Written questions

934 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce vacancies on the New Hospitals Programme.

29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of staff working in the NHS who will be eligible to access extended childcare support.

29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of nursing associates who completed training in 2023-24.

29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Certification

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of clinicians who started advanced practice pathways in 2023-24.

29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have taken the accredited NHS Strategic Workforce Planning course through the Chartered Institute of Professional Development.

29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve recruitment and retention to deliver her Department's integrated one workforce approach.

26 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with Integrated Care Boards on recruitment and retention of health workers.

26 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of sexual health clinics which offer cryotherapy treatment.

26 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on funding for sexual health clinics.

26 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of Help to Buy scheme leaseholders who are out of the five year interest free loan period.

26 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of Help to Buy scheme leaseholders unable to sell their homes due to the lack of an EWS1 form.

17 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of economically active individuals there were (a) in total and (b) with self-reported sight problems in England in 2022-23.

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses have worked in NHS community health services on average in each of the last 10 years.

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have worked in community paediatric services on average in each of the last 10 years.

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been waiting longer than (a) 18 and (b) 24 months for a community paediatric appointment as of 17 April 2024.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Nurses: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of capacity in district nursing on the timeliness of patient discharge from hospital in 2023.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care contacts were carried out by district nurses in each of the last 10 years.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training places for district nurses her Department plans to make available in September 2025.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Accidents: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency hospital admissions there have been following falls by patients aged 65 and over in each financial year since 2010-11.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of NHS providers that have adopted two stage shared decision-making across all admitted pathways.

19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions for patients aged 65 and over were the result of a fall in 2012-13.

14 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the additional resources required in (a) primary care, (b) thoracic surgery and (c) systemic anti-cancer therapy clinics following the implementation of a national lun

14 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Targeted Lung Health Check sites are planned to begin operation in each financial year until 2027-28.

14 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish an assessment of the CT scanner capacity required to support the national roll-out of lung cancer screening by 2028.

14 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to (a) implementing the national roll-out of lung cancer screening and (b) increasing CT scanner capacity to support the national roll-out of lung cancer screeni

14 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans NHS England has to update the standard protocol for the Targeted Lung Health Check programme to reflect work carried out by the National Screening Committee’s lung cancer screening task

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Care Homes: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure that the treatment of payments made under the Republic of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme to those living in the UK do not discriminat

12 Mar 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Care Homes: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Government of the Republic of Ireland on the impact of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme on those eligible living in the UK.

12 Mar 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Care Homes: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in the United Kingdom who will be eligible for the Republic of Ireland's Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme.

12 Mar 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Care Homes: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of introducing a disregard for recipients of the Republic of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Institutions P

Source: official written-questions record.