Written questions

1,124 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of radiologists using existing NHS radiology technology on the time it takes for them to interpret scans.

17 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Telemedicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of teleradiology companies used by the NHS are based outside the UK.

17 Oct 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.

16 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many elective procedures were cancelled in each of the last 12 months.

16 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many diagnostic tests that had to be repeated in each of the last 12 months.

16 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the integration of the My Planned Care platform with the NHS app to be delivered.

16 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve NHS procurement of new technology.

16 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Zero Hours Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of care workers on zero-hours contracts.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospitals (a) have and (b) do not have care transfer hubs.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled 2023 to 2025 Better Care Fund policy framework, published on 5 April 2023, how his Department is using the additional £1.6 billion funding for the discha

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many retired clinicians were employed by NHS 111 in (a) April and (b) September 2023.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospitals (a) provide and (b) do not provide same-day emergency care services.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist mental health ambulances were in use in the NHS in September (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulances were in use in the NHS in September (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staffed hospital beds were in use in the NHS on 27 September (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Virtual Wards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were treated in virtual beds in the NHS in England in September 2023.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Virtual Wards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many virtual beds are in use in the NHS.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a list of hospital projects he plans to construct using Hospital 2.0 designs.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he plans to publish the full design for Hospital 2.0.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish interim findings from surveys relating to access to GP services commissioned by the Government and NHS England following the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Primary Care Data Gathering Programme carried out for NHS England between 2020 and 2022 relating to the condition of GP practice estates, if he will publish findings on (a) pr

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant 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 healt

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) nominal and (b) proportional change planned for 2023-24 is for (i) total, (ii) substantive, (iii) bank and (iv) agency workforce for (A) England and (B) each integrated care system, tr

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the expenditure limit for agency staffing spend set by NHS England for 2022-23 was for each integrated care system, trust and foundation trust; what the year-end spending against that limit wa

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a list of NHS trusts that have indicated since May 2023 that they have possible reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) at any of their sites; and if he will outline which

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many diagnostics appointments were carried out by the NHS in each year since 2010.

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) outpatient and (b) inpatient appointments were carried out by the NHS in each year since 2010.

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many operations were carried out by the NHS in each year since 2010.

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS paediatric appointments have been cancelled due to industrial action since December 2022.

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children whose NHS appointments have been delayed due to industrial action since December 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.