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384391

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Strategic Clinical Networks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to allocate budgets to each NHS Strategic Clinical Network.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	3277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Strategic Clinical Networks admin funding is allocated on an equal share basis. Programme funding is allocated on an un-weighted population basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14 and 2014/15 funding allocations covered both Strategic Clinical Networks and Clinical Senates. In 2015/16, funding for Strategic Clinical Networks has been separated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For both 2013/14 and 2014/15, the allocations were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Geographical Area</p><p>(Strategic Clinical Network and Clinical Senate)</p></td><td><p>Admin Funding £’000</p></td><td><p>Programme Funding £’000</p></td><td><p>TOTAL</p><p>£’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,447</p></td><td><p>£2,281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,573</p></td><td><p>£4,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,825</p></td><td><p>£3,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,606</p></td><td><p>£3,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern England</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,879</p></td><td><p>£2,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£4,794</p></td><td><p>£5,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,687</p></td><td><p>£3,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,793</p></td><td><p>£3,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,233</p></td><td><p>£2,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,592</p></td><td><p>£2,426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,342</p></td><td><p>£4,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,230</p></td><td><p>£4,063</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£10 million</p></td><td><p>£32 million</p></td><td><p>£42 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong>The 2015/16 programme budget allocations for Clinical Networks were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Clinical Network</p></td><td><p>2015/16 Programme Funding</p><p>£’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Mersey</p></td><td><p>£1,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£2,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£2,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£1,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern England</p></td><td><p>£1,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£3,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£2,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£2,119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£1,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>£1,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£2,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£2,422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£24.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The admin funding for Clinical Networks in 2015/16 is currently being determined as part of the implementation of NHS England’s Organisational Alignment and Capability Programme.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 3353 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:46:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

384397

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Strategic Clinical Networks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget has been allocated to each NHS Strategic Clinical Network in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	3353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Strategic Clinical Networks admin funding is allocated on an equal share basis. Programme funding is allocated on an un-weighted population basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14 and 2014/15 funding allocations covered both Strategic Clinical Networks and Clinical Senates. In 2015/16, funding for Strategic Clinical Networks has been separated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For both 2013/14 and 2014/15, the allocations were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Geographical Area</p><p>(Strategic Clinical Network and Clinical Senate)</p></td><td><p>Admin Funding £’000</p></td><td><p>Programme Funding £’000</p></td><td><p>TOTAL</p><p>£’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,447</p></td><td><p>£2,281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,573</p></td><td><p>£4,406</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,825</p></td><td><p>£3,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,606</p></td><td><p>£3,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern England</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,879</p></td><td><p>£2,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£4,794</p></td><td><p>£5,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,687</p></td><td><p>£3,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£2,793</p></td><td><p>£3,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,233</p></td><td><p>£2,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£1,592</p></td><td><p>£2,426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,342</p></td><td><p>£4,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£833</p></td><td><p>£3,230</p></td><td><p>£4,063</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£10 million</p></td><td><p>£32 million</p></td><td><p>£42 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong>The 2015/16 programme budget allocations for Clinical Networks were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Clinical Network</p></td><td><p>2015/16 Programme Funding</p><p>£’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Mersey</p></td><td><p>£1,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£2,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£2,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£1,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern England</p></td><td><p>£1,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£3,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£2,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£2,119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£1,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>£1,211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£2,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£2,422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£24.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The admin funding for Clinical Networks in 2015/16 is currently being determined as part of the implementation of NHS England’s Organisational Alignment and Capability Programme.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 3277 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:46:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

100022

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Patient Choice Schemes
	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 promote patient choice.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	905559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>We are committed to patients having greater choice and control over their healthcare, as this can help drive up standards and improve patient care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We believe that patient empowerment is vital to the National Health Service in the 21st century. This Government is committed to continuing to develop digital platforms to enable this to happen, such as My NHS and the NHS e-Referral Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2014 16:00:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

506595

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Authorities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to change the (a) role of, (b) responsibilities of and (c) funding allocated to strategic health authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	32778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Strategic health authorities were abolished in 2013 by the National Health Service Act 2006 (as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012). Since then NHS England and clinical commissioning groups have taken on responsibility for NHS planning and delivery.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 14/04/2016 13:21:10 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

776155

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the future role of health visiting including reference to the alleviation of poverty for the new-born population.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on this. Health visitors do provide support to families most in need through signposting them to schemes and organisations that can assist their needs, for example families on low income will be signposted towards the Healthy Start Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/10/2017 11:47:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

776157

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the future role of health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health regularly meets with stakeholders to discuss a variety of topics.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/10/2017 11:46:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

781406

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Professions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to expand the number of health visitors and school nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	110679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Since April 2013, local authorities (LAs) have been responsible for public health locally, including commissioning public health services for school aged children, namely school nursing services and the Healthy Child Programme. Additionally, from 1 October 2015, LAs took over responsibility for commissioning public health services for children aged zero to five from NHS England. LAs are mandated to provide or secure the five universal health visitor reviews.</p><p> </p><p>It is for local authorities to assess the health needs of their populations and commission the appropriate services and workforce. All commissioning should be based on a robust Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and supported by local workforce plans. Commissioning decisions are for local discretion and as such there will be variations.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is ensuring sustainable development of the workforce and there are presently over 800 health visitor student training places commissioned.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/11/2017 14:35:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

781422

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors: Maternity Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he plans to put in place to ensure standards of health visiting are maintained when responsibility for such visitors is transferred from the NHS to local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	110678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Health visitors and school nurses lead and co-ordinate delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (0-19). Health visitors and school nurses or Specialist Community Public Health Nurses are qualified nurses or midwives with an additional specialist graduate level education in community health and health needs. Local authorities (LAs) took over responsibility for commissioning public health services for children aged zero to five from NHS England from 1 October 2015. LAs are mandated to provide or secure the five universal health visitor reviews.</p><p> </p><p>The responsibility for standards for health visitors rests with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), through their code of practice and entry to part 3 of NMC register. The responsibility for service standards for health visiting services rests with the LA as the commissioner and Care Quality Commission as the regulator.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and Public Health England (PHE) have produced guidance to support both commissioners and local providers including Guidance to support the commissioning of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19: Health Visiting and School Nursing services, available to view here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning</a></p><p>PHE and the Department continue to work with the Local Government Association, professional bodies, and locally through PHE Centres to share evidence and guidance that allows LAs to make the best decisions to meet local needs.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/11/2017 14:33:57 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

781423

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors: Maternity Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to use health visitors to reduce health inequalities by (a) increasing the amount and time duration of breast feeding and (b) extending early educational intervention.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	110677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to improve the health of their populations through the use of the public health grant. Public Health England (PHE) supports this through evidence to address health inequalities and guidance to professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The six High Impact Areas for Early Years focus on key areas where health visitors have a significant impact on health and wellbeing and improving outcomes for children, families and communities. The guidance includes promotion of breastfeeding and health, wellbeing and development of the child aged two. Further information on the Six High Impact Areas is available to view here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioning-of-public-health-services-for-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioning-of-public-health-services-for-children</a></p><p>PHE works with local services to create breastfeeding friendly communities, with midwives and health visitors to promote best practice, and, through our Start4Life social marketing programme, to provide parents with trusted National Health Service advice.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has developed an infant feeding commissioning resource in partnership with Unicef to support local authorities in the delivery of a comprehensive approach to the commissioning of services that protect, promote and support breastfeeding. PHE also shares innovative approaches for supporting breastfeeding.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 07/11/2017 15:00:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

795586

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Suicide: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of suicides among young people; and what discussions he has had with mental health trusts on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	116006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We updated the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy earlier this year to strengthen delivery of its key areas for action which includes tailoring approaches to improve the mental health of specific groups such as children and young people. We expanded the scope of the Suicide Prevention Strategy to address self-harm as an issue in its own right and one that predominantly affects young people under 25. The Government is investing £1.4 billion up to 2020 to improve mental health services for children and young people, including eating disorders. We remain committed to implementing the vision set out in Future in Mind and we will publish a joint health and education green paper on children and young people’s mental health very soon to set out how we will improve early intervention and prevention of mental ill health across the system.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport continue to work together to address the impact of the internet and social media on the mental health of children and young people to both protect young people online and to harness the benefits online platforms can bring in supporting young people to maintain good mental wellbeing. This includes working with online providers to improve safety and to tackle harmful content online.</p><p> </p><p>We are ensuring that every local area will have a multi-agency suicide prevention plan in place by the end of the year which means all local services, including voluntary and charitable sector organisations, are working together to implement tailored approaches to reducing suicides in their communities. We published guidance to local authorities to set out how local suicide prevention plans should drive national policy locally which includes addressing the key areas for action in the national strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to fund, in partnership with the Samaritans, the National Suicide Prevention Alliance which brings together a wide range of suicide prevention organisations in the voluntary and charitable sector to support delivery of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. The Alliance includes organisations that work specifically with children and young people to prevention suicide and self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental Ministers meet and work with a wide range of organisations across public health, the NHS and social care to progress the ambition to reduce the number of suicides in England by 10% by 2020/21. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health recently spoke at the launch of the Zero Suicide Alliance which is a partnership between Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and organisations in the voluntary and charitable sector to raise suicide prevention awareness across the system and aims to train 1 million people in suicide prevention.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/12/2017 13:49:08 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew