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810497

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, how many therapists are working in primary care at (a) March 2017 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	120843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The latest data available are at 31 March 2017. The figures are set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"><p>Census</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Therapists<sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Physiotherapists<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>England</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Full-Time Equivalent<sup>4</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Headcount</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Full-Time Equivalent<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>March 2017<sup> 1</sup></p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>35</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>All data as at 31 March, which is the most recent date for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Primary Care staff working in any of the following job roles, as defined by the Workforce Minimum Data Set (WMDS) - 'Therapist- Counsellor', 'Therapist- Occupational Therapist' or 'Therapist- Other'.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>Primary Care staff working in a job role of 'Physiotherapist', as defined by the WMDS.</p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>Full Time Equivalent (FTE) refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours, 0.5 that they worked half time, where 1 FTE = 37.5 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p>Figures contain estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid Direct Patient Care (DPC) data. DPC staff group contains the job roles 'Physiotherapist', 'Therapist- Counsellor', 'Therapist- Occupational Therapist' or 'Therapist- Other'.</p><p> </p><p>These figures refer to therapists and physiotherapists employed directly by a primary care provider (and would not include staff working in a primary care setting but employed by other organisations - e.g. National Health Service trusts)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/01/2018 16:32:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

810501

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, whether his Department plans to roll-out nationally Mental Health Support Teams in 2022-23 in the event that the pilot phase is successful.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	120847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Decisions about future rollout of the Mental Health Support Teams will be informed by the trailblazer programme and the outcomes of the evaluation which will help to understand what works, and will be subject to future spending reviews.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:07:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

810502

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of trends in the number of GPs.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	120848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital produce quarterly publications of general practitioner workforce data. The latest figures, for September 2017, were published in November and are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30149" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30149</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/01/2018 16:35:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

810514

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review and amend the Government's childhood obesity strategy over time to account for developments in the causes and extent of such obesity.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	120859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>All reports and data published on progress in delivering our world-leading childhood obesity plan will be open to scrutiny. We will use this, alongside developing evidence, to determine whether sufficient progress has been made and whether alternative levers need to be considered.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/01/2018 16:43:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

810590

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Public Health England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the implementation of the recommendations of the McNeil Review into cancer patient data at Public Health England (PHE), and what effect that implementation will have of PHE's adherence to NHS rules on consent.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	120935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The McNeil Review into Public Health England’s (PHE) data collection and data management functions considered whether, how and when these should be transferred to NHS Digital. It identified four tranches of data, based on the complexity of the processes involved in the collection and quality assurance of the data and recommended that cancer registration be considered within tranche three and only after the earlier tranches had been completed; this is expected to take at least three years. PHE and NHS Digital are currently scoping the work programme to implement the review’s recommendations. PHE will continue to process cancer data in line with current legal gateways and the National Health Service rules on consent, taking into account any changes that may arise with emerging legislative and policy frameworks.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/01/2018 16:44:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

810616

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the report of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman, Ignoring the Alarms: How NHS Eating Disoider Services are Failing Patients, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS organisations respond to complaints about breaches of patient safety in a coordinated, open and transparent way.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	120961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important for all complaints to National Health Service organisations to be robustly investigated, with responses sent that cover the issues raised in an open and sensitive manner. In order fully to learn from mistakes, it is vital that, where appropriate, there is effective co-operation and co-ordination across organisational boundaries.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work with system partners, including NHS England and NHS Improvement, to improve the handling of, and responses to, complaints and more general feedback across the healthcare system.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/01/2018 16:53:33 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately

810618

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there are for (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) ancillary healthcare staff at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England’s (HEE’s) latest estimates of staff shortages and the plan for tackling these issues is set out in its Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future, A draft health and care workforce strategy for England to 2027 published in December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes the number of vacancies that are advertised on NHS Jobs, the dedicated online recruitment service for the National Health Service. However, as the basis of the figures is the number of vacancies advertised for the first time in each given month, it is not possible to determine from these figures the number of vacancies live at any given point in time. The figures only cover those vacancies advertised via NHS Jobs, and it is not always possible to determine how many posts are associated with any given advertisement. The published figures are at the HEE region and do not go to the level of individual trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.digital.nhs.uk/media/31747/NHS-Vacancy-Statistics-England-February-2015-March-2017-Provisional-Experimental-Statistics-Tables/default/nhs-vac-stats-feb15-mar17-eng-tables" target="_blank">www.digital.nhs.uk/media/31747/NHS-Vacancy-Statistics-England-February-2015-March-2017-Provisional-Experimental-Statistics-Tables/default/nhs-vac-stats-feb15-mar17-eng-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/01/2018 16:23:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

810619

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust: Acute Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support acute services at University Hospital Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>In addition to its funding from local and specialised commissioners, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has received £2,195,994 to support the delivery of urgent and emergency care over the winter period; of this £374,000 has been earmarked to support medical staffing in the Trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust has also has been receiving support from NHS Improvement’s Emergency Care Intensive Support Programme for the last 18 months, to help the Trust to improve its urgent and emergency care performance. The Trust has also engaged with a series of NHS Improvement Collaborative events on recruitment and retention.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/01/2018 16:58:31 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

810622

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Raine Syndrome: Medical Treatments
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 adequacy of treatment provision for people diagnosed with Raine syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Raine syndrome is a rare congenital condition that largely affects the craniofacial area. Individuals with this condition will access a range of locally and nationally commissioned services according to their specific clinical needs. For example, NHS England commissions specialised assessment, surgery and follow up services for craniofacial conditions in children, including those caused by congenital conditions. The service specification can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/e02-craniofacial.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/e02-craniofacial.pdf</a></p><p>NHS England monitors the quality of all specialised services it commissions via its Quality Surveillance Team (QST). The QST produce annual profiles of services based on self-assessment against core requirements of the service specification, clinical outcomes and external monitoring such as Care Quality Commission assessments, undertaking peer review processes as required. Specialised paediatric craniofacial services are regularly monitored via this process.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/01/2018 16:42:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

810626

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the risk that cyber bullying poses to the mental health of children.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	120971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Evidence exists on the impact of bullying, including cyberbullying, on the mental health and wellbeing of children. The Government published the joint Department of Health and Department for Education ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ in December 2017, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision-a-green-paper</a></p><p>This sets out work by the Department of Health and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to convene a working group comprising social media and technology companies, which will consider what further action can be taken to improve the mental health of young online users and will consider tackling cyberbullying and harmful content.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s work to develop a Digital Charter, announced in the Queen’s speech, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published the ‘Internet Safety Strategy’ in October 2017, which focuses on keeping all users safe online:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/internet-safety-strategy-green-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/internet-safety-strategy-green-paper</a></p><p>The Strategy covers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions to prevent online harms and Government’s role in supporting users. The Strategy also includes initiatives for tackling cyberbullying.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England published analysis of cyberbullying in school age children in June 2017, ‘Cyberbullying: An analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey for England, 2014’, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/621070/Health_behaviour_in_school_age_children_cyberbullying.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/621070/Health_behaviour_in_school_age_children_cyberbullying.pdf</a></p><p>This analysis showed the prevalence of cyberbullying reported by schoolchildren in England and highlighted evidence that exists which shows that schoolchildren that are bullied and those who are engaged in bullying behaviour experience poorer health and wellbeing outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/01/2018 17:10:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens