Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS apprentices starts there were in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
Answered by Steve Barclay
Health Education England recorded the numbers of National Health Service apprentice starts for 2015/16 and 2016/17 as shown in the following table.
Year | Total number of NHS Apprenticeship Starts |
2015/16 | 19,820 |
2016/17 | 15,532 |
Source: Health Education England
Figures on the numbers of public sector apprenticeships are not yet available for 2017/18. Public bodies in scope of the public sector apprenticeships target are required to report on their progress annually. The first reports, covering the 2017/18 period, are due by 30 September 2018.
Health Education England is leading the development of a number of new health-related apprenticeship standards which will open up pathways for several careers across the NHS. As of May 2018, 21 new standards are ready for delivery and a further 29 are in development.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of management consultant fees in his Department in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Expenditure on consultancy services in the core Department, for each financial year since 2010 is shown in the following table. Data for 2017-18 will not be available until this year’s Annual Report and Accounts has been published.
Financial Year | Consultancy Services (£000’s) |
2010-11 | 22,218 |
2011-12 | 18,199 |
2012-13 | 27,508 |
2013-14 | 588 |
2014-15 | 8,691 |
2015-16 | 7,657 |
2016-17 | 4,485 |
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to (a) publish the evaluation report on the national pilot on hospital trusts requesting two forms of identification from all patients, (b) whether that evaluation included consideration of whether requesting two forms of identity (i) delayed, (ii) deterred or (iii) prevented patients who did not have proof of identity documents but were entitled to NHS services free of charge from accessing healthcare; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The evaluation report on the national pilot on hospital trusts requesting two forms of identification from all patients commissioned by Ipsos Mori will be published in due course alongside the Department's proposed next steps and recommended approach.
The evaluation did consider whether requesting two forms of identity delayed, deterred or prevented patients who did not have proof of identity documents but were entitled to NHS services free of charge from accessing healthcare. Nobody was denied or prevented from accessing healthcare as a result of the identification checks irrespective if a patient had identification or not.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions people resident in the UK for (a) 10 years, (b) 20 years, (c) 30 years and (d) 40 years have been refused access to healthcare as a result of disputed immigration status.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The information requested is not held
The United Kingdom is a residence based health care system and entitlement to free National Health Service healthcare is predominantly based on being ordinarily resident in the UK.
A person who is ordinarily resident in the UK is entitled to receive free NHS healthcare services as long as they can prove they are in the UK lawfully, adopted voluntarily and for settled purposes as part of the regular order of his or her life for the time being, whether of short or long duration.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of UK residents who have been not been given access to healthcare due to disputed immigration status in each of the last five years.
Answered by Steve Barclay
The Department does not hold data on the number of United Kingdom residents who have been not been given access to healthcare due to disputed immigration status in each of the last five years.
The UK is a residence based health care system and is predominantly based on being ordinarily resident in the UK.
A person who is ordinarily resident in the UK is entitled to receive free National Health Service healthcare services as long as they can prove they are in the UK lawfully, adopted voluntarily and for settled purposes as part of the regular order of his or her life for the time being, whether of short or long duration.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Tottenham of 9 January 2018, when he is planning to review the effect of upfront charging in the NHS and extending charges to out-of-hospital care and care provided by non NHS organisations.
Answered by Steve Barclay
Following the commencement of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (the “amendment regulations”), in line with the continuing public sector equalities duty, and also recognising concerns that have been raised by stakeholders regarding the introduction of the amendment regulations, the Department has begun a review of the impact of the changes introduced by the amendment regulations.
The Department is working with arm’s length bodies and stakeholders to review the impact of the amendment regulations in respect of upfront charging, patient records, community services and non-NHS providers, with a particular focus on the extent to which there are any unintended consequences on delivery of care in the community for the most vulnerable, and how any such unintended consequences could be addressed.
The Department will provide an update to stakeholders once the review is completed (likely in spring 2018), and will set out any further action that is considered necessary following the review.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions information regarding the immigration status of NHS patients has been shared with the Home Office in each year since 2010.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Department and NHS Digital do not share information regarding the immigration status of National Health Service patients with the Home Office.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the mental health support needs of survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire; and what additional resources have been provided to fund this support.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Mental health support for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire has been co-ordinated by West London Clinical Commissioning Group and Central and North West London (CNWL) Foundation Trust.
Since August a proactive ‘screen and treat’ programme has been underway to support individuals in the local area potentially affected by the fire. Latest data provided by West London Clinical Commissioning Group details that 767 adults identified as having an urgent need have been screened to date. The programme will reach up to 23,000 people in the area who may have a need for treatment.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea have commissioned Cruse Bereavement Support to provide support to bereaved families.
There are currently 357 adults in treatment for mental health conditions and 38 adults have completed treatment. In addition 162 children and young people have been referred into Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to date. Local children’s services are also conducting screening and treatment. At present there are 51 children receiving specialist care, and 22 of these children have completed their treatment.
Information on waiting times for these services is not collected centrally.
Emotional support is being provided by Hestia, a well-established local care provider. Hestia is providing outreach and intervention capacity to support to those in need of emotional support. This provision includes a wide range of drop-in support, psychological first aid, counselling and support groups which can be accessed by anyone in the local community. At night Hestia are based in a number of hotels with the most Grenfell residents and will contact CNWL if more significant needs are identified.
Mental health support by the National Health Service is being funded from existing budgets. Future NHS funding for Grenfell mental health support will have to be met from local budgets. NHS England will need to consider budget allocation to CNWL in light of the additional demands on services post Grenfell.
The Chancellor indicated in the Budget statement of 22 November that the Government will provide £28 million for Kensington and Chelsea council to provide counselling services and mental health support for victims of the Grenfell fire and for regeneration of surrounding area.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have received (a) mental health support, (b) bereavement counselling and (c) trauma counselling; how many survivors had to wait more than four weeks to receive (i) mental health support, (ii) bereavement counselling and (iii) trauma counselling; and how many individuals are on waiting lists for (A) mental health support, (B) bereavement counselling and (C) trauma counselling.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Mental health support for people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire has been co-ordinated by West London Clinical Commissioning Group and Central and North West London (CNWL) Foundation Trust.
Since August a proactive ‘screen and treat’ programme has been underway to support individuals in the local area potentially affected by the fire. Latest data provided by West London Clinical Commissioning Group details that 767 adults identified as having an urgent need have been screened to date. The programme will reach up to 23,000 people in the area who may have a need for treatment.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea have commissioned Cruse Bereavement Support to provide support to bereaved families.
There are currently 357 adults in treatment for mental health conditions and 38 adults have completed treatment. In addition 162 children and young people have been referred into Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to date. Local children’s services are also conducting screening and treatment. At present there are 51 children receiving specialist care, and 22 of these children have completed their treatment.
Information on waiting times for these services is not collected centrally.
Emotional support is being provided by Hestia, a well-established local care provider. Hestia is providing outreach and intervention capacity to support to those in need of emotional support. This provision includes a wide range of drop-in support, psychological first aid, counselling and support groups which can be accessed by anyone in the local community. At night Hestia are based in a number of hotels with the most Grenfell residents and will contact CNWL if more significant needs are identified.
Mental health support by the National Health Service is being funded from existing budgets. Future NHS funding for Grenfell mental health support will have to be met from local budgets. NHS England will need to consider budget allocation to CNWL in light of the additional demands on services post Grenfell.
The Chancellor indicated in the Budget statement of 22 November that the Government will provide £28 million for Kensington and Chelsea council to provide counselling services and mental health support for victims of the Grenfell fire and for regeneration of surrounding area.