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1147177

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	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: Nurses
	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 trends in the level of the NHS mental health nursing workforce in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	292124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Although overall trends since 2010 show a decline in numbers of mental health nurses, recent years have seen numbers begin to improve. As of June 2019, there are now 36,101 mental health nurses – 776 more than in June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has carried out work to increase the nursing workforce, such as expanding the number of nurse training places and introducing nurse degree apprentices and nursing associate apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service has also put in place national programmes focused on improving staff retention, return to practice, overseas recruitment and improving sickness absence.</p><p> </p><p>The interim NHS People Plan recognises that there is a shortage of nurses, especially mental health nurses, and sets out immediate actions to reduce vacancies and secure the nursing staff we need for the future. This includes addressing pensions tax concerns and bolstering the workforce through greater international recruitment. Furthermore, the Department has made available placement funding for an additional 5,000 more nurses.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/10/2019 15:51:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1147083

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	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: 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 plans his Department has to (a) improve standards and (b) ensure patient safety in privately-run mental health units.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	292321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Everybody has the right to receive safe, high-quality care. If care has fallen short of this, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) can use its powers to take action against those responsible.</p><p>The CQC has a key responsibility in the overall assurance of safety and quality of health and adult social care services in England and has commissioned two independent reviews to look at what it could have done differently or better in terms of its regulation and inspection of Whorlton Hall and other services of this kind.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/10/2019 13:34:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1147235

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	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	Analgesics: Regulation
	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 effectiveness of regulations on the (a) sale, (b) marketing and (c) proscribing of opioids and other extra strong pain relief medication.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	292368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has established an Opioid Expert Working Group under the auspices of the Commission on Human Medicines to examine current regulatory measures in place and whether further actions need to be taken.</p><p>This review is ongoing and has already recommended that labels of all opioid medicines should have prominent warnings on addiction on their packaging and identified that information for patients and healthcare professionals must be consistent and clear. The Expert Working Group is assessing access to opioid medicines available over the counter as well as by prescription.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/10/2019 15:49:11 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1147236

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	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	Drugs: Regulation
	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 has his Department made of the effectiveness of regulations on (a) donations from and (b) lobbying by pharmaceutical companies.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	292369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The offer of gifts and benefits to healthcare professionals are strictly regulated under regulation 300 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. This provides that, where medicines are being promoted to healthcare professionals who prescribe or supply medicines, no gift, pecuniary advantage or benefit may be offered or supplied unless it is inexpensive and relevant to the practice of medicine or pharmacy. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency or the industry self-regulatory body would investigate any complaint about inappropriate payments made by pharmaceutical companies under this regulation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/10/2019 13:16:08 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1145861

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Psychiatry: 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, what assessment he has made of the availability of child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapists in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	291060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapists. NHS Digital provides information on psychotherapists and the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists employed in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England, but it does not separately identify specialist psychotherapists.</p><p>Through the Long Term Plan, the NHS has committed to ensuring that by 2023/24 at least an additional 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25 will be able to access support via NHS-funded mental health services and school or college-based mental health support teams. These teams are one of the key proposals set out in our Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health, which aims to improve the provision of children and young people’s mental health support. Health Education England’s 2019/20 Annual Mandate includes provision of training to help achieve these ambitions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 03/10/2019 15:02:59 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill