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1584303

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Sepsis: Death and 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 adequacy of (a) diagnosis, (b) patient management, (c) requestion tests, (d) patient reviews and (e) other aspects of the management of sepsis by NHS Trusts; and if he will commission a review of deaths from sepsis to identify (i) clinical errors and (ii) best practice in the management of patients.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	140141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department works closely with NHS England and other partners in the health system to support healthcare professionals to detect and treat sepsis. Reports of patient safety events from all trusts in the National Health Service, including on sepsis, are used by NHS England to identify new or under recognised patient safety issues, further areas of review and appropriate action required.</p><p>The Secretary of State receives Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) reports, issued by a Coroner in the event of an avoidable death, including from sepsis, outlining any clinical, administrative or policy errors. The Secretary of State has a legal duty to provide a response within 56 calendar days outlining action taken, or proposed and setting out a timetable for action. PFD reports and their responses are published online by the Chief Coroner’s Office.</p><p>The responsibility for specific assessments and reviews of sepsis management by NHS Trusts falls to local providers of healthcare.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 14/02/2023 14:52:06 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1584333

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Community Care and NHS: Travel
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 potential impact of the increasing cost of running a car on the community care sector; and if he will make an assessment of the financial impact of those increasing costs on NHS staff who travel by car to treat patients.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	140275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The current mileage rate for staff who use their vehicles to make journeys in the performance of their duties is 59p per mile, above the HM Revenue and Customs approved mileage rate of 45p per mile. This rate is reviewed every six months and increased from 56p on 1 January 2023 to recognise the increased cost of motoring.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/02/2023 16:56:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1584349

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
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 Major Diseases Strategy will include policies on sexual and reproductive health.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	140042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Strategy will focus on conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England: cancers; cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes; chronic respiratory diseases; dementia; mental ill health; and musculoskeletal conditions.</p><p>Focusing on the conditions that contribute most to mortality and morbidity will allow us to focus our efforts on the key actions needed to achieve our manifesto commitment of gaining five extra years of Healthy Life Expectancy by 2035.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/02/2023 14:56:33 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1584353

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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 support children and young people with their mental health.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	140283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>We are expanding and transforming mental health services through the NHS Long Term Plan, which commits to increasing investment into mental health services by at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24. Part of this increased investment will enable an additional 345,000 children and young people to get the National Health Service funded mental health support they need.</p><p>In recognition of the increased demand created by the COVID-19 pandemic, we invested an extra £79 million in 2021/22 to expand children’s mental health services, including enabling around 22,500 more children and young people to access community health services, 2,000 more to access eating disorder services and accelerating the coverage of mental health support teams in schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 287 mental health support teams in place in around 4,700 schools and colleges across the country, offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issue. Mental health support teams now cover 26 per cent. of pupils, a year earlier than originally planned, and this will increase to 399 teams, covering around 35 per cent. of pupils, by April 2023 with over 500 planned to be up and running by 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2020, we launched a campaign through the Every Mind Matters website to raise awareness of the guidance and tools available to support children and young people’s mental wellbeing. Also supporting parents with the Start for Life programme that aims to improve the health of babies and children under five in England by encouraging a healthy lifestyle, helping parents-to-be and mums and dads to give their children the best possible start. We know that the 1,001 days from conception to age two years old are critical days for a baby that sets the foundations for lifelong emotional and physical wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/02/2023 11:09:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1584354

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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, what steps he is taking to improve mental health provision for (a) all and (b) secondary school aged children and young people.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	140284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan commits an additional £2.3 billion a year for the expansion and transformation of mental health services in England by 2023/24 so that an additional two million people, including 345,000 children and young people, can get the National Health Service funded mental health support that they need.</p><p> </p><p>We also provided an additional £500 million to further expand mental health services in the 2021/22 financial year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included £79 million, which allowed around 22,500 more children and young people to access community health services, 2,000 more to access eating disorder services and accelerated the coverage of mental health support teams in schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 287 mental health support teams in place in around 4,700 primary and secondary schools and colleges across the country, offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues. Over 500 mental health support teams are planned to be up and running by 2024.</p><p> </p><p>We also launched a campaign through the NHS Every Mind Matters website to raise awareness of the guidance and tools available to support children and young people’s mental wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>Through the new mandatory health education curriculum, pupils are taught how to recognise the early signs of mental wellbeing concerns, including common types of mental ill health, where and how to seek support and whom they should speak to in school if they’re worried about their own or someone else’s mental wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/02/2023 11:14:20 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1584355

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Supported Housing: Regulation
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 his Department's press release entitled £53 million cash boost to improve housing support for drug and alcohol recovery published 3 February 2023, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on plans to improve regulation of supported exempt housing.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	140285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>We regularly engage across Government on this issue and will continue to engage as the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill progresses through Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 10/02/2023 12:33:27 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 54930 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1584356

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Diseases: 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, how much funding has been allocated for the development and implementation of the Major Diseases Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	140043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2023 answer text <p>Funding for the development of the Strategy will come out of the Department’s existing funding allocation. This funding is not separately identified.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/02/2023 12:57:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 54920 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1584358

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation
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 press release entitled £53 million cash boost to improve housing support for drug and alcohol recovery, published on 3 February 2023, what metrics were used for the allocation of funding to improve housing support for drug and alcohol recovery.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	140044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The Housing Support Grant is a limited fund with the aim of building evidence on what works in a targeted number of Local Authorities. The 28 upper-tier local authorities eligible for funding were selected using a formula-based methodology agreed between the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. This was based primarily on local authorities with the highest levels of housing-related need amongst people in substance misuse treatment, according to data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/02/2023 14:05:47 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 54922 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1584359

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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
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 support general practitioners to (a) provide the best care possible, (b) manage their workload and (c) cope with increasing budgetary pressures.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	140287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>We will launch a recovery plan for general practice (GPs) in the coming weeks. This will focus on supporting GPs through providing them with the technology and tools that will help them deal with ever-increasing demand. Since September 2022 Our Plan for Patients has helped practices to recruit more support staff so GPs can spend their time doing the tasks only a GP can do and put in place state-of-the art telephone systems to make it easier to manage demand, triage callers, and ensure patients are seen at the right time by the right clinician for their needs.</p><p>In 2019 we agreed a five year GP contract framework with the British Medical Association (BMA) which was underpinned by a record level of additional investment. This was underpinned by an additional £4.5 billion for primary and community care by 2023/24 as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. We invested a further £1.5 billion announced in 2020 to create an additional 50 million GP appointments by 2024 by increasing and diversifying the workforce. We also made £520 million available to improve access and expand general practice capacity during the pandemic. As agreed with the general practitioners committee of the BMA in 2019 as part of the five-year GP contract, the investment envelope is fixed, and no further funding will be provided. The five year framework ends in March 2024. Future funding arrangements for GP will be considered in due course.</p><p>As part of the 2020/21 GP contract to help maximise the time available for clinical tasks, the Government committed to a thorough review of levels of bureaucracy in GPs. As part of this work, in August 2022, a cross-Government concordat was published setting out seven principles to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy in general practice. The Department is continuing to work across Government and with the National Health Service to implement the solutions that emerge.</p><p>We recognise that high workloads can act as a key driver for GPs reducing their contracted hours or leaving the profession altogether. The expanded primary care teams funded through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme will add extra clinical capacity</p><p><br> Public sector businesses are covered by the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, and so have the unit price of energy capped. HM Treasury have announced that from April 2023, a new scheme, the Energy Bills Discount Scheme to support businesses. The new scheme strikes a balance between supporting businesses over the next 12 months and limiting taxpayer’s exposure to volatile energy markets.</p><p>We have accepted the independent pay review body’s (the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration) recommendation. The minimum and maximum pay thresholds for salaried GPs are being uplifted by 4.5%. The multi-year GP Contract provides funding clarity and certainty to practices until 2023/24. The agreed investment envelope is fixed and the core settlement covers all aspects of practice income and expenses, including salaried GP pay. As self-employed contractors to the NHS, it is for GP practices to determine uplifts in pay for their employees and themselves within the agreed GP contract funding envelope.</p><p>GP contractors are entitled to financial assistance or reimbursement of premises costs, including notional or actual rent, business rates, water rates, and clinical waste disposal. The commissioner has discretion to provide further financial assistance if other costs rise exponentially, such as service charges, all budget dependent.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 14/02/2023 14:48:31 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1584373

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Long Covid: Key Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing compensation to key workers seriously impacted by long COVID.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	140028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment.</p><p>The Department continues to work with the Department for Work and Pensions and as more evidence about the disease emerges, will consider the Government’s provisions and approach for those key workers experiencing the long-term effects of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/02/2023 17:19:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell