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date	27/10/2014
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 recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits of training doctors and nurses in mindfulness.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made of the potential benefits of training doctors and nurses in mindfulness. The Department does however recognise the potential benefits of training doctors and nurses in mindfulness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance for the National Health Service has recommended Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for recurrent depression since 2004. MBCT is available through a number of Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services in England.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) supports the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement to the patients and public of England, by ensuring that we have the workforce in the right numbers, with the right skills, values and behaviours, at the right time and in the right place. HEE is developing the workforce to deliver compassionate, high quality care.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has established a Mental Health Advisory Group to promote and enhance mental health education and training across the professions and provide strategic professional advice and expertise on workforce planning and education development. Membership representation includes; healthcare, social care, third sector and professional bodies.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is considering the opportunities for developing a psychologically minded workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 03/11/2014 16:49:33 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101161

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date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206875, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential of Men's Sheds movement to improve mental health and reduce loneliness; and if he will meet representatives of Men's Sheds to discuss those issues.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has a strong interest in the impact that loneliness and isolation in older people can have on their physical and mental health and wellbeing. The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds a range of research relating to the effect of loneliness and isolation on health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR School for Public Health Research has funded a systematic review of Men’s Sheds interventions in partnership with Age UK. A report drawing on this research is available on the Age UK website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ageuk.org.uk/documents/en-gb/for-professionals/research/men%20in%20sheds%20age%20uk%20brief.pdf?dtrk=true" target="_blank">http://www.ageuk.org.uk/documents/en-gb/for-professionals/research/men%20in%20sheds%20age%20uk%20brief.pdf?dtrk=true</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR has awarded £231,788 for a doctoral fellowship focussed on developing effective interventions to prevent or address the adverse effects of loneliness and isolation on the health of older people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department welcomes Men’s Sheds interest in meeting with Ministers and we would recommend that they contact my office to request a meeting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 212118 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:51:11 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101163

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206875, what funding his his Department has made available for research into the effect of loneliness and isolation on health and wellbeing; and what research his Department has commissioned on that issue.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has a strong interest in the impact that loneliness and isolation in older people can have on their physical and mental health and wellbeing. The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds a range of research relating to the effect of loneliness and isolation on health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR School for Public Health Research has funded a systematic review of Men’s Sheds interventions in partnership with Age UK. A report drawing on this research is available on the Age UK website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ageuk.org.uk/documents/en-gb/for-professionals/research/men%20in%20sheds%20age%20uk%20brief.pdf?dtrk=true" target="_blank">http://www.ageuk.org.uk/documents/en-gb/for-professionals/research/men%20in%20sheds%20age%20uk%20brief.pdf?dtrk=true</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR has awarded £231,788 for a doctoral fellowship focussed on developing effective interventions to prevent or address the adverse effects of loneliness and isolation on the health of older people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department welcomes Men’s Sheds interest in meeting with Ministers and we would recommend that they contact my office to request a meeting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 212117 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:51:11 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane