Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the average waiting time for cognitive behavioural therapy for women with menopausal symptoms in London.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Improving care and support for menopause is a priority in the Women’s Health Strategy. It is important that all women experiencing the menopause have access to information and options to enable them to choose the best care to suit them. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidelines currently recommend that that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be recommended for low mood or anxiety that arises as a result of the menopause.
CBT is offered as part of the NHS Talking Therapies services. The latest data for NHS Talking Therapies in the London region shows that 35,410 females, including trans women, accessed National Health Service funded treatment during the period from October to December 2023. Of these, 91% completing treatment waited less than six weeks for their first appointment, against a target of 75%, and 98% completing treatment waited less than 18 weeks, against a target of 95%. Data is not collected separately for CBT, which is one type of talking therapy. Data is also not collected separately for females with menopausal symptoms. This data is available at the following link:
Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
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 increase girls' access to mental health services.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Health policy is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive. In England, through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is providing record levels of investment and increasing the mental health workforce, to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services in England. Almost £16 billion was invested in mental health in 2022/23, enabling 3.6 million people to be in contact with mental health services, a 10% increase on the previous year. Of these, nearly 560,000 were females under the age of 18 years old, a 12% increase on the previous year.
We are rolling out mental health support teams to schools and colleges in England. There are now around 400 mental health support teams in place, covering 3.4 million children, or approximately 35% of pupils. We estimate that this will increase to 44% by April 2024, and we are working to increase this coverage to 50% of pupils by March 2025.
In addition, we announced in October 2023 that £4.92 million would be available for 10 early support hubs in England. We are now providing an additional £3 million to expand the number of hubs to 24 across the country. This £8 million overall package will improve access for children and young people to vital mental health support, offering early interventions to improve wellbeing before their condition escalates further.
Written Evidence Nov. 29 2023
Inquiry: Men's healthFound: IMH0103 - Men's health Office for National Statistics Written Evidence
Jul. 13 2010
Source Page: Health profile of England 2009. 120 p.Found: Health profile of England 2009. 120 p.
Jan. 02 2024
Source Page: The Eatwell GuideFound: protect and improve the nation's health and wellbe ing, and reduce health inequalities.
Written Evidence Jan. 24 2024
Inquiry: Men's healthFound: IMH0102 - Men's health Department of Health and Social Care Written Evidence
Mentions:
1: None and other physical health indicators. - Speech Link
2: None for young people, including in the areas of mental health and cancer. - Speech Link
3: None understanding of is the group that we are most commonly seeing now in clinic, which is birth-registered females - Speech Link
4: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) The data shows a huge and quick increase in birth-registered females, the majority of whom are same-sex - Speech Link
Jun. 03 2008
Source Page: Tables showing number of closed compensation claims by patients who have contract healthcare associated infections for each year from 2001/02 to 2007/08, broken down by age, family relationship and NHS trust.Found: Number of closed claims where females have contracted a healthcare associated infection by year of settlement
Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) and supports local areas to use this data to inform sexual health services delivery. - Speech Link
2: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) We are absolutely looking to extend its services, which will include sexual health clinics. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, with a real-terms cut of nearly a third for sexual health services over the past eight years - Speech Link
4: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) In a recent survey across the European nations, we came out top in sexual and reproductive health services - Speech Link
5: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) As the noble Lord mentioned, we have a programme of chlamydia vaccinations for both females and males - Speech Link
Asked by: Nadia Whittome (Labour - Nottingham East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Consultation report for the interim service specification for specialist gender incongruence services for children and young people published by NHS England on 9 June 2023, if she will provide a definition of the term early-onset gender dysphoria.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
Early-onset gender dysphoria is referred to in NHS England’s Consultation report for the interim service specification. It is referenced in relation to research that has been commissioned by the research board, chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, into the impact of puberty suppressing hormones in children with ‘early-onset’ gender dysphoria.
The focus on ‘early-onset’ gender dysphoria responds directly to findings from the Cass Review that in recent years there has been a dramatic change in the case-mix of referrals to specialist gender services. from predominantly birth-registered males presenting with gender incongruence from an early age to predominantly birth-registered females presenting with later onset of reported gender incongruence in early teens. It will be for the clinical trial study team to propose the precise eligibility definitions to be used in the study as the proposal is developed over the next few months.