Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Mental Health Strategy will include measures to improve access to NHS Talking Therapies, and what options will be available to patients for whom a course of treatment has not been effective.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since coming to office, this Government has recruited thousands of extra mental health staff, increased access to National Health Service talking therapies, started the roll-out of mental health specialists to every school and college in the country, and announced a major expansion of mental health support within the community, with £187 million allocated for 100 community mental health centres, and £156 million for 59 mental health emergency departments.
Later this year, we will also publish our new mental health strategy for England, setting out our plans to transform mental health care into a system that responds earlier, reduces waiting times for support, intervenes earlier, and supports people to stay active and participate in education, work, family, and community life.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen mental health support and services as part of the forthcoming Mental Health Strategy.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since coming to office, this Government has recruited thousands of extra mental health staff, increased access to National Health Service talking therapies, started the roll-out of mental health specialists to every school and college in the country, and announced a major expansion of mental health support within the community, with £187 million allocated for 100 community mental health centres, and £156 million for 59 mental health emergency departments.
Later this year, we will also publish our new mental health strategy for England, setting out our plans to transform mental health care into a system that responds earlier, reduces waiting times for support, intervenes earlier, and supports people to stay active and participate in education, work, family, and community life.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the correlation between the availability of live traffic data in ambulances and average response times to Category 1 and Category 2 calls.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The specific information requested by the Hon. Member regarding live traffic updates is not centrally held. All ambulance vehicles have satellite navigation systems that assist crews to identify the location of each emergency. These are updated regularly to ensure the information within them remains current, and to reflect feedback from operational crews and managers who are trained on these systems and understand best the areas they serve.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of equipping all frontline ambulances with live traffic navigation systems.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The specific information requested by the Hon. Member regarding live traffic updates is not centrally held. All ambulance vehicles have satellite navigation systems that assist crews to identify the location of each emergency. These are updated regularly to ensure the information within them remains current, and to reflect feedback from operational crews and managers who are trained on these systems and understand best the areas they serve.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that Deaf patients who use BSL can access timely and effective communication support when receiving emergency care.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 8 September in response to Question 22049.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ambulances lacking live traffic navigation systems on response times.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The specific information requested by the Hon. Member regarding live traffic updates is not centrally held. All ambulance vehicles have satellite navigation systems that assist crews to identify the location of each emergency. These are updated regularly to ensure the information within them remains current, and to reflect feedback from operational crews and managers who are trained on these systems and understand best the areas they serve.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many ambulances are equipped with navigation systems that show live traffic information.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The specific information requested by the Hon. Member regarding live traffic updates is not centrally held. All ambulance vehicles have satellite navigation systems that assist crews to identify the location of each emergency. These are updated regularly to ensure the information within them remains current, and to reflect feedback from operational crews and managers who are trained on these systems and understand best the areas they serve.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to fund the roll-out of live traffic navigation systems to ambulance trusts that do not currently have them.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The specific information requested by the Hon. Member regarding live traffic updates is not centrally held. All ambulance vehicles have satellite navigation systems that assist crews to identify the location of each emergency. These are updated regularly to ensure the information within them remains current, and to reflect feedback from operational crews and managers who are trained on these systems and understand best the areas they serve.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what variation there is between ambulance trusts in access to live traffic navigation systems, broken down by region.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The specific information requested by the Hon. Member regarding live traffic updates is not centrally held. All ambulance vehicles have satellite navigation systems that assist crews to identify the location of each emergency. These are updated regularly to ensure the information within them remains current, and to reflect feedback from operational crews and managers who are trained on these systems and understand best the areas they serve.
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of British Sign Language interpreters in Accident and Emergency departments.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 8 September in response to Question 22049.