Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost of the provision of healthcare at HMP Wandsworth in the last 12 months.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The total cost of the contract that NHS England has commissioned for healthcare services at HMP Wandsworth, provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, is £14,008,787.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for the legal teams of the families involved in the Essex mental health independent inquiry.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department announced on 28 June 2023 that the Essex Mental Health Inquiry was converted to a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005. This is now known as the Lampard Inquiry.
This is an independent inquiry and the decision to make payment of any legal fees for work on the statutory inquiry is a matter for the Chair, Baroness Kate Lampard. As such, the Department does not get involved with the decision to award fees for legal work on this inquiry. The Department has no legal basis for payment of any legal fees incurred for any work before the conversion of the inquiry to a statutory footing.
The Chair of the inquiry launched a public consultation on the terms of reference for the inquiry in November 2023, whereby families and other stakeholders had the opportunity to represent their views on the proposed terms of reference. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, would welcome a meeting with the families to discuss the terms of reference. The meeting will be arranged in due course.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to meet families involved in the Essex mental health independent inquiry to discuss the terms of reference for that inquiry.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department announced on 28 June 2023 that the Essex Mental Health Inquiry was converted to a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005. This is now known as the Lampard Inquiry.
This is an independent inquiry and the decision to make payment of any legal fees for work on the statutory inquiry is a matter for the Chair, Baroness Kate Lampard. As such, the Department does not get involved with the decision to award fees for legal work on this inquiry. The Department has no legal basis for payment of any legal fees incurred for any work before the conversion of the inquiry to a statutory footing.
The Chair of the inquiry launched a public consultation on the terms of reference for the inquiry in November 2023, whereby families and other stakeholders had the opportunity to represent their views on the proposed terms of reference. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, would welcome a meeting with the families to discuss the terms of reference. The meeting will be arranged in due course.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she last met with the families involved with the Essex Mental Health Statutory Public Inquiry.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department announced on 28 June 2023 that the Essex Mental Health Inquiry was converted to a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005. This is now known as the Lampard Inquiry.
This is an independent inquiry and the decision to make payment of any legal fees for work on the statutory inquiry is a matter for the Chair, Baroness Kate Lampard. As such, the Department does not get involved with the decision to award fees for legal work on this inquiry. The Department has no legal basis for payment of any legal fees incurred for any work before the conversion of the inquiry to a statutory footing.
The Chair of the inquiry launched a public consultation on the terms of reference for the inquiry in November 2023, whereby families and other stakeholders had the opportunity to represent their views on the proposed terms of reference. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, would welcome a meeting with the families to discuss the terms of reference. The meeting will be arranged in due course.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the total morbidity burden in England is accounted for by mental health.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
According to the most recent Global Burden of Disease publication, mental health problems accounted for 15.4% of the total burden of disease in England in 2019.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of NHS expenditure on mental health services was spent on children and young people’s mental health services in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
National Health Service mental health spend from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 totaled £12.7 billion. As a proportion of total recurrent NHS mandate spend of £142.4 billion, this was 8.9%. Of that mental health spend, £1.9 billion or 15% was spent on children and young people’s mental health services, including mental health support teams in schools.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of NHS expenditure was spent on mental health services in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
National Health Service mental health spend from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 totaled £12.7 billion. As a proportion of total recurrent NHS mandate spend of £142.4 billion, this was 8.9%. Of that mental health spend, £1.9 billion or 15% was spent on children and young people’s mental health services, including mental health support teams in schools.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to mental health support for patients with (a) Crohn's disease and (b) ulcerative colitis.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Government is committed to supporting everyone’s mental health and wellbeing, and ensuring that the right support is in place, including for those with long term physical health conditions such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
We have made it clear to local commissioners that we expect NHS talking therapies to be integrated into physical healthcare pathways. Our NHS long term plan commits to an additional £2.3 billion a year for the expansion of mental health services by 2024, so that an additional two million people, including those with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, can access National Health Service-funded mental health support.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time is for a patient with suspected (a) Crohn’s disease and (b) ulcerative colitis to receive a diagnosis.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The data is not routinely held in the format requested. Data is centrally collected for time from referral to a diagnostic test, but not referral to diagnosis. It is also collected by test type and not the purpose of the test.
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the quality of care for the elderly in care homes.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The quality and safety of care provided in care homes is monitored and inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – the independent regulator for health and social care in England. Inspection reports on individual providers are made publicly available, and the CQC publishes annual data in their State of Care report.
The most recent report (20 October 2023) showed 83% of residential care homes being rated as good or outstanding, and 79% of nursing care homes being rated as good or outstanding. For most people therefore, the experience of adult social care and support is positive.
The Government is looking to further improve the quality of care, including for the over 65 year olds in care homes, by transforming how we hold local authorities to account for the care they commission. The new duty for CQC to assess how local authorities are delivering their Care Act duties has begun and will identify where further support is needed.