Jim Shannon

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to recruit additional carer staff to care homes and care services.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Swimming

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) Royal College of Nursing and (b) other bodies on the potential merits of cold-water swimming in reducing dementia.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Oesophageal Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in the last five years.

13 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences and Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of (a) the numbers of people applying for a driving licence and (b) how many people have (i) passed and (ii) failed for each of the last five years.

13 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Churches: Theft and Vandalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on steps they are taking to protect churches from (a) theft and (b) vandalism during lockdown.

12 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eyes: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with eye cancer in the last three years.

12 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the adequacy of staff numbers in the mammography workforce in the latest period for which that data is available.

12 Nov 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Hydrogen: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to support the Northern Ireland hydrogen economy.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information (a) NHS England and (b) his Department holds on the average time for a patient with either Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis to be diagnosed in (a) the East Midlands, (b) the W

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in (a) the East Midlands, (b) the West Midlands, (c) London, (d) the North East, (e) the North West, (f) the South East, (g) the South West and (h) Yorkshire and the Humber have b

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual per patient cost to the NHS of inflammatory bowel disease.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients with (a) Crohn’s disease and (b) ulcerative colitis in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it his Department's policy that (a) Down's syndrome, (b) cleft lip, and (c) cleft palate are disabilities that would meet the grounds for abortion under Ground E of the statutory grounds fo

11 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to establish an inter-Departmental Government committee to tackle the spectrum of health issues that result from or are exacerbated by living in hom

11 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) all new homes are built to high standards; (b) those standards do not negatively affect the health and wellbeing of their o

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will instruct NHS Improvement to require the Centre for Perioperative Care to consider preventative guidelines on surgical fires as part of the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedur

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to classify surgical fires in operating theatres as a Never Event.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to meet the aims of the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge to halve severe avoidable medication-related harms by 2022 compared to 2017 levels.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s five-year strategy is for tackling medication errors and medication-related harms in the NHS.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Short Life Working Group on reducing medication-related harms; and if he will reconvene the group to identify a five

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medication errors have occurred in the NHS in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent those errors.

11 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Biocidal Products: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive will remain the competent authority for inspection and enforcement of biocide regulations after the transition period.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs and Medical Equipment: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether, through the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21, his Department plans to amend the definitions of (a) medicines, (b) medical devices and (c) biocides, as set out in Article 1 of Dir

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual per patient cost to the NHS of patients with inflammatory bowel disease who have relapsed.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inflammatory bowel disease patients have relapsed within a year of being diagnosed in (a) East Midlands, (b) West Midlands, (c) London, (d) North East, (e) North West, (f) South East, (g)

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken is for a patient to be diagnosed with (a) Crohn’s disease and (b) ulcerative colitis in (i) the East Midlands, (ii) the West Midlands, (iii) London, (iv) the North East,

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been diagnosed with (a) Crohn’s disease and (b) ulcerative colitis in (i) the East Midlands, (ii) the West Midlands, (iii) London, (iv) the North East, (v) the North West, (v

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual per patient cost is to the NHS of inflammatory bowel disease.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people receiving treatment for (a) Crohn’s or (b) ulcerative colitis in each nation of the UK.

9 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Amnesty International

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the Government of India's decision to freeze Amnesty International’s bank accounts in that country.