Your voice in Parliament - Paula Sherriff MP

Mental Health: Absence from Work

Westminster Hall debates

How would the Minister respond to the professionals I speak to every single week, who tell me that mental health services—particularly child and adolescent services—are in crisis;...

Mental Health: Absence from Work

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for North Warwickshire (Craig Tracey) for securing such an important and timely debate. Further, I thank him...

Eating Disorders - [Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. Like others, I thank the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for securing this important debate and for speaking so passionately....

Loneliness Strategy

EU Exit Negotiations

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

I have great respect for the Minister, and never more so than today, and I thank her for the words in her statement. Austerity has undeniably led to a reduction in the number of facilities...

Social Rented Housing: Mental Illness

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to ensure that the social housing system supports people with mental health problems.

Nurses: Students

Department for Education

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many mental health nursing students have started degree apprenticeships in the 2018-19 academic year.

Rail Review: Terms of Reference

Commons debates

In his statement, the Secretary of State alluded to the utter chaos that we had seen in the north during the summer. Unfortunately, things have not improved measurably for my constituents. Will...

Business of the House

Commons debates

This is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During the recess, a group of women from Mirfield, in my constituency, held a “half monty” event. They had all been touched by breast cancer,...

Topical Questions

Oral Answers to Questions - Transport

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

The rail service offered by TransPennine Express to my constituents is frankly abysmal. If trains turn up at all, they are usually late, overcrowded and far too short. No more warm words,...

Nurses: Students

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many students started mental health nursing degree courses in the 2018-19 academic year.

Mental Health Services: Training

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on pre-registration attrition and retention of students on mental health courses following the...

Mental Health Services: Staff

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the document, Stepping forward to 2020/21: The mental health workforce plan for England, published by the NHS in July...

Mental Health Services: Resignations

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of mental health staff that have left the NHS since June 2017.

Mental Health Services: Vacancies

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) posts and (b) vacancies were there in mental health NHS trusts in England in the most recent month for which data is available.

Internet: Bullying

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on educating children and young people about online trolling...

Internet: Bullying

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport on tackling online trolling and...

Mental Health Services: Staff

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the total number of qualified staff working in mental health services.

Mental Health Services: Vacancies

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level job vacancies in the mental health workforce.

Suicide

Department of Health and Social Care

Paula Sherriff received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made since 2016 on the target of a 10% reduction in suicides by 2020-21.

Topical Questions

Oral Answers to Questions - Education

Paula Sherriff made a speech in the House of Commons

The Government have pledged to train a teacher in every school in mental health first aid. Identification is one thing, but provision is another, and in some areas the provision of mental health...