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747967
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government whether civil servants in the Department of Health are permitted to use the term “hard Brexit” in official briefing papers. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Blencathra more like this
uin HL421 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-17more like thismore than 2017-07-17
answer text <p>The Government is committed to seizing the opportunities arising from exiting the European Union, and to ensuring that we exit smoothly on the best possible terms. The terms 'hard' and 'soft' are commonly used outside the Civil Service and within discussions around EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>The role of the Civil Service is to provide impartial advice and to deliver Government policy, and is focused on delivering this Government’s commitment to leave the EU and get the very best deal for the United Kingdom.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-17T11:52:06.347Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-17T11:52:06.347Z
answering member
4545
label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
tabling member
497
label Biography information for Lord Blencathra more like this
747971
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the age profile of mental health nurses employed by the NHS in England in each of the last ten years. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Bradley more like this
uin HL425 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-17more like thismore than 2017-07-17
answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the attached table shows the age profile of mental health nurses in the National Health Service in England at 30 September 2007 to 2016. Data for March 2017 is also provided as this is the latest available.</p><p> </p><p>The data is headcount because equality data relates to individuals.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-17T11:51:03.863Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-17T11:51:03.863Z
answering member
4545
label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
attachment
1
file name HL425 table formatted.xlsx more like this
title Age profile of mental health nurses more like this
tabling member
452
label Biography information for Lord Bradley more like this
748026
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce in England legislation analogous to the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 to make provision for safe nurse staffing levels in hospitals in England. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Wigley more like this
uin HL480 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-18more like thismore than 2017-07-18
answer text <p>Appropriate staffing levels are already a core element of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) registration regime underpinned by legislation. All providers of regulated activities must be registered with the CQC and meet the registration requirements. The 16 safety and quality requirements set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 include a requirement for the deployment of sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced persons.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2016, the National Quality Board published <em>Supporting NHS providers to deliver the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time: Safe, sustainable and productive staffing</em>. This safe staffing improvement resource provides an updated set of expectations for nursing and midwifery care staffing, to help National Health Service provider boards make local decisions that will support the delivery of high quality care for patients within the available staffing resource.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of <em>Supporting NHS providers to deliver the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time: Safe, sustainable and productive staffing</em> is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We now have 13,100 more nurses on our wards than in 2010.</p>
answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-18T10:45:53.977Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-18T10:45:53.977Z
answering member
4545
label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
attachment
1
file name nqb-guidance.pdf more like this
title Supporting NHS providers guidance more like this
tabling member
547
label Biography information for Lord Wigley more like this
748174
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Department of Health: Disclosure of Information more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many protected disclosures were made by staff in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many such disclosures were found to be valid; how many staff alleged detriment as a result of making such a disclosure; and how many staff who (a) made such a disclosure and (b) alleged detriment as a result of a disclosure subsequently left the employment of the Department. more like this
tabling member constituency Ellesmere Port and Neston more like this
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Justin Madders more like this
uin 2833 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>The core Department had one protected disclosure where the investigation has concluded and was found to be unsubstantiated.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to release additional information as it is necessary to protect the identity of individuals who have made disclosures.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-12T13:32:16.29Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T13:32:16.29Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
4418
label Biography information for Justin Madders more like this
748183
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading NHS: Negligence more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on preventing escalating clinical negligence costs in the NHS. more like this
tabling member constituency Tooting more like this
tabling member printed
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan more like this
uin 2889 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>The costs of clinical negligence are rising due to a range of factors such as rising activity in the National Health Service, increasing life expectancy, costs of care and factors within the legal environment. We need to tackle this rising expenditure whilst ensuring that patients harmed by the NHS can access appropriate compensation and that the NHS is able to learn from mistakes and improve patient care.</p><p> </p><p>In February my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health met with the former Secretary of State for Justice (Elizabeth Truss) at which the Secretary of State for Health was informed that that there would be a change in the personal injury discount rate. This change will have a significant impact on the cost of clinical negligence and the effect on general practice indemnity costs is of particular concern. This is why alongside the announcement of a change to the rate the government announced that the Department will work closely with general practitioners (GPs) and Medical Defence Organisations to ensure that appropriate funding is available to meet additional costs to GPs, recognising the crucial role they play in the delivery of the NHS. Since that time the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have consulted on proposals to change how the discount rate is set in future.</p><p>The Department is working closely with MoJ on proposals to introduce fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases which, if implemented, would reduce the disproportionality between damages and costs in lower value claims. The Department also recently completed a consultation on proposals to introduce a ‘Rapid Resolution and Redress’ scheme which, if implemented, would be an alternative compensation scheme for families who haveexperienced severe avoidable birth injury. This scheme is aimed at delivering a long-term reduction in these harmful events through investigation and learning and providing an improved experience for affected families. This would be a voluntary scheme which would not affect an individual's right to litigate.</p>
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
grouped question UIN 2890 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-12T13:29:39.307Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T13:29:39.307Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
4573
label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan more like this
748184
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Depressive Illnesses more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the forthcoming consultation on guidelines for treating depression in adults. more like this
tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
tabling member printed
Barbara Keeley more like this
uin 2874 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on forthcoming pieces of guidance. NICE is an independent body and develops its guidance on the basis of an assessment of the available evidence through consultation with stakeholders, including the Department.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Thurrock more like this
answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-12T09:16:14.17Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T09:16:14.17Z
answering member
4065
label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price more like this
tabling member
1588
label Biography information for Baroness Keeley more like this
748196
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Antenatal Care more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the occurrence of post-natal illness. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2710 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>The Department is committed to improving maternity outcomes and experience of care for women and babies.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2015, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 2030. Action includes tackling issues of culture, leadership and learning, to improve safety in maternity units as well as the outcomes and experience of care for mothers and babies.</p><p> </p><p>The Our Chance campaign promotes advice about healthy pregnancy, highlighting the crucial risk factors during pregnancy and the postnatal period which may lead to adverse outcomes for mother and baby. In addition, the Avoiding Term Admission in Neonatal Units programme seeks to prevent the separation of mother and baby (except in cases with a compelling medical reason) and avoid admissions of full-term babies to neonatal units.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has invested £365 million from 2015/16 to 2020/21 in perinatal mental health services, and NHS England is leading a transformation programme to ensure that by 2020/21 at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period.</p>
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-12T13:44:23.907Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T13:44:23.907Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748197
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Suicide: Children and Young People more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how many suicides involving (a) 10 to 14-year olds and (b) 15 to 19-year olds were the result of online bullying. more like this
tabling member constituency Manchester Central more like this
tabling member printed
Lucy Powell more like this
uin 2721 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of suicides by people aged 10-19 years of age as a result of online bullying.</p><p> </p><p>However, the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, which is commissioned by NHS England and supported by the Department, published a thematic review in 2016, Suicide by Children and Young People in England. A copy of the report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.hqip.org.uk/resources/report-suicide-by-children-and-young-people-in-england/" target="_blank">http://www.hqip.org.uk/resources/report-suicide-by-children-and-young-people-in-england/</a></p><p> </p><p>The report identified ten common themes relating to suicides by people under 20 years of age between 2014 and 2015, including bullying (online and face-to-face) and suicide-related internet use.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Thurrock more like this
answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price more like this
grouped question UIN 2728 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-12T09:38:45.46Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T09:38:45.46Z
answering member
4065
label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price more like this
tabling member
4263
label Biography information for Lucy Powell more like this
748201
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Pre-eclampsia more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce pre-eclampsia in pregnant women. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2673 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>Hypertension or high blood pressure during pregnancy (known as pre-eclampsia) is the most common medical problem that is encountered in pregnancy. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance, 'Hypertension in pregnancy: diagnosis and management', is aimed at healthcare professionals and women who develop hypertension during pregnancy. The guidance aims to improve care during pregnancy, labour and birth for women and their babies.</p><p> </p><p>Most clinical activity relating to pre-eclampsia is focused on diagnosing the condition as early as possible and managing the condition when it has been identified. NHS England expects providers of maternity care to pay due regard to NICE guidelines on diagnosing and managing pre-eclampsia. These are set out at:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg107" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg107</a></p><p> </p><p>The Maternity Transformation Programme led by NHS England is working to improve maternity services by 2020/21. It seeks to implement the recommendations of ‘Better Births’ (the report of the National Maternity Review) and ensure that maternity services across England become safer, more personalised, kinder, more professional and more family friendly. The programme aims to reduce health inequalities and ensure all women have access to high-quality maternity care wherever they live in England. In particular, the programme is working to ensure women are in good health before, during and after pregnancy so that families get off to the best possible start. It will do so through a range of interventions including improving preconception care and supporting positive health and wellbeing choices in pregnancy to reduce risk factors.</p>
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
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less than 2017-07-12T13:18:41.493Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T13:18:41.493Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this
748204
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health remove filter
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Perinatal Mortality more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to further reduce the incidence of still births. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 2681 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is committed to reducing the rates of stillbirth in England and improving maternity outcomes for women and babies. In November 2015, he announced a national ambition to halve the rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 2030. The Safer Maternity Care: next steps towards the national maternity ambition, published in October 2016, then set out a suite of initiatives, including actions to tackle issues of culture, leadership, and learning, in order to improve safety in maternity units and the outcomes and experience of care for mothers and babies.</p><p>The action plan included the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle which is designed to support midwives and other clinicians to identify risks and implement care to prevent stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a focused way. The four interventions included in the Care Bundle are:</p><p> </p><p>- Reducing Smoking In Pregnancy;</p><p>- Detecting Fetal Growth Restriction;</p><p>- Raising Awareness Of Reduced Fetal Movement; and</p><p>- Improving Effective Fetal Monitoring During Labour.</p><p>The Care Bundle is being tested and piloted by volunteer maternity care providers. NHS England will then consider how to support implementation nationwide, as part of the Maternity Transformation Programme.</p><p>The Department has also funded the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford to develop a national standardised Perinatal Mortality Review Tool to support local perinatal death reviews. This is an important contribution to the efforts to reduce stillbirths as the tool will ensure systematic, multidisciplinary, high quality reviews are carried out on the circumstances and care leading up to and surrounding each stillbirth and neonatal death. It will then enable maternity and neonatal staff to identify emerging themes across a number of deaths to support learning and changes in the delivery and commissioning of care, to improve future care and prevent future deaths which are avoidable.</p>
answering member constituency Ludlow more like this
answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-12T13:35:55.323Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T13:35:55.323Z
answering member
1542
label Biography information for Philip Dunne more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this