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1168754

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Primary Health Care: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Queen’s Speech 2019 background briefing notes, what proportion of the 6,000 new staff in primary care settings will be providing mental health support.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Many primary care professionals provide some form of mental health support for their patients. However, it is not possible to estimate what proportion of new staff being recruited to work in primary care settings will be providing such support, as this is dependent on patient demand, local decision making and ensuring patients and clinicians have a navigable system.</p><p>The Government is committed to growing the primary care workforce by 6,000 more doctors in general practice and 6,000 other professionals, such as physiotherapists and pharmacists. This is on top of the additional 20,000 primary care professionals NHS England is already providing funding towards recruiting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 07/01/2020 12:30:06 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1168755

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Autism and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the background briefing notes on the Queen's Speech on 19 December 2019, what steps the Government plans to take to deliver the commitment to improve how autistic people and people with learning disabilities are treated in law.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Improving the care and treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities is a priority for this Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 made a number of recommendations to improve the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities under the Act.</p><p> </p><p>During 2019, we also received two petitions to change how the Act applied to autistic people and people with learning disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>We will be responding to the Review’s recommendations and to proposals to change the scope of the Act in a white paper early in 2020. We will then consult publicly on our proposals and bring forward a new Mental Health Bill to amend the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/01/2020 15:57:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1168757

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Vaccination: Older People
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 is taking to increase the uptake of vaccines amongst older people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Immunisation plays a critical role in preventative healthcare and in promoting health and well-being across the life course, particularly in older adults when protecting against flu, pneumococcal disease and shingles is so important.</p><p>The factors that affect uptake of vaccination are complex and vary over time and by locality. Public Health England, along with other public health organisations and researchers, has worked to understand the relative impact of factors that are believed to affect uptake rates.</p><p>Because of the breadth of issues that can affect vaccine uptake, the Department is working closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England to develop a 10 year vaccine strategy to be published early in 2020, focused on improving immunisation uptake rates across all ages.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/01/2020 17:46:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1168758

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Shingles: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is Government policy to introduce a call and re-call system for shingles vaccinations to increase consistency with the approach to vaccinations for flu and pneumococcal disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Immunisations play a critical role in preventative healthcare and in promoting health and well-being across the life course, particularly for older adults where protection against flu, pneumococcal disease and shingles is so important. The Department is working closely with NHS England, NHS Improvement and Public Health England to develop a 10 year vaccine strategy to be published early in 2020. This will include a focus on improving immunisation uptake rates across the life course including through better use of call/recall.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan published in January 2019 committed to a review of general practitioner (GP) vaccination and immunisation standards which commenced in April 2019. One of the purposes of the review is to clarify what is expected of call/recall for all the National Health Service immunisation programmes. Recommendations from the review will be implemented through the GP contract where appropriate, following the current negotiating period.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/01/2020 17:45:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1168759

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Vaccination
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 work with the devolved Administrations to help ensure a consistent approach to GP item of service fees for vaccinations and immunisations for influenza and shingles.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Policy officials engage with their counterparts in the devolved administrations in relation to immunisations on a regular basis and have shared updates on the progress with NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Vaccinations and Immunisations Review, committed to in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>Health is a devolved matter and in England, the Statement of Financial Entitlements, which sets out the payment structure for general practitioner-offered immunisations, is agreed between NHS England, NHS Improvement and the General Practitioners Committee of the British Medical Association. As the negotiations to agree the terms of the 2020/21 Statement of Financial Entitlements is an ongoing confidential process, we are unable to share details of this with counterparts in the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/01/2020 17:42:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1168760

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce a HPV vaccine catch-up programme for boys in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>There are no plans for a catch-up programme for older boys as evidence suggests they are already benefitting greatly from the substantial herd protection that has built up from the success of 10 years of the girls’ human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme. The priority is to make sure that as many eligible 12-13 year-old boys as possible, are offered protection from HPV infection by maximising uptake in the boys’ programme, which started from September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/01/2020 17:34:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1168790

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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 Health Services: Children and Young People
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 resources allocated to the NHS Long Term Plan will be dedicated to reduce waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows, in cash terms, the total additional funding available in each year above what was available in 2018/19:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Term Plan funding for children’s and young people’s mental health - £ billion</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0.193</p></td><td><p>£0.267</p></td><td><p>£0.389</p></td><td><p>£0.538</p></td><td><p>£0.739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Revenue Departmental Expenditure Limit - £ billion, excluding. depreciation and impairment</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£6.2</p></td><td><p>£12.4</p></td><td><p>£18.7</p></td><td><p>£25.4</p></td><td><p>£33.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England</p><p> </p><p>This funding will support local organisations to maintain and build on the two existing waiting time standards for children and young people with eating disorders and for those experiencing a first episode of psychosis.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for generic children’s and young people’s mental health community services, however, has been allocated on the basis of increased activity rather than on waiting times.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 10/01/2020 14:03:39 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1168791

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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 Health Services: Children and Young People
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 (a) monitor and (b) reduce waiting times for CAMHS services.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>We have introduced two waiting time standards relating to mental health services for children and young people and the National Health Service is currently on track to meet both of these by April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The first is for 95% of children (up to 19 years old) with eating disorders to receive treatment within a week for urgent cases and four weeks for routine cases. The second aims for 50% of patients of all ages experiencing a first episode of psychosis to receive treatment within two weeks of referral.</p><p> </p><p>Our Green Paper on transforming children and young people’s mental health provision, jointly published with the Department for Education, sets out how we plan to go further. We are piloting a four-week waiting time in 12 areas to improve access to children and young people’s specialist mental health services and are introducing new schools- and college-based mental health support teams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/01/2020 12:18:24 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1168795

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the basis for the NHS funding formula was last reviewed.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for funding allocations to clinical commissioning groups. This process is independent of government and NHS England takes advice Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA). The underlying formula and data are kept under review and changes made in line with CCG allocations.</p><p>In 2019/20 these changes included the introduction of a new community services formula, that has the effect of better recognising needs in some rural, coastal and remote areas that on average tend to have much older populations, and higher needs for certain community services.</p><p>Further information on ACRA’s priorities for methodological improvements in the next round of allocations was set out in the Chair of the committee’s letter to the Chief Executive of NHS England. Further information can be found in NHS England’s supporting ‘Note on Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Allocations 2019/20-2023/24’ at Annex A, at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/note-on-ccg-allocations-2019-20-2023-24.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/note-on-ccg-allocations-2019-20-2023-24.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2020 12:10:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1168796

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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 Health Services: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on mental health services (a) in York and (b) nationally in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows total spend on mental health services, including learning disabilities and dementia, in England and the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England (£ million)</p></td><td><p>Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>10,978.9</p></td><td><p>46.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>11,601.9</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>11,976.0</p></td><td><p>67.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>12,513.2</p></td><td><p>68.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Mental Health Dashboard, NHS England</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the National Health Service does not hold financial data at a sufficiently granular level to provide the information requested prior to 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/01/2020 10:33:26 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell