Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gallstones: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have had NHS treatment for gallstones in each of the last five years.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antibiotics: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce antibiotic use among babies and children.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve preventative dental healthcare.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hypertension: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department provides to pregnant women with high blood pressure to reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the availability of treatment for cystic fibrosis.

18 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

Meningitis: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have died from meningitis in each of the last five years.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the NHS has to introduce a once-in-a-lifetime test for prostate cancer.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on monitoring the level of suicides among people who take antiepileptic drugs.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the accuracy of dementia diagnoses.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many heart operations the NHS conducted using minimally invasive cardiac surgery in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.

18 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have had open-heart surgery in each of the last five years.

13 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Contraceptives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on use of the contraceptive pill to reduce the chances of ovarian cancer.

10 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hong Kong: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.

10 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of NICE on increasing the capacity for undertaking highly specialised technology evaluations.

10 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Retirement: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of people over the age of 60 that have had to retire as a result of ill-health.

10 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the rise in the incidence of cancer in young people under 25.

10 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paralysis: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to make the bionic spine available on the NHS.

10 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antibiotics: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Royal College of Nursing on the effectiveness of antibiotics in children.

10 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the accuracy of financial charges made by private clinics.

10 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Carbohydrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on the relationship between carbohydrates and lung cancer.

10 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alzheimer's Disease: Chlamydia and Cold Sores

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on the relationship between herpes, chlamydia and Alzheimers.

6 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in China in (a) 2019 comparative to (b) 1989.

6 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Human Rights and Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the protection of civil society groups and human rights in that country.

4 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers Association

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Prison Officers Association's role in gross misconduct hearings.

4 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has plans to review the means testing aspect of legal aid funding.

4 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to provide mental health support for prison officers.

3 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of the HPV vaccine at sexual health clinics.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dietetics: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the numbers of dietitians in the NHS and social care to support the NHS Long Term Plan priorities of tackling frailty in old age, obesity and type 2 diabetes and impro

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of hospital admissions due to malnutrition in the next 10 years.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the 2015 British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and NIHR report entitled The Cost of Malnutrition in Engl

Source: official written-questions record.