Asked by: Danielle Rowley (Labour - Midlothian)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that former armed forces personnel are able to access metal health services.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Veterans on average have very similar mental health needs to the general population. Most services used by veterans are provided by mainstream NHS services, often without their veteran status being disclosed. However, additional bespoke services have been provided in England to meet service related needs.
In 2017 NHS England launched the Veterans Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILs) which increases access and treatment to appropriate and timely mental health services for both armed forces serving personnel approaching discharge and veterans with mental health difficulties.
NHS England also launched the Veterans Mental Health Complex Treatment Service in April 2018, which builds on the launch of TILs and provides an enhanced service for veterans who have military-attributable complex mental health problems that have not been resolved earlier in the care/support pathway.
Asked by: Danielle Rowley (Labour - Midlothian)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that former armed forces personnel are able to access metal health services.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Veterans on average have very similar mental health needs to the general population. Most services used by veterans are provided by mainstream NHS services, often without their veteran status being disclosed. However, additional bespoke services have been provided in England to meet service related needs.
In 2017 NHS England launched the Veterans Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liaison Service (TILs) which increases access and treatment to appropriate and timely mental health services for both armed forces serving personnel approaching discharge and veterans with mental health difficulties.
NHS England also launched the Veterans Mental Health Complex Treatment Service in April 2018, which builds on the launch of TILs and provides an enhanced service for veterans who have military-attributable complex mental health problems that have not been resolved earlier in the care/support pathway.
Asked by: Danielle Rowley (Labour - Midlothian)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of nurses employed by the NHS in full-time positions 12 months ago remain in full-time employment in the NHS today; and what the retention rates for full-time nursing staff in (a) 2000, (b) 2005 and (c) 2010.
Answered by Philip Dunne
NHS Digital publishes quarterly data on turnover of staff working in the National Health Service in England.
82.9% of nurses who were employed by the NHS in full time position in May 2016 were identified as employed by the NHS in a full-time position in May 2017.
85.6% of nurses who were employed by the NHS in full time position in May 2010 were identified as employed by the NHS in a full-time position in May 2011.
Data prior to 2009 is not available.
Source: NHS Digital, Provisional NHS Hospital and Community Health Service monthly workforce statistics
Asked by: Danielle Rowley (Labour - Midlothian)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of new nurses recruited by the NHS in the last 12 months remain in full-time employment in the NHS; and what the retention rates among new recruits were in (a) 2000, (b) 2005 and (c) 2010.
Answered by Philip Dunne
NHS Digital publishes quarterly data on turnover of staff working in the National Health Service in England.
59.9% of all new nurses recruited by the NHS are in full time employment at the end of the 12 month period between May 2010 to May 2011.
59.3% of all new nurses recruited by the NHS are in full time employment at the end of the 12 month period between May 2016 to May 2017.
Data prior to 2009 is not available.
Source: NHS Digital, Provisional NHS Hospital and Community Health Service monthly workforce statistics.
Asked by: Danielle Rowley (Labour - Midlothian)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for cancer patients to receive radiotherapy treatment following their operations in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Steve Brine
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Danielle Rowley (Labour - Midlothian)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of hospital and healthcare-acquired infections have been diagnosed by the NHS in England in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Steve Brine
Public Health England (PHE) publishes national statistics on four healthcare and hospital acquired infections; Clostridium difficile infections (CDI), Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Escherichia coli (E. coli).
The data from the last 10 years, where available, can be found in the Annual Epidemiological Commentary: Mandatory MRSA, MSSA and E. coli bacteraemia and C. difficile infection data 2016/17 available here: