Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeff Smith and Jeremy Hunt

Tuesday 19th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab)]

Last November, the Health Secretary committed to ending out-of-area mental health placements by 2020, but the number of people placed more than 100 km from their home rose by 65% over the past year. The earlier response from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price), was no answer, so what are the Government actually going to do to turn the situation around?

[Mr Hunt]

There are record numbers of tier 4 beds, and we are putting record amounts of money into mental health.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeff Smith and Jeremy Hunt

Tuesday 10th October 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hunt]

My hon. Friend, who has a lot of experience of working in the NHS, is absolutely right. The new Care Quality Commission inspection regime is designed precisely to identify good, strong leadership, because that has the best impact on staff and, through that, the best impact on patients.

[Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab)]

9. What assessment he has made of the advice of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on the level of funding for drug treatment services.