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671790

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social care workers there are by nationality.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	59582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The information is not collected centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Skills for Care, the partner in the sector skills council for social care, in England, collects data on the nationality of the adult social care workforce. The attached table adult social care workforce nationality contains estimated information on the number of direct care roles by nationality.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 19/01/2017 11:28:26 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat attachment 1 file name PQ59582 attached document.xlsx title PQ59582 attached file
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

661672

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evaluation her Department has made of the Mental Health Services and Schools Link pilots; and what plans her Department has for those pilots to be extended.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	58087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The pilot of joint training for nominated single points of contact in schools and mental health services is being independently evaluated. The evaluation findings will be available in spring 2017 and will provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot design and implementation, including its sustainability and potential for wider rollout. The evaluation is also looking at the extent to which the pilot resulted in delivery improvements, including in joint working practices between, and the timeliness and appropriateness of referrals from, schools to specialist mental health services; as well as any wider cultural and systems improvements.</p><p> </p><p>We have already shared some of the emerging practice from the pilot through national events, to inform local planning. We will use the formal evaluation findings to determine whether there is value in further roll out of specific training or models of single point of contact, and whether further testing is required of any aspects.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 58211 question first answered 09/01/2017 16:43:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

661714

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evaluation her Department has made of the Mental Health Services and Schools Link Pilots; and what plans she has to extend those pilots.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	58211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The pilot of joint training for nominated single points of contact in schools and mental health services is being independently evaluated. The evaluation findings will be available in spring 2017 and will provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot design and implementation, including its sustainability and potential for wider rollout. The evaluation is also looking at the extent to which the pilot resulted in delivery improvements, including in joint working practices between, and the timeliness and appropriateness of referrals from, schools to specialist mental health services; as well as any wider cultural and systems improvements.</p><p> </p><p>We have already shared some of the emerging practice from the pilot through national events, to inform local planning. We will use the formal evaluation findings to determine whether there is value in further roll out of specific training or models of single point of contact, and whether further testing is required of any aspects.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 58087 question first answered 09/01/2017 16:43:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

647212

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the number of NHS England's mental health workforce by nationality.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	55113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Published National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) data already provides information on the nationality of the mental health workforce.</p><p> </p><p>However, this data is self-reported and many members of staff choose not to specify their nationality or are not asked to.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 06/12/2016 17:00:01 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

647215

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has considered the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on delivering the required growth of the mental health workforce in England set out in the Five Year Forward View.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	55098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Department of Health officials are working together with officials at the Department for Exiting the European Union to ensure that the workforce implications for the National Health Service and care sectors are considered as part of the discussions around leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 06/12/2016 10:32:38 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

627373

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether clinical commissioning groups' medicine management teams are held accountable by NHS England where they choose not to follow NICE guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	51652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) cannot ignore National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines without having a clear clinical case for doing so, as they are based on the best available evidence. In the event of this happening there would have to be a clear documented rationale signed off through CCG governance.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 08/11/2016 16:18:19 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

626004

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	Clinical Commissioning Groups: Accountability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what accountability mechanisms are in place for the scrutiny of decisions made by a clinical commissioning group's medicine management team.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	50972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The majority of clinical commissioning groups (CCG), including medicine management teams, are represented on wider Area Prescribing Committees (APCs). APCs work to support clinicians across their geographical area with evidence-based and cost effective prescribing decisions. CCGs will scrutinise decisions in different ways in accordance with their own governance arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 04/11/2016 14:42:58 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

623426

registered interest
date	28/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of clinical commissioning groups that have undertaken an equality impact assessment before making changes to their prescription policy.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	50904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for decisions on commissioning health services to best meet the needs of their local population and are accountable for local prescribing policy decisions. In commissioning services CCGs will reflect the needs of local people and support improvements in health and healthcare outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 04/11/2016 14:47:20 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

601095

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vitamin B12
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he will publish the evidence he has concerning B12.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	48594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received a small number of letters about the availability of injectable B12 over the counter and the issue was also raised at a meeting between the B12 Deficiency Group and the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison) in July 2016. All authorised medicines for injection are classified by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency as prescription only. Whether or not a patient could self-administer a prescribed medicine would be a matter of clinical judgement for the patient’s doctor to determine.</p><p>The diagnosis and treatment for B12 deficiencies is well established and reported in the British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH) guidance document, <em>Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Cobalamin and Folate disorders</em>. The guidance was last updated in May 2014 and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjh.12959/epdf" target="_blank">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjh.12959/epdf</a></p><p>The BCSH operates independently of the Department and NHS England and produces evidence-based guidelines for both clinical and laboratory haematologists on the diagnosis and treatment of haematological disease, drawing on the advice of expert consultants and clinical scientists practicing in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 48593 question first answered 20/10/2016 08:44:16 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

601096

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Vitamin B12: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the availability of injectable B12 over the counter.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	48593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received a small number of letters about the availability of injectable B12 over the counter and the issue was also raised at a meeting between the B12 Deficiency Group and the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison) in July 2016. All authorised medicines for injection are classified by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency as prescription only. Whether or not a patient could self-administer a prescribed medicine would be a matter of clinical judgement for the patient’s doctor to determine.</p><p>The diagnosis and treatment for B12 deficiencies is well established and reported in the British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH) guidance document, <em>Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Cobalamin and Folate disorders</em>. The guidance was last updated in May 2014 and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjh.12959/epdf" target="_blank">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjh.12959/epdf</a></p><p>The BCSH operates independently of the Department and NHS England and produces evidence-based guidelines for both clinical and laboratory haematologists on the diagnosis and treatment of haematological disease, drawing on the advice of expert consultants and clinical scientists practicing in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 48594 question first answered 20/10/2016 08:44:16 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes