Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Trafford in each of the last five years.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The following table shows the number of referrals to Trafford mental health services for those aged 17 years old and under, as well as the number of those referrals who received first contact, in each of the last five years:
Year | Referrals | Referrals who received first contact |
2019/20 | 3,987 | 1,868 |
2020/21 | 4,852 | 2,559 |
2021/22 | 6,677 | 3,362 |
2022/23 | 4,835 | 3,132 |
2023/24 | 4,982 | 2,798 |
Source: data taken from the Mental Health Services Dataset, published by NHS England.
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many speech and language therapists there were in (a) Trafford and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent speech and language therapists working in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations, in the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and the Greater Manchester Integrated Care System, in March of each of the last six years:
Year | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
2019 | 99 | 286 |
2020 | 125 | 433 |
2021 | 123 | 433 |
2022 | 139 | 459 |
2023 | 154 | 492 |
2024 | 154 | 509 |
Source: the Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England, published by NHS England on a monthly basis.
These staff provide services in a range of settings, including in education. However, therapists will also be directly employed by other providers, including schools, independent provision, and third sector and charitable organisations, for which data is not held centrally.
Asked by: Connor Rand (Labour - Altrincham and Sale West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of open GP practices in Altrincham and Sale West constituency (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in 2010.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Data provided by NHS England Digital shows that in May 2014, the earliest year from which data is available, there were 15 open general practices (GPs) in the Altrincham and Sale West constituency, and as of May 2024 there are 12 open GPs in the constituency. The data only includes main practices, and does not include branch practices.