Asked by: Baroness Wyld (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Government response to the House of Lords inquiry into preterm birth: reducing risks and improving lives on 14 January, whether they have received the findings of the NHS maternity and neonatal estates survey; and if so, when they expect to publish them.
Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England expects to shortly publish the findings of their survey of maternity and neonatal estates, which examined compliances against the current estates’ standards, including the requirements of neonatal parental accommodation.
Asked by: Baroness Wyld (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many home visits from (1) midwives, and (2) health visitors, women currently receive after childbirth.
Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
The health visiting service offer is universal to all families, and is underpinned by the national Healthy Child Programme. This offer begins with the antenatal contact and continues until school entry at five years old. There are five mandated universal contacts for health visiting which include: antenatal review; new birth visit; six to eight week review; one year review; and two to two-and-a-half year review. More targeted support, comprising of additional contacts above the mandated number, are delivered depending on assessment of individual family needs. Mandated health visitor reviews should be held face to face, although there may be local variations and blended approaches used. The health visiting service is delivered in a range of settings including families’ own homes, local community, or primary care settings.
Asked by: Baroness Wyld (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what systems are in place to ensure pregnant women are screened for existing or potential mental health difficulties.
Answered by Lord Markham - Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
NHS England’s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services sets out how the National Health Service will make maternity and neonatal care safer, more personalised, and more equitable for women, babies, and families. A key objective of the plan is to ensure that all women should be offered personalised care and support plans which take account of their physical health, mental health, social complexities, and personal choices.
We are improving the access and quality of perinatal mental health care for mothers and their partners. There are 35 maternal mental health services which combine maternity, reproductive health and psychological therapy for women experiencing mental health difficulties related to their maternity experience. Services in each integrated care system area are due to be operational by March 2024.
Asked by: Baroness Wyld (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis the Department of Health and Social Care has made of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the take-up of routine childhood vaccinations.
Answered by Lord Bethell
Preliminary data between weeks 1-17 in 2020 indicates that whilst there was an initial decrease in the number of pre-school vaccinations delivered in primary care during the early weeks of the pandemic compared with the same period of 2019, the situation rapidly stabilised and recovered.
Providers of school aged immunisations, which were impacted by school closures, are now working with NHS England and NHS Improvement commissioners to catch up those vaccinations that have been delayed. Programmes delivered through schools have been rescheduled as schools have re-opened. School-age vaccination programmes are delivered at different times throughout the academic year, and so local variation will be seen in recovery.
Asked by: Baroness Wyld (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what ministerial visits are planned to the Great Exhibition of the North 2018.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The Great Exhibition of the North will be the largest event in England in 2018 and a game- changing moment for the North of England. The Exhibition will run from 22 June – 9 September 2018.
Ministers have visited NewcastleGateshead and met with local business, key partners and the Exhibition delivery team. Further visits are planned for the opening weekend and at key stages throughout the 80 days of the Exhibition.
NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), a public private partnership established in 2000, will deliver the Exhibition and is responsible for all operational aspects including promotion of the Exhibition. The department is supporting all aspects of promotional activity.
Asked by: Baroness Wyld (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote the Great Exhibition of the North 2018.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The Great Exhibition of the North will be the largest event in England in 2018 and a game- changing moment for the North of England. The Exhibition will run from 22 June – 9 September 2018.
Ministers have visited NewcastleGateshead and met with local business, key partners and the Exhibition delivery team. Further visits are planned for the opening weekend and at key stages throughout the 80 days of the Exhibition.
NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), a public private partnership established in 2000, will deliver the Exhibition and is responsible for all operational aspects including promotion of the Exhibition. The department is supporting all aspects of promotional activity.