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1701512

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date	16/04/2024
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	Bereavement Counselling: Perinatal Mortality
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 26 March 2024 to Question 19417 on Mental Health Services: Parents, what steps her Department is taking to provide community mental health services to bereaved (a) fathers and (b) partners following pregnancy or baby loss.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	22093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, we are committed to expanding and transforming mental health services in England so that more people, including bereaved fathers and partners following pregnancy or baby loss, can get the help and support that they need.</p><p>As part of this, we are expanding access to psychological and talking therapies within specialist perinatal mental health services. Specialist community perinatal mental health services have now been rolled out in every part of England, and should work closely with maternal mental health services, which are also being rolled out, with 39 maternal mental health services currently available across England. Fathers and other partners of women accessing specialist community care should be able to access an evidence-based assessment for their mental health and signposting to support as required. Individuals can also access psychological support by referring themselves to NHS Talking Therapies. Details of local services are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhs.uk%2Fmental-health%2Ftalking-therapies-medicine-treatments%2Ftalking-therapies-and-counselling%2Fnhs-talking-therapies%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CShirley.Tobin%40dhsc.gov.uk%7Ce6500e59a66841a1ebcd08dc62a66b56%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C638493714110311963%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lddD4%2FLKGyf8BVY6qu7kVeKGM8dk7bLKhU7wODPYDKo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/nhs-talking-therapies/</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/04/2024 12:24:18 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1697523

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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	Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
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 she is taking to support people with postural tachycardia syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	19656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Services for postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) are locally commissioned and, as such, it is the responsibility of the local commissioning teams within integrated care boards to ensure that their locally commissioned services meet the needs of their local population.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has produced a clinical knowledge summary, last revised in November 2023, which outlines the method healthcare professionals should follow for diagnosing PoTS. This summary is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/blackouts-syncope/diagnosis/assessment/" target="_blank">https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/blackouts-syncope/diagnosis/assessment/</a></p><p>Clinical knowledge summaries are evidence-based summaries designed to support healthcare professionals in primary care, by providing them with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical advice on best practice.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/03/2024 10:11:12 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1697052

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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: Parents
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 she is taking to ensure bereaved parents have access to NHS community-based psychological support.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	19417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is providing investment and increasing the mental health workforce to expand and transform mental health services in the National Health Service in England. Almost £16 billion was invested in mental health in 2022/23, enabling 3.6 million people to be in contact with mental health services, a 10% increase on the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that grieving parents who have lost a child have access to the mental health support they need, when they need it. Anyone struggling with a bereavement is strongly encouraged to contact their general practitioner who can help provide support, signpost to specialist bereavement support charities or make a referral to a counsellor.  Bereaved parents can also refer themselves directly to an NHS talking therapies service without a referral from a general practitioner.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, we updated GOV.UK’s Tell us Once service to better signpost people to sources of bereavement support.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/03/2024 13:43:37 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1697129

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Infant Mortality: Certification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when baby loss certificates will become available for people who lost their child before September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	19419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>On 22 February 2024, we launched the Baby Loss Certificate service, fulfilling our commitment in the Women’s Health Strategy. The certificate is an important acknowledgement of a life lost, and we hope it will provide some comfort and support by validating the loss.</p><p>We recognise that some people will wish to obtain a certificate for a baby loss that has happened in the past. It is currently open to pregnancy losses since 1 September 2018, and we will extend this to earlier losses as soon as we can.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/03/2024 13:18:44 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West