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1348087

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	NHS: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisation (a) developed and (b) owns the copyright for the facial recognition software for the NHS App; what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the NHS App was tested on a diverse range of faces; and if he will set out under what circumstances data collected by that App will leave (i) the device, (ii) the NHS and (iii) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	35632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>The facial verification software for the NHS App was developed by iProov who also own the copyright. iProov have developed their services using datasets which are highly diverse across age, ethnicity and gender and their services are continually performance-tested to ensure a high-level coverage across all face types.</p><p>NHS login and NHS App store and process personal data within the United Kingdom and European Economic Area. NHS Digital use two approved identity verification suppliers to check the user submitted photographic identity document. This data is processed outside of the device but remains within the control of NHS Digital as the data controller and within the UK. Data leaving the UK is heavily restricted. There are two data processors engaged by NHS Digital to support delivery of the NHS App who process data outside the UK.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 26/07/2021 12:40:16 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 16511 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1348198

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Endometriosis: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to reduce the average diagnosis time for endometriosis patients to (a) four years or less by 2025 and (b) one year or less by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	35941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>The treatment and diagnosis of endometriosis which will be carefully considered as part of work on the Women’s Health Strategy. A call for evidence was launched to inform the priorities, content and actions of the Strategy, which included questions on gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis. We are analysing the responses and we aim to publish the Strategy later this year.</p><p>Research exploring the experiences of women presenting with endometriosis-like symptoms in primary care hosted by the National Institute of Health Research, was published earlier this year, which will inform our understanding of delays in diagnosis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 27/07/2021 13:30:49 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1348212

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Eating Disorders: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient psychological support within non-specialised clinical settings for young people experiencing severe eating disorders unable to access a Tier 4 bed.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	35737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>We are enhancing capacity in community eating disorder services to improve urgent response and the delivery of intensive home treatment. Community eating disorder teams for children and young people are resourced to support early identification and access to treatment as soon as an eating disorder is suspected. These teams are working with schools, colleges and primary care to support improved awareness and access to expert advice and treatment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 28/07/2021 14:53:01 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1348214

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that families of the most vulnerable children do not have to travel long distances in order to support those going through Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Tier 4 inpatient units.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	35738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>As part of the standard operating procedure for child and adolescent mental health services, the National Health Service aims to admit a patient to the nearest clinically appropriate unit in the first instance, while managing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on both service capacity and the number of children and young people requiring specialist in-patient care.</p><p>NHS-led provider collaboratives for children and young people’s mental health services will be key partners in ensuring that admissions are placed close to home.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 27/07/2021 12:56:12 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1348216

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Eating Disorders: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient provision of specialist beds throughout the country for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Tier 4 inpatient units for severe eating disorders.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	35739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have announced £40 million in 2021/22 to address the impact on children and young people’s mental health and enhance services across the country, including for eating disorders. We are ensuring the appropriate beds are available or that alternatives to admission are in place in England.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 27/07/2021 16:20:37 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1348217

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: 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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing (a) service provision and (b) capacity to meet the mental health needs of young people.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	35740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/08/2021 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission makes an annual assessment of health and care services in England and publishes its findings through the State of Care report. The most recent ‘The state of health care and adult social care in England 2019/20’ finds that 71% of National Health Services (NHS) mental health core services were rated as good and 11% as outstanding. The report does not provide a breakdown for services for children and young people, or young people specifically.</p><p>On capacity, the NHS Digital publishes quarterly data through the NHS Mental Health Dashboard. It includes the proportion of children and young people who have had at least two contacts with NHS-funded community mental health services, based on estimated prevalence available in 2016, namely the Office for National Statistics report Mental health of children and young people in Great Britain, 2004. In 2019/20, 36.9% of children and young people with a diagnoseable mental health condition had at least two contacts with such services. This exceeds the aims of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health to increase access for children and young people from 25% to at least 35% of expected prevalence by 2020/21.</p><p>We know that the pandemic has had an impact on the mental health and wellbeing of many children and young people. This is why we are investing an additional £500 million in 2021/22 to address waiting times for mental health services, give more people the mental health support they need, and invest in the NHS workforce. As part of this investment, we have committed to accelerate key commitments in the NHS Long Term Plan. We continue to work with Public Health England, NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health, including commissioning regular surveys via NHS Digital to monitor this over the course of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/08/2021 16:00:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1348218

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: 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, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the finding that young people, particularly young women, have experienced greater declines in their mental health than others during the covid-19 outbreak, as set out in the Institute for Fiscal Studies report, The mental health effects of the first two months of lockdown and social distancing during the covid-19 pandemic in the UK, published on 10 June 2020; and what steps he is taking to support young (a) men and (b) women so affected.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	35741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2021 answer text <p>While we have no current plans to make a specific assessment, we are working with the National Health Service, Public Health England and other stakeholders to gather evidence and assess the potential longer-term mental health impacts of COVID-19 across all demographics.</p><p>The COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing recovery action plan, details the actions taken across the Government to support people’s mental wellbeing and to prevent the onset of mental health difficulties, including for all young people. This includes our campaign through Every Mind Matters to raise awareness of the guidance and tools available to support children and young people’s mental wellbeing; £79million to significantly expand children’s mental health services; and £13 million to accelerate the improvements to mental health support for 18 to 25 year olds in the NHS Long Term Plan. This funding is for 2021/22 and in addition to funding through the NHS Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/08/2021 09:48:56 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1348219

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Health Foundation's estimate that there could be 11 per cent more referrals a year for mental health services in the next three years as a result of the covid-19 outbreak, as set out in Health Foundation's analysis entitled Spending Review 2020: Managing uncertainty, published on 24 November 2020; and if he will take steps to respond to that analysis.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	35742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>We have no specific plans to do so. However, we continue to work with the National Health Service, Public Health England and others to gather evidence and assess the potential longer-term mental health impacts of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 22/07/2021 15:28:19 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1348309

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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: Coronavirus
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 he has to update Infection, prevention and control guidance for hospitals in response to the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions on 19 July 2021; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including in that guidance an exemption from requirements to wear a face covering for parents providing cot-side care to their babies on neonatal units.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Laura Trott
uin	35907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>Health and care settings will continue to maintain appropriate infection prevention and control measures as necessary and this will be reviewed during the summer.</p><p>Guidance in National Health Service settings, including hospitals and primary and community care are undergoing further review to ensure that it is in line with service needs and as evidence becomes available, including in neonatal settings.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 27/07/2021 12:59:11 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott

1348376

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Veterans: Disability
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 merits of extending free prescriptions to veterans other than holders of a Valid War Pension Exemption Certificate in cases where the prescription is for an accepted disability.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	35702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>Exemptions from National Health Service prescriptions charges for veterans have been extended beyond valid war pension exemption certificate holders to Armed Forces Compensation Scheme recipients. If the prescription is not for their accepted disablement there would be a charge if they were under 60 years old, unless there was another exemption in place. No assessment has been made of the effect of the cost of prescriptions on veterans’ mental health.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 35703 question first answered 28/07/2021 14:56:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders