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1287189

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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: Standards
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 progress he has made on improving mental health services; what plans he has for making further such improvements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	154734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>During the pandemic, we have seen a shift to remote delivery of talking therapies delivered by the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. Remote delivery has ensured that people can continue to access help from the safety of their own home and access IAPT services from anywhere in England. For those with severe needs or in crisis, all National Health Service mental health providers have established 24 hours a day, seven days a week urgent mental health helplines</p><p><br> We are increasing investment in community mental health care for adults year-on-year, up to almost £1 billion extra by 2023/24. To improve eating disorder services, we recently announced additional early intervention services for young people aged 16-25 years old, to be rolled out in 18 sites across the country. We remain committed to the ambitions in the NHS Long Term Plan to expand and transform mental health services in England and to investing an additional £2.3 billion a year in mental health services by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/02/2021 16:05:53 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 84769 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1287412

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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	Electroconvulsive Therapy: Regulation
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 6 January 2021 to Question 109529 on Electroconvulsive Therapy, who has overall responsibility for regulating electroconvulsive therapy; and what enforcement powers they have when breaches in guidance occurs.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	155287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for assessing whether service providers are following the current standards and guidelines on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), including those developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p>If the CQC becomes aware of concerns about the use of ECT which may lead to potential regulatory breaches, the CQC may its enforcement powers derived from the Health and Social Care Act 2008. The CQC’s inspectors would review the risk and decide on the appropriate regulatory response, which may include enforcement action. <br></p><p>In addition, the professional regulators set the standards of conduct and performance that regulated professionals must meet to safely practise. Professional regulators have a duty to investigate whether someone on their register is fit to practice if an allegation is made that they do not meet the required standards. Where necessary, the regulator will take action to ensure public safety including restricting or removing a professionals’ right to practise.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/02/2021 15:55:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 84797 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1287489

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the additional support required by mental health services during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	154867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We know that there is the potential for an increase in demand for mental health services. We are continuing to support the delivery of NHS mental health services to ensure support is available for those who need it.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/02/2021 16:00:41 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 84772 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1285237

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
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	Blood: Donors
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 10 December 2020 to Question HL10527 on Blood: Donors, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's comprehensive review of the safety of immunoglobulins produced from fractionated UK plasma.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	151719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>A response to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s review of the safety of immunoglobulins from fractionated United Kingdom plasma will be published by the spring.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 23/02/2021 16:18:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 83962 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1284739

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
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: Accident and Emergency Departments
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 publish statistics on the number of A&E attendances for mental health reasons in each month since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	150813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>From April 2020 publication of accident and emergency data was transferred to the Emergency Care Data Set which is currently provisional. The annual publication for 2020-21, including data on accident and emergency attendances from April 2020 to March 2021, is currently scheduled for September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/02/2021 14:59:18 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 82329 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1284338

registered interest
date	05/02/2021
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	Coronavirus: Aviation
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 proportion of transmissions of covid-19 which took place during (a) international and (b) national flights.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	149758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to systematically identify where infection occurs in individual positive cases of COVID-19. Where someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 has recently travelled on a flight, contact tracing will be carried out by a public health specialist. Priority is given to contact-tracing close contacts and co-travellers, since these persons face a higher risk than other passengers. This is the case for both international and national flights.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/02/2021 15:56:22 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 82099 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

1284373

registered interest
date	05/02/2021
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	Coronavirus: Quarantine
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 his Department has made of the proportion of people successfully reached by the Isolation Assurance Service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	149745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Between 9 June and 7 September 2020, the Isolation Assurance Service (IAS) made 149,579 total calls and texts resulting in 66,773 successful contacts to eligible arrivals. The IAS activity includes up to three calls and a text per eligible United Kingdom arrival sampled. This is the most recent data published in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/02/2021 15:22:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 82085 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1284402

registered interest
date	05/02/2021
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: Drugs
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 the Government is taking support the (a) Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Authority and (b) other relevant regulatory authorities in the (i) EU and (ii) US to collaborate with those developing New Approach Methodologies in support of decisions on (A) the progression of drugs into clinical trials, (B) drug licensing and labelling and (c) providing evidence demonstrating the scientific validity and human clinical relevance of NAM data to regulatory scientists.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	149742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government encourages the development of in vitro methods in place of animal testing and the development and use of new tests and alternative methods to the use of animal tests.</p><p>In accordance the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, the principle of the ‘3Rs’ - Replacement, Refinement and Reduction - needs to be considered when selecting testing approaches to be used for regulatory testing of human and veterinary medicinal products. The challenge to academia, industry and regulatory scientists is to remain focused on designing nonclinical studies in relevant models, including New Approach Methodologies (NAM), to answer specific questions in time to support clinical decision making and communication of potential risks.</p><p>Maintaining effective dialogue among scientists in academia, industry and regulatory agencies during model development, qualification and validation will be essential to address this challenge. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency works closely with the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research and other regulatory agencies to identify opportunities for the ‘3Rs’.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/02/2021 14:45:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 82084 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1284006

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
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	Health Professions: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman has the authority to investigate matters of sexual misconduct where the (a) General Medical Council or (b) NHS Trust Disciplinary routes have been exhausted.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	149342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>The Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) investigates complaints about National Health Service care or service where a complainant believes that they have suffered an injustice or hardship.</p><p>Where a complaint has not been resolved by the NHS complaints procedure, the complainant can raise it with the PHSO. It is for the PHSO to decide which complaints they investigate.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 10/02/2021 18:03:34 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 81556 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1283395

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
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: Nurses
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 Mental Health Nurses there were in Yorkshire and the Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	148688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2021 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or private sector providers commissioned by the National Health Service.</p><p>In the Yorkshire and the Humber region, there were 3,983 full-time equivalent mental health nurses employed in October 2010 and 3,291 in October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 10/02/2021 11:21:17 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 81185 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett