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1010781

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Health Services: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the Department of Health and Social Care hold on the number of NHS patients currently admitted to assessment and treatment units operated by the private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	193471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>As at the end of October 2018, 155 patients were receiving in-patient treatment in assessment and treatment units operated by independent providers, this will include private providers.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/11/2018 14:20:06 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1010782

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Health Services: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to NHS England of payments to private companies for the treatment of patients with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism in in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	193472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested prior to 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>Total spending by National Health Service commissioners to private companies for the treatment of patients with learning disabilities and autism for 2017-18 is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18 £ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disabilities</p></td><td><p>80.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autism</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total learning disabilities and autism</p></td><td><p>108.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/11/2018 14:11:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1010783

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Hospital Beds
	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 dowries have been paid by the NHS to local authorities for patients leaving hospital after five or more years in inpatient care at the point of discharge since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	193473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The data requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/11/2018 11:06:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1010785

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of community mental health teams between 1999 and 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	193475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 193476 question first answered 23/11/2018 11:13:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1010787

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of community mental health teams in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	193476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 193475 question first answered 23/11/2018 11:13:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1010732

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Nurses: Training
	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 of the effect of the abolition of student bursaries on the number of people applying to become nursing students.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	193453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) data from October 2018 shows that demand for nursing courses remains strong, with applications exceeding available places in 2018. The number of acceptances to nursing and midwifery courses in 2018 is consistent with earlier years, at approximately 22,000.</p><p> </p><p>Final UCAS data will be published in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with relevant bodies across health and education to monitor the effects of the healthcare funding reforms.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working with Health Education England and the university sector to ensure students continued to apply for courses this year. In September 2018 Health Education England launched a campaign to improve the perception of nursing to encourage applications to relevant undergraduate courses for UCAS applications in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also put in place significant interventions to boost the supply of nurses, ranging from training more nurses, offering new routes into the profession, enhancing reward packages to make nursing more attractive and improve retention, and encouraging those that have left to return to nursing.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/11/2018 14:19:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1010733

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Health Professions: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what statistics his Department holds of the number of vacancies for (a) nursing staff and (b) doctors in the NHS in England.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	193454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2017, NHS Improvement has collected vacancy rates of medical and nursing staff from individual National Health Service providers and publish them as part of their Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector report.</p><p> </p><p>The latest NHS Improvement estimate is that in England, there are 41,722 whole time equivalent nursing vacancies, of which approximately 80% are being filled by a combination of bank and agency staff, as at 30 June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Improvement also estimated that in England there are 11,576 whole time equivalent doctor vacancies, of which approximately 85% are being filled by a combination of bank and agency staff, as at 30 June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>However, the bank and agency staff are not purely covering the vacancy gap. The temporary staff will also be used to backfill for sickness, maternity and secondments. We are committed to ensuring nursing remains an attractive career so the NHS builds on the record number of nurses currently on wards.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place several actions to increase nursing workforce supply, covering improving staff retention, return to practice, overseas recruitment, expanding nursing associates, improving sickness absence and review of language controls.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/11/2018 15:28:44 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1010550

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Allied Healthcare
	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 potential effect on patient health and service provision in the event that Allied Healthcare cease operations.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	193422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The interruption of care services can affect the wellbeing of users and their loved ones. Local authorities have a statutory duty, under the Care Act 2014, to temporarily meet the needs of individuals when their care provider is no longer able to carry on.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Government Association has said that councils have robust contingency plans in place to ensure people are safeguarded during the Allied Healthcare sale. As joint Government and sector guidance makes clear, these contingency plans should include giving people as much time as possible to make informed choices and transition to any new services in an orderly and calm way.</p><p> </p><p>Cross-Government contingency plans have been enacted, and officials are working closely with Allied Healthcare, local authorities and clinical commissioning groups to ensure as smooth a transition as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/11/2018 14:01:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1010758

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 190871 on Cancer, what the potential (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages are of implementing the national data guardian opt-out on the quality of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey data.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	193460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>As I stated in my previous response, we are giving careful consideration to the potential advantages and disadvantages of the application of the national data opt-out to the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey beyond 2018/19. A decision regarding the application of the national data opt-out to this survey and the Care Quality Commission National Patient Survey will be communicated shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/11/2018 11:12:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1007778

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	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	Suicide: LGBT+ People
	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 that the suicide prevention strategy addresses the needs of LGBT people.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	191933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>In July 2018, the Government Equalities Office published a report titled ‘Improving LGBT lives: Government action since 2010’ which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lgbt-lives-government-action-since-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lgbt-lives-government-action-since-2010</a></p><p> </p><p>That report made a commitment that the Government will take action to improve mental healthcare for LGBT people and, as part of this, the Department will work with the Government Equalities Office to implement elements of its LGBT Action Plan through the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. We will set this work out in a Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Workplan which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 23/11/2018 11:25:25 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion