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1718235

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date	15/05/2024
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: Private Sector
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 assessment she has made of the (a) prevalence of the use of, (b) adequacy of the standards of service provided by and (c) potential impact on patient outcomes of the use of the private sector in the provision of mental health services in the NHS; and what steps she has taken to help ensure compliance by the private sector with the Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	26363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>No such specific assessment has been made. Private companies have always played a role in the National Health Service, and patients should expect a safe and good quality service regardless of whether their care is delivered by private sector or public sector providers. Local integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning health and care services for their local populations, in line with the standards set out in the NHS Standard Contract.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and care services. All providers of regulated activities, including those in the private sector, must register with the Care Quality Commission, and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality, below which care should never fall.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission also has a duty under the Mental Health Act 1983 to monitor how services exercise their powers and discharge their duties under the act when patients are detained in hospital or are subject to community treatment orders or guardianship.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 20/05/2024 17:05:21 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1718257

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date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the amount refunded by Avanti West Coast to passengers for train delays in each year since the commencement of that contract.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	26364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department publishes data for all operators on the amount of compensation paid by them as a result of train delays. The total refunded to passengers for each financial year 2019/20 to 2022/23 can be found on the Government website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/train-operating-companies-passengers-charter-compensation/train-operating-companies-passengers-charter-compensation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/train-operating-companies-passengers-charter-compensation/train-operating-companies-passengers-charter-compensation</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/05/2024 14:22:07 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1714862

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Elysium Healthcare: Contracts
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 annual cost to her Department is of contracts with Elysium Healthcare (a) nationally and (b) in Cheshire.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	24188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not and has not held any contracts with Elysium Healthcare. Contracts with Elysium Healthcare are held with local National Health Service bodies, for instance NHS trusts.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/05/2024 08:05:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1714863

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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	Elysium Healthcare: Contracts
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 her Department has had with Elysium Healthcare on continuing its contract following the inquest into the death of Liam McGenity.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	24189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department has had no such discussions with Elysium Healthcare, individual National Health Service commissioning organisations hold contracts with NHS and non-NHS providers for specified services, as part of their commissioning function. NHS England has advised that NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) contracts with Elysium Healthcare under spot purchase agreements, which means that a contract is only ongoing for the duration of an individual patient’s placement.</p><p>The ICB continues to work with St Mary's Hospital in Warrington, part of the Elysium Healthcare Group. Quality visits have taken place at the St Mary’s Hospital estate, alongside visits by the NHS England Specialised Commissioning team, and Care Quality Commission (CQC) visits. All contracts with non-NHS providers are subject to NHS contract quality reviews, in addition to the regulatory regime of the CQC.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/05/2024 11:04:02 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 32561 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg