Written Question
Thursday 21st July 2022
Asked by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support improvement at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
NHS England’s recovery programme is working directly with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. In addition, the Care Quality Commission is currently proceeding with the enforcement process of the Section 29A Warning Notice and has scheduled an unannounced follow up inspection. The CQC’s engagement with and visits to the Trust will continue, with further visits planned in August 2022.
Written Question
Thursday 21st July 2022
Asked by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on expanding the number of mental health clinicians working in schools.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
We have committed to deploy mental health support teams to approximately 35% of schools and colleges by 2023. The role of education mental health practitioner has recently been added to mental health support teams. Since 2019, 1,164 practitioners have completed the one-year training. A further 503 are in training, with 221 due to complete training in September 2022 and the remaining 282 in January 2023. A further 456 training places have been commissioned, with 245 starting in September 2022 and the remaining 211 in January 2023. These cohorts will be available to join services in schools in September 2023 and January 2024 respectively.
Written Question
Thursday 21st July 2022
Asked by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps his Department will be taking to build further dental capacity in Suffolk.
Answered by James Morris
NHS England has agreed short-term funding for dentistry in the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System to increase access to urgent dental care in Suffolk until 31 March 2023. The National Health Service in the East of England has developed a transformational dental strategy to deliver universal access to urgent dental care and preventative care.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"I welcome my right hon. Friend to his place. I offer a solution. Will he commit himself to sorting out the transfer of electronic prescriptions between hospital consultants and GPs, which would stop people trying to get appointments for prescriptions written in hospital. That would simplify things enormously, and my …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Written Statements - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Covid-19: Shielding
"Shielding was introduced at the start of the pandemic as one of the few interventions available to support those who, at the time, were considered clinically extremely vulnerable.
We know shielding advice is extremely restrictive and has a significant impact on people’s lives and their mental and physical wellbeing. It …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)
"No, my question was covered earlier. I had assumed that I would be called as a Back Bencher, if you see what I mean, as I am not the lead Minister on this Committee...."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)
"Q I will ask a supplementary. We have spoken about discharge. I have a particular interest in how we develop the system by the use of ICBs and ICPs in order to highlight prevention. Very often, admission is the result of issues before, and as Stephen highlighted and Gerry …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)
"Q So you might see a positive outflow, in terms of more investment in community, in order to keep people well?
Stephen Chandler: Absolutely...."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (Fourth sitting)
"Q Thank you. Gerry?
Gerry Nosowska: Prevention is always undermined by the resources moving into urgent and acute needs. In practice, social workers are not able to do therapeutic, restorative support work that they would be able to if they had the time to spend with people who need …..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Health and Care Bill (First sitting)
"I have no relevant interest to declare, but we are unable to see a screen. Would it be possible to erect a screen so that we can see those giving evidence?..."Jo Churchill - View Speech
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