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1256210

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
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 proportion of the £500 million for mental health provided in the Spending Review 2020 will be spent on (a) adult and (b) children and young people's services.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	121894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>Next year the National Health Service will receive around an additional £500 million to address waiting times for mental health services, following the reduction in referrals due to COVID-19, and give more people the mental health support they need. Some of the £500 million will be used for investment in the NHS workforce. Further detail will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 121892 question first answered 07/12/2020 16:51:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 66178 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1256265

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
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, whether he plans to review the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT programme) as part of the White Paper on mental health.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	121852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The White Paper will set out the Government’s response to Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and will concentrate on reform of the Act.</p><p>Over one million adults a year are now accessing Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services. Under the NHS Long Term Plan, access will be expanded to cover a total of 1.9 million adults a year by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/12/2020 16:55:23 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 66174 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1253872

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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 steps his Department is taking to accelerate access to psychological therapies for adults with long-term common mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	South West Surrey
tabling member printed	Jeremy Hunt
uin	117964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>We continue to expand access to talking and psychological therapies through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Data from 2019/20 shows that there were 1.69 million referrals to IAPT in England and 1.17 million people started a course of treatment within this year. <br> <br> In addition, we continue to meet our waiting time targets for IAPT. Latest figures for August 2020 indicate that 89.1% of people completing treatment waited less than 6 weeks against a target of 75% and 97.8% waited less than 18 weeks, against a target of 87.5%.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/12/2020 14:37:46 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 64068 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt

1250305

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
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 estimate he has made of the change in the number of mental health support workers who provide one-to-one support to those with a mental health diagnosis; and whether he has plans to increase the number of those workers providing that support.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	113546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>We remain committed to growing the mental health workforce to achieve the ambitions set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>There is no data available which identifies staff who provide one-to-one support. The following table shows the total number of full time equivalent (FTE) staff with a mental health occupation code who provide support to clinical staff in the trusts and CCGs as at September each year since 2017 along with the latest figure, June 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>HCHS mental health support to clinical staff, FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>2,394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>2,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2019</p></td><td><p>2,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2020</p></td><td><p>3,256</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics – HCHS staff in National Health Service trusts and CCGs June 2020. Mental health workforce, FTE.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 18/11/2020 12:13:46 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 61588 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1250002

registered interest
date	06/11/2020
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, if he will (a) protect mental health hospital capacity and (b) issue guidance on discharges from mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	91887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>On 23 November, we brought forward our Wellbeing and Mental Health Support Plan for COVID-19 which includes a commitment, backed by £50 million, to boost capacity and support good quality discharge for mental health service users from inpatient settings. Guidance on effective approaches to rapid discharge will be made available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/12/2020 17:00:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 60661 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1247650

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
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 assessment he has made of the condition of the NHS mental health estate.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	109538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>The latest available data on the condition of the National Health Service mental health estate was published in October 2019. According to this data, the cost to eradicate backlog maintenance across mental health and learning disability trusts was £342 million. The publication of data for 2019-20 was delayed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and is due to be published in January 2021.</p><p>In October 2020, the Government announced more than £400 million to eradicate dormitory accommodation from mental health facilities, as part of the Government’s record investment in NHS infrastructure. This investment will improve the safety, privacy and dignity of patients suffering with mental illness.</p><p>The Government has also recently announced that 40 hospitals are to be built by 2030 and this includes new mental health hospitals in Northgate and in Poole. A competition will be announced in due course for eight further hospital schemes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 11/11/2020 12:51:12 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 58872 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1243963

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
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 estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people (i) seeking and (ii) qualifying for mental health support through the NHS in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	104110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 23/10/2020 09:03:01 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 55760 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1242484

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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 steps his Department is taking with NHS England to ensure more timely data is published on the capacity of mental health services during winter.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	102079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The Mental Health Services Dataset and the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies dataset are the primary routine sources of information on mental health services activity.</p><p>Alongside the existing mental health data publications available across the system, NHS Digital has taken steps to increase timeliness of data on mental health services by releasing a provisional version of published monthly statistics early each month. However, it is important to note that the data quality of this provisional data is not as complete as the final data and will cover a lower set of providers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 20/10/2020 08:58:13 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 54618 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1238832

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
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 the planned publication date is of the 2020 Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Workforce Census; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	96806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Health Education England has commissioned the NHS Benchmarking Network to complete a census of the Adult Improving Access to Psychological Therapies workforce, as of 31 March 2020. The report is in the final stages of data collection and then will be finalised and, following approval, should be published within the current financial year (31 March 2021).</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 12/10/2020 13:30:04 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 51983 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1238834

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
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 steps the Government has taken to implement the (a) recommendation to increase the availability of talking therapies as an alternative to psychiatric medication and (b) other recommendations of Public Health England's Prescribed medicines review report, published in September 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	96808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The most appropriate form of treatment is a matter for clinicians and patients, based on each patient’s individual clinical circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Over 1 million people with mental health conditions are now accessing psychological and talking therapies through Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services each year. Under the NHS Long Term Plan, our ambition is that an additional 380,000 people per year will being able to access National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-approved IAPT therapies by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement has established a group, chaired by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer and the Primary Care Medical Director, to oversee implementation of the recommendations for the NHS from Public Health England’s prescribed medicines review, on dependence forming prescription medicines. Further consideration is being given on wider engagement with patient groups, charities and people with lived experience, alongside clinical experts, professional bodies and Royal Colleges, including the potential for a separate advisory stakeholder group to support development and implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/11/2020 13:49:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 51984 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker