Written questions
1,485 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs about reducing levels of air pollution in the context of the Environment Act 2021.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase primary care support for people with asthma and other lung conditions.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on ensuring the universal restart of spirometry and FeNO testing in primary care prior to the establishment of Community Diagnostic Centres.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on staffing issues in community pharmacy.
14 Jun 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 each month since January 2022; and how many community pharmacies (a) temporarily and (b) permanently closed in that same time period.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing investment in clinical services provided by community pharmacy.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all hospitals are offering genetic testing for bowel cancer patients for Lynch syndrome.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Endoscopy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the endoscopy workforce.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early-stage diagnosis of bowel cancer.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on the development of the 10-year plan for dementia.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address disparities in treatment across England for heart valve disease.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the early detection of heart valve disease in England.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to improve access to technology for diabetes patients.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of radiotherapy treatment machines in current use in the NHS are over the 10 year recommended life span in use.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the results of testing by the UKHSA on Evusheld’s effectiveness against the Omicron variant will be published.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department will provide to support the proposed Centres of Dental Development.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Health Disparities White Paper will address disparities in capacity between cancer services.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure capacity within the cancer workforce to deliver the forthcoming 10-Year Cancer Plan.
10 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the progress that has been made towards the World Health Organization’s global initiative to reduce severe, avoidable medication-associated harm in all countri
10 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many incidences of medication error have been reported since 2017.
10 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2020 to Question 88854, on NHS: Negligence, how much the NHS has spent on medication errors in (a) 2020-2021 and (b) 2021-2022.
9 Jun 2022 · Home Office
Animals in Science Regulation Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the effectiveness of the Animals in Science Regulation Unit; and if she will make a statement.
9 Jun 2022 · Home Office
Animals in Science Regulation Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of regulations by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit.
8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Women: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Women’s Health and Sexual and Reproductive Strategies.
8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Females: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure alignment between the Women’s Health and Sexual and Reproductive Strategies.
8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Females: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what dates (a) she or her Ministerial colleagues and (b) officials in her Department have met sector stakeholders on the development of the (i) Women’s Health and (ii) Sexual and Reproductive St
6 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of removing the capacity to register covid-19 lateral flow tests.
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many temporary, fixed term contract work coaches were hired during the covid-19 outbreak; and how many of those were subsequently made permanent.
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedure her Department followed to convert the temporary, fixed term contracts of work coaches who were hired during the covid-19 outbreak, to permanent contracts.
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the ending of the temporary contracts of temporary work coaches on 30 June 2022 on the level of customer service her Department will provide; and
Source: official written-questions record.