Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1581735

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Community Care: Autism and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 123900 on Community Care: Autism and Learning Disability, who from his Department attended the four meetings of the funding flows task and finish group that took place since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	135184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Building the Right Support Funding Flows Task and Finish Group meetings are attended by officials from the Neurodiversity, Disability and Learning Disability team in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/02/2023 09:20:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1581801

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that Ukrainian refugees can (a) register at NHS dentists and (b) access necessary dental healthcare.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	135406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Asylum seekers and refugees, including those from Ukraine, are able to access National Health Service dental care from any NHS dental practice that is accepting NHS patients.</p><p>In September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will increase access to NHS dental services for England, for all patients seeking NHS care. Work to implement the improvements is underway</p><p>Patients struggling to find a local dentist can contact NHS England’s Customer Contact Centre for assistance or contact NHS 111 if seeking urgent care.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/02/2023 09:23:01 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1581844

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason he has not published an updated Tobacco Control Plan; and whether it is his policy to introduce an updated Tobacco Control Plan.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	135285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>We are still considering the recommendations made in ‘The Khan review: making smoking obsolete’ and further information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/02/2023 11:06:33 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1581917

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Osteoporosis: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of the NHS in England to diagnose and treat osteoporosis.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	135136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Services for those with osteoporosis are commissioned locally by Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). NHS England’s Getting it Right First Time Programme has a specific workstream on musculoskeletal health, which includes work to explore how best to support ICBs in the diagnosis and treatment of Osteoporosis.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/02/2023 09:19:46 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1581950

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Midwives: Stockport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) full-time and (b) full-time equivalent midwives were employed by the NHS in Stockport constituency in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	135459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on National Health Service staff by constituency. Data on staff working across hospital and community health services is collected and reported based on the hospital trust that employs staff. Therefore, data is presented for the relevant local hospital trust.</p><p>The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives working at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. The Department does not hold information on the number of these staff who were employed on full time contracts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Stockport NHS Foundation Trust</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of FTE Midwives</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics</p><p>Data for 2023 is not yet available and so the most recently published data has been provided instead.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/02/2023 11:57:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1581980

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation Regulations 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation Regulations 2012.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	135339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 December 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-12-07/105306" target="_blank">105306</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/02/2023 10:55:04 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1582062

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people can access NHS dental care to (a) register with dentists, (b) book emergency appointments and (c) have regular routine check-ups and appointments.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>In September 2022, we announced ‘Our plan for patients’, which outlines how we will meet oral health needs and increase access to dental care, including routine care. These will improve access to National Health Service dentistry whilst making the NHS dental contract more attractive to dental practices.</p><p>Through regulations updates that came into effect on 25 November 2022, NHS dentists are required to update their NHS.uk profiles at least every 90 days to ensure patients have up-to-date information on where they can access care. Patients are only registered with a dental practice for the course of their treatment.</p><p>Urgent dental care should be provided as part of NHS dentists’ core service offer to patients. In circumstances where a person is unable to access an urgent dental appointment directly through an NHS dental practice, or where parents are unable to access an urgent dental appointment for their child, they are advised to contact NHS 111 for assistance.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/02/2023 11:08:11 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1581563

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Final report of the Ockenden review, published on 30 March 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the accepted recommendations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	134039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Following publication of the report in March 2022, on the 1 April 2022, a letter was sent from the NHS Chief Executive, Chief Nursing Officer and National Medical Director to all National Health Service trusts asking them to consider and act upon the report’s findings. The Maternity Safety Support Programme is providing support to Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust to improve maternity services.</p><p>An Independent Working Group, chaired by the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, has been established to help guide implementation and next steps of the Immediate and Essential Actions from the Ockenden Report and our consideration of the East Kent report. The Independent Working Group has met five times so far.</p><p>NHS England will consider actions from both Ockenden and East Kent reports and map a coherent national single delivery plan for maternity, delivered through the Maternity Transformation Programme. This will bring together the existing commitments of the Maternity Transformation Programme, alongside the actions from the Ockenden and East Kent reports. NHS England are aiming to publish the plan in Spring 2023.</p><p>The Government has made significant investment into maternity and neonatal services, with £127 million announced in 2022 to go into the maternity system to help increase the NHS maternity workforce and improve neonatal care.</p><p>The Secretary of State will not make a statement at this time.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/02/2023 09:17:10 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1581564

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Independent Investigation Into East Kent Maternity Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the independent report entitled Reading the signals: maternity and neonatal services in East Kent, published on 19 October 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	134040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is actively reviewing the recommendations and will respond to them in full.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/02/2023 09:18:34 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1581580

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Ambulance Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS ambulance services with service pressures.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	134049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>A delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services was published on 30 January. This sets out plans to bring down Category two response times to 30 minutes next year, with further improvements towards pre-pandemic levels the following year, including through delivering 800 new ambulances (including 100 specialist mental health vehicles).</p><p>The National Health Service winter resilience plan is increasing NHS bed capacity by the equivalent of at least 7,000 general and acute beds, helping reduce pressure in accident and emergency so that ambulances can get swiftly back out on the road.</p><p>An additional £250 million has been made available to enable the NHS to buy up beds in the community to safely discharge thousands of patients from hospital, and capital for discharge lounges and ambulance hubs. These measures will help improve flow through hospitals and reduce ambulance handover delays. This is on top of the £500 million already invested last year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/02/2023 11:27:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi