The Department is aware of the Centre for Social Justice\u2019s recent report into supporting fathers during the perinatal period and early parenthood, published in December 2018. The Department recognises the vital role fathers can often play during pregnancy and early years, as well as the fact that every family is different.<\/p>
We welcome the high levels of engagement fathers currently have with various aspects of the health service, as cited in the report, including the estimated 94% of new fathers that have attended one or more antenatal appointments, and almost all attending both ultrasound scans and the birth itself.<\/p>
The Maternity Transformation Programme is working to make maternity care more personalised including responding to the needs of fathers as well as mothers. Postnatal and perinatal mental health care, maternity care and personalised care plans are recognised as important for the whole family, including fathers, and they should therefore be involved where appropriate.<\/p>
Furthermore, the Healthy Child Programme states that the father\u2019s contribution should be one of the key topics to be covered during a health and development review by a health visitor. It emphasises the importance of ensuring that contact with the family routinely involves and supports fathers, including non-resident fathers.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4545", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord O'Shaughnessy"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-20T12:27:52.797Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Maternity Services: Fathers"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Centre for Social Justice Testing Times: Supporting fathers during the perinatal period and early parenthood, published on 16 December; and in particular its findings that (1) inspection frameworks related to maternity services, Health Visitors, and Children\u2019s Centres contain few direct references to \u201cfathers\u201d, (2) 69 per cent of new fathers thought that they \u201cwere made to feel like a \u2018spare part\u2019 during the pregnancy period\u201d, and (3) 55 per cent of low income fathers said they were left to \u201cpick it up themselves\u201d compared to only 29 per cent of higher income fathers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/738", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Alton of Liverpool"} ], "uin" : "HL12335"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027156", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027156/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.<\/p>
Nurses\u2019 earnings are made up of basic pay plus, where applicable, unsocial hours payments, on call payments and high cost area supplements.<\/p>
The latest figures at June 2018 show that almost 60% of nurses receive unsocial hours payments in addition to their basic pay.<\/p>
The following table shows nurses and health visitors whose total annual earnings is under £30,000, in National Health Service trusts, CCGs, support organisations and central bodies in England, between 31 July 2017 and 30 June 2018, headcount and percentage:<\/p>
<\/em><\/p> All nurses and health visitors<\/p><\/td> Nurses and health visitors whose total annual earnings are under £30,000<\/p><\/td> Proportion of nurses and health visitors whose total annual earnings are under £30,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 258,676<\/p><\/td> 107,715<\/p><\/td> 41.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> These figures use the total annual earnings of staff which includes basic pay and non-basic pay elements. These total figures include staff working on a part time basis, who tend to have lower annual earnings than those on full time contracts.<\/p> Basic pay data has been extracted at a point in time, whereas total earnings include data from staff working throughout the period. This explains the discrepancies in the total number of nurses and health visitors.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS nurses in England earn less than £30,000 per year; and what proportion of all NHS nurses in England this represents.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many of those working in the social care sector in England earn less than £30,000 per year; and what proportion of all those working in that sector in England this represents.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027158", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of uprating the salaries of (1) NHS nurses, and (2) those working in the social care sector in England to £30,000 or more.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027180", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government when the FP10 prescription exemption form will be updated to include an exemption box for Universal Credit claimants entitled to free prescriptions; and what guidance they have provided to Universal Credit claimants claiming free prescriptions before the updated form becoming available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027210", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027210/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " All treatment that is cost effective and clinically necessary to protect and maintain good oral health is available on the National Health Service. Dentists providing care under the NHS exercise clinical judgement in deciding what treatment is clinically required. This includes crowns and if clinically required veneers and, exceptionally, implants. The dentist\u2019s clinical judgement covers what is required clinically and what is needed for cosmetic reasons. As in other areas of the NHS cosmetic treatment is not usually available.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential health benefits to elderly people of increasing the availability of (a) dental implants, (b) veneers and (c) crowns on the NHS.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027223/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Correspondence received by NHS England is dealt with in line with standard procedure, which is to direct the correspondence to the correct organisation to respond.<\/p> <\/p> Correspondence about a clinical commissioning group (CCG) commissioned service is directed to the relevant CCG to respond.<\/p> <\/p> The Department would expect all National Health Service organisations to give correspondence due consideration and reply within appropriate timescales.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Janet Carr, Business Office Coordinator for NHS England North, Lancashire and South Cumbria, has the authority to decide not to respond to complaints made by hon. Members.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027226/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " This information is not collected centrally.<\/p> <\/p> NHS England\u2019s Winter Daily Situation Reports are published at the following link:<\/p> <\/p>