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577010

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus: USA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what warnings they are giving to prospective UK visitors to the USA about the dangers of contracting Zika virus, and whether they will highlight the most dangerous areas in the USA.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL1607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) introduced a risk-based approach for countries reporting Zika infection ahead of cases reported from Florida in the United States of America. PHE and NaTHNaC issued travel guidance about Florida as soon as cases were announced. A copy of this guidance is attached. The first locally acquired cases of Zika were reported from Florida on 29 July 2016. The guidance advised pregnant women to consider postponing non-essential travel to Florida. Links to NaTHNaC’s detailed, site-specific advice allowed clinicians to have in-depth discussions of the transmission risks in Florida with potential travellers.</p><p>A high risk alert was issued as more information became available stating: “The risk in Miami-Dade county is considered high and pregnant women are advised to postpone non-essential travel to Miami-Dade county until after their pregnancy.” Advice on reducing the risk of sexual transmission of Zika infection was also issued, which is included within the attached guidance.</p><p>The situation is constantly under review and assessment, and travel and sexual transmission guidance is updated regularly as new information emerges from Florida.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/09/2016 11:05:48 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name PQ Zika Virus advice on NaTHNaC website HL1607.pdf title Zika advice
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

599469

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the Zika virus from entering the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	48087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The female mosquitoes responsible for Zika virus transmission are not native to the United Kingdom and it is considered highly unlikely they could survive the current UK climatic conditions long enough to become established. The risk to public health posed by Zika virus is, therefore, very low and no greater than the risks posed by other mosquito-borne infections, such as malaria, for example.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England monitors various insect vectors (in particular, mosquitoes) in the UK through surveillance projects that it runs in collaboration with a range of organisations across the UK. In England, detection of an invasive species considered to pose a threat to the UK would trigger the use of appropriate control measures.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is ensuring UK residents travelling to countries with active Zika transmission are encouraged to take measures to minimise the risk of being bitten by mosquitoes, for example through the use of insect repellent.</p><p> </p><p>Up-to-date travel advice is in place, and clinical advice is available to UK medical professionals. More information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/zika-virus-zikv-clinical-and-travel-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/zika-virus-zikv-clinical-and-travel-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 17/10/2016 16:51:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

678662

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government issued any guidelines to insurance companies on the effects of Government advice in February 2016 to consult a medical professional before travelling to areas where there were Zika outbreaks.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	61778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Neither Public Health England nor National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) has issued any guidance specifically to insurance companies on Zika, however it is accepted as standard practice that insurance companies will regularly access and take account of the guidance provided on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and NaTHNaC webpages in relation to Zika virus and other issues affecting United Kingdom travellers.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 02/02/2017 17:51:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

693781

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young People: Counselling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to widen the availability of counsellors for young people on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	65440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View – One Year on was published on 1 March 2017. The report states that ‘the expansion of services anticipated by 2020/21 requires a parallel increase in the number of skilled staff able to provide care and treatment. National investment has begun in 2016/17 to deliver the 1,700 new therapists who are estimated to be required within five years. In line with the new all-age workforce strategy for mental health, the first 150 training places have been made available this year for newly-recruited therapists. Most of these courses will complete within 12 months’.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 02/03/2017 10:18:40 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

627383

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young People: Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's publication, Future in Mind, published in March 2015, if he will take steps to implement the recommendations in that publication that young people who have been sexually abused or exploited receive a comprehensive specialist initial assessment and referral to the services they need.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	51748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>Mental health care should be provided on the basis of clinical need. While mental health treatment is often important to support recovery, there are times when other support can be beneficial in helping children and young people to recover from the trauma that arises from crimes committed against them.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that awareness of trauma (from abuse or neglect) and the impact it can have on children and young people’s mental health is raised across the workforce and that there is clarity on roles and responsibilities. Health Education England and NHS England are developing training for the health and wider children’s workforce to become more trauma aware.</p><p> </p><p>Where mental health care is needed, we want to ensure that children and young people can access good quality care, and the Government is committed to the vision set out in the report <em>Future in Mind</em> to transform the future of mental health services for all children and young people. This transformation is being supported by £1.25 billion of additional government investment over the course of this Parliament. It is expected that by 2020 an extra 70,000 children and young people will be helped every year.</p><p> </p><p>Local areas have produced Local Transformation Plans (LTPs) to improve the way these services are commissioned and delivered. LTPs should cover the full spectrum of service provision, including addressing the mental health needs of all children and young people. This includes the most vulnerable groups such as those who have been sexually abused or sexually exploited, making it easier for them to access the support they need when and where they need it.</p><p> </p><p>From 2016-17 children and young people’s mental health is being mainstreamed as part of the normal NHS England planning cycle so that LTPs are integrated into the wider Sustainability and Transformation Planning process.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 07/11/2016 17:40:49 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

599575

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young offenders residing within the justice system who have a diagnosed mental health disorder.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	47974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 19/10/2016 15:55:35 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

620035

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve access to mental health services for young offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	49872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Young offenders are entitled to the same range and quality of health care treatments, including mental health care, as people in the community.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to improving mental health treatment for young people in contact with the youth justice system, including those who are vulnerable to self-harm and suicide attempts. NHS England is developing a specific £24 million programme to improve mental health provision for children and young people, under 18 years old, in contact with the justice system.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 01/11/2016 16:55:16 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

622691

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support available for youth offenders in the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	50749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department is committed to improving mental health treatment and support for young people in contact with the youth justice system.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England sets out in its Commissioning Intentions that it will deliver healthcare for children and young people detained by the justice system, including mental health treatment, to the standard set out in “Healthcare of Children and Young People in Secure Settings” developed in June 2013 by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and others.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is developing a £24 million programme to address gaps in mental health provision for this vulnerable group.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 01/11/2016 16:56:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

678688

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken on improving mental health support for young offenders.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	61595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services Transformation Programme is improving mental health outcomes for children and young people. Within the Programme, the Health and Justice and Specialised Commissioning Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services Transformation Workstream is responding to challenges around the commissioning and provision of mental health services for those held in the children and young people’s secure estate (CYPSE), including testing and evaluating the Secure Stairs integrated framework of care across the CYPSE.</p><p> </p><p>The Workstream is also targeting improved mental health service provision for children and young people coming into contact with other elements of the health and justice pathway, such as Liaison and Diversion services, Sexual Assault Referral Centres and crisis care related to police custody.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 02/02/2017 17:56:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

712467

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there were at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in each year since 2005-06.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	68455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The following table shows a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs)<sup>1</sup> at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from 2005-06 to 2015-16.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FCEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>81,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>80,936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>78,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>87,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>91,528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>97,719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>103,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>164,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>174,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>184,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>195,482</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li>FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</li><li>York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust acquired Scarborough Hospital in 2012.</li></ol> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/03/2017 14:42:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell