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1125740

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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: Medical Equipment
	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 1 May to Question 246433, which products purchased in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a deal his Department had to dispose of as a result of expiry dates being before 29 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	252469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>There are no products purchased by the Department in preparation for leaving the European Union without a deal that have had to be disposed of as a result of expiry dates before 29 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:16:30 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1124586

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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: Staff
	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 interim recommendations of Baroness Dido Harding's Workforce Implementation Plan will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	250441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Following the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January this year, the National Health Service has been working with a broad range of experts to lead the development of a new People Plan. The aim of the plan is to provide clarity and detail to the 10-year workforce vision set out in the Long Term Plan, including making sure the NHS has the staff it needs.</p><p>The plan’s initial recommendations will be presented to the Department this spring, with the final People Plan currently scheduled for publication following the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:29:58 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1124587

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 Injury Benefits Scheme
	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 applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme have been made in each year since 2002; and what proportion of those applications have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	250442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the administration of the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme on behalf of the Secretary of State. The following table shows the number of applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme received by the NHS Business Services Authority in each scheme year since 2002.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Cases Received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information is not held in the format requested on the number of successful applications, and it would incur disproportionate cost to the NHS Business Services Authority to interrogate individual member records to produce this data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:33:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1124589

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 Injury Benefits Scheme
	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 potential merits of reviewing the permanent injury benefit system under the NHS injury benefits scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	250444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no recent assessment of reviewing the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme. A partnership review of the Scheme was conducted by NHS Employers and Trade Unions of the NHS Injury Benefit provisions in 2013, and new arrangements came into force from 1 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:21:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1124590

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 Injury Benefits Scheme
	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 efficacy of the NHS Business Services Authority in processing applications for permanent injury benefit under the NHS injury benefits scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	250445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for the administration of the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme on behalf of the Secretary of State. The Injury Benefits Scheme covers NHS workers with injuries or diseases contracted through their employment before 31 March 2013.</p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority will process Injury Benefits applications received up to and including 30 March 2018 but only in respect of injuries or diseases occurring on or before 30 March 2013. An exception to this rule is that the NHS Business Services Authority will process Injury Benefit applications received by 30 March 2038 for applicants who can provide evidence that there has been a delayed onset of their symptoms, such that application was not possible before 30 March 2018.</p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority has always had a dedicated team to process Injury Benefit applications, and the Department is content with the efficacy of their administration.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 14:10:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1124581

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 Walk-in Centres
	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 for Clinical Commissioning Groups to phase out the provision of walk-in centres.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	250425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS England is committed to providing the most appropriate out-of-hospital urgent care, which is simple for patients to navigate. In response to the review of urgent treatment services in the National Health Service (published in 2015), patients and the public said that they felt confused by the mix of walk-in centres, minor injuries units and urgent care centres, in addition to numerous general practitioner health centres and surgeries offering varied levels of core and extended service.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View’ set out plans for the roll-out of urgent treatment centres. Following the publication of ‘Urgent Treatment Centres – Principles and Standards’ in July 2017, systems have been developing their plans for local service provision.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan has reiterated the intent to fully implement the Urgent Treatment Centre model by autumn 2020, so that all localities have a consistent offer for out-of-hospital urgent care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2019 11:06:51 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1124953

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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 Act 1983 Independent Review
	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 Independent Review of the Mental Health Act, published in December 2018, what progress his Department, when his Department plans to respond to the recommendations contained in that review.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	251344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We are considering the report and its recommendations in detail and will respond in due course. We remain committed to reforming mental health law and will develop and bring forward legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>We have already accepted two important recommendations: the establishment of new statutory advance choice documents, so that people’s wishes and preferences carry far more legal weight, and the creation of a new role of ‘nominated person’, to be chosen by the patient, to replace the current nearest relative provisions.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/05/2019 11:12:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1124955

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Police Custody: Death
	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 Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody last met; and whether it has has plans to consider the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act relating to deaths in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	251346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministerial Board last met on 27 February 2019, and the Independent Advisory Panel last met on 2 May 2019. The recommendations of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act relating to deaths in custody are included on the Board’s work programme, and the Government welcomes views from the Council on them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish its response to the Independent Review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/05/2019 11:11:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1124727

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	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: Speech and Language Disorders
	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 improve access to adult NHS mental health services for people with speech, language and communication needs.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	250738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department is working hard to improve mental health services for all adults, including those with speech, language and communication needs, so that many more people can access the high-quality, vital mental health support they need.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) commission local services, including mental health services, on behalf of their local populations taking into account local needs and priorities. CCGs and NHS England have a duty to have regard to the need to reduce inequalities in access to health services and the outcomes achieved.</p><p>Under the NHS Long Term Plan, local areas will design and implement models of care that are age appropriate, closer to home and bring together physical and mental health services. These models will support health development by providing holistic care across local authority and NHS services, including primary care, community services, speech and language therapy, school nursing, oral health, acute and specialised services.</p><p>The National Implementation Framework, to be published later this spring, will provide further information on how the NHS Long Term Plan will drive improvements in people’s mental health care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/05/2019 11:09:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1125730

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out studies on the effect on men of a partner electing to have and having an abortion, particularly in relation to men's mental health.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	252572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not commissioned research on the effect on men of a partner electing to have and having an abortion.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/05/2019 15:37:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce