Written questions

1,057 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will use responses to its call for evidence for the Health Disparities White Paper in the development of the Major Conditions Strategy.

24 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to review NICE appraisal process for rare disease medicines to increase the number of rare disease treatments recommended for the full patient population.

23 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) expand service capacity and (b) ensure patients can access molecular radiotherapy treatments; and whether he plans to take further steps to meet anticipat

23 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to modernise the NHS's molecular radiotherapy infrastructure.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of NHS staff providing rheumatology care in (a) Merseyside and Cheshire Integrated Care System area and (b) England.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of rheumatology care in Bootle constituency in the last (a) 12 and (d) 24 months.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) Allied Health Professionals entering specialist rheumatology training.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve levels of staff retention of healthcare professionals working in rheumatology services.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) rheumatology consultants, (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists, (c) specialist rheumatology physiotherapists, (d) psychologists, (e) pod

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Paediatrics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of paediatric rheumatology (a) consultants and (b) clinical nurse specialists in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) increase access to podiatry services for rheumatology patients, (b) increase access to specialised psychology services for rheumatology patients, (c) i

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of rheumatology medical school places as part of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rheumatology: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of (a) rheumatology consultants and (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Peat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take further steps to support the horticulture sector in developing responsibly-sourced high-quality alternatives to peat that can be produced at volume

17 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will introduce a waiting time target for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding.

17 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses low levels of engagement around menstrual health services as a criterion used to determine in which areas women’s health hubs should be introduced.

17 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including a question on heavy menstrual bleeding in the routine set of checks and questions that accompany a gynaecological

28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support available for people with Parkinson's in Cheshire and Merseyside integrated care systems area; and if he will make a statement.

28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Depressive Illnesses: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish NHS data on access to Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression through the long-term conditions pathway by condition.

28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include projections of the numbers of mental health staff that will be recruited to support people with Parkinson’s in the NHS workforce plan.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include provisions for (a) treatment of liver cancer and (b) tackling hepatitis C as a cause of liver cancer in the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Viral Diseases: Blood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the opt-out testing programme for blood-borne viruses in Emergency Departments; and whether he plans to expand it beyond the initial areas included.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hepatitis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the maintenance phase of hepatitis C elimination once England has reached the World Health Organization elimination metrics.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing for people with (a) Crohn’s disease and (b) colitis.

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Ports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his public consultation proposals are for the review of the national policy statement for ports announced on 14 March 2023.

18 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that primary care healthcare practitioners are (a) trained and (b) resourced to support patients with self-care.

18 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) cost-saving (b) time-saving and (c) patient benefits of using self-care in primary care settings.

18 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacies: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held recent discussions with pharmacists on the (a) community pharmacy contractual framework and (b) the adequacy of resources available to them.

17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled The two-week wait skin cancer pathway: innovative approaches to support early diagnosis of skin cancer as part of the NHS COVID-19 recovery plan, published b

17 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dermatology: Merseyside

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what percentage of dermatology patients started treatment within 18 weeks of referral in (a) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (b) the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside In

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