Asked by: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, based on the read codes in the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool’s SystmOne, how many young people currently in young offender institutions have (a) evidence of lack of understanding, (b) difficulty understanding verbal language, or (c) difficulty with speech.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has plans to support NHS providers to collect data on the quality and the outcomes of interventions for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs by (a) recommending the inclusion of outcome measures in the community services dataset and (b) expanding the model hospital dashboard to include quality metrics.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Community Services Data Set is developing in phases. At present it has the capacity to record coded assessments, and this facility is mainly used for the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, which assesses the development performance of children in a variety of areas, including communication. NHS Digital publishes data relating the Ages and Stages Questionnaire scores at 24, 27 and 30 months, including the children’s scores in the communication domain. NHS Digital continues to work with stakeholders from NHS England, Public Health England and elsewhere to understand further requirements around the Community Services Data Set, including in relation to outcomes.
When outcomes measures are included in the Community Services Data Set, these will be reflected in the Model Community Health Services site, which will be a resource providing metrics on services delivered in the community.
Asked by: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 165670 on Speech and Language Disorders: Children, what steps Public Health England plans to take to draw on expertise from a speech, language and communications expert to inform its work on mental ill health prevention.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Public Health England (PHE) is working in partnership with the Department for Education as part of the Social Mobility Action Plan for Education, to improve early language acquisition and reduce the ‘word gap’.
To support this work an Expert Advisory Group has been established. This group helps to shape and develop the work, providing insights and advice on latest research, policy imperatives and priority issues. This group comprises experts from a range of disciplines with expertise in speech and language. These experts can also inform the work on mental health prevention.
PHE has established a Special Interest Group which aims to deliver the best applied evidence to public mental health improvement and reduction of inequalities in children and young people in England.
The group has representation from research and academia, Government Departments, arm’s length bodies, local commissioners, public health professionals and young people.
Asked by: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2018 report by ICAN, Bercow: Ten Years On, what plans he has to make sure that the special interest group convened by Public Health England to identify key mental health prevention evidence and its relevance to practice and to highlight gaps and make recommendations for these to be addressed through further research includes an expert in speech, language and communication and the links with mental health.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Public Health England (PHE) welcomes the Bercow Ten Years On Report and is working towards the recommendations for PHE.
The Special Interest Group will meet for the first time on 25 July with representation from research/ academia, Government Departments, arm’s length bodies, local commissioners, public health professionals and young people. The aim of the Special Interest Group will be to identify the best evidence for improving public mental health and reducing inequalities in children and young people in England.
The terms of reference and membership will be discussed at the first meeting and PHE will draw on expertise from a speech, language and communications expert to inform this work.
Asked by: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the I CAN and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ report of 20 March 2018, Bercow: Ten Years On, as part of the Government's long-term settlement for the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Department will consider the implications of this independent report with all the relevant organisations for which there are recommendations, and respond in due course.