Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on animal modellers’ use of reductionism for medicinal tests.
Answered by Steve Brine
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the competent authority responsible for issuing marketing authorisations (product licences) and approving clinical trial authorisation applications for medicinal products in the United Kingdom, already encourages the development and use of newer tests and alternatives to animal tests. There are ongoing discussions about newer technologies involving alternatives to animals and these are being embraced by industry and regulators. However, it does take time for these methods to become adequately validated, established and accepted worldwide.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients who are the responsibility of Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley clinical commissioning group are contacted within seven days after being discharged from hospital on the Care Programme Approach.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Latest available information from NHS England showed that for NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group, 90.5% of patients on the Care Programme Approach were followed up within seven days after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care.
NHS England publishes this information on a quarterly basis at:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/mental-health-community-teams-activity/
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients who are discharged on a Care Programme Approach from hospitals in (a) Kent and (b) England are contacted within seven days.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The data requested is published. All of the numbers are for Q2 2017/18:-
Area | Numbers | Percentage |
Kent1 | 150 out of 155 | 96.8% |
England | 15,814 out of 16,347 | 96.7% |
West Kent | 83 out of 84 | 98.8% |
Note:
1Total of NHS South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS West Kent CCG
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients discharged on a Care Programme Approach from hospitals in the West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group are contacted within seven days.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The data requested is published. All of the numbers are for Q2 2017/18:-
Area | Numbers | Percentage |
Kent1 | 150 out of 155 | 96.8% |
England | 15,814 out of 16,347 | 96.7% |
West Kent | 83 out of 84 | 98.8% |
Note:
1Total of NHS South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS West Kent CCG
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of hospital bed days is for children and young people under 18 in tier 4 wards in (a) 2010, (b)2015 and (c) 2017 in i) England, ii) West Kent and iii) Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information is not available in the format requested. Data is only available for England in 2016/17, in which the number of bed days for children and young people under 18 in tier 4 wards was 458,145, and the average length of stay was 99 days.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme received their first treatment appointment within six weeks of referral under Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The table below provides the information requested for 2015 – 2016. The data for 2016-2017 is due to be published on 30 November.
Number and proportion of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) referrals who waited less than six weeks for treatment and entered treatment in 2015/16 for the requested Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
| Total number of referrals entering treatment | Of which waited less than six weeks to enter treatment | Proportion who waited less than six weeks |
NHS West Kent CCG | 6,315 | 6,020 | 95% |
NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG | 3,415 | 2,750 | 81% |
Source: IAPT dataset, NHS Digital
Note:
Waiting time to enter treatment is calculated as the number of days between the referral received date and the first attended treatment appointment.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme received their first treatment appointment within six weeks of referral under West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The table below provides the information requested for 2015 – 2016. The data for 2016-2017 is due to be published on 30 November.
Number and proportion of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) referrals who waited less than six weeks for treatment and entered treatment in 2015/16 for the requested Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
| Total number of referrals entering treatment | Of which waited less than six weeks to enter treatment | Proportion who waited less than six weeks |
NHS West Kent CCG | 6,315 | 6,020 | 95% |
NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG | 3,415 | 2,750 | 81% |
Source: IAPT dataset, NHS Digital
Note:
Waiting time to enter treatment is calculated as the number of days between the referral received date and the first attended treatment appointment.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to help clinical commissioning groups in Kent meet the targets set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View for mental health care.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The Kent Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and their partners’ success in delivering ambitions for mental health as set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View are monitored through NHS England assurance processes, this is included in the NHS England guidance to CCGs.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the rates of (a) suicide and (b) self-harm in West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group in each (i) 2005, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010, (iv) 2015 and (v) 2017.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information is not available in the format requested.
Asked by: Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he as made of the rates of (a) suicide and (b) self-harm in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group in (i) 2005, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010, (iv) 2015 and (v) 2017.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information is not available in the format requested.