Karin Smyth

20 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescription errors by NHS trusts were reported to the Learn from patient safety events service in 2023; and how many and what proportion of those errors were graded as causing (a) no harm

1 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of clinical trials were assessed after the statutory timeframe of 30 days in the 2022-23 financial year.

1 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s publication entitled MHRA Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023, published on 19 July 2023, what estimate she has made of

1 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential obstacles to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency meeting its statutory licensing commitments for clinical trials for the year 2022-

1 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescription errors were recorded by NHS trusts in 2023; and how many were recorded as causing patient harm.

1 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS trusts have a digital prescribing system in place.

23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients who received an urgent GP referral for a suspected cancer in the last six months have (a) been diagnosed with cancer and (b) received confirmation that canc

23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pathology: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Digital pathology to improve cancer screening and save lives, published on 5 January 2024, what additional training will be given to pathol

23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in Community Diagnostic Centres.

23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What discussions she has had with (a) NHS England and (b) Integrated care boards on using Community Diagnostic Centres to reduce health inequalities.

23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of diagnostic tests that were carried out at community diagnostic centres since October 2021.

23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiology appointments were delayed due to staff shortages in each of the last 12 months.

23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of radiologists in cancer centres.

9 Jan 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Cervical Cancer: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with Health and Social Care Northern Ireland on its response to potential cervical screening errors at the Southern Health and Social Care Trust between January 2008 and Oc

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Down's Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what stakeholder engagement she (a) has had and (b) plans to have to develop guidance on the Down Syndrome Act 2022; and whether she plans to engage stakeholder groups representing other genetic co

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of repeat prescriptions were ordered through the NHS app in each of the last 12 months.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have selected their provider for elective care through the NHS app since May 2023.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many unique monthly visitors to the NHS app there were in each of the last 24 months.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS's press release New plan to make it easier for patients to see their GP, published on 8 May 2023, what progress her Department has made on the allocation of £240 million o

11 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office

Domestic Accidents: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of deaths due to a long lie fall in each of the last five years.

7 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Accidents: Community Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of level (a) one and (b) two fall incidents community health services responded to in each of the last 12 months.

7 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients waited longer than 2 hours for urgent community response teams in each of the last 12 months.

7 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Accidents: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of dedicated fall prevention teams.

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Virtual Wards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been supported by hospital at home beds in each of the last 12 months.

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Accidents: 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 each of the last five years.

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department holds data on the number of coroner-reported deaths linked to ambulance response delays.

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allied Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of full time equivalent (a) physiotherapists, (b) occupational therapists, (c) speech and language therapists and (d) neurologists working in the NHS

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of patients who required support from (a) physiotherapists and (b) occupational therapists in each of the last five years.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of prescriptions were written by pharmacists in the financial year 2022-23.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of community pharmacists have worked in England for each of the last 10 years.