Written questions
1,124 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the amount of money spent by the NHS on private ambulances in each of the last five years.
12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the proportion of pharmacists who supply prescription-only medicines without a GP appointment for (a) sinusitis, (b) sore throat, (c) earache, (d) infected insect bite
12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ICBs have introduced self-referral routes for (a) fall services, (b) musculoskeletal services, (c) audiology for older people, (d) weight management services, (e) community podiatry and (f
12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices have signed up to the general practice improvement programme as of 12 December 2023.
12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of GP practices that enable patients to (a) see their medical records, (b) book appointments and (c) order repeat prescriptions th
20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of NHS trusts with Electronic Patient Records (EPRs); and if she will publish a list of trust without EPRs.
17 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 159027 on NHS: Expenditure, how much NHS England, clinical commissioning groups and integrated care boards spent in aggregate on (a) mental
17 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) total, (b) substantive, (c) bank and (d) agency workforce was at each NHS (i) integrated care system, (ii) trust and (iii) foundation trust in (A) April and (B) September 2023.
17 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by how much and what proportion the (a) total, (b) substantive, (c) bank and (d) agency workforce will change at each NHS (i) integrated care system, (ii) trust and (iii) foundation trust in the 20
17 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) expenditure limit and (b) actual spend was for agency staffing spend for each NHS (i) integrated care system, (ii) trust and (iii) foundation in the 2022-23 financial year; and what th
15 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Out-patients: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment NHS England has made of the main reasons for which outpatient appointments have been missed in the last 12 months.
14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Out-patients: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS outpatient appointments were missed in each year since 2013.
8 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care Leadership in England Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made towards implementing the recommendations of the Messenger Review.
8 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on rolling out a national approach to costing and contracting for commercial clinical research undertaken in the NHS.
8 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England has made on expanding the scope of the National Contract Value Review to include (a) early phase studies and (b) advanced therapy medicinal products.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiology: Telemedicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of outsourcing radiology scans to external teleradiology companies in each of the last five years.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Paramedical Staff: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many students were accepted onto paramedic graduate courses provided by Health Education England beginning in Autumn 2023.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Educational Institutions: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number children who are able to access mental health support at their secondary school or college.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Educational Institutions: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams are in operation in schools and colleges as of 7 November 2023.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of care workers earning the minimum wage.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of diagnostic tests have been carried out by the NHS (a) in total, (b) six weeks and (c) ten weeks after a referral in the last 12 months.
23 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts in England are using artificial intelligence lung cancer detection platforms as of 23 October 2023.
19 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what quantitative estimates NHS England has made of the root causes of missed outpatient appointments in the last 12 months.
19 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS outpatient appointments were missed in each year since 2013.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools offer professional mental health support for pupils.
18 Oct 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 each of the last five years.
18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of vacancies in the social care sector in each of the past 12 months.
18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent staff are working on (a) developing and (b) maintaining the My Planned Care platform.
18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many unique users accessed the My Planned Care platform in each of the last 12 months.
18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiology: Telemedicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS radiologists also conducted scans for external teleradiology companies in each of the last three years.
Source: official written-questions record.