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1132847

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Care Commissioning Groups have responsibility for commissioning mental health services for children aged zero to two; and what steps his Department are taking to ensure that those groups secure that provision.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	266054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for commissioning non-specialised mental health services for all age groups in their local populations.</p><p>The Government continues to ensure that the National Health Service invests more in mental health both through significant central investments as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and through the Mental Health Investment Standard (MHIS). This standard requires CCGs to increase investment in mental health services in line with overall increase in funding. In 2018/19, it is expected all CCGs will achieve the MHIS level of investment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/06/2019 16:41:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1132849

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for the provision of mental health services for children aged zero to two; and what (a) data and (b) information is supplied to that Minister on the provision of those services.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	266055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>I have Ministerial responsibility for the provision of mental health services. A wide range of data and information is regularly provided to support the work in this role, such as the Mental Health Five Year Forward View dashboard which brings together key data from across mental health services to measure the performance of the National Health Service in delivering our plans.</p><p>It includes data on the number of admissions in child and adolescent mental health service wards for patients aged 0-17 who are referred for treatment for example. An age breakdown is available for those aged 0-5 from in each Mental Health Services Data Set annual report. This data can only be provided at an aggregate level and not specifically for children aged 0-2.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/06/2019 16:44:26 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1132850

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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 NHS Long-Term Plan, what progress his Department has made ensuring that 100 per cent of children and young people that require specialist mental health can access those services over the coming decade.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	266056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how the National Health Service intends to improve services that support children and young people including those who require specialist mental health services. Progress for children and young people’s mental health services is monitored against key measurables such as access and waiting times standards.</p><p>From our Green Paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ we have now launched the first 25 trailblazer sites in England that will provide Mental Health Support Teams, as part of a new school-based service for those with mild to moderate mental health issues.</p><p>Twelve of the sites will pilot a four-week waiting time to speed up children and young people’s access to NHS mental health services. In addition, the Department for Education will fund a significant new training programme for Designated Senior Leads for mental health in schools and colleges.</p><p>The National Implementation Framework for the NHS Long Term Plan, 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 and monitored.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 266057 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:45:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1132851

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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 NHS Long-Term Plan, how his Department plans to monitor progress on the target to ensure that over the coming decade, 100 per cent of children and young people that need specialist mental health services are able to access those services.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	266057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out how the National Health Service intends to improve services that support children and young people including those who require specialist mental health services. Progress for children and young people’s mental health services is monitored against key measurables such as access and waiting times standards.</p><p>From our Green Paper, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ we have now launched the first 25 trailblazer sites in England that will provide Mental Health Support Teams, as part of a new school-based service for those with mild to moderate mental health issues.</p><p>Twelve of the sites will pilot a four-week waiting time to speed up children and young people’s access to NHS mental health services. In addition, the Department for Education will fund a significant new training programme for Designated Senior Leads for mental health in schools and colleges.</p><p>The National Implementation Framework for the NHS Long Term Plan, 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 and monitored.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 266056 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:45:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1133003

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Bereavement Counselling
	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 he is taking to increase the services available to people to help them cope with bereavement; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	266074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Bereavement services are provided in a number of ways across the National Health Service, social care and the voluntary sector.</p><p>Clinical commissioning groups commission and enable access to bereavement services locally as part of high quality, compassionate and person-centred care. For instance, anyone who feels that they need support following the death of someone they know, can either self-refer, or be referred, to an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service for a clinical assessment of their needs. If appropriate, treatment should be offered in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance.</p><p>To support commissioners, the Government is working with NHS England and the voluntary sector to identify exemplar bereavement care pathways.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1132821

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Eating Disorders
	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 adequacy of training for doctors on treatment for eating disorders.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	266078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Diagnosing and treating eating disorders is an important area of medical practice. It is included within the curriculum for training all doctors, including for general practitioners, and in more depth within training for psychiatry, particularly child and adolescent psychiatrists.</p><p>The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s report following up the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report, ‘Ignoring the alarms: How NHS eating disorder services are failing patients’, published on 18 June, made recommendations on the education and training of doctors in treating patients with eating disorders. The Government will consider these recommendations with Health Education England, the General Medical Council and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and will respond to the Committee’s report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/06/2019 16:42:38 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132822

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Eating Disorders
	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 he is taking to ensure access to a NHS eating disorder specialist for all those that need such treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	266079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Improving access to eating disorder support is a key priority for this Government and we are committed to ensuring that everyone with an eating disorder is able to access the appropriate specialist care when they need to.</p><p>The earlier treatment is provided, the greater the chance of recovery. It is therefore vital that everyone with an eating disorder can access quick, specialist help when necessary. We have set up the first waiting times standard to improve access to eating disorder services for children and young people with the aim that 95% of children with an eating disorder will receive treatment within one week for urgent cases and within four weeks for routine cases by 2020/21.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits to testing four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health teams, in selected local areas. The exact scope and timelines of these pilots are yet to be finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/06/2019 16:47:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1133007

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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 and Suicide: Children
	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 trends in (a) depression, (b) suicidal ideation and (c) self-harm amongst (i) adolescent males and (ii) adolescent females since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	266104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department assess a wide range of research into trends around depression, self-harm and suicide to inform evidence-based policy development. NHS Digital has published the report, ‘Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017’, which covers prevalence and trends in mental disorders in young people. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england/2017/2017" target="_blank">www.digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england/2017/2017</a></p><p>The Department commissions the Office for National Statistics to monitor and publish data on suicide trends across all age groups. Published data shows that suicides amongst 15-19 year-olds have been increasing in recent years. The latest data is published at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2017registrations" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2017registrations</a></p><p>The Department also funds the Multi-Centre Study of Self-Harm, which analyses long-term trends in people presenting at hospital for self-harm. We are aware of research showing increases in attendances at hospital and in primary care for self-harm, especially in young women and girls.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/06/2019 16:49:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1132912

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Epilepsy: Drugs
	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 discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on monitoring the level of suicides among people who take antiepileptic drugs.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions. As with all medicines, the safety of antiepileptic drugs remains under constant review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/06/2019 16:23:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132916

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Hypertension: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department provides to pregnant women with high blood pressure to reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement recommend that women attend all antenatal appointments, which will involve regularly monitoring blood pressure. Cases of high blood pressure should be referred to their obstetrician for ongoing management.</p><p>The management of high blood pressure in pregnancy can reduce the risk of a stroke, and further information on the management of high blood pressure in pregnancy is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/hypertension-blood-pressure-pregnant/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/hypertension-blood-pressure-pregnant/</a></p><p>Public Health England’s Start4Life programme also provides information for pregnant women about the risks of high blood pressure and key related behaviours, such as healthy eating and exercise during pregnancy, on its website and through the Information Service for Parents email programme. Relevant details on the Start4Life website are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/start4life/pregnancy/</a></p><p>Start4Life is Public Health England’s national programme that delivers trusted advice and practical guidance to parents-to-be and families with babies and under-fives, to help them adopt healthy behaviours and build parenting skills.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 26/06/2019 16:19:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon