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1127835

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Dementia: Care Homes
	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 steps he has taken to increase the number of care home places for people with dementia.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	257086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to ensure people including those with dementia receive appropriate care and support.</p><p>Adult social care is a locally delivered system therefore local authorities are locally accountable for the delivery of care and support and retain significant discretion over how their functions are exercised. Different communities require different social care provision and local authorities are best placed to understand the needs of their constituents.</p><p> </p><p>We have given local authorities access to up to £3.9 billion more dedicated funding for adult social care this year, and a further £410 million is available for adults and children’s services. The Government will set out plans to reform the social care system to ensure it is sustainable for the future at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 257088 question first answered 23/05/2019 15:01:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1125613

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Hospitals: Patients
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of planned transfers under the Transforming Care programme specify that the person will move into another in-patient facility.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	252527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The data is not available in the precise format requested.</p><p>Based on the latest Assuring Transformation (AT) data for March 2019, we estimate that around 30% of planned transfers under the Transforming Care programme would be to another inpatient facility.</p><p>The most recent AT data indicates that in March 2019, 25 people were transferred to another hospital setting. This was 16% of the total number of people discharged or transferred within the month.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, there were 105 delayed discharges recorded in the AT data. The reason for the delayed discharge was recorded as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reason for delayed discharge</p></td><td><p>Number of inpatients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of agreed health care funding</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of agreed social care funding</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting non-acute National Health Service care</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting residential home</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting nursing home</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting care package in own home</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting community equipment</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient or family choice</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of local health provision</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of social care support</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of suitable housing provision</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other reason for delay</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The reasons do not sum to the total number of delays as multiple reasons may be assigned to an individual patient.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, 965 patients have a discharge planned to a community or residential setting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 252528 252529 252530 question first answered 16/05/2019 11:33:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1125615

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Hospitals: Patients
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people (a) discharged and (b) transferred under the Transforming Care programme were moved directly into another in-patient facility.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	252528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The data is not available in the precise format requested.</p><p>Based on the latest Assuring Transformation (AT) data for March 2019, we estimate that around 30% of planned transfers under the Transforming Care programme would be to another inpatient facility.</p><p>The most recent AT data indicates that in March 2019, 25 people were transferred to another hospital setting. This was 16% of the total number of people discharged or transferred within the month.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, there were 105 delayed discharges recorded in the AT data. The reason for the delayed discharge was recorded as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reason for delayed discharge</p></td><td><p>Number of inpatients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of agreed health care funding</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of agreed social care funding</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting non-acute National Health Service care</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting residential home</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting nursing home</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting care package in own home</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting community equipment</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient or family choice</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of local health provision</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of social care support</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of suitable housing provision</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other reason for delay</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The reasons do not sum to the total number of delays as multiple reasons may be assigned to an individual patient.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, 965 patients have a discharge planned to a community or residential setting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 252527 252529 252530 question first answered 16/05/2019 11:33:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1125616

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Hospitals: Patients
	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 discharges under the Transforming Care programme were delayed as a result of no alternative placement being available.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	252529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The data is not available in the precise format requested.</p><p>Based on the latest Assuring Transformation (AT) data for March 2019, we estimate that around 30% of planned transfers under the Transforming Care programme would be to another inpatient facility.</p><p>The most recent AT data indicates that in March 2019, 25 people were transferred to another hospital setting. This was 16% of the total number of people discharged or transferred within the month.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, there were 105 delayed discharges recorded in the AT data. The reason for the delayed discharge was recorded as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reason for delayed discharge</p></td><td><p>Number of inpatients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of agreed health care funding</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of agreed social care funding</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting non-acute National Health Service care</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting residential home</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting nursing home</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting care package in own home</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting community equipment</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient or family choice</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of local health provision</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of social care support</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of suitable housing provision</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other reason for delay</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The reasons do not sum to the total number of delays as multiple reasons may be assigned to an individual patient.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, 965 patients have a discharge planned to a community or residential setting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 252527 252528 252530 question first answered 16/05/2019 11:33:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1125617

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Hospitals: Patients
	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 patients have a discharge date planned under the Transforming Care programme.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	252530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The data is not available in the precise format requested.</p><p>Based on the latest Assuring Transformation (AT) data for March 2019, we estimate that around 30% of planned transfers under the Transforming Care programme would be to another inpatient facility.</p><p>The most recent AT data indicates that in March 2019, 25 people were transferred to another hospital setting. This was 16% of the total number of people discharged or transferred within the month.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, there were 105 delayed discharges recorded in the AT data. The reason for the delayed discharge was recorded as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reason for delayed discharge</p></td><td><p>Number of inpatients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of agreed health care funding</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of agreed social care funding</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting non-acute National Health Service care</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting residential home</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting nursing home</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting care package in own home</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Awaiting community equipment</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient or family choice</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of local health provision</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of social care support</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lack of suitable housing provision</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other reason for delay</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The reasons do not sum to the total number of delays as multiple reasons may be assigned to an individual patient.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, 965 patients have a discharge planned to a community or residential setting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 252527 252528 252529 question first answered 16/05/2019 11:33:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1125666

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Palliative Care
	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 funding his Department plans to allocate to end of life care.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	252553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>As with the vast majority of NHS services, the funding and commissioning of palliative and end of life care is a local matter, over which individual National Health Service commissioners have responsibility. Local commissioners are best placed to understand the needs of local populations and commission services to meet those needs accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan, sets out significant investment and activity to improve the quality of patient care and health outcomes, including for end of life care. This includes £4.5 billion of new investment to fund expanded community multidisciplinary teams aligned with new primary care networks. Based on individual needs and choices, people identified as having the greatest risks and needs will be offered targeted support for both their physical and mental health needs, helping them to maintain independence and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. This includes patients approaching the end of life.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2019 16:08:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1126166

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to staff in his Department (a) in their transition to retirement and (b) to (i) maintain and (ii) increase the physical and mental wellbeing staff planning for retirement.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	253516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Departmental support for staff transitioning into retirement includes a Pre Retirement learning event, provided via Civil Service Learning, which raises awareness of available information and resources, supports proactive planning for making the most of retirement and awareness of how to claim Civil Service and state pensions.</p><p>All staff in the Department who are part of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, have access to MyCSP, the Civil Service pension provider, which provides online resources and tools, such as the Retirement Modeller and a Pension Portal and also provides individual pension advice over the phone.</p><p>The Department also offers and wherever possible, supports staff requests for partial retirement to support individual needs and also as a transition to future retirement.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/05/2019 11:24:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1126655

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Opioids: Prescriptions
	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 the Answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 250763 on Opiates: Prescriptions, if he will make it his policy to include direct hyperlinks to reports or materials referenced in written answers to hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	254155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Further to the answer to Question 250763, the Care Quality Commission’s controlled drugs annual reports are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual update 2017’ (published July 2018).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180718_controlleddrugs2017_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180718_controlleddrugs2017_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual update 2016’ (published July 2017).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20170718_controlleddrugs2016_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20170718_controlleddrugs2016_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2015’ (published July 2016).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20160714_controlleddrugs2015_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20160714_controlleddrugs2015_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2014’ (published July 2015).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20150716_safer_management_controlled_drugs_annual_report_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20150716_safer_management_controlled_drugs_annual_report_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>‘The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual report 2013’ (published August 2014).</p><p><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20140811%20CQC%20Controlled%20drugs%20annual%20report%202013%20final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20140811%20CQC%20Controlled%20drugs%20annual%20report%202013%20final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/05/2019 13:38:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1127781

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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	Social Prescribing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on social prescribing.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	257061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>‘Prevention is better than cure’, published by the Department in November 2018, highlighted the important role social prescribing can play in reducing people’s isolation and improving levels of activity.</p><p>As set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England has committed to deliver at least £4.5 billion of new investment in primary medical and community health services over the next five years. Part of this investment will support the recruitment of over 1,000 trained social prescribing link workers - in place by the end of 2020/21 rising further by 2023/24, with the aim that over 900,000 people are able to be referred to social prescribing schemes by then.</p><p>The Prevention document and the Long Term Plan can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-is-better-than-cure-our-vision-to-help-you-live-well-for-longer" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-is-better-than-cure-our-vision-to-help-you-live-well-for-longer</a></p><p><a href="http://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-long-term-plan/" target="_blank">www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-long-term-plan/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/05/2019 14:58:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1124682

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	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	Speech and Language Therapy: 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 Public Health England has plans to issue guidance to (a) parents and (b) carers on (i) identifying need for and (ii) access to speech, language and communication services for children .
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	250735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is working in partnership with the Department for Education to produce evidence-based resources and tools to support health visitors, early years practitioners and parents/carers in identifying and supporting children’s early speech, language and communication (SLC) needs through training guidance and an enhanced early language assessment tool. The assessment tool will incorporate parent resources to support family understanding of SLC in their children and will be rolled out from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this work, PHE is developing a model SLC pathway for children under five. This will ensure that professionals working with families are able to help them support their child’s SLC and how to access support if needed. The pathway will be published by September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/05/2019 16:09:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies