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1122734

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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 Capacity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department has received from (a) members of the public and (b) civil society groups on Government policy in relation to mental capacity and deprivation of liberty measures.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	247027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has received representations from both individuals and civil society groups in relation to mental capacity and deprivation of liberty during the passage of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill through Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill has almost completed its Parliamentary process. The Bill replaces the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards with the Liberty Protection Safeguards. The new system will be simpler and more streamlined and efficient, improving protections for vulnerable people. The Department engaged with the third-sector, health and social care organisations, user-led groups and individuals, including those with learning disabilities and dementia during the Bill’s development and passage through the House and is continuing to engage with the sector to develop the statutory Code of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/05/2019 14:45:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1122737

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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	Nurses: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to encourage school leavers to enter nursing.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	247028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 NHS England launched the ‘We are the NHS’ communication campaign which was delivered in two phases. The first phase aimed at improving the positive perception of and pride of working in the National Health Service to help recruit new student nurses into training, qualified nurses return to practice and retain more of the existing nursing workforce that the NHS already employs. The second phase was designed to focus on attracting new undergraduate students to apply for nurse degree training courses. Phase two ran throughout the period that the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) was open to degree applications and ended on 15 January 2019.</p><p>Health Education England also ran an extensive health education careers website which sets out all the exciting roles that are available in the NHS including all nursing careers. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk" target="_blank">www.healthcareers.nhs.uk</a></p><p>It has also launched an interactive NHS careers finder tool which is available all those looking at identifying a career that would suit them in the NHS. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/career-tools" target="_blank">www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/career-tools</a></p><p>Following extensive consultation and stakeholder engagement the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published a new Standards Framework for Nursing and Midwifery. The Standards Framework forms part of a wider suite of Future Nurse education standards for registered nurses which were published in May 2018. Education institutions must be approved against these standards to run any NMC approved programmes by September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 247029 question first answered 02/05/2019 14:58:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1122738

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	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	Nurses: Recruitment
	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 the adequacy of the nurse training framework and pay structure to attract sufficient numbers of people to enter the profession.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	247029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 NHS England launched the ‘We are the NHS’ communication campaign which was delivered in two phases. The first phase aimed at improving the positive perception of and pride of working in the National Health Service to help recruit new student nurses into training, qualified nurses return to practice and retain more of the existing nursing workforce that the NHS already employs. The second phase was designed to focus on attracting new undergraduate students to apply for nurse degree training courses. Phase two ran throughout the period that the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) was open to degree applications and ended on 15 January 2019.</p><p>Health Education England also ran an extensive health education careers website which sets out all the exciting roles that are available in the NHS including all nursing careers. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk" target="_blank">www.healthcareers.nhs.uk</a></p><p>It has also launched an interactive NHS careers finder tool which is available all those looking at identifying a career that would suit them in the NHS. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/career-tools" target="_blank">www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/career-tools</a></p><p>Following extensive consultation and stakeholder engagement the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published a new Standards Framework for Nursing and Midwifery. The Standards Framework forms part of a wider suite of Future Nurse education standards for registered nurses which were published in May 2018. Education institutions must be approved against these standards to run any NMC approved programmes by September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 247028 question first answered 02/05/2019 14:58:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1123691

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust: Correspondence
	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 holds information on when the hon. Member for West Lancashire will receive a response to correspondence sent to Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust on 19 December 2018 regarding mental health care; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	248620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement has advised that the Trust responded to the hon. Member’s letter on 1 May.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 11:29:32 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123382

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2019
	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	Health Professions: 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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential effect of proposed changes to the immigration system on the health and social care workforces.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	248016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has regular discussions with the Home Secretary on a range of subjects including the future immigration system and its impact on the health and social care sectors.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 15:03:07 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123229

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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	Medicine: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial incentives are available to his Department to help increase the number of people applying for medicine courses.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	247789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not consider that there is a requirement for national financial incentives as undergraduate medicine is a competitive subject to gain entry to. For 2018/19 entry, there were around three applicants to every place. Universities and medical schools may choose to offer local scholarships or financial awards to students which would cover or contribute to the cost of tuition fees. These may be targeted to students that are currently under-represented in medical education.</p><p>More generally, all higher education providers wishing to charge higher level fees must have an access and participation plan agreed with the Office for Students. In these plans, providers must set out the measures they intend to put in place to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds and under-represented groups to access and then successfully participate in higher education.</p><p>For the first four years of an undergraduate medical degree, eligible students can access from Student Finance England (SFE) tuition fee support, a loan for living costs and other supplementary grants if applicable. From the fifth year of their course, medical students are able to apply for the National Health Service bursary to help with tuition fees and living costs. They can also apply for a non-means tested reduced rate living cost loan from SFE in the fifth year of their course.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 14:49:45 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1123700

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Social Services
	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 his oral contribution of 7 January 2019, Official Report, column 69, for what reasons the Social Care Green Paper was not published before April 2019; and what his Department's timescale is for the publication of that document.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	248593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Green Paper remains a priority for the Government and will address a longstanding policy problem. The Green Paper will be published at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/05/2019 14:03:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1123694

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Opioids: Prescriptions
	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 the level of opioid prescription rates per 100,000 people in each local authority area in England in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	248592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 02/05/2019 15:42:30 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1123028

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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: Bullying
	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 reduce incidences of bullying and harassment in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	247704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to working in partnership with its arm’s length bodies, National Health Service organisations, trade unions and staff to deliver its manifesto commitment to tackle rates of bullying which are too high.</p><p>Ministers commissioned the national Social Partnership Forum (SPF) to tackle bullying. The SPF approach to ‘Creating positive workplace cultures and tackling bullying in the NHS - a collective call to action’ is entering its third year. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.socialpartnershipforum.org/priority-areas/creating-positive-workplace-cultures-and-tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs-a-collective-call-to-action/" target="_blank">https://www.socialpartnershipforum.org/priority-areas/creating-positive-workplace-cultures-and-tackling-bullying-in-the-nhs-a-collective-call-to-action/</a></p><p>The forthcoming People Plan is also expected to include actions to tackle bullying which will complement existing good practice already in place across the NHS and promoted via SPF’s “collective call to action” and other initiatives such as the Alliance of organisations committed to tackling bullying, recently launched and led by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the National Guardian, the UK Health Departments and many others. The Alliance advocates kindness and respect in selecting staff with the right values and building kindness and respect into staff training and development throughout their careers.</p><p> </p><p>Note: The SPF brings together NHS Employers, NHS Trade Unions, NHS England, Health Education England, NHS Improvement and the Department to discuss and debate the development and implementation of the workforce implications of policy.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 02/05/2019 14:53:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123118

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	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: Innovation
	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 the effectiveness of (a) augmented reality headsets and (b) innovative technologies to deliver improvements in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	247641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department and the National Health Service recognise the huge potential for innovative technologies to transform the delivery of better and more efficient health services, and to improve patient experience and outcomes. This commitment to using innovative technologies to improve the NHS is a key theme in the NHS Long Term Plan and the second Life Sciences Sector Deal. It is also a driving force behind the new NHSX.</p><p>To support better use of innovative technologies in the NHS, we are delivering approximately £100 million of funding, including:</p><p>- £15 million for the NHS test beds programme, which supports industry and NHS collaborations to test their innovations in real-world clinical settings;</p><p>- £39 million to improve local adoption and uptake of innovative medical technologies through the 15 Academic Health Science Networks; and</p><p>- £35 million to encourage and support innovators to develop more world-leading digital solutions, including a surgery simulation training platform, utilising innovative haptic feedback and advanced Virtual Reality (VR) modelling through Fundamental VR.</p><p>Underpinning these initiatives will be the improvement of the wider innovation ecosystem for all technologies, including those using augmented reality platforms. An enhanced and strengthened Accelerated Access Collaborative will improve patient access to the most effective technologies, and will complement the work of NHSX which will focus on the health system’s technology and digital infrastructure, ensuring that the NHS has the capability to adopt cutting-edge technologies.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/05/2019 14:48:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell