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983W offerings for their customers. Further information on the toolkit and becoming a local partner is available at:

https://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/local-partners/

Dr Poulter: The Department routinely collects financial information from national health service trusts, but this information does not distinguish between individual hospitals within that trust. South London Healthcare NHS Trust includes (a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, (b) Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, (c) Princess Royal Hospital, Bromley, (d) Beckenham Beacon Hospital, and (e) Orpington Hospital.

The financial position of South London Healthcare NHS Trust is shown in the following table.

Dr Poulter: None. I wrote to all national health service trusts, NHS foundation trusts and heads of midwifery in England asking them to review their practices for allowing representatives from private companies on maternity wards and to assure themselves that they are maintaining women’s dignity and respect shortly after the birth of a baby when they can be tired and vulnerable. A copy of the letter has been placed in the Library. It is for individual trusts to make decisions about the admission of sales representatives to NHS maternity wards.

Norman Lamb: The Department collects information on overall spend on psychological therapy services in England.

From 2004-05 until 2011-12 the spend on psychological therapy services was as follows:

The number of referrals to IAPT services each year since October 2008 were as follows:

Source: IAPT Minimum Dataset

Dr Poulter: NHS England advises that Tina Long, the Director of Nursing and Quality at the Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral Area Team was not involved in negotiations about seconding Jackie Holt, the Executive Chief Nurse at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. The Department has no involvement in employment decisions of this nature.

Norman Lamb: Under the National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Group (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, NHS commissioners are required to fund the four multiple