Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the quality and effectiveness of Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews.

We are committed to the ongoing monitoring of the quality and effectiveness of Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TRs).

NHS England has recently asked the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to commission a national study to consider this in more detail for both community and inpatient C(E)TRs.

NHS England monitor C(E)TR adherence using Assuring Transformation Data in line with the frequency standards set out in the C(E)TR policy. This includes whether the person is reported as having a community C(E)TR before admission, or a post-admission C(E)TR on admission. It also records whether people in hospital have had their most recent C(E)TR within the timescale set out in the policy, three months for children and young people, six months for adults in acute settings and 12 months for adults in secure settings.

NHS England will shortly be publishing the refreshed Dynamic Support Register and C(E)TR policy.