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1240510

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	What steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent mental health service provision.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	907122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Clinical Review of Access Standards committed to testing new standards during 2020/21 for urgent mental health crisis care, including access to a liaison psychiatry team in accident and emergency departments within an hour of referral.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan set out measures to achieve 24 hours a day, seven days a week crisis care services, including a new national single point of access via NHS 111, and increased investment in alternative crisis services.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/10/2020 15:52:20 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

1236062

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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 he is taking to ensure that treatment options for mental health conditions has parity with treatment options available for physical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	92685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>The provision of mental health services remains a priority for this Government.</p><p>We are committed to achieving our NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for service transformation and expansion, backed by investment of £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24. The service expansion will cover different age groups and different diagnoses which involve a number of treatment options appropriate to the individual circumstances.</p><p>The Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20 – 2023/34 provides a framework to ensure delivery on this commitment at the local level.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 29/09/2020 13:59:31 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1230721

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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 support is providing to people with mental health conditions as an alternative to medically prescribed drugs.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	84348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The most appropriate form of treatment for an individual patient is a matter for clinicians and patients, based on each patient’s individual clinical circumstances.</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, the Government is committed to an additional 380,000 people per year being able to access National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-approved IAPT therapies by 2023/24.</p><p>In addition, we are developing new and integrated models of primary and community mental health care which will give 370,000 adults with severe mental illnesses greater choice and control over their care and support them to live well in their communities by 2023/24.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 14/09/2020 15:23:49 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1228670

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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 he is taking to ensure that people with a pre-existing mental health condition who have been unable to access treatment during the covid-19 outbreak will be able to access that treatment in the next two months.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	82462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout this time. NHS community, talking therapies and children and young people’s services have deployed innovative digital tools to connect with people and provide ongoing support.</p><p> </p><p>We have previously issued tailored guidance to help people deal with their mental health and wellbeing on GOV.UK and are promoting this through the ‘Every Mind Matters’ website. For those with severe needs or in crisis, NHS mental health providers have established all-age 24 hours a day, seven days a week mental health crisis lines.</p><p> </p><p>As part of wider NHS England and NHS Improvement guidance concerning the restoration of non-COVID-19 services, mental health services have been asked to proactively review all patients on community mental health teams’ caseloads and increase therapeutic activity and supportive interventions to prevent relapse or escalation of mental health needs for people with severe mental illness in the community.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 82589 question first answered 10/09/2020 21:56:01 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1225195

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
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 guidance his Department has issued on the resumption of face-to-face treatments for counselling and psychotherapy services; and how many such face-to-face treatments have been delivered in each month of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	74701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>The National Health Service has issued guidance to services to support them in managing demand and capacity across inpatient and community mental health services and keeping services open for business at this time.</p><p>Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services, which include counselling and psychotherapy, are expected to adhere to the broader Government guidance on working in COVID-safe environments to ensure that both staff and patients are protected. IAPT services continue to offer therapy via remote means, and any decision to restore face to face treatment will be a local decision, taking into account Government advice.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 29/07/2020 12:37:16 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 38851 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

1202875

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
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, how many mental health organisations he has met with (a) in 2020 and (b) since the start of the lockdown due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	58758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Ministers regularly engage with a wide range of mental health organisations, including mental health trusts, as part of Departmental business.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 58759 58760 question first answered 18/06/2020 12:09:29 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 29546 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

1202876

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
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, how many mental health trusts he has met with (a) in 2020 and (b) since the start of the lockdown due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	58759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Ministers regularly engage with a wide range of mental health organisations, including mental health trusts, as part of Departmental business.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 58758 58760 question first answered 18/06/2020 12:09:29 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 29547 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

1201176

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
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 the Government plans to implement all of the recommendations from the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	56173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to publishing a White Paper which will set out the Government’s response to Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 and pave the way for reform of the Act.</p><p>We will publish our White Paper as soon as it is possible to do so. We will consult publicly on our proposals and will bring forward a Bill to amend the Act when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 56172 question first answered 12/06/2020 14:28:28 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1200806

registered interest
date	05/06/2020
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, how many new referrals there were to NHS secondary mental health services in March and April (a) 2020 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	55126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>April 2020<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referrals to mental health services starting in reporting period<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>321,326</p></td><td><p>303,373</p></td><td><p>297,516</p></td><td><p>Not yet available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Mental Health Services Data Set, NHS Digital<sup>3</sup></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p><sup>1 </sup>A person may have had more than one referral within any given period.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Data for April 2020 are still being collected and analysed.</p><p><sup>3</sup> Caution should be made when comparing data as the coverage of the Mental Health Services Data Set has increased with 266 providers submitting data in March 2020 compared to 171 providers in March 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 12/06/2020 14:33:42 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 27880 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1200823

registered interest
date	05/06/2020
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, how many new referrals there were to NHS secondary mental health services in March and April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	55099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>April 2020<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referrals to mental health services starting in reporting period<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>321,326</p></td><td><p>303,373</p></td><td><p>297,516</p></td><td><p>Not yet available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Mental Health Services Data Set, NHS Digital<sup>3</sup></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1 </sup>A person may have had more than one referral within any given period.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Data for April 2020 are still being collected and analysed.</p><p><sup>3</sup> Caution should be made when comparing data as the coverage of the Mental Health Services Data Set has increased with 266 providers submitting data in March 2020 compared to 171 providers in March 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 15/06/2020 16:52:05 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan