Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jul 2014
Learning Disabilities (Care in the Community)
"My hon. Friend makes a valid point and was right to do so.
Some £500 million of public money was spent to pay for people to be over-medicated with anti-psychotic drugs and kept in seclusion at risk of assault and self-harm. In December 2012, the Government put in place an …..."Tom Clarke - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jul 2014
Learning Disabilities (Care in the Community)
"I agree entirely with my right hon. Friend. It was important that he put that case on the record.
The picture we are seeing is clearly unacceptable. Mencap, the Challenging Behaviour Foundation and Enable in Scotland have campaigned vigorously with the families of those affected, and I thank them for …..."Tom Clarke - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Jul 2014
Learning Disabilities (Care in the Community)
"I am very grateful for the Minister’s tone and I know that he feels deeply bound to respond to the problems that we are discussing. I welcome the fact that he mentions advocacy. Will he assure us that his Department will do everything possible to insist that advocacy remains at …..."Tom Clarke - View Speech
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Written Question
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Tuesday 13th May 2014
Asked by:
Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the £2.7 million announced for learning disability in the recently published NHS England business plan for 2014-15 will be spent on the proposed premature mortality review function.
Answered by Norman Lamb
NHS England has made £1.5 million available in 2014-15 to undertake the work required to establish a national learning disability mortality review function by the end of March 2015. NHS England is currently undertaking work to define the detail of how the review function will operate. However, NHS England is clear that the starting point will be the proposals put forward by the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities team and will aim to develop proposals with input from a range of partners.
Written Question
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Tuesday 13th May 2014
Asked by:
Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the premature mortality review function for people with a learning disability, announced in the NHS England business plan 2014-15, to become fully operational; whether the data from that review will be analysed at a national level; and when he expects initial findings from that review to become available.
Answered by Norman Lamb
NHS England has made £1.5 million available in 2014-15 to undertake the work required to establish a national learning disability mortality review function by the end of March 2015. NHS England is currently undertaking work to define the detail of how the review function will operate. However, NHS England is clear that the starting point will be the proposals put forward by the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities team and will aim to develop proposals with input from a range of partners.
Written Question
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Tuesday 13th May 2014
Asked by:
Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether responsibility for implementing the premature mortality review function for people with a learning disability, announced in the NHS England business plan 2014-15 will sit at a national or local level; whether all local areas in England will be mandated to implement the review; and how local areas will be held accountable for implementing the review.
Answered by Norman Lamb
NHS England has made £1.5 million available in 2014-15 to undertake the work required to establish a national learning disability mortality review function by the end of March 2015. NHS England is currently undertaking work to define the detail of how the review function will operate. However, NHS England is clear that the starting point will be the proposals put forward by the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities team and will aim to develop proposals with input from a range of partners.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Mar 2014
Care Bill [Lords]
"I have listened with great interest to my hon. Friend, as I did to the hon. Member for Bristol North West (Charlotte Leslie). Given that many such awful incidents involve people with learning disabilities, will he assure me that he has very much in mind their views as well as …..."Tom Clarke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Mar 2014
Care Bill [Lords]
"The right hon. Gentleman speaks with enormous authority on these matters. On the issue of community care, does he agree that for many years we have talked about joint planning, which is essential if community care is to be delivered? Does he feel that, even with the Bill and the …..."Tom Clarke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Mar 2014
Care Bill [Lords]
"My hon. Friend is making a convincing case. I have a background in local government. Does she agree that if statutory obligations are placed on local authorities, it is important that that they should be followed by the appropriate resources, but that that is not always the case?..."Tom Clarke - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Mar 2014
Care Bill [Lords]
"The Minister has outlined that he wants to work with the commission, local authorities and others in these important matters. Does he agree that there are issues on which organisations such as Mencap have a lot to contribute? Would he see the Government’s approach on those matters as being inclusive …..."Tom Clarke - View Speech
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