Written questions
1,485 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chronic Illnesses: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the white paper on health disparities; and whether that white paper will include a focus on tackling regional variations in access to care, services and
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sexual and Reproductive Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support commissioners in developing local responses to the forthcoming sexual and reproductive health strategy; and whether new funding will be provided as part of th
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sexual and Reproductive Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the role of (a) NHS England, (b) integrated care systems and (c) NHS primary care services will be in the implementation of the upcoming sexual and reproductive health strategy.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sexual and Reproductive Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support local councils to implement the upcoming sexual and reproductive health strategy.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the financial implications for the NHS of ending prescription charges in England.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of annually reviewing the prescription charge medical exemption list.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescriptions: Pensioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had on aligning prescription changes in England with the State Pension Age.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a retrospective audit of mesh implants to everyone who had one implanted in 2010 as called for in the Cumberlege Review.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to create a database for people who have permanently implanted medical devices, including details on the type of device.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Gifts and Endowments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement a system, similar to the Sunshine Style Payment Act in the US, to ensure the medical industry declare payments given to (a) doctors, (b) researchers and (c
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public; and whether that response will include detail on next steps for reform
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had any discussions with HM Treasury on a care plan for people affected by the use of sodium valproate in pregnancy.
20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
In-FACT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to have a further meeting with INFACT.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Migraines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of running a public awareness campaign to (a) improve public understanding of the range of migraine symptoms and (b) reduce the stigma associat
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include in the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy a commitment to average diagnosis time for endometriosis to one year.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy will include ring-fenced funding for research into (a) endometriosis and (b) polycystic ovary syndrome.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gynaecology: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog in gynaecology appointments; and whether he has considered the potential merits of providing additional funding to gynaecology.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on levels of NHS pay.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of (a) the impact of (i) rising inflation and (ii) CPI value on pension taxation for NHS workers and (b) the potential impact of such pension taxation
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment together with NHS England and Health Education England of the potential merits of instigating the publication of regular independent assessments of the lev
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an NHS workforce plan for primary care by the end of the year.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners and Primary Care: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Fuller stocktake report published on 26 May 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that general practice and primary care services have
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure lower paid NHS staff are financially secure in the context of rising living costs.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the long-term health and care workforce strategy will include specific projections of required staffing numbers based on the care needs of the public in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a long-term health and care workforce strategy later this year.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patients: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the appointment of a new patient safety commissioner.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of NHS England’s Breast Screening Units offer (a) walk-in or (b) same day booking screening appointments for women who are eligible to undergo routine mammogram screening every 3 years.
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller Stocktake report, published on 26 May 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the recommendation of that repor
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller Stocktake report, published on 26 May 2022. what assessment he has made of the potential merits of that report's recommendation
16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller Stocktake report, published on 26 May 2022.
Source: official written-questions record.