Written questions
934 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of salary constraints in the adult social care sector on levels of international recruitment for that sector.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with independent care providers on workforce pressures in adult social care since her Department's discussions on that matter with a provider reference group in July 20
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure all care home residents are able to receive visits from at least one visitor when there are visitor restrictions within the home in which they reside.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Home Secretary on retaining care workers on the shortage occupation list after February 2023.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Health and Care Worker visa scheme on the recruitment of care worker, care assistant and home care worker roles since February 2022.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities regarding (a) housing needs for those requiring domiciliary adult social care and (b) planning
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with NHS England regarding sharing community health training resources with social care staff.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Market sustainability and fair cost of care fund 2022 to 2023: guidance, updated in August 2022, what discussions she has had with the adult social care sector regarding incorpora
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to The Framework for Enhanced Health in Care Homes, published by the NHS in March 2020, how many and what proportion of Primary Care Networks are meeting the Network Contract Directe
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing the means testing threshold for people accessing adult social care on the number of new people who will access adult so
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential impact of increasing the means testing threshold for people accessing adul
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to transfer people waiting to be discharged from hospital to adult social care settings.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and (b) local authorities on the potential impact of the cost of social care reforms on
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions her Department has had with the local authorities that are trailblazing the new adult social care charging system on the adequacy of the funding made available to local auth
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on visiting arrangements in adult social care settings.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the (a) publication and (b) delivery of the Government’s new national dementia strategy.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Parkinson's Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are sufficient (a) physiotherapists, (b) occupational therapists, (c) speech and language therapists, (d) neurologists and (e) other health care profess
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the findings from the five local authorities currently conducting the Adult Social Care Trailblazer scheme, including the adult social care charging reform system which caps the
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Conditions of Employment and Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with private sector providers on improving pay and conditions for care workers.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with private sector providers on tackling the vacancy rate in the adult social care workforce.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time is from being assessed as eligible for care and receiving that care in each year from 2012 to date.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people awaiting a dementia diagnosis.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of patients awaiting transfer from hospital to a care setting.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of adults who have unmet care needs.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carers: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in meeting the needs of carers who require financial support as a result of rising energy prices.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Physiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken for care home residents to see a physiotherapist.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken for care home residents to see a GP.
15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of delays in transfer to care settings in 2022.
24 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carers: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that carers can meet their monthly expenses.
24 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carers: Cost of Living Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to extend the £650 cost of living payment to carers who are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance but are under state pension age and do not receive a means tested benefit.
Source: official written-questions record.