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date	19/06/2018
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	Postnatal Depression
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 steps his Department has taken to raise awareness among expectant mothers of postnatal depression.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	155242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving perinatal mental health services for women during pregnancy and in the first postnatal year, so that women are able to access the right care at the right time and close to home.</p><p> </p><p>This includes upskilling relevant professionals to raise awareness among expectant mothers of postnatal depression. In particular, midwives and health visitors have a role in raising awareness and early identification of mental health concerns.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, the Department is investing £365 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 in perinatal mental health services, and NHS England is leading a transformation programme to ensure that by 2020/21 at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/06/2018 16:16:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

926997

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Epilepsy: 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, whether his Department has any plans to carry out research on treatments for epilepsy patients.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	155243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR currently funds seven active projects with a focus on epilepsy, with a total value of £9,914,239. This figure reflects the total amount of funding allocated to each project for its entire duration. In addition, the NIHR provides infrastructure funding (£512,019 for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2020) to the Cochrane Epilepsy Group, which undertakes a high number of reviews in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including epilepsy. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p>On 21 June 2018, the NIHR launched a global health research call to fund research in three areas, including epilepsy. This call is funded by the Department’s Official Development Assistance allocation.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/06/2018 11:35:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

926998

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Autism: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to reduce waiting times for autism assessments for children.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	155244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Children should not have to face long waits for an autism diagnosis and we are continuing to work with our partners to help localities address long waiting times for an autism diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>We have included autism indicators in the Mental Health Services Dataset, with data beginning to be collected from 1 April 2018. The data will include waiting times for an assessment for autism to begin. The current plan is to publish the dataset after a year of data has been collected.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/06/2018 10:00:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson