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999705

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Health Services: 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, how many (a) adults (b) children with learning disabilities or autism have been admitted to assessment and treatment units in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	187013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the breakdown of inpatients with learning disabilities and/ or autism admitted to acute admission beds within specialised learning disability units by year since 2015*.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Learning disability</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Autism</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Learning disability and autism</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>18 and over</p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>18 and over</p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>18 and over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>*NHS Digital does not hold any data prior to February 2015 for the Assuring Transformation dataset, therefore this data covers the period February 2015 to September 2018. The definition of 'acute admission beds within specialised learning disability units' provides a proxy for assessment and treatment units.</p><p> </p><p>The number of data submitters varies month-on-month. If a provider regularly submits data and then doesn’t submit for a given month, this can have a significant impact on the figures. Therefore, caution should be taken when interpreting the data.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/11/2018 16:30:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999706

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Health Services: 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 report, Building the Right Support, published in 2015, what progress his Department is to reduce the number of people with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism being held on Assessment and Treatment Units by March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	187014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Implementation of Building the Right Support has seen a reduction in the number of people with learning disability and/or autism who are mental health inpatients, from the 2,880 baseline in March 2015. This includes people who are in Assessment and Treatment Units, and other mental health inpatient settings. The number of inpatients at the end of September 2018 was 2,315.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, there have been over 5,700 discharges into the community, including over 620 people who had previously been in hospital five years or more, and 413 inpatient beds decommissioned.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/11/2018 17:07:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

999404

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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, if he will publish the visits he has undertaken to (a) adult mental health services and (b) children and young people's mental health services since he took office.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	186311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Since the Secretary of State took office, he has been on several visits to National Health Service trusts, foundation trusts and other health care organisations across the country, many of which may include aspects of mental health. In addition, he has undertaken specific visits that focused on mental health: firstly, to Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust on 31 October and secondly to Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust on 23 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/11/2018 15:51:45 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

995605

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings he has had with the Home Secretary on the ability of foreign nationals from (a) countries in the EU and (b) non-EU countries to move to the UK to work in the NHS; and what the (a) dates and (b) outcomes were of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	184393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues on a number of issues, including on immigration and the ability of foreign nationals from both European Union and non-EU countries to work in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Government values highly the enormous contribution of all those working across our health and care sector from across the EU and the rest of the world. This is why the Home Secretary recently removed doctors and nurses from the ambit of the Tier 2 visa cap, and why many NHS staff will have early access to the settled status scheme for EU nationals.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 31/10/2018 18:01:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

995606

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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: Drugs
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 his Department has to build pharmaceutical cold storage facilities in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	184394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to build pharmaceutical cold storage facilities in the event that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>On 23 October 2018, the Department launched an invitation to tender inviting providers of warehouse space to bid for Government funding to cover the costs they would incur by providing additional storage space for stockpiled medicines to support our no-deal Exit contingency planning.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 31/10/2018 17:58:46 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

995607

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Learning Disability: Training
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 planned timescale is for delivering mandatory learning disability awareness training for all staff working in nursery and healthcare environments.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	184395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>In the Government’s response to the second Annual Report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, we committed to a public consultation on mandatory learning disability training for health and social care staff, but not nursery staff, which will conclude by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment considering the costs of delivering mandatory learning disability training will be published with the consultation document.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 184396 question first answered 31/10/2018 14:26:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

995608

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Learning Disability: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of delivering mandatory learning disability awareness training for all staff working in nursery and healthcare environments.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	184396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>In the Government’s response to the second Annual Report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, we committed to a public consultation on mandatory learning disability training for health and social care staff, but not nursery staff, which will conclude by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment considering the costs of delivering mandatory learning disability training will be published with the consultation document.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 184395 question first answered 31/10/2018 14:26:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

995622

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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: Safety
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 improve the safety of patients on mental health wards.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	184453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>NHS Improvement and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) launched a national Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme in May 2018. The overall aim of the programme is to ensure every National Health Service trust providing core mental health services in England has understood and agreed their safety priorities and made a measurable improvement in at least one key area of mental health safety by 31 March 2020. The focus the programme introduces is a three-way engagement meeting between the trust, the CQC and NHS Improvement that takes place after the CQC publishes its inspection report, resulting in a safety improvement plan.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 31/10/2018 17:08:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

994522

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Health Professions: Training
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 his Department has made of the effect on delivering the commitment made in the NHS Forward View to create sufficient capacity to transform services of underspending on workforce development by Health Education England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	183922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Five Year Forward View, employers are responsible for ensuring they have sufficient staff with the right skills to care for their patients.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the importance of the development and training of the existing workforce, the Department is working with Health Education England, NHS Improvement and NHS England to consider the approach to and funding of continuing professional development.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 30/10/2018 16:21:28 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

994675

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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, with reference to page 9 of the National Audit Office report Improving children and young people’s mental health services, what plans he is putting in place to monitor reliably workforce expansion in children and young people’s mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	183923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>To track progress with implementation of the workforce plan, the Department has asked Health Education England (HEE) to develop a Mental Health Workforce Dashboard to monitor plans for the delivery of the workforce targets. This uses:</p><p>- Data from Strategic Transformation Partnership regional plans (to monitor staff expansion plans);</p><p>- NHS Digital data to track the size of the whole mental health workforce;</p><p>- Data from NHS Improvement on staff retention rates; and</p><p>- Data from HEE on the numbers of trainee staff currently studying and those undertaking specific courses for upskilling themselves to work in mental health.</p><p>For the longer term a project is underway, led by the Department, to improve the way in which NHS Digital data captures changes in workforce numbers. We are hoping that this will enable more accurate reporting of actual staff changes from early next financial year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/10/2018 17:00:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger