parents to register pregnancy loss occurring before 24 weeks gestation, as well as investigating the impact of such losses on families and how care can be improved for parents who experience this. The review has been widely consulting with parents, charities and medical professionals and is currently scheduled to be completed in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/01/2019 15:16:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1029504

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Cannabis: Mental Illness
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 NHS patients are suffering from psychosis related to their use of cannabis.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	204400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 13:53:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029505

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Abortion
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 abortions were performed after 20 weeks in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	204401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows legal abortions at 20 weeks gestation and over, for residents of England and Wales, 2013-17</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total abortions</p></td><td><p>Number 20 weeks and over</p></td><td><p>% 20 weeks and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>185,331</p></td><td><p>2,753</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>184,571</p></td><td><p>2,769</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>185,824</p></td><td><p>2,877</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>185,596</p></td><td><p>3,033</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>192,900</p></td><td><p>3,564</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Health and Social Care annual abortion statistics for England and Wales</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 13:50:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029506

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Foetuses: Pain
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 point at which an unborn child can experience pain.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	204402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist’s guidance, ‘Fetal Awareness: Review of Research and Recommendations for Practice’, published in 2010, concluded that the fetus cannot experience pain in any sense prior to 24 weeks of gestation. This guidance is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/rcogfetalawarenesswpr0610.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/rcogfetalawarenesswpr0610.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 13:47:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029507

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Foetuses
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 point at which an unborn child is able to recognise light.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	204403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 204404 question first answered 10/01/2019 13:46:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029508

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Foetuses
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 point at which an unborn child's heart begins to beat.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	204404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 204403 question first answered 10/01/2019 13:46:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes