Written questions

1,485 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of levels of pharmacy closures in areas of deprivation.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce dispensing errors in community pharmacies.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the additional workforce required to staff the 25 new mobile breast screening vans announced as part of the Women’s Health Strategy for England.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women’s Health Strategy for England published on 20 July 2022, whether the £10 million investment announced for mobile breast screening units is new and additional funding for

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to NHS hospitals was of using (a) agency staff and (b) bank staff in 2020-21 for each region in England.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer and Diagnosis: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide additional funding for expanding the (a) cancer and (b) diagnostic workforce in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of cancer diagnoses made at stage one.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support public awareness of the signs and symptoms of brain tumours.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the 10-year cancer plan.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS trusts meet the 93 percent target for two-week referrals for breast cancer.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential waiting lists for NHS care in (a) 2024 and (b) 2026.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the long term workforce strategy will be published.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical school places were available at UK universities, by university, in each year since 2010.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physician Census 2021, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the size of the NHS workforce relative to patient demand.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physician Census 2021, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the 56 percent of trainees reported to be interested in working les

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Consultants: Conditions of Employment and Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in reference to the Royal College of Physician Census 2021, what assessment he has made of for the implications of his policies of the 45 per cent of consultants reported to (a) work excessive hour

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Consultants: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physician Census 2021, what assessment he has made of 52 per cent of advertised consultant physicians posts in England and Wales unfilled in 2021.

19 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that women have access to safe gynaecological care in Bangladesh.

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out-patients: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 23446, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) cost savings and (b) clinical benefits of increasing funding for remote monitoring in all

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Arthritis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Inequality of access to advanced therapies for patients with inflammatory arthritis: a postcode lottery? published in Rheumatology Advances in Practices in Nov

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 23448 on Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments, when he plans to publish the life sciences roadmap; and whether that roadmap is planned to tackle

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 23448 on Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments, whether his Department has undertaken a comparative assessment of international access to innovati

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Genomics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of genomic data in primary care settings on (a) patient outcomes and (b) the accuracy of diagnoses; and what estimate he has ma

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Monkeypox: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to provide additional financial support to sexual health services to meet the demands of (a) assessing, (b) treating, (c) caring for, and (d) vaccinating people who ar

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Monkeypox: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional doses of Imvanex, for protection against the monkeypox virus, have been ordered to date; and when those doses are planned to be available.

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle child poverty in (a) England and (b) Enfield North constituency.

15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the £50 million of additional funding for dentistry announced in January 2022 will be disbursed to each region in England.

15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand the use of multi-disciplinary teams in general practice.

15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Healthy Mum, Healthy Baby, Healthy Future: The Case for UK Leadership in the Development of Safe Medicines for Use in Pregnancy, published in May 2022, if he w

15 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's National Maternity Safety Ambition, revised in November 2017, whether it remains his Department's policy to halve the rates of (a) stillbirths, (b) neonatal death

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