Written questions
1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Lancet Commission on Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report on the modifiable risk factors responsible for dementia, published on 20 July 2017, what steps hi
9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department plans to introduce a cross-government approach to dementia risk reduction and (b) dementia risk reduction will be covered by the new cross-government ministerial board on
9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what role the Office for Health Promotion will have in dementia risk reduction and (b) which Directorate will be responsible for delivery of that initiative.
9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Urology: Community Diagnostic Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Diagnostics: Recovery and Renewal: Report of the Independent Review of Diagnostic Services for NHS England, published on 27 November 2020, what progress his De
27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access on improving patient access to new medicines; and if he will make a statement on the relev
27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NICE methods and process review, what steps he is taking to tackle the policy and system barriers NICE has identified as preventing the implementation of the discount rate.
27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the NICE discount rate to align with the latest evidence base and guidance in the Treasury Green book.
20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Urology: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 7914 on Kidney Cancer, what steps he is taking to involve the urology clinical nurse specialist workforce in the development of the common and con
20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Urology: Community Diagnostic Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following publication of Diagnostics: Recovery and Renewal: Report by the Independent Review of Diagnostic Services for NHS England, what progress has been made on moving the urological outpatient
20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an update on the rollout of a third primary dose of covid-19 vaccination for people with severe immunosuppression.
22 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Kidney Cancer: Community Diagnostic Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7915 on Kidney Cancer, what guidance his Department plans to provide to community diagnostics hubs to help ensure that they have adequate equipment
22 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Urology: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 7914 on Kidney Cancer, what steps he is taking to involve the urology clinical nurse specialist workforce in the development of the common and con
22 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 7914 on Kidney Cancer, when he plans to publish the common and consistent competencies for clinical nurse specialists.
22 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the shielding programme having ended, what support his Department plans to provide clinically extremely vulnerable people in the event that some covid-19 public health restriction
16 Sep 2021 · Attorney General
British American Tobacco: Corruption
To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department's investigation into British American Tobacco in South Africa and Zimbabwe included investigating the allegations and interviewing the witnesses in the BBC Panorama programme on this topic; and whether t
16 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2021 to Question 12276 on Cancer: Mental Health Services, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which patients’ psychosocial support needs are b
6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Care Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an impact assessment for the Health and Care Bill.
22 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hepatitis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to help ensure that Hepatitis C elimination is prioritised as part of integrated care systems' plans from April 2022 in support of the national Hepatitis C elimination
22 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hepatitis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government plans to work with relevant stakeholders towards achieving Hepatitis C elimination following the abolition of Public Health England.
22 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hepatitis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to eliminate Hepatitis C in by 2025 in line with the elimination goals of the World Health Organisation.
22 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
ME/CFS: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Government funding has been provided to ME research in each of the last three years.
19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of malnutrition in the last five years; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle those costs.
15 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Gambia: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of access to aid spending for UK charities working in The Gambia.
15 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Gambia: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what aid has been given by the UK to The Gambia in the financial year 2020-21.
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances has adequate (a) structures and (b) processes to support innovation and growth in the specialist medical nutrition industry in
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the (a) schedules of meetings, (b) meeting agendas and (c) meeting minutes of the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances are published o
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform independent report, published May 2021, what assessment he has made of how the (a) work of the Advisory Committee on Bord
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will revise the cancer ambitions in NHS England’s Long Term Plan to account for the cancer backlog and increasing cancer prevalence as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set a target for improving access to cancer medicines to support NHS England’s Long Term Plan ambition of improving cancer survival by 2028.
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the outcomes of the Innovative Medicines Fund and NICE Methods Review will align due to the fact that the timescale for the consultation processes
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