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1002649

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS Doctors receive adequate training on learning disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 there is a statutory responsibility on providers of health services to provide sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers. Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability. Training should be provided in line with this Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing eLearning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training. This free online training will be available to all staff in 2019. HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and or autism.</p><p> </p><p>All nurses receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education. Curricula are set by individual education providers, to standards set by the professional regulators. Since April 2015, newly appointed health care assistants, including those who will provide care and support to people with learning disability have been undergoing training as part of the national implementation of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate equips new staff with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care across a range of areas, including the care of people with a learning disability. Medical education and training includes developing understanding of, and competency in, supporting people with a learning disability, as required in the curricula for medical training approved by the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s response to the learning disabilities mortality review programme report, which we published on 12 September 2018, the Department and its partner organisations committed to a series of actions to increase uptake of learning disability training, including a commitment to consult on mandatory learning disability training for health and care staff, which will conclude by the end of March 2019. The Department is in the process of developing the consultation proposals, and are working with key stakeholders, including people with learning disabilities and autism and the groups that represent them, to shape the consultation proposals, including on how training would be delivered, and to identify the key questions to ask.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 188831 188832 question first answered 12/11/2018 13:48:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1002651

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS Staff receive adequate training on learning disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 there is a statutory responsibility on providers of health services to provide sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers. Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability. Training should be provided in line with this Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing eLearning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training. This free online training will be available to all staff in 2019. HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and or autism.</p><p> </p><p>All nurses receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education. Curricula are set by individual education providers, to standards set by the professional regulators. Since April 2015, newly appointed health care assistants, including those who will provide care and support to people with learning disability have been undergoing training as part of the national implementation of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate equips new staff with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care across a range of areas, including the care of people with a learning disability. Medical education and training includes developing understanding of, and competency in, supporting people with a learning disability, as required in the curricula for medical training approved by the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s response to the learning disabilities mortality review programme report, which we published on 12 September 2018, the Department and its partner organisations committed to a series of actions to increase uptake of learning disability training, including a commitment to consult on mandatory learning disability training for health and care staff, which will conclude by the end of March 2019. The Department is in the process of developing the consultation proposals, and are working with key stakeholders, including people with learning disabilities and autism and the groups that represent them, to shape the consultation proposals, including on how training would be delivered, and to identify the key questions to ask.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 188830 188832 question first answered 12/11/2018 13:48:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1002652

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with a learning disability have a role in the (a) development and (b) delivery of training for NHS doctors and nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 there is a statutory responsibility on providers of health services to provide sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability.</p><p> </p><p>The Learning Disability Core Skills Education and Training Framework, published in July 2016 sets out the requisite skills and competencies that staff need to deliver care and support to people with a learning disability. The Framework sets out the necessary skills across three tiers. Tier 1, knowledge for roles that require general awareness of learning disabilities; Tier 2, knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with a learning disability and Tier 3, knowledge and skills for those providing care and support for people with a learning disability. Training should be provided in line with this Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) is currently producing eLearning materials to support Tier 1 learning disability awareness training. This free online training will be available to all staff in 2019. HEE also uses a workforce development fund to support the ongoing development of staff, with spending focused on priority areas, including staff working with people with learning disabilities and or autism.</p><p> </p><p>All nurses receive learning disabilities training as part of their pre-registration education. Curricula are set by individual education providers, to standards set by the professional regulators. Since April 2015, newly appointed health care assistants, including those who will provide care and support to people with learning disability have been undergoing training as part of the national implementation of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate equips new staff with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care across a range of areas, including the care of people with a learning disability. Medical education and training includes developing understanding of, and competency in, supporting people with a learning disability, as required in the curricula for medical training approved by the General Medical Council.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s response to the learning disabilities mortality review programme report, which we published on 12 September 2018, the Department and its partner organisations committed to a series of actions to increase uptake of learning disability training, including a commitment to consult on mandatory learning disability training for health and care staff, which will conclude by the end of March 2019. The Department is in the process of developing the consultation proposals, and are working with key stakeholders, including people with learning disabilities and autism and the groups that represent them, to shape the consultation proposals, including on how training would be delivered, and to identify the key questions to ask.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 188830 188831 question first answered 12/11/2018 13:48:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

904183

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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	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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the quality of social care provision is not being affected by increase in demand.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	143778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of people receiving care commissioned by local authorities has remained broadly flat in the past three years, with 656,510 receiving support in 2014/15 compared to 654,765 in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>81% of adult social care providers are rated as good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) (as at May 2018), nonetheless it is completely unacceptable that standards in some settings fall below those rightly expected by care users and their families.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the Care Act 2014 placed a new duty on councils to offer a meaningful choice of services, so that people have a range of high quality, appropriate care options to choose from and that they get the services that best meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government introduced tougher inspections, led by the CQC, to make sure that services meet quality and safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with the adult social care sector to implement Quality Matters – a shared commitment to take action to achieve high quality adult social care for service users, families, carers and everyone working in the sector.</p><p> </p><p>This summer we will publish plans to reform our social care system to make it sustainable for the future. The consultation will set out options to put the social care system on a more secure footing and address issues to improve the quality of care and reduce variation in practice.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/05/2018 12:46:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

904184

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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	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, whether he plans to change the social care budget in line with changing levels of demand for services.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	143779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government has already invested funding to put social care on a more stable footing and alleviate short-term pressures across the health and care system. However, further reform is required to ensure that the system is prepared to meet the challenges of an ageing society.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Government has set out plans to publish a Green Paper by summer 2018 presenting its proposals for reform.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Paper will consider the fundamental issues facing the care system, including the future sustainability of the market, capacity planning and market shaping responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>In total, we have given councils access to £9.4 billion more dedicated funding for social care over the three years from 2017/18, including the recent Local Government Finance settlement announcement of a further £150 million for social care.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/05/2018 12:49:51 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

905680

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	Dementia
	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 funding was allocated from the public purse to dementia research in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	144915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). NIHR does not usually ring-fence funds for specific disease areas such as dementia. NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including dementia. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity. NIHR funding for dementia research grew to £44.6 million in 2016/17, up from £37 million in 2015/16. This is a major contribution to meeting the commitment under the Government’s 2020 Dementia Challenge, to maintain funding at £60 million a year. The other main public funders of dementia research are the Medical Research Council, which in 2016/17 spent <del class="ministerial">£30.6</del> <ins class="ministerial">£36 </ins>million, and the Economic and Social Research Council, which spent £2.5 million, to bring total Government spending on dementia research to £83.1 million.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2018 16:46:39 question first ministerially corrected 01/06/2018 09:26:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 59225 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

905682

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	Dementia
	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 funding from the public purse the Government plans to allocate to dementia research in the 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	144916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The usual practice of NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics, with research proposals from all areas competing for available funding. NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including dementia. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. The amount of NIHR funding in a disease area therefore depends on scientific activity. However, the Government’s 2020 Dementia Challenge makes a commitment to maintain public funding for dementia research at £60 million a year to 2020. NIHR funding for dementia research grew to £44.6 million in 2016/17, with total public funding for dementia research standing at £83.1 million, ahead of the 2020 commitment.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2018 16:47:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

926597

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	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	Loneliness: 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 his Department is taking to reduce social isolation among the elderly.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	154719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Social isolation and loneliness are different concepts but have very close links. Given also the close links between them and poor physical and mental health, I am a member of the newly formed Ministerial Group on Loneliness.</p><p> </p><p>To support the Government’s commitment to tackling loneliness, including a new loneliness strategy and fund, the Department will continue to support policies and programmes such as social prescribing, dementia friendly communities, improved mental health and the recently published Carers Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>Feelings of social isolation and loneliness are not exclusive to the elderly but this group can be particularly affected. The Green Paper on the care of older people which will be published in the autumn, will set out a number of proposals to help older people live healthier, longer, and more independent lives.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/06/2018 16:56:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

928696

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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	Loneliness: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of (a) social isolation and (b) loneliness on the mental health of the elderly.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	156431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the negative impact of isolation and loneliness on the quality of life for elderly and other vulnerable people. It is not possible, however, to demonstrate a causal link between becoming socially isolated or lonely and developing mental health problems.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services cannot ‘treat’ loneliness, those who experience mental health conditions may also be lonely and vice versa. IAPT services can signpost or refer people onto other services that seek to address loneliness where these are available locally.</p><p> </p><p>Feelings of social isolation and loneliness are not exclusive to the elderly but that group can be particularly affected. The Green Paper on the care of older people which will be published in the autumn, will set out a number of proposals to help older people live healthier, longer, more independent lives.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/06/2018 10:05:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

993581

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS nurses receive adequate training on learning disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	182773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts have a statutory responsibility to provide sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent staff to meet the needs of the people using health services, including those with a learning disability. The professional regulators for nurses, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), set the standards and assess curricula for nurse education.</p><p> </p><p>The NMC’s Standards of pre-registration nursing programmes state:</p><p> </p><p>Approved education institutions, together with practice learning partners, must design and deliver a programme that supports students and provides exposure across all four fields of nursing practice: adult, mental health, learning disabilities and children’s nursing.</p><p> </p><p>The Government response to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme Second Annual Report published in September 2018 agrees that health and care staff should have access to learning disability awareness training and will consult by the end of March 2019 on options for delivering this to staff. Mandatory learning disability awareness training should be provided to all staff, delivered in conjunction with people with learning disabilities and their families.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/10/2018 11:43:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis