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1168877

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
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	Care Homes: Learning Disability
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 (a) unexpected deaths and (b) serious injuries have occurred in residential care homes among people with learning difficulties in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows Unexpected Death and Serious Injury Notifications raised against 'Residential social care home' locations with a Service User Band of 'Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder', from 1 April 2010, provided by the Care Quality Commission:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Notifications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Raised Year</p></td><td><p>16-1 Unexpected Death</p></td><td><p>18-2a,b Serious Injury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,201</p></td><td><p>2,656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,248</p></td><td><p>3,112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>936</p></td><td><p>3,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>948</p></td><td><p>3,215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>3,866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,221</p></td><td><p>4,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,081</p></td><td><p>4,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td><td><p>4,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>959</p></td><td><p>4,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>10,086</p></td><td><p>34,666</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The data does not indicate whether a notification relates directly to someone with a learning disability or autism, only that the location has the Service User Band of 'Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder'. A location may have more than one Service User Band.</li><li>'Residential social care home' locations are defined as locations with a Primary Inspection Category of 'Residential social care', or with an Organisation Type of 'Social Care Organisation' and any of the Service Types 'Care home services with nursing', 'Care home services without nursing' or 'Specialist college services'</li><li>This data is at location level only.</li><li>The data for 2010 reflects both an incomplete year of reporting, i.e. from 1 April<ins class="ministerial"> 2010</ins><del class="ministerial">, and</del> from a starting point of data from <del class="ministerial">the</del> National Health Service <ins class="ministerial">providers </ins>alone<ins class="ministerial">,</ins> before <ins class="ministerial">social care and independent healthcare </ins>providers across <del class="ministerial">the United Kingdom</del> <ins class="ministerial">England </ins>were included.</li><li>Data for 2020 is up to and including 7 January.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/01/2020 12:17:38 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2020 16:11:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 388 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1168917

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
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	Motor Neurone Disease: 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 motor neurone disease specialist nurses are working in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2020 10:40:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1168928

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
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	Care Workers: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Education and Skills Funding Agency on increasing the level of apprenticeship levy for adult care workers from the current lowest band of £3,000.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place.</p><p>Apprenticeships are an important entry route into the social care sector, offer an excellent opportunity for employers to upskill existing staff and train new staff as part of high-quality training programmes, and provide clear career progression routes through the sector.</p><p>Apprenticeship standards are allocated funding bands based on recommendations made to the Department for Education by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE), which is an employer led Non-Departmental Body. The funding bands for Adult Care Worker and Lead Adult Care Worker apprenticeships were reviewed by IfATE in January 2019. Following discussions with the social care trailblazer group (a group of employers involved in developing apprenticeship standards for their industry) and looking at available evidence, both were retained at the same funding rate.</p><p>IfATE continue to keep the funding of all standards under review to ensure that funding bands remain appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/01/2020 10:40:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1168929

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
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	General Practitioners: Oldham
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 GPs per 1,000 population were available in Oldham in each year from 2010 to date.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent doctors (FTE) in general practice (excluding locums) per 1,000 patients in Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) since 2015 has been provided in the table below. General practitioner (GP) locums are excluded as improvements have been made to GP locum recording methodology and figures are not comparable across the time series. Data is not included prior to 2015 as improvements were made to the methodology for recording all staff working in general practice in September 2015 and data prior to this is not comparable.</p><p> </p><p>Number of doctors in general practice per 1,000 patients in NHS Oldham CCG</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FTE per 1,000 patients (excluding locums)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0.43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>0.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>0.54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Data as at 30 September.</p><p>2. Figures shown do not include GPs working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres, walk-in centres and other alternative settings.</p><p>3. Each period, figures contain estimates, for practices that did not provide fully valid General Medical Practice GP records.</p><p>4. FTE refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. One would indicate they work a full set of hours (37.5), 0.5 that they worked half time. In Registrars' contracts one FTE = 40 hours. To ensure consistency, these FTEs have been converted to the standard wMDS measure of 1 FTE = 37.5 hours in the table.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/01/2020 10:36:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1168962

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
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	Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much time is available to opponents of Future Fit in relation Shewsbury and Telford Trust to take the process to judicial review as at 1 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) decision on the Future Fit scheme was taken on 29 January 2019. This decision was referred to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who sought advice from the Independent Reconfiguration Panel. The Secretary of State’s decision was made on 2 October 2019 and was communicated to NHS England and NHS Improvement, CCGs and Telford and Wrekin Council.</p><p>Independent legal advice would need to be sought on the timings of bringing a challenge by way of judicial review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2020 10:38:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1168735

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	West Suffolk Hospital
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 for a complete rebuild of West Suffolk hospital; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>On 29 September 2019 the Government announced a new Health Infrastructure Plan, to ensure that our health infrastructure is fit-for-purpose for decades to come.</p><p>At the centre of this Plan is a new hospital building programme. To launch this programme, in September, the Government announced six new hospital schemes that are receiving funding to ‘go ahead’ now (aiming to deliver by 2025), and a further twenty-one schemes, across 34 hospitals, that have the green light to go to the next stage of developing their plans (aiming to deliver between 2025 and 2030).</p><p>West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust’s scheme at West Suffolk Hospital is part of the second phase and will receive a share of £100 million seed funding, as well as guidance and support from central government, to help progress its plans to the next stage.</p><p>Further detail on specific plans and funding will be made available in due course, as part of delivering the Government’s wider commitment to build 40 new hospitals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2020 12:08:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1168736

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Health Professions: Suffolk
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 recruit more (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) clinicians in Suffolk.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have confirmed that the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System is currently developing a workforce strategy that will identify the staffing levels required to deliver its patient care objectives for the next five to 10 years.</p><p>At national level, the interim NHS People Plan, published on 3 June 2019, puts the workforce at the heart of the National Health Service and will ensure we have the staff needed to deliver high quality care. The final NHS People Plan will be published in early 2020.</p><p>The Government recently pledged to increase nurse numbers by 50,000 in England over the next five years. As part of this commitment, eligible pre-registration nursing students enrolled on courses at English universities from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 per academic year which they will not need to pay back.</p><p>In addition, in 2016 the Government committed to an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places - a 25% increase taking the total number of medical school training places in England to 7,500 by 2020/21. Five new medical schools will open in England to help deliver the expansion.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/01/2020 12:11:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1168751

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Nurses: Recruitment
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 Conservative Party manifesto 2019 and the background briefing to the Queen's Speech, how many of the 50,000 more nurses will be (a) mental health nurses, (b) learning disability nurses and (c) nurses from other disciplines.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The announcement made on the 18 December 2019 is to increase the nursing workforce by 50,000 by 2025 in total across all nursing disciplines which includes mental health and learning disability nursing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/01/2020 14:52:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1168752

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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 Services: Fees and Charges
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 Queen’s Speech on 19 December 2019, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that no one will have to sell their home to pay for social care.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>We are determined to find a long-term solution to the challenges in social care to ensure every person is treated with dignity and offered the security they deserve. We will seek to build cross-party consensus and will outline next steps shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/01/2020 15:58:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1168753

registered interest
date	20/12/2019
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	Psychiatric Hospitals
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 announcement of reform of the Mental Health Act 1983, what plans the Government has to reduce the number inpatient mental health beds in dormitory-style wards; and if he will make it his policy to end the use of dormitory style wards in all mental health units.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 recommended that all existing dormitory accommodation should be updated to allow patients the privacy of their own room. The NHS Long Term Plan also recognised that capital investment is needed to upgrade the physical environment for inpatient psychiatric care but that this would be subject to the next capital review.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish a white paper in early 2020 that will set out the Government’s response to the Review’s recommendations and we will bring forward a Mental Health Bill to amend the Act when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the NHS Long Term Plan will deliver improvements to crisis and community mental health services as an alternative to inpatient care through increased investment of at least a further £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 07/01/2020 14:56:30 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley