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416332

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to clinical commissioning groups on seeking beds for mental health patients outside the immediate area where there is a shortage of beds.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	8925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance to clinical commissioning groups on out of area mental health beds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not collect the time of discharge data centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the average median length of stay for patients in mental health facilities is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Median length of stay in days for discharged hospital spells during 2013/14 and those with an open hospital spell on 31 March 2014, by provider type</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Discharges</p></td><td><p>Median LoS*</p></td><td><p>Median LoS minus Leave</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Open hospital spells</p></td><td><p>Median LoS</p></td><td><p>Median LoS minus Leave</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England total</p></td><td><p>116,988</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23,614</p></td><td><p>117.0</p></td><td><p>112.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS</p></td><td><p>112,422</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,229</p></td><td><p>102.0</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent</p></td><td><p>4,566</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,385</p></td><td><p>434.0</p></td><td><p>427.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*LoS = Length of Stay</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Leave is defined as a period of time outside of hospital, usually at home, with the intention of returning to the same ward to continue the same consultant episode</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. The Data Quality report for March 2014 showed that there was potentially a 2.5% level of duplication of open hospital providers episodes at the end of the month. For this reason the count of total hospital episodes open at the end of the month is slightly higher than that reported in the MHMDS Monthly Report for March, where the measure is a count of mental health care spells with an open hospital episode (23,246).</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS) annual file 2013/14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8926 8927 question first answered 14/09/2015 14:58:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

416333

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average discharge time was for patients in (a) NHS facilities following a first-tier mental health tribunal and (b) private mental health facilities that provide NHS services in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	8926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance to clinical commissioning groups on out of area mental health beds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not collect the time of discharge data centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the average median length of stay for patients in mental health facilities is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Median length of stay in days for discharged hospital spells during 2013/14 and those with an open hospital spell on 31 March 2014, by provider type</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Discharges</p></td><td><p>Median LoS*</p></td><td><p>Median LoS minus Leave</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Open hospital spells</p></td><td><p>Median LoS</p></td><td><p>Median LoS minus Leave</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England total</p></td><td><p>116,988</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23,614</p></td><td><p>117.0</p></td><td><p>112.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS</p></td><td><p>112,422</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,229</p></td><td><p>102.0</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent</p></td><td><p>4,566</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,385</p></td><td><p>434.0</p></td><td><p>427.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*LoS = Length of Stay</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Leave is defined as a period of time outside of hospital, usually at home, with the intention of returning to the same ward to continue the same consultant episode</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. The Data Quality report for March 2014 showed that there was potentially a 2.5% level of duplication of open hospital providers episodes at the end of the month. For this reason the count of total hospital episodes open at the end of the month is slightly higher than that reported in the MHMDS Monthly Report for March, where the measure is a count of mental health care spells with an open hospital episode (23,246).</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS) annual file 2013/14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8925 8927 question first answered 14/09/2015 14:58:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

416334

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay was for patients in (a) NHS mental health facilities and (b) private mental health facilities that provide NHS services in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	8927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not issued guidance to clinical commissioning groups on out of area mental health beds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not collect the time of discharge data centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the average median length of stay for patients in mental health facilities is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Median length of stay in days for discharged hospital spells during 2013/14 and those with an open hospital spell on 31 March 2014, by provider type</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Discharges</p></td><td><p>Median LoS*</p></td><td><p>Median LoS minus Leave</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Open hospital spells</p></td><td><p>Median LoS</p></td><td><p>Median LoS minus Leave</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England total</p></td><td><p>116,988</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23,614</p></td><td><p>117.0</p></td><td><p>112.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS</p></td><td><p>112,422</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,229</p></td><td><p>102.0</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent</p></td><td><p>4,566</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,385</p></td><td><p>434.0</p></td><td><p>427.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*LoS = Length of Stay</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Leave is defined as a period of time outside of hospital, usually at home, with the intention of returning to the same ward to continue the same consultant episode</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. The Data Quality report for March 2014 showed that there was potentially a 2.5% level of duplication of open hospital providers episodes at the end of the month. For this reason the count of total hospital episodes open at the end of the month is slightly higher than that reported in the MHMDS Monthly Report for March, where the measure is a count of mental health care spells with an open hospital episode (23,246).</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS) annual file 2013/14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 8925 8926 question first answered 14/09/2015 14:58:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

386703

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work his Department does with cancer charities to support children and young people with cancer.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Charities with an interest in children’s cancer services are involved in the ongoing work that NHS England performs through the Clinical Reference Groups (CRG) to provide a key role in major cancer improvements. For example, the Teenage Cancer Trust is represented on the Teenage and Young Adults CRG and CLIC Sargent and the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group support the Children’s Cancer CRG.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England also works with the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group on treatment guidelines that are used across cancer services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England and Departmental officials also work with stakeholders from charities with an interest in children’s cancer services. For example, earlier this year officials met with representatives of The Brain Tumour Charity to discuss the Headsmart campaign, which aims to raise awareness of brain tumour symptoms in children and young people and to reduce the time for diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a result of this meeting, the charity gave a presentation about the HeadSmart campaign to the Department’s School Nursing Partnership Implementation Group on 17 March. The group was receptive and committed to help promote and support the campaign, which included disseminating symptom cards where appropriate and putting information in newsletters and journals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/07/2015 15:38:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

385855

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neuromuscular Disorders: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Trusts to fund jointly a paediatric neuromuscular consultant.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning specialised services, including neuromuscular services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2013, NHS England published Neurosciences: Specialised Neurology (Adult) and a number of separate paediatric neurology services specifications. These describe the services commissioned by NHS England for patients with neuromuscular disorders. It is for providers to decide how to shape services to meet the specifications, taking into account the needs of their local populations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/07/2015 13:46:36 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

384974

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library all representations received by the Government on the potential effect on the NHS of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership proposals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	3800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>This can only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to the volume of records.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/07/2015 15:26:16 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

349656

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health beds are provided in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of mental health beds provided in the West Midlands is not centrally collected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2015 09:46:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

349657

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has in place to assist mental health trusts when no beds are available for the provision of mental health care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not have arrangements for bed management as this is the responsibility of local commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the Government has made it clear that beds must always be available for those that need them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital, step-down and community services should be commissioned at a level that allows for beds to be readily and locally available in response to a person in urgent need, as required by statute.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As to arrangements in place between mental health trusts when no beds are available, this is a matter for local commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is underpinned by the Government’s legislation on party esteem for the first time, and significant investment in mental health services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 1809 question first answered 18/06/2015 11:19:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

349658

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Cygnet Healthcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contractual arrangements exist between NHS mental health services and Cygnet Health Care.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>NHS England holds a NHS standard contract with Cygnet Healthcare. The contract is managed by the South of England Team for all provision across England. The contract is managed in accordance with its terms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any local contracts with Cygnet Healthcare are likely to be subcontracted by mental health provider trusts. Details of these are not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/06/2015 09:53:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

349659

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements mental health and NHS trusts have in place to provide mental health care when no mental health care beds are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not have arrangements for bed management as this is the responsibility of local commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the Government has made it clear that beds must always be available for those that need them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hospital, step-down and community services should be commissioned at a level that allows for beds to be readily and locally available in response to a person in urgent need, as required by statute.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As to arrangements in place between mental health trusts when no beds are available, this is a matter for local commissioners and providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is underpinned by the Government’s legislation on party esteem for the first time, and significant investment in mental health services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 1807 question first answered 18/06/2015 11:19:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe