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1271W<br />
Written Answers<br />
6 JUNE 2013<br />
Written Answers<br />
1272W<br />
Human Trafficking<br />
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health<br />
how many hospital bed spaces for persons who have<br />
undergone human trafficking have been available in<br />
each of the last 10 years; and what the projected<br />
number of such beds is in each of the next three years.<br />
[156947]<br />
Anna Soubry: The Department recognises that the<br />
impact of human trafficking on victims is significant<br />
for both mental health and physical health.<br />
Information on the number of hospital bed spaces<br />
available for individuals under criteria such as ‘for<br />
persons who have undergone human trafficking’ is not<br />
collected in the national health service.<br />
Lyxumia<br />
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health<br />
what assessment his Department has made of the<br />
diabetes drug Lyxumia. [156934]<br />
Norman Lamb: Lyxumia contains the active ingredient<br />
lixisenatide and was authorised as a medicine by the<br />
European Commission in February 2013.<br />
The data supporting the quality, safety and efficacy<br />
of Lyxumia have been fully assessed and the benefit/risk<br />
profile is considered positive in the treatment of adults<br />
with type 2 diabetes mellitus when used in combination<br />
with other glucose lowering medicines and/or insulin.<br />
The supporting data were assessed by the Committee<br />
on Human Medicinal Products (of the European Medicines<br />
Agency) and in which the <strong>United</strong> <strong>Kingdom</strong> is represented.<br />
Mental Health Services<br />
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Health (1) if he will assess the potential effects on NHS<br />
waiting times for mindfulness-based cognitive therapy<br />
courses of opening up the market to those who provide<br />
the course to clients who pay; [158168]<br />
(2) what assessment he has made of the (a) NHS<br />
and (b) private provider waiting time for patients with<br />
depresssion in Sussex for the mindfulness based<br />
cognitive therapy course; [158169]<br />
(3) if he will make an assessment of the potential<br />
effects on accident and emergency departments of the<br />
prescription of the NICE-recommended mindfulnessbased<br />
cognitive therapy courses for patients with<br />
anxiety and depression; [158170]<br />
(4) what assessment he has made of trends in the<br />
number of prescriptions written for antidepressants<br />
since the launch of the Improving Access to<br />
Psychological Therapies programme. [158171]<br />
Norman Lamb: No assessment is currently planned<br />
to assess the impact, if any, of the potential effects of<br />
opening up the market to private providers on national<br />
health service waiting times for mindfulness-based cognitive<br />
behavioural therapy (CBT) courses. No assessments are<br />
currently planned to evaluate the potential effects on<br />
accident and emergency departments, of the prescription<br />
of mindfulness-based CBT for patients with anxiety<br />
and depression; or trends in the number of prescriptions<br />
written for antidepressants since the launch of the<br />
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)<br />
programme.<br />
The number of people waiting 28 days or more for<br />
IAPT treatment across the three primary care trusts in<br />
Sussex has been reducing steadily from 6,792 (as of 30<br />
June 2012) to 5,296 (as of 31 December 2012), the most<br />
recent date for which figures are available. These figures<br />
are for IAPT treatment and not confined to people<br />
waiting for mindfulness-based approaches and include<br />
people with depression and people with anxiety disorders.<br />
We do not keep figures centrally for private provider<br />
waiting times for patients with depression in Sussex.<br />
Midwives<br />
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health<br />
what his Department’s recommended ratio of mothers<br />
to midwives is; and what information his Department<br />
holds on which health authorities have not employed<br />
sufficient midwives to meet that recommended level.<br />
[157845]<br />
Dr Poulter: Under the current Government, midwife<br />
numbers have increased by over 1,300, and t<strong>here</strong> are<br />
record numbers of midwives in training.<br />
The Department does not recommend a midwife to<br />
births ratio. The midwife to births ratio is an indication<br />
of throughput only, and does not indicate the safety,<br />
quality or outcome of the service provided.<br />
It is the responsibility of national health service<br />
organisations to ensure high quality care and choice for<br />
women in pregnancy and during childbirth. However,<br />
the Government is committed to giving mothers the<br />
support and care they need throughout their pregnancy,<br />
birth and after birth. Safety and high quality care for<br />
mothers are at the heart of maternity services.<br />
Health Education England will ensure that overall<br />
the work force has the right skills, behaviours and<br />
training, and is available in the right numbers, to support<br />
the delivery of excellent health care and drive health<br />
improvement. Local Education and Training Boards<br />
have reported that their service provider partners are<br />
actively engaged in reviewing the level and mix of<br />
nursing and related health care staffing, including midwives,<br />
in response to a range of factors including higher<br />
activity than forecast. In parallel organisations will be<br />
considering issues associated with productivity to ensure<br />
staffing levels are both safe and affordable.<br />
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health<br />
how many student midwives t<strong>here</strong> have been in each<br />
year for which data is available since 1983. [157849]<br />
Dr Poulter: The following table contains the earliest<br />
data available for training places commissioned for<br />
student midwives each year. Record numbers of midwives<br />
are currently in training.