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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: If he will make an assessment of trends in the time taken between referral and treatment for patients at hospitals in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust in the past 12 months.
Stephen Paul Barclay (Conservative, Centre-right): I think the hon. Lady prepared her follow-up before hearing the answer. There is an improvement board established within the trust, chaired by NHS Improvement, that is tasked with reducing waiting times and ensuring that the standard is improved. Currently, the average time waited is 11 weeks for out-patients and seven weeks for in-patients.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: If he will make an assessment of trends in the time taken between referral and treatment for patients at hospitals in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust in the past 12 months.
Martin John Vickers (Conservative, Centre-right): Will the Minister give an assurance that the support that NHS Improvement is giving to the trust will continue? He will know that this is the second time that the trust has been in special measures, and clearly we need continuing support. Will he also assure us that he will visit the trust—a promise that was made by his predecessor?
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: If he will make an assessment of trends in the time taken between referral and treatment for patients at hospitals in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust in the past 12 months.
Stephen Paul Barclay (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is right to point out the need to give support to this trust. That is why a wider package of £1.6 billion of funding has been given to the NHS to improve accident and emergency and elective care performance. Alongside that, we have specific work through NHS Improvement to address some of the particular issues that he alluded to in his trust.
Health and Social Care Services — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): The fact that the Department has been renamed the Department of Health and Social Care reflects both their interdependence and our commitment to achieve co-ordinated care tailored to individual needs. The better care fund is a national integration programme that helps the NHS and local government to deliver better, more joined-up services.
Health and Social Care Services — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Luke Anthony Hall (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for that answer and welcome her to her place. The proposal to build a community health centre in Thornbury and Frenchay is an essential part of joining up health and social care in South Gloucestershire. Will the Minister join me in highlighting the importance of Thornbury health centre and in pressing South Gloucestershire clinical commissioning group to make progress with the project as quickly as possible, after years of unnecessary delays?
Health and Social Care Services — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for raising that important issue. He is right to do so, and proposals such as those for Thornbury health centre are crucial for ensuring that health and social care are truly integrated and centred around each individual in the community. I am advised that South Gloucestershire CCG remains committed to progressing those plans as soon as possible and that the local NHS expects to be able to provide an update on plans next month.
Health and Social Care Services — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course blanket bans on treatments are unacceptable, and decisions on treatments should always be made locally by doctors, based on clinical assessment. I understand that those patients will be offered an alternative, more rounded service and that the CCGs have arranged for each patient to meet their consultant to discuss their treatment. Where there is evidence of rationing, we expect NHS England to ensure that CCGs are not breaching their duties.
Health and Social Care Services — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Nicholas Soames (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my hon. Friend agree that the integration of health and social care is so important to the future success of the NHS that everything needs to be done to speed up the programme to integrate them better? Will she join me in encouraging a speedier approach to that method in Surrey, Sussex and Kent?
Health and Social Care Services — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The better care fund is already having a fantastic impact in the area. We are developing metrics for assessing progress on integration by local area, particularly at the interface of health and social care. We need to proceed with this as rapidly as possible, and I am sure that with his backing, that will happen in his local area.
Health and Social Care Services — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Caroline Julia Dinenage (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to stand up for the good-quality respite in his local area. The Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to shape local markets and ensure that they give a sustainable, high-quality local offer. I would be more than happy to meet him to discuss that further.
Routes into Nursing — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I am most grateful. That is a very rare compliment, so I shall savour it. I would gently say to her that the point about nurse degree apprenticeships is that it is possible to transition into nursing from being a healthcare assistant without any fees being paid at all. That is why it is a huge and highly significant change.
Routes into Nursing — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
John Simon Bercow (Conservative, Centre-right): As the hon. Member for Wallasey (Ms Eagle) is sporting what appears to me to be a very fetching suffragette rosette, it is perhaps timely to record that in the great success our national health service has been under successive Governments, I think I am right in saying, as things stand, that well over 70% of the people who make it great are women.
Routes into Nursing — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Sarah James (Wollaston) (Conservative, Centre-right): Following the recent inquiry by the Select Committee on Health into the nursing workforce, we absolutely welcome the new routes into nursing, including the new role of nursing associate. However, one of the issues highlighted strongly was the need to retain our existing nursing workforce as well as to recruit into it. Will the Secretary of State comment on that?
Routes into Nursing — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I am interested to hear the hon. Gentleman say that, because we have published a draft of a workforce strategy in this country, but I notice that Audit Scotland says that in Scotland there is a lack of a long-term strategic plan for the workforce. I gently say to him that there are workforce pressures across the United Kingdom. We have a plan to dramatically increase the number of nurses that we employ in the NHS, and I am sure many people in Scotland would like to see the same there.
Routes into Nursing — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): As we discussed earlier, we are broadening the routes into nursing from just traditional higher education courses, including nurse apprenticeships and people being able to train on the job over four years in a hospital. We hope that a whole group of healthcare assistants who currently find it difficult to get into nursing can become nurses. I think that would be very welcome in Scotland as well.
Routes into Nursing — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to do that. It is one of the great successes of NHS Improvement, which should be celebrated, that it has brought down the amount spent on agency nursing by £1 billion in the last couple of years. That is a huge achievement. Every penny of that goes back into frontline care.
Routes into Nursing — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Perhaps I should set the record straight for the hon. Lady. We have 52,000 nurses in training—more than was ever the case under the last Labour Government, who were planning to cut nurse training places by 6%. We are planning to increase them by 25%. That shows our commitment to nursing.
Routes into Nursing — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I have a great deal of respect for the hon. Gentleman, but that is not the first time that he has presented a somewhat incomplete picture of what is actually happening. In the last five years, we have 15,700 more nurses, and the reason for those vacancies and for the pressure is that, as he knows very well, under the last Labour Government we had Mid Staffs, which was a crisis of short staffing that this Government are putting right. That is why we want to recruit those extra nurses.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): This week is Children’s Mental Health Week, and still too many children and young people wait too long for their mental health provision in the NHS. That is why, by the end of next year, we will have invested an extra £1.4 billion, meaning that 70,000 extra children and young people are seen every year.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): A constituent’s 14-year-old son suffers severe obsessive compulsive disorder, resulting in self-harm. Treatment options have failed and his doctor recommends an intensive residential programme, but as Ministers are aware, places are very limited. He has been waiting seven weeks and counting, with 24-hour parental support and supervision. What more can be done to ensure that that boy and other adolescents who are in desperate need of help get that help before it is too late?
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue, and I understand that in that particular case clinicians are meeting this week to resolve those issues. She is right: we need to expand the number of beds available for children and young people. They are at a record level—1,440, and that went up by another 81 last year—but more needs to be done, which is why we published our children and young people’s mental health Green Paper.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Edward John Comport Argar (Conservative, Centre-right): I have been approached by a number of my constituents in Leicestershire who are concerned about the wait between a referral to child and adolescent mental health services and the allocation of a named caseworker and formal treatment. Will my right hon. Friend enlarge on how the steps that he is taking, which he has set out, will help to reduce such waits in Leicestershire and across the country?
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to do that. The simple truth is that it is a tragedy for every child who has to wait too long to access mental health care, because half of all mental health conditions become established before the age of 14. If we do not nip them in the bud, they can get a lot worse. What are we doing? We are setting up a whole new service inside schools to spot such problems earlier and we are going to introduce a waiting time target for CAMHS appointments.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Kirstene Janette Hair (Conservative, Centre-right): In 2016-17, 65% of young people in England with eating disorders started urgent treatment within one week of referral. What has been done to ensure that the target of 95% by 2020 will be reached? Does the Secretary of State share my belief that waiting time targets are a vital tool for improving eating disorder treatment and should be in place in all parts of the United Kingdom?
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I absolutely agree with that. I join my hon. Friend in supporting the introduction of waiting time targets in Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom. How are we doing so far? In terms of the need for urgent treatment for eating disorders, we are hitting 79%, so we are on our way to the 95% target and we want to get there as soon as we can.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I did not; I said the opposite. I said that we need to do a lot more and I told the House what we are doing. If the hon. Lady looks at what is happening in her own clinical commissioning group, she will see that the proportion that is spent on mental health has gone up from 12.3% to 13%. She will see that this Government have done a huge amount on mental health. In 13 years, Labour did not have any waiting time targets for mental health and did not introduce parity of esteem—a whole range of things that are now happening and that she should support.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): We are absolutely going to do that. We have a big programme of expansion in perinatal health support, because there is a lot of evidence that pressures on mothers around the time of birth transmit to their children and can leave lasting damage.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to look into that issue. The hon. Gentleman’s colleague, the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb), did a huge amount to set up crisis care provision around the country. We need to build on that for the simple reason that, if we are to have parity of esteem, people need to be able to get help in a mental health crisis, just as they are if something goes wrong with their physical health.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Alexander John Gervase Chalk (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that, as well as improving the treatment of adolescent ill health, everything possible needs to be done to prevent crisis from occurring in the first place? Does he agree that we need more research into why we are seeing a surge in Cheltenham and elsewhere in the world, so that clinicians can best tailor their response?
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): This is something that my hon. Friend has thought a lot about. A particular area of concern is the growth in mental health problems in young women between the ages of 18 and 24. We are looking carefully at whether that relates to social media use, which is an additional pressure that many of us did not face when we were that age. I thank him for his campaigning on this issue.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: The figures show that, on average, children and young people have to visit their GP three times before a referral is made for a specialist mental health assessment. Sometimes, they then have to wait six months for treatment. In Lewisham, the CAMHS budget is being cut, which is likely to result in even longer waiting times for treatment. The right hon. Gentleman said that these waiting times are a tragedy, but how bad do things have to get before the Government take action?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): With respect, we are taking action. Last year, spending on mental health went up by £575 million and four out of five CCGs increased their mental health spend by more than their overall spend. This year, all CCGs will do that. That will apply in Lewisham, as it will everywhere else in the country.
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: The figures show that, on average, children and young people have to visit their GP three times before a referral is made for a specialist mental health assessment. Sometimes, they then have to wait six months for treatment. In Lewisham, the CAMHS budget is being cut, which is likely to result in even longer waiting times for treatment. The right hon. Gentleman said that these waiting times are a tragedy, but how bad do things have to get before the Government take action?
Jack Edgar Brereton (Conservative, Centre-right): Under plans announced by NHS England, child victims of sexual assault in Stoke-on-Trent would have to travel as far as Birmingham to receive the vital support that they need. Will the Secretary of State agree to look urgently into the proposals to remove child sexual assault referral services from the city?
Children and Young People: Mental Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: The figures show that, on average, children and young people have to visit their GP three times before a referral is made for a specialist mental health assessment. Sometimes, they then have to wait six months for treatment. In Lewisham, the CAMHS budget is being cut, which is likely to result in even longer waiting times for treatment. The right hon. Gentleman said that these waiting times are a tragedy, but how bad do things have to get before the Government take action?
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is right to shine a light on that variation, and that is why this Government have introduced Ofsted ratings for all CCGs—to make sure that we understand. It is not just in children and young people’s mental health, but in all mental health where we see that variation. Specifically when it comes to children and young people’s mental health, she will be pleased to know that last year overall spending went up by 20%, and the Green Paper that we published announced an additional £300 million in investment.
Children’s Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): This Government want to see all children and young people get the best start in life. We are implementing a wide range of policies to improve child health, including the most ambitious childhood obesity plan in the world, transformation of children’s mental health and maternity services, improving immunisation rates and tackling child sexual abuse.
Children’s Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight that, and we are always keen to respond to any representations made on this very important issue. We are also very keen to learn from the other nations about this area, because it is clear that the more we can do with early intervention in childhood, the better we protect people’s long-term health. I will look more specifically into that.
Children’s Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Caroline Elizabeth Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): As a children’s doctor, children’s health is very important to me, and the case of children’s doctor, Dr Bawa-Garba, worries me and doctors up and down the country. In NHS practice, I have seen the adverse effect on reflective practice and the impact that it has on staff morale. Ultimately, that will impact on patient safety. I know that the Secretary of State shares my concerns, and I ask him to tell the House what he is going to do about it.
Children’s Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: Energy drinks packed with caffeine have been connected to problems with children’s health. Tesco, Asda and Aldi have banned the sale of these drinks to under-16s, so will the Government do the same?
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): We are becoming increasingly conscious of drinks with additional unnatural stimulants and their impact on people’s health generally, but obviously that becomes more acute with children’s health, so we will look more closely at it. I am glad that the hon. Gentleman has highlighted the initiatives that have been taken by individual retailers, because it is up to them to implement good practice.
Children’s Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: Energy drinks packed with caffeine have been connected to problems with children’s health. Tesco, Asda and Aldi have banned the sale of these drinks to under-16s, so will the Government do the same?
Timothy Paul Loughton (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my hon. Friend agree that the best way to achieve strong health and good mental health for children is at the very earliest stages and through forming a strong attachment between that child and their parent in the first 1,001 days from conception? If so, why is there not more in the mental health Green Paper about perinatal mental health?
Children’s Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: Energy drinks packed with caffeine have been connected to problems with children’s health. Tesco, Asda and Aldi have banned the sale of these drinks to under-16s, so will the Government do the same?
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): The Green Paper very much focuses on what we are doing in schools, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right. He highlights the earliest of early intervention, and one reason why we are investing so much more in perinatal mental health is to ensure that the bonds between mother and baby are as strong as they can possibly be.
Children’s Health — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Questions: Energy drinks packed with caffeine have been connected to problems with children’s health. Tesco, Asda and Aldi have banned the sale of these drinks to under-16s, so will the Government do the same?
Jacqueline Doyle-Price (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady will know that action against sugar is very much part of the childhood obesity plan that the Under-Secretary of State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine), is taking forward, but there is a lot more we can do to address the concerns about caffeine, which I know is high on his "to do" list. We will no doubt have more exchanges on this subject in due course.
Maternity Transformation Programme — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (Conservative, Centre-right): Our ambition was to halve the number of maternal deaths, neonatal deaths, neonatal injuries and stillbirths by 2030, but because of the progress we have made with our maternity safety programme, we have brought that forward to 2025.
NHS Trusts: VAT Status — House of Commons, 2018-02-06
Topic: Health
Stephen Paul Barclay (Conservative, Centre-right): The Department wrote to all NHS and foundation trusts in September 2017 to remind them that tax avoidance schemes should not be entered into in any circumstances, but the hon. Lady makes a slightly strange point. She seems to be arguing that NHS hospitals are, in essence, paying too much tax to the Treasury, rather than having that money within the NHS. These subsidiaries are 100% owned by trusts themselves.