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625887

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to prevent cases of mental ill-health among combat veterans.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence takes the mental health of its personnel very seriously. Maintaining good levels of mental health and wellbeing is achieved using a &quot;through life approach&quot; and the application of a wide range of measures based around a model of prevention, early detection and treatment. No system can guarantee to detect every individual at risk of a mental health problem. Nevertheless, measures are in place to increase awareness at all levels, including pre- and post-operational stress management training, a wide range of psychiatric and psychological treatments, and initiatives such as Trauma Risk Management. We are working hard to reduce the stigma that can be attached to mental health issues, and to encourage people to come forward. The Army's &quot;Don't Bottle It Up&quot; campaign is one such initiative.</p><p>We also provide a wide range of effective treatments for those who need them. In Iraq and Afghanistan, we deployed uniformed mental health nurses to provide in-theatre care and treatment for our personnel. Theatres were visited by consultant psychiatrists every three months or so, who provided clinical and administrative support.</p><p>In the UK, we have a network of military Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMHs), that are located to be convenient for major centres of military population, and that support the provision of healthcare that is available through Service primary care facilities. A wide range of clinically-approved psychiatric and psychological treatments are available, including medication, psychological therapies, and environmental adjustment where appropriate. If required, in-patient care is provided in dedicated psychiatric units through a central contract with an external provider.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/11/2016 15:55:52 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625890

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ex-servicemen and women are currently participating in the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health programme in Worcestershire.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Ex-Service men and women who have deployed since 1982 are eligible to receive assistance from the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health programme (VRMHP), as are reserves who have deployed overseas since 1 January 2003.</p><p> </p><p>All ex-Service personnel referred to the VRMHP will receive a full psychiatric assessment by a Consultant Psychiatrist. This assessment report is then sent on completion to their NHS GP and/or local NHS clinical team with advice on further treatment and care. Since April 2016, this assessment has been provided at the individual’s nearest Ministry of Defence Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH), which for individuals in Worcestershire would most likely be the facility at Donnington, in Shropshire.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2013, referrals to the VRMHP during each 12-month period are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep 2013 – Aug 2014</p></td><td><p>Sep 2014 – Aug 2015</p></td><td><p>Sep 2015 – Aug 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veterans</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserves</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% NHS GP referred</p></td><td><p>25% (75% self)</p></td><td><p>65% (30% self)</p></td><td><p>95% (none self)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Fewer than five referrals in the above table are recorded as having come from Worcestershire during the most recent 12-month period.</p><p> </p><p>As the table shows, many referrals to the VRMHP initially came from individuals who self-referred. Since 2015, the VRMHP has strongly encouraged all veterans to obtain an NHS GP referral first, in order to obtain a ‘medically informed’ referral. This has meant in years 2015-2016 almost all referrals have come from the NHS GP, with a small proportion (about 5%) coming from NHS secondary mental health services or Service charities.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 51192 question first answered 08/11/2016 15:52:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625970

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Redditch
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 1.233 of the Budget 2015, how much of the £1.25 billion allocated to children and adolescent mental health services (a) has been and (b) is due to be allocated to Redditch constituency.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>We are advised by NHS England that, from the total additional funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services made available over this Parliament, the amount allocated to Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group was £295,000 in 2015/16 and £422,000 in 2016/17. These figures include a portion of the £30 million per year over the course of this Parliament for treatment of eating disorders in children and young people, announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for 2017/18 onwards have not yet been confirmed by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 07/11/2016 17:13:39 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625983

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS 111: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls the NHS 111 helpline received from people experiencing mental illness in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 51184 question first answered 07/11/2016 17:19:13 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625984

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS 111: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions the NHS 111 helpline has made recommendations for people experiencing mental illness in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 51183 question first answered 07/11/2016 17:19:13 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625987

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Worcestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to increase public awareness of mental health in Worcestershire in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for the local National Health Service. NHS England advises that initiatives instigated by the local mental health service provider, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, include a campaign in February 2015, primarily aimed at young people, called ‘Self-help not self-harm’.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust’s campaign ‘How do you keep a healthy mind?’ raised awareness of coping methods for low level mental health issues such as stress, anxiety and low mood. This campaign tied in with the launch of the Worcestershire Healthy Minds service, which aims to support people earlier and prevent issues escalating. Its website has had over 16,000 hits since April this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust has produced a Healthy Minds application, providing links to help people live well with common mental health problems. Since its launch, the application has been downloaded by over 1,800 people.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 07/11/2016 17:20:11 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625988

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Worcestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to talking therapies in Worcestershire.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>Talking therapy services are provided through the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme, led by NHS England. There are a number of routes into the programme including general practice referral and self-referral. The programme aims to ensure that services provide treatment within six weeks for 75% of people referred to the programme, and that 95% of people are treated within 18 weeks. These waiting time standards were introduced by the Government from 1 April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 07/11/2016 15:25:39 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625990

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average length of stay in hospital for people with (a) Alzheimer's disease and (b) dementia in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>NHS Digital has collected and reported data on the average length of inpatient stay, for all providers in England, for the years 2012-13 to 2014-15. The information requested is set out in the following tables A to C:</p><p> </p><p>Table A: Average length of inpatient stay of patients with Alzheimer’s disease reported as primary condition in England for the years specified.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Alzheimer’s disease</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Length of Stay (Days)</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table B: Average length of inpatient stay of patients with dementia as primary condition in England for the years specified.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Dementia</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Length of Stay (Days)</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table C: Average length of inpatient stay of patients with dementia in Alzheimer’s in England for the years specified.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Dementia in Alzheimer’s</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Length of Stay (Days)</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This third table, ‘Dementia in Alzheimer’s’ includes episodes of care already counted with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer’s as well as those with Alzheimer’s as a secondary diagnosis to dementia.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 07/11/2016 12:19:13 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625993

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: Worcestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made towards meeting the 2020 challenge on dementia in Worcestershire.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>In March 2016, we published an Implementation Plan which sets out the actions partners across health and care will take to ensure commitments in the 2020 Challenge are delivered.</p><p>In August 2016, the Department published the Dementia Atlas; an interactive online resource which members of the public can use to review how their area is performing against a range of data across the Dementia Well Pathway. You can access the Atlas here:</p><p><a href="https://shapeatlas.net/dementia/" target="_blank">https://shapeatlas.net/dementia/</a></p><p>NHS England advises that it will shortly be reviewing the actions to date and the future plans of health and care partners in Worcestershire.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 08/11/2016 16:23:48 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

625997

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many referrals have been made by GPs to the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health programme in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Ex-Service men and women who have deployed since 1982 are eligible to receive assistance from the Veterans and Reserves Mental Health programme (VRMHP), as are reserves who have deployed overseas since 1 January 2003.</p><p> </p><p>All ex-Service personnel referred to the VRMHP will receive a full psychiatric assessment by a Consultant Psychiatrist. This assessment report is then sent on completion to their NHS GP and/or local NHS clinical team with advice on further treatment and care. Since April 2016, this assessment has been provided at the individual’s nearest Ministry of Defence Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH), which for individuals in Worcestershire would most likely be the facility at Donnington, in Shropshire.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2013, referrals to the VRMHP during each 12-month period are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep 2013 – Aug 2014</p></td><td><p>Sep 2014 – Aug 2015</p></td><td><p>Sep 2015 – Aug 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veterans</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserves</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% NHS GP referred</p></td><td><p>25% (75% self)</p></td><td><p>65% (30% self)</p></td><td><p>95% (none self)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Fewer than five referrals in the above table are recorded as having come from Worcestershire during the most recent 12-month period.</p><p> </p><p>As the table shows, many referrals to the VRMHP initially came from individuals who self-referred. Since 2015, the VRMHP has strongly encouraged all veterans to obtain an NHS GP referral first, in order to obtain a ‘medically informed’ referral. This has meant in years 2015-2016 almost all referrals have come from the NHS GP, with a small proportion (about 5%) coming from NHS secondary mental health services or Service charities.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 51193 question first answered 08/11/2016 15:52:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley