Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeremy Hunt and Mark Pawsey

Tuesday 7th February 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hunt]

Dudley CCG has seen its funding go up, and we are asking all CCGs to increase the proportion of their spend on mental health. I am happy to look into the situation the hon. Gentleman talks about, but I will be very disappointed if increasing resources are not going into mental health provision in Dudley.

[Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)]

Will the Secretary of State say a little more about how children’s mental health services can work more closely with schools and the education system more broadly?

[Mr Hunt]

I am happy to do that. Some interesting innovation is going on in many parts of the country. In Hove, a school I visited has a CAMHS––child and adolescent mental health services—worker based full-time in the school. That had a transformational effect, as it meant teachers always had someone they knew they could talk to and their understanding of mental health improved. That is the kind of innovation we want to encourage.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeremy Hunt and Mark Pawsey

Tuesday 20th December 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Jeremy Hunt]

We are taking action and I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that what has happened in that case is completely unacceptable. We are currently commissioning a record number of in-patient mental health beds, and it is a very big priority for us to eliminate the problem entirely by the end of the Parliament.

[Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)]

My constituent Marie Bingham administers a drug at home using pre-filled syringes, but she is unable to dispose of the used needles, partly because they are in 2.5 litre sharps tubs rather than 1 litre sharps tubs. It is a ludicrous situation. Is the Minister aware of the problem, and are there any steps he can take to deal with it?

CQC: NHS Deaths Review

Debate between Jeremy Hunt and Mark Pawsey

Tuesday 13th December 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hunt]

There should be no hiding place for managers who neglect their legal responsibility, which is the duty of candour that we in this place passed into law in 2014. That is my first point. It is also important to be realistic about the ability to impose a culture on organisations by ministerial diktat, but we can achieve that because this is something that NHS staff want. In some ways, what is most worrying about Pennine is that Salford Royal, one of the best hospitals in the NHS, is virtually next door to it, but the transmission of learning at Salford Royal did not seem to penetrate even into a neighbouring hospital. That is why we must get much better at sharing learning between hospitals.

[Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)]

Will the Secretary of State say more about how the additional and extra information he has mentioned, which will be so important for patient groups in judging rates of progress, will be made available?