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1063584

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date	18/02/2019
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	Postnatal Depression
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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the June 2017 National Childbirth Trust report entitled The Hidden Half: Bringing postnatal mental illness on a lack of support for new mothers with mental health issues.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	222574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the National Childbirth Trust’s ‘Hidden Half’ report and campaign, which are making an important contribution to the debate around the need to develop and improve perinatal mental health services.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan includes a commitment for a further 24,000 women to be able to access specialist perinatal mental health care by 2023/24, building on the additional 30,000 women who will access these services each year by 2020/21 under pre-existing plans as set out in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.</p><p> </p><p>Specialist care will also be available from preconception to 24 months after birth, which will provide an extra year of support.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners and primary care teams have a crucial role in supporting the identification of perinatal mental illness and treatment, and are part of an integrated pathway of services. This includes monitoring early onset conditions, providing pre-conception counselling and referring women to specialist mental health services, including Improving Access to Psychological Therapies and specialist perinatal community teams, if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Over £1.2 million was provided in 2017 to enable the training of primary care, maternity and mental health staff to increase awareness and skills related to perinatal mental health.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/02/2019 11:51:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063589

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	St James' Hospital Portsmouth
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 value was of the bid submitted by Portsmouth City Council for the St. James Hospital site in Milton, Portsmouth.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	222577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Property Services treats all bids as commercial in confidence.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 26/02/2019 11:59:05 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1063624

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Hospitals: Waiting Lists
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 make it his policy to consult patients before changes are made to NHS waiting times targets.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	222611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The clinically-led review of standards was announced by the Prime Minister in June 2018. The review is considering the appropriateness of operational standards for physical and mental health relating to planned, unplanned urgent or emergency care, as well as cancer. In the interest of patient safety, we are committed to ensuring that any changes to waiting time standards are based on clinical evidence.</p><p> </p><p>The Long Term Plan provides a platform upon which innovative models of patient care can and are being developed. In that context, the NHS National Medical Director has been working with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Healthwatch England and many others to consider what matters most to patients, on the clinical issues with the current target regime, and what National Health Service staff believe will help them provide the best quality care for patients.</p><p> </p><p>The review will report its interim findings in the spring of 2019, after which any recommended changes arising from the Clinical Standards Review will be carefully tested across the NHS and be subject to a rigorous approach before they are implemented. Any changes should, and will, only seek to further strengthen current operational standards. Any changes to the NHS Constitution will be consulted on as is legally required.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 26/02/2019 11:56:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1063625

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	NHS: Fees and Charges
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of extending entitlement to discounted (a) prescriptions, (b) eye tests and (c) dental treatment to (i) apprentices earning the apprentice rate of the minimum wage and (ii) all other apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	222612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has extensive arrangements in place to help people access prescriptions, eye sight tests and dental treatment. This includes a broad range of National Health Service charge exemptions for certain medical conditions and related to age or entitlement to certain social security benefits. The Department has no current plans to amend these exemptions.</p><p> </p><p>Apprentices on a low income, who do not qualify for an exemption, may be eligible for full or partial help with prescription charges, dental treatment charges and the cost of sight tests, glasses and contact lenses through application to the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>On prescription charges, to support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption or the low-income scheme, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2019 11:43:59 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1063632

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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 Illness: Community Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether powers exist to compel an individual to accept mental health treatment in the community.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	222619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>An individual cannot be compelled to have treatment in the community if they do not want it.</p><p> </p><p>For individuals who have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, section 17A of the Act makes provision for Community Treatment Orders. This allows conditions to be placed on an individual when in the community, following detention under s3 or s37 of the Mental Health Act. If conditions are not followed, and an individual’s mental health declines, they can be recalled back to hospital for treatment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/02/2019 11:53:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1063688

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Fibromyalgia
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 meet with fibromyalgia charities and organisations.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	222673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers at the Department regularly meet with charities and organisations to discuss many issues. However there are no current plans to meet with fibromyalgia charities and organisations.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 26/02/2019 11:45:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1063699

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Eating Disorders: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2018 to Question 179179 on Eating Disorders, and with reference to recommendation two on page five of the report entitled, Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients, published by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on 6 December 2017, what plans he has to achieve parity between adult eating disorder services and child and adolescent services; what funding has been allocated to achieve that parity; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	222801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes seriously the report of the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) ‘Ignoring the alarms: how NHS eating disorder services are failing patients’, including the recommendation to achieve parity between adult eating disorders services and children and young people services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is now working to understand the geographical variation of current services, and the cost and workforce required to achieve parity with children and young people’s eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has set up a working group, chaired by Professor Tim Kendall, the NHS England and NHS Improvement National Clinical Director for Mental Health, to address the PHSO’s recommendations and take them into account in planning for improvements to eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, sets out NHS England’s proposals to improve care for adults include maintaining and developing new services for those who have the most complex needs. The recently published ‘NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2019/20 Annex B: Guidance for operational and activity plans - assurance statements’ to accompany the NHS Planning Guidance for 2019/20 makes clear that these services include services for adults with eating disorders.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/02/2019 11:48:44 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1063701

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when HS2 Ltd will publish the protocols for dealing with breaches of assurance.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	222798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>In line with commitments made to the HS2 Phase 2a Commons Select Committee a protocol for how to report a possible non-compliance with an Undertaking or Assurance agreed for Phases 1 and 2a will be published no later than Royal Assent for the HS2 Phase 2a hybrid Bill.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/02/2019 11:17:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1063714

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dairy Farming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to support dairy farmers to obtain a fair price from supermarkets for their produce.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	222814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>We want all farmers to get a fair price for their products and the Government is committed to tackling the unfairness that exists in the dairy supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of possible options for achieving this, including using new powers in our Agriculture Bill to introduce Statutory Codes of Practice, and using existing powers on Mandatory Written Contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The approach taken will need to take account of the outcome of EU negotiations, and a wide range of stakeholder views. We will launch a full consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/02/2019 10:54:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063716

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
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	Ambulance Services: Standards
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 trends in the level of ambulance response times in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	222816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>National Health Service ambulance trusts transitioned to new standards in December 2017, following a rigorous and independent evaluation of the clinically-led Ambulance Response Programme (ARP). As a result, data is not comparable pre- and post the ARP. National and individual ambulance NHS trust level performance data is published monthly by NHS England, and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ambulance-quality-indicators/</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 26/02/2019 12:00:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes