Written questions

1,485 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women’s Health Strategy for England published 20 July 2022, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for victims of domestic abuse.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to para 5.57 of the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, CP 751, what steps he is taking to ensure that victims of domestic abuse (a) receive help and (b) safety whe

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS has the (a) capacity and (b) funding to deliver on the Women's Health Strategy.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of endometriosis care in England; and what steps his Department plans to take to improve care for people endometriosis that is not classified as severe b

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment tools his Department has in place to analyse the impact on those with endometriosis.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure implementation of NICE Guideline (73) Endometriosis: diagnosis and management; and if he will commission an analysis of the provision of and barriers to endometrio

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of how many women have been waiting for gynaecological (a) appointments and (b) surgery for longer than (i) 52 and (ii) 104 weeks.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been on the waiting list for gynaecology in each month since January 2020.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for endometriosis-related surgery.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he is taking steps to develop future strategies to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on people with (a) cystic fibrosis and (b) other long-term conditions.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) subsidising the cost of travel and (b) removing car parking charges for people who require frequent appointments and treatment at hospit

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings on the proportion of people with cystic fibrosis who reported missing a hospital appointment due to cost in the re

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hernias: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact on public health of the omission in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines of herina types not listed.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hernias: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on guidelines for hernias.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of waiting times at Specialist Mesh Centres.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Equipment: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make medical device manufactures declare payments made to them by (a) doctors, (b) teaching hospitals and (c) research institutions; and if he will make a statement.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to undertake a retrospective audit of mesh as called for in Baronness Cumberlege's First Do No Harm, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Rev

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide an update on plans for financial redress for those harmed by (a) mesh implants, (b) Primodos and (c) Sodium Valproate.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure survivors of domestic abuse have access to adequate and timely mental health support.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the importance of ensuring healthcare professionals have adequate training on domestic abuse.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to understand the impact of domestic abuse on the mental health of Black and minority women.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage partnership working between mental health services and domestic abuse services.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to engage with the Violence Against Women and Girls sector on the delivery of the Women's Health Strategy.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the budget for NHS maternity services is for 2022/23; and how much was spent on the provision of maternity services in each of the last five years.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) the National Homecare Medicines Committee and (b) NHS England has taken steps to help ensure that homecare medicines services providers return to contractual levels of service standards

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies were operating in 2022; and how many and what proportion of those pharmacies (a) were established (i) before and (ii) after 1 January 2022, (b) are (i) full-time and (

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce oral health inequality.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to make efficiency savings in NHS dental services; and if he will make a statement.

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to roll out a reformed NHS dental contract.

Source: official written-questions record.