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756318

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to raise awareness of male mental health issues.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	7839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Improving mental health services for all is a priority for this Government but we are aware of the importance of addressing mental health issues with specific regard to men. We promote innovation in developing mental health services and interventions focused on men including programmes such as State of Mind and the Men’s Sheds movement. We are aware that suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 and therefore in the updated National Suicide Prevention Strategy published in January we set out ways in which we are strengthening delivery of the strategy’s aims such as better targeting of high risk groups, such as men. This is supported by every local authority implementing a local suicide prevention plan by the end of 2017. Guidance issued to local authorities by Public Health England last year sets out the importance of targeting men, as a high risk group, in local suicide prevention plans.</p><p> </p><p>£12 million has been allocated between 2016/20 in Time to Change to challenge mental health stigma, which has reached 750, 000 children and young people through social marketing campaigns and improved attitudes of over 4.1 million people in England. Their latest campaign, In Your Corner, is specifically targeted at men.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:20:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

756317

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	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, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve support for people with mental health issues.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	7838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health on 9 January 2017. The Government accepted all the report’s recommendations and published a detailed and robust action plan for taking them forward, including how we will monitor progress and report this transparently.</p><p> </p><p>By 2020/21 there will be over £1 billion of extra investment every year, and the Government’s ambition is that as a result, each year, one million more people with mental health problems will access high quality care that they are not receiving today.</p><p> </p><p>For children and young people, the Department of Health is working with the Department for Education to produce a Green Paper on Children and Young People’s Mental Health, and to make Mental Health First Aid training available in primary and secondary schools. The Department of Health and NHS England will develop service capacity so that, by 2021, no child will be sent away from their local area to be treated for a general mental health condition.</p><p> </p><p>For working age adults, the Prime Minister has asked Lord Stevenson, who has campaigned on these issues for many years, and Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind and Chair of the NHS Mental Health Taskforce, to work with leading employer and mental health groups to create a new mental health partnership with industry, and make prevention and breaking stigma priorities for employers. The Government is also undertaking a full review of employment discrimination laws for employees with mental health problems.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is investing £67.7 million in digital mental health services to expand rapidly the treatment available.</p><p>The Department is also making available up to £15 million additional funding available to support community clinics, crisis cafes, and alternative places of safety, to support preventative services in the community; and is investing over £10 million to support the fast track Think Ahead programme for mental health social workers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:29:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

756319

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eating Disorders: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times are for people with an eating disorder aged 19 and under to receive treatment in (a) Colne Valley, (b) Kirklees, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) England.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	7840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>National and regional data on waiting times for children and young people with an eating disorder are collected and published by NHS England and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cyped-waiting-times/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:31:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757452

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with mental health issues were admitted to accident and emergency departments in (a) Kirklees, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	8655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:38:42 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757455

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the use of private financial investment companies to fund the building of new hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	8657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts to make decisions in consultation with local stakeholders (e.g. clinical commissioning groups) about their facilities and accordingly they are responsible for developing their own business cases for major new investment projects. They are required to do so with regard to value for money and affordability of the different options. The Department and NHS Improvement works closely with trusts going through this process. HM Treasury are responsible for the policy on the use of Private Finance 2 (PF2), the successor to the Private Finance Initiative, introduced under the Coalition Government in 2012. This introduced changes to the previous model.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/09/2017 10:10:44 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757454

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Huddersfield Royal Infirmary: Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were admitted to the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary Accident and Emergency Department in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	8656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. NHS England publishes trust-level data on the number of attendances at accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments, but data on attendances at individual hospital sites are not available. The table below provides the number of A&amp;E attendances at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust for the full years 2010-11 to 2016-17 and the year to date position in 2017-18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Attendances at A&amp;E</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18 Year to Date*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>134,528</p></td><td><p>137,821</p></td><td><p>140,825</p></td><td><p>138,799</p></td><td><p>142,038</p></td><td><p>148,355</p></td><td><p>151,354</p></td><td><p>51,194</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Activity from April to July 2017 inclusive</p><p>Sources: NHS England:</p><p>2010 data is from the Quarterly Monitoring of Accident and Emergency (QMAE) collection. The number of emergency admissions not via A&amp;E were not collected on the QMAE return.</p><p>2011-12 to June 2015 data is from the A&amp;E Attendance and Emergency Admissions Weekly Sitrep collection.</p><p>From July 2015 data comes from the A&amp;E Attendance and Emergency Admissions Monthly Sitrep collection.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/09/2017 10:37:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757704

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted into the maximum time a patient should travel by road ambulance to the nearest hospital in an emergency.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	8663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England does not offer guidance on maximum travel time by road ambulance to the nearest hospital.</p><p>NHS England is working hard with its partners to help develop ambulance services that act as mobile assessment and treatment services and to deliver a networked approach to urgent and emergency care services that ensures patients are treated in the facility best equipped to provide whatever care is needed. For some patients requiring specialist care, this may be in a hospital that is further away.</p><p> </p><p>For patients who have suffered severe injuries in an accident, paramedics use triage tools at the scene to determine the likely injuries and best hospital for treatment. If the patient requires treatment in a Major Trauma Centre, the ambulance (or helicopter) can travel up to one hour, bypassing other hospitals en route, to take them directly to a Major Trauma Centre, each of which has a 24/7 trauma team immediately available.</p><p> </p><p>A small number of patients are too sick to travel this long. These patients are transported to the nearest hospital that has facility to provide immediate life-saving interventions and, once stabilised, they have a second transfer to the Major Trauma Centre to receive definitive care. The major trauma system in England has been carefully and independently monitored since its national introduction in 2012 and has significantly increased the probability of survival for patients with severe injury.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/09/2017 10:41:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

767563

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Doctors: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many doctors who began work with the NHS in each of the last seven years and (b) what proportion of all NHS doctors are from other EU member states.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	106752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The below table shows details of doctor and nurse joiners to the National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England taken from the NHS Digital Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p>NHS HCHS: HCHS doctor and nurse joiners to NHS trusts and CCGs in England, between June in each specified year, 2010 to 2017, headcount</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010 to June 2011</p></td><td><p>25,713</p></td><td><p>15,877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011 to June 2012</p></td><td><p>24,965</p></td><td><p>16,133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012 to June 2013</p></td><td><p>29,846</p></td><td><p>16,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013 to June 2014</p></td><td><p>33,473</p></td><td><p>17,748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014 to June 2015</p></td><td><p>32,693</p></td><td><p>18,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015 to June 2016</p></td><td><p>34,733</p></td><td><p>17,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016 to June 2017</p></td><td><p>32,375</p></td><td><p>19,252</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the latest data at 30 June 2017 shows that 9.3% of doctors report their nationality as non-United Kingdom, European Union and 6.8% of nurses report their nationality as non-UK, EU.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 106753 question first answered 17/10/2017 15:52:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

767564

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many nurses who began work with the NHS in each of the last seven years and (b) what proportion of all NHS nurses are from other other EU member states.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	106753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The below table shows details of doctor and nurse joiners to the National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England taken from the NHS Digital Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p>NHS HCHS: HCHS doctor and nurse joiners to NHS trusts and CCGs in England, between June in each specified year, 2010 to 2017, headcount</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010 to June 2011</p></td><td><p>25,713</p></td><td><p>15,877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011 to June 2012</p></td><td><p>24,965</p></td><td><p>16,133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012 to June 2013</p></td><td><p>29,846</p></td><td><p>16,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013 to June 2014</p></td><td><p>33,473</p></td><td><p>17,748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014 to June 2015</p></td><td><p>32,693</p></td><td><p>18,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015 to June 2016</p></td><td><p>34,733</p></td><td><p>17,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016 to June 2017</p></td><td><p>32,375</p></td><td><p>19,252</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the latest data at 30 June 2017 shows that 9.3% of doctors report their nationality as non-United Kingdom, European Union and 6.8% of nurses report their nationality as non-UK, EU.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 106752 question first answered 17/10/2017 15:52:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

776021

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of accident and emergency department admissions for lower respiratory tract infections.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	109073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Winter preparedness planning including maximising uptake of flu immunisation is key to reducing the number of accident and emergency department admissions for all respiratory conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Seasonal influenza surveillance arrangements are in place to monitor influenza throughout the year. These systems look to determine the level of influenza-like illness in the community and provide this information to relevant organisations and government departments. This information informs public health recommendations to clinicians, such as the use of antivirals in primary care and the management of seasonal influenza on respiratory health.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), NHS England is launching a COPD Pathway for clinical commissioning groups in December with a specific focus on improving anticipatory care in order to reduce the need for hospital admissions.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 109074 109089 question first answered 31/10/2017 13:52:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker