Written questions
1,124 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of departmental staff who took sick absences related to stress, anxiety, depression or other mental health reasons in each of the last five years.
28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's total spend was on human resources in each of the last five years.
28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ministers: Conduct
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any complaints were made against him by staff as (a) Secretary of State between 5 July 2022 and 6 September 2022 and (b) Minister of State between January 2018 to November 2018.
28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health-related sick day absences were taken by staff in his Department in each month since April 2022.
28 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of mental health-related sick days which were taken by departmental staff in each of the last five years.
26 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Re-employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors returned to employment with the NHS in England having previously left NHS employment in each of the last eight years.
26 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications there were to NHS reservist roles in each of the last five years; and how many active NHS reservists there were in each of the last five years.
26 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Emergency Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how applications for 111 and 999 call handler roles there were in each of the last five years.
26 Apr 2023 · Department for Education
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many UCAS applications there were to healthcare support worker roles in each of the last five years.
26 Apr 2023 · Department for Education
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many UCAS applications there were to AHP courses in each of the last five years.
25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Out-patients: Telemedicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many virtual outpatient appointments have been held in each of the past 12 months.
25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many beds, including those at home or in the community, were open to the NHS in (a) September and (b) December 2022.
25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish data and performance indicators on general practice appointments.
25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional phone lines have been made available to GP practices since September 2022.
25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients on an NHS waiting list have been waiting more than 18 months for treatment.
24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sentencing: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the report of the independent inquiry into the issues raised by the David Fuller case.
24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Agency Nurses: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent by NHS trusts in England on off-framework agencies in financial year (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.
24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Jason Offshore Equipment Company: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the contract with procurement reference CF-0036000D0O000000rwimUAA, awarded 6 June 2020 to Jason Offshore Equipment, whether all of the products purchased were of usable quality.
24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Jason Offshore Equipment Company: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the contract with procurement reference CF-0036000D0O000000rwimUAA, awarded 6 June 2020 to Jason Offshore Equipment, by what date the products purchased were delivered.
24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Jason Offshore Equipment Company: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the contract with procurement reference CF-0036000D0O000000rwimUAA, awarded 6 June 2020 to Jason Offshore Equipment, what the reason is for the time taken to publish the contract
30 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of patients with urgent needs who could not be offered an appointment with their GP on the day they asked for it in each of the past 12 months.
30 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices use cloud-based telephone solutions.
30 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices in England use automated (a) appointment reminder messages, (b) consultation booking and, c) triage responses.
30 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 166290 on Doctors: Workplace Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the financial benefit to doctors expected from the policy to remo
28 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on the Made with Care recruitment campaign; and how many care workers were recruited through that campaign as of 28 March 2023.
28 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients with urgent needs were unable to see their GP on the day they tried to book an appointment in each of the last twelve months for which data is available.
28 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of GP practices with cloud-based telephone solutions.
28 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Our plan for patients, published on 22 September 2022, what data his Department holds on the number of GP practices which have automated (a) appointment reminder messages, (b) con
27 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's annual budget (a) will be spent on diagnostics in 2022-23 and (b) was spent on diagnostics in each of the last five years.
27 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's annual budget (a) will be spent on community care in 2022-23 and (b) was spent on community care in each of the last five years.
Source: official written-questions record.