Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to implement the recommendations in the report of the National Deaf Children's Society entitled Listen Up, published in October 2014.
Answered by Dan Poulter
I met with Jo Campion, Deputy Director for Policy and Campaigns at the National Deaf Children’s Society, today to discuss the Listen Up report and its recommendations.
Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many requests have been made to the Specialist Commissioning team for secure placements or beds for children with mental health issues in the last 12 months.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The data requested is not currently available.
NHS England took responsibility for the commissioning of CAMH Tier 4 (inpatient) services in April 2013. A standardised approach to admissions was not in place which meant that a clear understanding of the numbers of cases referred, or the reasons for referral was not available.
The need for a national process for admissions was highlighted in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 4 Report, published in July and NHS England have been working with young people and their families during August and September to develop an admissions standard protocol.
NHS Area Teams are currently discussing with relevant CAMHS providers the introduction of the protocol in November 2014. The protocol will be reviewed in January 2015.
NHS England anticipates that a standard protocol will be included in contracts from 2015. This will allow the standard recording of information for CAMHS Tier 4 admissions.
Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The Department received 5,201 written questions in the 2013-14 parliamentary session. All questions received a substantive answer before the prorogation.
Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average charge levied by healthcare professionals for written reports requested by patients who require them for (a) setting up power of attorney and (b) other purposes is in each commissioning area.
Answered by Dan Poulter
The information is not held centrally on charges by health professionals, other than general practitioners (GPs).
As regards GPs, they are required under terms of contracts for the provision of National Health Services primary medical services to provide certain medical reports free of charge to their registered patients.
GPs may also provide other services outside of their contract. Regulations prevent a GP for charging a registered patient a fee for treatment under the contract or otherwise, except in certain prescribed circumstances. However, the provision of reports is not classed as treatment. Consequently, GPs are able to charge for those reports which are not deemed free.
The Professional Fees Committee of the British Medical Association (BMA) suggests fees for such services to help doctors set their own professional fees. However, these fees are guidelines only, and a doctor is not obliged to charge the rates suggested. Where doctors intend to charge for services to patients, the BMA advises them to forewarn patients, at the earliest opportunity, of the likely level of fees.
Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) sought chlamydia screening and (b) tested positive in each local authority in 2012-13.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The table attached contains the number of chlamydia tests and diagnoses made in each Upper Tier local authority in England for the most recent year for which data are available (2012) for 15-24 year olds.
Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2014, Official Report, column 401W, on mental health services, whether the Mental Health Intelligence Network has been established.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The Mental Health Intelligence Network has been established and is due to launch its web resource and a supporting suite of indicator tools and supporting resources on 18 June 2014.
The key aim is to provide intelligence to enable better service commissioning and to support service improvement to facilitate the delivery of consistent country-wide best practice care.