Tag: Luciana Berger

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-04-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the University of Bristol study of the mortality rates of people with learning disabilities in NHS care, commissioned by NHS England and announced on 18 June 2015.

Alistair Burt

The University of Bristol has appointed the programme team who will oversee the mortality review programme and has consulted with interested parties on the methodologies and approaches to be used. A pilot review programme is underway in the North East and Cumbria which will be used to inform how the programme operates as it is rolled out. A plan is now in place to roll out the review across all regions of England between now and 2018, with pilots starting in other parts of the country during 2016/17. Additional resources have been made available to support regions in this work.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-05-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35960, on universal credit, who the independent decision makers will be; and how those people will be appointed.

Priti Patel

Decision Makers considering the imposition of a sanction are DWP employees. When a sanctionable failure is identified by a work coach, a referral is made which is randomly assigned to a centralised decision maker to review the circumstances of the case, including any representations from the claimant regarding good reason for non-compliance, and arrive at a decision independently of the work coach.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-06-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2016 to Question 38058, if he will make it his policy to collect centrally information on the costs incurred by the NHS for legal advice and representation at inquests by cause of death.

Ben Gummer

The amount spent on legal advice and representation is entirely a matter for local National Health Service organisations. There are no plans to introduce a central information collection for this information as the Department continues to work to reduce the burden of centralised data collection on the NHS.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information her Department holds on gender pay gaps by sector in the Liverpool City Region.

Caroline Dinenage

Gender pay gaps are calculated by comparing the median male hourly wages (excluding overtime) with the median female hourly wages, as a proportion of the male wage.

The department does not hold this data by city regions or by sector for city regions.

The following link to Table 5 of the Office of National Statistics’ Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) for 2015 provides the average hourly wages for males and females on a regional industry basis: http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/regionbyindustry2digitsicashetable5

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-09-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure the efficient and timely transfer of prisoners to hospitals under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983; and how many prisoners have waited for more than 14 days for such a transfer in each quarter since April 2015.

Nicola Blackwood

Department of Health guidance was published in 2011 on best practice to achieve urgent transfers within 14 days. NHS England continues to work with prison healthcare and secure mental health providers to improve processes so that this can be achieved.

NHS England has provided information on transfers as detailed below.

Period	Transfers	Transfers >14 days
Quarter 1 Financial Year (FY) 2015-16	72	232
Quarter 2 FY 2015-16	136	238
Quarter 3 FY 2015-16	92	213
Quarter 4 FY 2015-16	112	458
Quarter 1 FY 2016-17	92	209

Note: the numbers above are reported transfers in the time period, an individual prisoner may be represented in more than one time period

Data for this indicator has improved since data collection began in April 2015. NHS England have since improved the data collection and quality under the Health and Justice Indicators of Performance and the information above now represents data from all prisons.

NHS England intends to publish data collected through Health and Justice Indicators of Performance since April 2016 in future, but a firm date for publication is not yet available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-09-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that ending the NHS bursaries for nurses does not deter people from training to be a mental health nurse.

Mr Philip Dunne

We expect this reform to enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional training places to study pre-registration nursing, midwifery and the allied health subjects including mental health nursing.

In order to meet National Health Service workforce supply requirements, Health Education England will retain responsibility for workforce planning to ensure that the right number of trained staff are available for the NHS.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department allocates to supporting people with mental health issues who are employed in traditionally male-dominated industries.

Nicola Blackwood

We are committed to supporting people with mental health problems to stay in work and the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions established a joint Work and Health Unit to look at these matters.

Improving access to mental health services for those who need them is important and we are increasing access to talking therapy services so that 1.5 million people per year will be able to access support by 2020.

We will shortly be publishing a Green Paper on work and health, which will include a focus on mental health as we know that people with mental health conditions fare poorly in the labour market. Our aim is to help transform the lives and prospects of disabled people and those with a health condition.

We know that the stigma surrounding mental health can create barriers to people seeking and receiving support. We have recently announced £20 million of additional funding to the national Time to Change anti-stigma programme, in conjunction with Comic Relief and the Big Lottery Fund, which works with employers to support them in tackling the stigma in the workplace associated with poor mental health. This next phase of Time to Change places a particular focus on stigma experienced by men.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish guidance for Jobcentre Plus staff Managing Customers’ Self-Harm and Suicidal Declarations; and if he will place a copy in the Library.

Priti Patel

A copy of the current guidance was placed in the Library on 20th July 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many perinatal mental health specialist (a) doctors and (b) nurses were in place in each year since 2009-10.

Ben Gummer

The information is not collected.

Perinatal mental health specialist midwives, doctors and nurses are not identified separately in the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s workforce statistics. Mental health specialists work predominantly in psychiatric services but also across a range of settings and the independent sector.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the net change has been in the number of inpatient perinatal mental health beds since 2010.

Alistair Burt

Since 2010 there has been a net reduction in the number of inpatient perinatal mental health beds from 118 beds in 2010 to 115 beds in 2015.

Since 2010 there has been a net reduction of mother and baby units from 17 units to 15 units.

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