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1599473

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
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	Speech and Language Therapy: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time for a veteran with brain damage to start speech and language therapy is.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	153765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>Veterans can and should access all mainstream services from the National Health Service available to the whole population of England. Where injury is service related, veterans can additionally access bespoke services which have been developed to meet the needs of military personnel, veterans and their families.</p><p>Neither the Department nor NHS England hold any central data in relation to Speech and Language Therapy Services. While data may be held locally by integrated care boards, it would not capture veteran status or any other profession. As a result, the Department has not made any assessment on the adequacy of the availability of Speech and Language Therapy services for veterans with a long-term physical or neurological health condition.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 153763 153764 153766 question first answered 02/03/2023 15:50:16 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1584577

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: Barnsley Central
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 reduce the waiting times for CAMHS in the Barnsley Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	140230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population. We are supporting them to expand 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 so that an additional 345,000 children and young people are able to access National Health Service funded mental health support, including in the Barnsley Central constituency.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to increase the mental health workforce by an additional 27,000 healthcare professionals by 2023/24 to support the expansion and transformation of services.</p><p> </p><p>We also provided an additional £79 million for 2021/22 to allow around 22,500 more children and young people to access community health services.</p><p> </p><p>Assessments for autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may also happen through child and adolescent mental health services. Building on last year’s investment of £13 million (through the NHS Long Term Plan and COVID-19 Mental Health Recovery Plan), we will invest £2.5 million in 2022/23 to test and embed improved autism diagnostic pathways.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England are developing a national framework to set out the process of how children, young people and adults should receive an autism diagnosis. The aim of this work is to improve the quality of these diagnostic processes and reduce waiting times.</p><p> </p><p>ICBs and NHS trusts should have due regard to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE’s) guideline ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: diagnosis and management’. The guideline aims to improve the diagnosis of ADHD and to improve the quality of care and support for people of all ages who are diagnosed with ADHD.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 09/02/2023 13:50:09 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1582357

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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	Accident and Emergency Departments: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that Accident and Emergency departments in hospitals can meet waiting time targets.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	136687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Delivery Plan for Recovering Urgent and Emergency Care Services was published on 30 January. The plan aims to deliver one of the fastest and longest sustained improvements in emergency waiting times in the National Health Service's history, including bringing down accident and emergency (A&amp;E) wait times significantly over the next year and down towards pre-pandemic levels within two years.</p><p>This is supported by additional funding as was announced in the Autumn Statement which provides an additional £3.3 billion in each of 2023/24 and 2024/25.</p><p>The NHS is also building its bed capacity to be more resilient, expanding by the equivalent of 7,000 general and acute beds, helping reduce crowding and long waits for admission from A&amp;E. This is supported by work to get patients out of beds faster, including a £500 million discharge fund.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/02/2023 11:43:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1582358

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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	Tourette's Syndrome: South Yorkshire
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 he has made of the adequacy of provision for people with Tourette Syndrome in South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	136688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The majority of health services for people with Tourette’s syndrome, including in South Yorkshire, are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs). ICBs are responsible for ensuring there is adequate provision of health services to their populations, subject to local prioritisation and funding.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/02/2023 12:35:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1579711

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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	NHS: Staff
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 provide a breakdown by ethnicity and pay grade of (a) all staff, (b) professionally qualified clinical staff, (c) maternity staff and (d) midwives who work in the NHS in England (i) at the most recent point for which figures are available and (i) in January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	129812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>NHS Digital collects and publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in National Health Service trusts and commissioning bodies, but not staff working in primary care or in general practice, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the NHS workforce is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). ESR is the Human Resource and payroll system for the NHS. Data on the headcount of HCHS staff by ethnicity and pay grade for December 2017 and September 2022 is attached. Data is published quarterly and as such December 2017 is the closest point to the requested January 2018 data. The latest data available is at September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Maternity services staff have been defined as doctors working in the speciality of obstetrics and gynaecology and other professionally qualified clinical staff (midwives and nurses) and clinical support staff working in the care setting of maternity services or neonatal nursing (including special care baby units).</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/01/2023 17:23:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name FORMATTED PQ129812 - HCHS staff by grade and ethnicity for specified staff groups_Dec17_Sep22 (1).xlsx title Attachment
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1541648

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
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: Recruitment
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 he has made of the potential impact of increasing the NHS mileage rates on the recruitment of NHS workers who deliver at home care.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	84884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. The mileage rate is reviewed every six months in line with fuel costs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/11/2022 10:55:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1541135

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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: Mileage Allowances
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 he has made of the NHS mileage rates on the number of Band 2 NHS vacancies in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	83634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/11/2022 11:14:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1522924

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Tourette's Syndrome: Barnsley
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 she is taking to help ensure that specialist medical services for Tourette's syndrome are accessible to people in the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	64101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The majority of services for people with Tourette’s syndrome are commissioned locally by integrated care boards (ICBs), including in Barnsley. ICBs are responsible for providing a comprehensive health service to their populations subject to local prioritisation and funding. This includes ensuring there is appropriate access to specialist medical services for people with Tourette’s syndrome.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 25/10/2022 11:44:14 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson previous answer version 25585 answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1522016

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Midwives: Training
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 individuals (a) were accepted onto pre-registration midwifery training courses, (b) started their pre-registration midwifery training, (c) were at any stage in their pre-registration midwifery training and (d) successfully completed their pre-registration midwifery training, in England, in each academic year since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>In the 2021/22 application cycle, there were 3,720 students accepted places onto undergraduate midwifery courses in England. The following table shows the number of accepted places in midwifery courses in each academic year since 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>3,105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>3,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>3,720</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service</p><p>The information requested on the number of individuals at stages on pre-registration midwifery training is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/11/2022 13:12:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 24445 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1522017

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Midwives: Training
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 she has to increase the number of student midwife training places in future years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	62837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>We committed to expand midwifery training places by 3,650 over a four-year period, with an increase of 650 in September 2019 and 1,000 in each of the subsequent years. Health Education England has been working with stakeholders to support this commitment and we are confident of achieving the overall target by the end of 2022/23.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/10/2022 12:37:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 24506 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis