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795468

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	Accountable Care Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to introduce Accountable Care Organisations within the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	115889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England recently published a draft Accountable Care Organisations (ACO) contract. This contract is a variant of the NHS Standard Contract and is designed to assist local commissioners to commission an integrated package of primary medical services and other health (and possibly social care) services for a defined population from a single lead provider referred to as an ACO. An ACO is “introduced” only by the award of such a contract.</p><p> </p><p>It will always be for local commissioners to determine how to best deliver services to meet local needs. It is right that decisions on configuration are made by the local National Health Service, who can best assess how to meet the needs of people in their area. For any significant system reconfiguration, we expect all local parts of the system to be talking to the public and stakeholders regularly — it is vital that people can shape the future of their local services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 115890 question first answered 05/12/2017 14:08:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

795469

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	Accountable Care Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to introduce Accountable Care Organisations within the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	115890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England recently published a draft Accountable Care Organisations (ACO) contract. This contract is a variant of the NHS Standard Contract and is designed to assist local commissioners to commission an integrated package of primary medical services and other health (and possibly social care) services for a defined population from a single lead provider referred to as an ACO. An ACO is “introduced” only by the award of such a contract.</p><p> </p><p>It will always be for local commissioners to determine how to best deliver services to meet local needs. It is right that decisions on configuration are made by the local National Health Service, who can best assess how to meet the needs of people in their area. For any significant system reconfiguration, we expect all local parts of the system to be talking to the public and stakeholders regularly — it is vital that people can shape the future of their local services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 115889 question first answered 05/12/2017 14:08:15 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

773239

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the implementation of his policy Transforming Care since the establishment of the Transforming Care Delivery Board in February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	108577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The total overall number of people in inpatient units has fallen 14% since March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2017 we published a revised Care and Treatment Review (CTR) policy and made a number of changes to improve the effectiveness of CTRs.</p><p> </p><p>164 inpatient beds closed in 2016/17, ahead of plan. The last stand-alone National Health Service hospital for people with a learning disability was absorbed into a mental health trust last year. New community services are opening, offering intensive support in people’s own homes rather than in hospital.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/10/2017 15:08:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

765278

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Standards
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 recommendation of Sir Robert Francis QC in Freedom to speak up, published on 11 February 2015, on procedures to allow a common independent tribunal to determine fitness to practice issues and sanctions across the healthcare professional field.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	105676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>In response to the recommendation about setting up a common independent tribunal for fitness to practise decisions in Sir Robert Francis QC’s Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, the Government referred to its intention to review the legislation of health and care professional regulators in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning to consult on the high level principles of reform of professional regulation. This includes consideration of powers to enable the regulatory bodies to work jointly. Such powers could be used to share tribunal services.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/10/2017 12:09:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

754739

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the referral to treatment pathway for autism jointly with learning disabilities set out in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health will allow for mental health difficulties experienced by autistic people with no learning disability.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The development of the care pathway for autism is a matter for NHS England to determine with partners and stakeholders once a timetable for its production has been finalised later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy, which was published in 2012, included key actions to take tailored approaches to meet the mental health of people with specific needs to address their risk of suicide, including people with autism. The strategy was updated in January 2017, and set out ways in which we aim to strengthen delivery of the key areas for action. We have asked local authorities to implement multi-agency suicide prevention strategies by the end of this year, which includes working with local agencies such as health and other statutory services and the voluntary and charitable sector to develop local strategies which take account of people with specific needs. The updated strategy also made a commitment for the National Health Service to take further action to reduce suicides of people in contact with mental health services which would include people on the autistic spectrum who are in contact with services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a number of clinical guidelines that recommend pharmacological interventions for mental health conditions, including depression, which are experienced by people with autism. These clinical guidelines represent best practice and we would expect them be taken into account by clinicians when deciding on the most appropriate care for their patients.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 6758 6759 6762 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:41:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

754742

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which measures set out in the cross-government suicide prevention strategy have been assessed as appropriate for autistic people.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The development of the care pathway for autism is a matter for NHS England to determine with partners and stakeholders once a timetable for its production has been finalised later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy, which was published in 2012, included key actions to take tailored approaches to meet the mental health of people with specific needs to address their risk of suicide, including people with autism. The strategy was updated in January 2017, and set out ways in which we aim to strengthen delivery of the key areas for action. We have asked local authorities to implement multi-agency suicide prevention strategies by the end of this year, which includes working with local agencies such as health and other statutory services and the voluntary and charitable sector to develop local strategies which take account of people with specific needs. The updated strategy also made a commitment for the National Health Service to take further action to reduce suicides of people in contact with mental health services which would include people on the autistic spectrum who are in contact with services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a number of clinical guidelines that recommend pharmacological interventions for mental health conditions, including depression, which are experienced by people with autism. These clinical guidelines represent best practice and we would expect them be taken into account by clinicians when deciding on the most appropriate care for their patients.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 6759 6761 6762 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:41:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

754743

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Depressive Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made any assessment of the effectiveness of antidepressant medications for autistic people.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The development of the care pathway for autism is a matter for NHS England to determine with partners and stakeholders once a timetable for its production has been finalised later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy, which was published in 2012, included key actions to take tailored approaches to meet the mental health of people with specific needs to address their risk of suicide, including people with autism. The strategy was updated in January 2017, and set out ways in which we aim to strengthen delivery of the key areas for action. We have asked local authorities to implement multi-agency suicide prevention strategies by the end of this year, which includes working with local agencies such as health and other statutory services and the voluntary and charitable sector to develop local strategies which take account of people with specific needs. The updated strategy also made a commitment for the National Health Service to take further action to reduce suicides of people in contact with mental health services which would include people on the autistic spectrum who are in contact with services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a number of clinical guidelines that recommend pharmacological interventions for mental health conditions, including depression, which are experienced by people with autism. These clinical guidelines represent best practice and we would expect them be taken into account by clinicians when deciding on the most appropriate care for their patients.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 6758 6761 6762 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:41:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

754744

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Green Paper on Children and Young People's Mental Health will include specific measures to address anxiety disorders and other mental health conditions among children with autism.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The Departments of Health and Education are currently considering content options for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper. We aim to publish the Green Paper by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/09/2017 13:12:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

754745

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what distinction will be made between autism and the co-morbid mental health problems often experienced by autistic people within the referral to treatment pathway for autism set out in the Five-Year Forward View for Mental Health.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The development of the care pathway for autism is a matter for NHS England to determine with partners and stakeholders once a timetable for its production has been finalised later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy, which was published in 2012, included key actions to take tailored approaches to meet the mental health of people with specific needs to address their risk of suicide, including people with autism. The strategy was updated in January 2017, and set out ways in which we aim to strengthen delivery of the key areas for action. We have asked local authorities to implement multi-agency suicide prevention strategies by the end of this year, which includes working with local agencies such as health and other statutory services and the voluntary and charitable sector to develop local strategies which take account of people with specific needs. The updated strategy also made a commitment for the National Health Service to take further action to reduce suicides of people in contact with mental health services which would include people on the autistic spectrum who are in contact with services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a number of clinical guidelines that recommend pharmacological interventions for mental health conditions, including depression, which are experienced by people with autism. These clinical guidelines represent best practice and we would expect them be taken into account by clinicians when deciding on the most appropriate care for their patients.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 6758 6759 6761 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:41:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

748588

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Health Education England will publish its report on the future shape and skills mix of the cancer workforce.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	3053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Broad analysis of the cancer workforce will be published shortly in Health Education England's annual Workforce Plan for England, and in a series of detailed professional group reports, which outline the full range of workforce issues facing the health and care system. The Workforce Plan for England 2017/18 describes the scale and nature of these challenges, but also contains proposals for the active management of these workforce issues across the system at local and national level. The Workforce Plan will be supplemented by a range of other documents which will be published over a range of timescales, one of which is the Cancer Workforce Plan, which Health Education England have committed to publish in summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/07/2017 12:39:20 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes