Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 13 of the NHS Benchmarking Network's Children and Young People’s Mental Health Workforce Census, published in January 2023, if he will publish the full-time equivalent number of people working in NHS children and young people's mental health services in (a) 2016, (b) 2019, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022, by (i) job role and (ii) integrated care system region.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
There are no plans to do so. A breakdown of whole-time equivalents by job role for 2019, 2021 and 2022 is already available in the census report referred to.
Integrated care systems were not formally established until July 2022.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's proposal that children, young people and their families and carers presenting to community-based mental health services should start to receive help within four weeks from referral, whether his Department has set at date for implementing that proposal.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
We are working with NHS England on the introduction of this new waiting time standard for children and young people’s community-based mental health services as part of its clinically led review of National Health Service access standards. A date for its introduction has not yet been set.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2022 survey published by NHS Digital on 29 November 2022, how many and what proportion of children and young people aged (a) 7 to 10, (b) 11 to 16, (c) 7 to 16 and (d) 17 to 24 have a probable mental health disorder in each (i) region of England and (ii) integrated care system area in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information requested is not available at regional or integrated care system level as the response rate and number of respondents to the survey is too small a sample to be statistically significant.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training posts in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry were commissioned by (a) NHS England and (b) other provider organisations in each region of England in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Answered by Will Quince
Most medical speciality training posts are commissioned centrally, and tariff funded, but some training posts are commissioned and funded by individual trusts as part of this recruitment process.
The table attached shows the number of higher speciality child and adolescent psychiatry commissioned posts for 2021/2022 to 2023/2024. It also shows a) the number of all full-time equivalent doctors and b) the number of consultants, working in the speciality of child and adolescent psychiatry in National Health Service provider trusts and core organisations by NHS England region and Integrated Care System for February 2019 to February 2023.
The additional posts in the years after 2021/2022 are part of the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan. There are a further 15 posts (bringing the number of commissioned posts to a total of 277) planned for 2024/25 which have not yet been allocated to regions.
The Department does not hold the data for the years before 2021/22, nor does it hold information on the planned number of posts for years beyond 2024/2025.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training posts in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are forecast to be commissioned by (a) NHS England and (b) other provider organisations in each region of England in each year between 2023 and 2031.
Answered by Will Quince
Most medical speciality training posts are commissioned centrally, and tariff funded, but some training posts are commissioned and funded by individual trusts as part of this recruitment process.
The table attached shows the number of higher speciality child and adolescent psychiatry commissioned posts for 2021/2022 to 2023/2024. It also shows a) the number of all full-time equivalent doctors and b) the number of consultants, working in the speciality of child and adolescent psychiatry in National Health Service provider trusts and core organisations by NHS England region and Integrated Care System for February 2019 to February 2023.
The additional posts in the years after 2021/2022 are part of the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan. There are a further 15 posts (bringing the number of commissioned posts to a total of 277) planned for 2024/25 which have not yet been allocated to regions.
The Department does not hold the data for the years before 2021/22, nor does it hold information on the planned number of posts for years beyond 2024/2025.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists were employed by the NHS in (a) each region of England and (b) each integrated care system area in each of the last five years.
Answered by Will Quince
Most medical speciality training posts are commissioned centrally, and tariff funded, but some training posts are commissioned and funded by individual trusts as part of this recruitment process.
The table attached shows the number of higher speciality child and adolescent psychiatry commissioned posts for 2021/2022 to 2023/2024. It also shows a) the number of all full-time equivalent doctors and b) the number of consultants, working in the speciality of child and adolescent psychiatry in National Health Service provider trusts and core organisations by NHS England region and Integrated Care System for February 2019 to February 2023.
The additional posts in the years after 2021/2022 are part of the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan. There are a further 15 posts (bringing the number of commissioned posts to a total of 277) planned for 2024/25 which have not yet been allocated to regions.
The Department does not hold the data for the years before 2021/22, nor does it hold information on the planned number of posts for years beyond 2024/2025.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide funding for (a) the pay rise for NHS staff that was backdated to April 2023 and (b) the NHS backlog bonus to staff employed by (i) social enterprises and (ii) local authorities delivering NHS services.
Answered by Will Quince
For the 2023/24 consolidated pay uplift for Agenda for Change staff, funding will be provided to National Health Service providers through the usual routes. The 2022/23 non-consolidated pay uplift for Agenda for Change staff applies to staff directly employed by an NHS organisation as set out in Annex 1 of the NHS Employers handbook. Independent providers and local authorities were not eligible to receive funding for the non-consolidated awards. Where non NHS employers have chosen to adopt the same terms and conditions as offered on the Agenda for Change contract, they should work with commissioners to determine handling of any additional costs in line with local contracts.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of invitations to NHS Health Checks for those aged 40-74 sent between 2018 and 2022 were (a) accepted and (b) completed.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The Department does not collect information on whether or not NHS Health Check invitations are accepted. Between January 2018 and December 2022 42.9% of people invited completed an NHS Health Check.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment has been made of the potential merits of including advice on the symptoms of ovarian cancer as part of the NHS Health Check for women aged 40 to 74 years old to increase awareness.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
No specific assessment has been made.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the public aged 40- to 74 have been invited for an NHS Health Check in each local authority in the last five years.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
Local authority level data on the proportion of eligible people invited for an NHS Health Check between April 2018 and December 2022 is available at the following link: