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946757

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date	23/07/2018
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	East Cheshire NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what amount of revenue funding allocated to the East Cheshire NHS Trust for 2017-2018 under the Cheshire and Merseyside sustainability and transformation partnership process has been paid.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	167138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service providers (NHS trusts and foundation trusts) fund their spending via income received from NHS commissioners in return for the provision of healthcare services to their local population. They do not receive funding allocations via their sustainability and transformation partnership. They do receive payments from the Sustainability and Transformation Fund, which rewards NHS providers for achieving their own individual finance and performance targets. In 2017-18, East Cheshire NHS Trust received total payments of £6.9 million from this fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/09/2018 13:17:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946771

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Abortion Act 1967
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Under the Abortion Act 1967, women have early access to safe, legal, high quality abortion services. There were 194,668 abortions performed under the provisions of the Abortion Act in England and Wales in 2017, with 98% of abortions being funded by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Abortion is an issue on which the Government adopts a neutral stance. Proposals for legislative change are a matter for backbenchers to bring forward and decisions are made on the basis of free votes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/09/2018 12:41:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946819

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Depressive Illnesses: Medical Treatments
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 effectiveness of the guidelines issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence’s on the treatment of depression.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	167226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service. NICE’s guidance is based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and is developed through extensive engagement with stakeholders. NICE has not yet published its final guideline on depression and has recently consulted publicly on its draft guidance. NICE will take the comments it has received in response to the consultation fully into account in finalising its guideline.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/09/2018 13:36:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

946820

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Mental Health 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 assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of dedicated mental health specialists.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	167227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>There is no definition for a ‘dedicated mental health specialist’.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the full time equivalent (FTE) figures for the mental health and learning disability workforce in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England as at 31 March each year, since 2014. There is an increase of over 2,900 in mental health staff between March 2014 and March 2018 in the whole mental health and learning disability workforce.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Size of mental health and learning disability workforce (FTE)</p></td><td><p>180,573</p></td><td><p>179,701</p></td><td><p>181,352</p></td><td><p>182,560</p></td><td><p>183,476</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital monthly HCHS workforce Statistics</p><p> </p><p>Following the re-organisation of primary care trusts (PCTs) in 2013, it is not possible to compare figures for mental health and learning disability trusts either side of this reorganisation because it is not possible to separately identify all staff in PCTs providing this service.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) published a Mental Health Workforce plan in July 2017. The plan sets out concrete steps for delivering 21,000 new posts across the mental health system and implementation is underway.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is working with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to encourage more doctors to choose a career in mental health. The Royal College launched the ‘Choose Psychiatry’ campaign in 2017, encouraging doctors to take up psychiatry for their speciality training.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/09/2018 13:20:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

946852

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
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 adequacy of the performance of the Members Correspondence Unit in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	167121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries (MCPE) unit was set up to handle centrally the large volumes of correspondence received by the Department. All lines used to respond to correspondence are provided by the Department’s policy teams and MCPE has daily contact with ministers’ private offices.</p><p><br> The latest available performance information was published on 26 June in the Cabinet Office’s Written Ministerial Statement on Handling Members’ Correspondence in 2017 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-06-26/HCWS798/" target="_blank">HCWS798</a>). The Department answered over 32,000 items of correspondence, of which 93% were answered within the Department’s Whitehall Standard target of 18 working days.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/09/2018 15:53:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

946901

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Food: Safety
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 implications for (a) consumers and (b) producers of the frozen vegetable food scare.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	167158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Consumers who have purchased a product affected by the Listeriosis outbreak should return the product to where they have bought it from for a full refund. All consumers using frozen food should follow the cooking instructions and ensure it is thoroughly cooked before serving.</p><p> </p><p>Producers of frozen food should continue to follow good manufacturing practices, conduct appropriate product testing regimes and ensure all frozen food is labelled with clear cooking instructions. The Food Standards Agency continues to monitor the situation and will take further action if required.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/09/2018 15:58:02 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

946924

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a national obesity strategy for adults and children.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
uin	167352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>There are no current plans to develop a national obesity strategy for adults and children. Many of the key measures in both chapters of our childhood obesity plan will have an impact on tackling obesity across all age groups. These include the soft drinks industry levy, sugar reduction and wider calorie reformulation programme, restricting promotions and calorie labelling in restaurants which will improve our eating habits and reduce the amount of sugar we consume.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/09/2018 16:47:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

946925

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to mandate that obesity and weight management training is included in the curriculum for the education of every healthcare professional.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
uin	167353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We want all health care professionals to feel confident utilising their skills and everyday opportunities to talk about weight and provide advice to support healthier weight. In Chapter 2 of the Childhood Obesity Plan, we outlined our commitment to provide health and care professionals with the latest training and tools to better support children, young people and families to reduce obesity.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of Higher Education Institutes to set the curricula for the pre-registration training of healthcare professionals to standards set by the individual regulators of each profession.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/09/2018 13:12:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

946934

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Kidney Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) guidance and (b) support on (i) diet, (ii) exercise and (iii) other means of recovery is offered to patients who have suffered kidney failure.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	167329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>NHS Choices provides a range of advice on diet, exercise and lifestyle for people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as information for those who have been affected by acute kidney injury (AKI). CKD can result in kidney failure in some cases and AKI can range from minor loss of kidney function to complete kidney failure. The pages for CKS and AKI, which also provide links to patient support organisations, can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/kidney-disease/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/conditions/kidney-disease/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/acute-kidney-injury/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/conditions/acute-kidney-injury/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s ‘Think Kidney’ campaign also provides a wealth of information for patients and professionals about CKD and AKI, including patient literature which highlights important steps people can take to maintain kidney health and provides advice about living with kidney disease. The ‘Think Kidney’ website can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.thinkkidneys.nhs.uk" target="_blank">www.thinkkidneys.nhs.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/09/2018 15:56:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

946937

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the level of compensation for victims of the contaminated blood scandal in England is less than that in Scotland; and whether an assessment was made of the implications for the level of compensation of the status of healthcare as a non-devolved policy area when British haemophiliacs were treated with contaminated products.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	167331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Since 1988, successive Governments have continued to provide ex-gratia payments to those affected by infected blood, in recognition of the special circumstances of those inadvertently affected. As liability has not been established in the majority of cases, it is not appropriate to talk about infected blood support payments in terms of compensation.</p><p> </p><p>As this is a devolved power it was for Ministers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to decide how to provide for the beneficiaries within their jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The English and Scottish schemes are different, for example, the Scottish scheme does not provide for regular annual payments for everyone with Stage 1 hepatitis C, nor for a Special Category Mechanism (SCM) for higher payments which again is open to all with stage 1 hepatitis C which has been shown to have a substantial and long-term negative impact on their daily lives, which is available to beneficiaries in England.</p><p> </p><p>Through the SCM we have been able to provide increased payments to a much larger number of people who need them either now or in the future.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/09/2018 13:38:44 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns