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1130664

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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: Young People
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 publish the full key data on young people's access to mental health services, as requested by the Public Accounts Committee in their report into mental health services for children and young people, published on 11 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	261541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the Committee’s report was published in April 2019. In it, the Government accepted the recommendation to provide annual updates to the Committee on various aspects of data relating to young people’s access to mental health services, until April 2022. These will include more reliable statistics as new measures are developed and published.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s response also provided the latest available information, as far as it is collected and available, as well as showing where this information is routinely published.</p><p> </p><p>Information on outcomes for young people with mental health issues who do not receive any or timely treatment is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Progress on achieving parity of esteem for children and young people’s mental health services is monitored against key measurables such as access and waiting times standards.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how it intends to improve services that support children and young people including those who require mental health services. It commits to growing investment in mental health services faster than the overall NHS budget. Further, funding for children and young people’s mental health services will grow faster than both overall National Health Service funding and total mental health spending.</p><p> </p><p>The National Implementation Framework, when published, will provide further information on how the commitments set out for children and young people’s mental health in the Plan will be implemented.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 261542 261543 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:52:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1130665

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Public Accounts Committee report, Mental health services for children and young people, published on 11 January 2019, what steps his Department plans to take to assess whether parity of esteem for children and young people's mental health services has been achieved.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	261542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the Committee’s report was published in April 2019. In it, the Government accepted the recommendation to provide annual updates to the Committee on various aspects of data relating to young people’s access to mental health services, until April 2022. These will include more reliable statistics as new measures are developed and published.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s response also provided the latest available information, as far as it is collected and available, as well as showing where this information is routinely published.</p><p> </p><p>Information on outcomes for young people with mental health issues who do not receive any or timely treatment is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Progress on achieving parity of esteem for children and young people’s mental health services is monitored against key measurables such as access and waiting times standards.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how it intends to improve services that support children and young people including those who require mental health services. It commits to growing investment in mental health services faster than the overall NHS budget. Further, funding for children and young people’s mental health services will grow faster than both overall National Health Service funding and total mental health spending.</p><p> </p><p>The National Implementation Framework, when published, will provide further information on how the commitments set out for children and young people’s mental health in the Plan will be implemented.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 261541 261543 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:52:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1130666

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Public Accounts Committee report, Mental health services for children and young people, published on 11 January 2019, if his Department will publish information on what happens to young people with mental health issues who do not receive any or timely treatment.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	261543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the Committee’s report was published in April 2019. In it, the Government accepted the recommendation to provide annual updates to the Committee on various aspects of data relating to young people’s access to mental health services, until April 2022. These will include more reliable statistics as new measures are developed and published.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s response also provided the latest available information, as far as it is collected and available, as well as showing where this information is routinely published.</p><p> </p><p>Information on outcomes for young people with mental health issues who do not receive any or timely treatment is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Progress on achieving parity of esteem for children and young people’s mental health services is monitored against key measurables such as access and waiting times standards.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how it intends to improve services that support children and young people including those who require mental health services. It commits to growing investment in mental health services faster than the overall NHS budget. Further, funding for children and young people’s mental health services will grow faster than both overall National Health Service funding and total mental health spending.</p><p> </p><p>The National Implementation Framework, when published, will provide further information on how the commitments set out for children and young people’s mental health in the Plan will be implemented.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 261541 261542 question first answered 12/06/2019 15:52:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1130671

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	NHS: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on the NHS app before NHSX announced plans to scale back development of that App on 31 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	261489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS App is not being scaled back. The NHS App will remain the ‘digital front door to the NHS’ as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/06/2019 15:47:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1130672

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	NHSX: Operating Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on setting up and running NHSX to date.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	261490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The set up and running of NHSX has incurred additional costs of £94,516.20 to date. £79,200 of the costs relate to software licensing for NHSX staff. The remainder relates to a set up event and small elements of additional administrative purchases.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/06/2019 15:55:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1130673

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	NHSX: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff have been (a) transferred from his Department or other public bodies to NHSX and (b) recruited externally.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	261491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>NHSX is a joint Unit between the Department and NHS England. No staff have been transferred as NHSX is not a separate body. Two staff have been transferred from another Government Department. NHSX will recruit a Chief Technology Officer and other roles; at present, no staff have been recruited externally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/06/2019 15:57:05 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1130674

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	Glaucoma: 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, if he will publish a response to Early Day Motion 2173, on World Glaucoma Week and access to effective treatments.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	261514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to further reducing avoidable sight loss and ensuring that patients have access to timely treatment and support in line with clinical need and best available evidence.</p><p> </p><p>Latest data from the Public Health Outcome indicator, which is tracking rates of sight loss due to age related macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, shows that sight loss due to these conditions has dropped slightly. The latest statistics can be found on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-health-outcomes-framework-may-2019-data-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-health-outcomes-framework-may-2019-data-update</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS England is taking forward initiatives to help ensure that patients have access to high quality and timely eye care services. This includes NHS England’s EyesWise, a collaboration with the Royal College of Ophthalmologists which aims to support the development and local implementation of new ways of delivering ophthalmology outpatient services to best meet the growing demands on Hospital Eye Service Departments. This work focuses on supporting the needs of glaucoma patients and those at risk of glaucoma.</p><p>It builds on actions undertaken by all hospital eye services and clinical commissioning groups in England to deliver the Elective Care Transformation Programme’s High Impact Intervention for Ophthalmology, improving the timely assessment and follow-up of the people at highest risk of sight loss.</p><p>Further information is available on the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/elective-care-transformation/best-practice-solutions/eyeswise/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/elective-care-transformation/best-practice-solutions/eyeswise/</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/06/2019 16:07:24 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1130677

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	Mumps
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 his Department has made of the reasons for the increase in mumps cases in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	261485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>An increase in mumps activity was observed in England in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019 with 795 laboratory confirmed mumps infections. Cases were reported in all regions of England, predominantly in young adults aged 15 to 34 years (703/795, 88%). Almost half (352/795, 44%) of the cases in Q1 were in unvaccinated individuals. Whilst this is triple the total number of infections (247 cases) confirmed in England in Q1 of 2018, increases in mumps cases have been observed in previous years. In Q1 of 2013, a total of 980 cases were confirmed.</p><p>Further information is available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804024/hpr1819_mmr2.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804024/hpr1819_mmr2.pdf</a></p><p>Although mumps can occur in fully vaccinated individuals, due to secondary vaccine failure, it is less likely to lead to complications requiring hospitalisation. While the mumps component of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine is highly effective at protecting young children, immunity can wane over time. Therefore, older teenagers and adults who received two doses of MMR in childhood can still get mumps although this is generally mild compared to those who are unvaccinated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 12/06/2019 16:22:03 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1130694

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	Health Professions: Flexible Working
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 his Department is taking to help promote flexible working for (a) doctors and (b) nurses in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	261468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is helping to promote flexible working for doctors and nurses through the interim NHS People Plan which outlines the new offer for staff and sets out what support will be offered to National Health Service staff including flexible working. The interim NHS People Plan will be developed over the summer with publication of the final version expected after the spending review later this year.</p><p>The Government also made a manifesto commitment to “…strengthen the entitlement for NHS employees to flexible working to help those with caring responsibilities for young children or older relatives.” This includes the improvement in the use of technology to help trusts with e-rostering and e-job planning to optimise the use of their permanent and temporary workforces.</p><p>The Junior Doctor’s contract agreement provides for £1,000 less than full time trainee allowance to recognise additional costs such trainees face.</p><p>NHS Improvement continues to promote flexible working for staff including doctors and nurses through its NHS Staff Retention Collaborative. This initiative initially focussed on nurses and clinicians working in mental health but has now been extended to all staff groups<sup>1</sup>.</p><p>Flexible working for all staff including doctors and nurses is promoted through the NHS Constitution which states that staff have the right “to fair treatment regarding leave, rights and flexible working” and also states that “employers…must consider flexible working requests by employees with at least 26 weeks continuous service”.<sup>2</sup></p><p>The Department is currently working closely with NHS Improvement to roll out smarter staff banks. As well as reducing reliance on expensive recruitment agencies, staff banks provide a further opportunity for flexible working in the NHS. Effective staff banks can give staff the freedom to manage their own time, using simple, user-friendly technologies to pick up shifts when they want them, get paid quickly, and have control over their pension contributions. Furthermore, where several banks are joined together into collaborative banks, trusts can dramatically increase the size of the flexible workforce they can reach and increase the opportunities for those working flexibly to choose the shifts that fit in with their lives.</p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup> <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/improving-staff-retention/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/improving-staff-retention/</a></p><p><sup>2 </sup><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770675/The_Handbook_to_the_NHS_Constitution_-_2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770675/The_Handbook_to_the_NHS_Constitution_-_2019.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/06/2019 16:12:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130695

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
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	Doctors: 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 steps his Department is taking to improve mental health support for NHS doctors.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	261469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>Improving the mental health of our National Health Service staff including doctors is a top priority. Last year, NHS England announced the expansion of the Practitioner Health Programme, a free and confidential NHS service to treat doctors’ mental health or addiction problems, in particular where these might affect their work.</p><p>The Department also continues to discuss doctors’ contractual terms and conditions of service with the British Medical Association and employers to ensure they are up to date, fit for purpose helping protect their mental health and wellbeing through negotiated improvements.</p><p>As set out in the interim NHS People Plan, like all NHS staff, doctors should benefit from NHS work over the summer to “develop a new offer with staff setting out explicitly the support they can expect from the NHS as a modern employer” including ensuring everyone feels they have voice, control and influence, which covers staff mental health and wellbeing. This will be published after the Spending Review and could include implementation of recommendations from Health Education England’s NHS Staff and Learner Mental Wellbeing Programme report such as introducing Well Being Guardians in NHS trusts, personal wellbeing supervisors for learners including doctors in training, NHS organisations independently examining the death by suicide of any member of NHS staff or learner working in the NHS and “safe spaces” accessible to all for reflection, learning and breaks.</p><p>The new offer will build on the progress being made in implementing the NHS staff health and wellbeing framework which provides organisations with diagnostic and intervention options to help them provide the mental health services their staff need such as counselling and talking therapies. The Framework and NHS Improvement’s s staff health and wellbeing collaborative of 73 trusts embed the mental health standards set out in ‘Thriving at Work – a review of mental health and employers’ commissioned by the Government. Implementing ‘Thriving at Work’ is a requirement under the NHS Standard contract.</p><p>NHS England’s 2017/19 Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Incentive scheme has been encouraging trusts to improve the services they provide to help staff mental health with payments for improvement in the percentage of staff answering “no” to the NHS Staff Survey question “During the last 12 months have you felt unwell as a result of work related stress?”</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/06/2019 16:15:59 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham