To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will issue guidance to strategic health authorities and clinical panels on steps to ensure timely access to the Cancer Drugs Fund by patients with a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of recurrences of clostridium difficile were due to re-infection rather than relapse in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) dental practices of the Care Quality Commission registration process for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has hosted any meetings with representatives of Mandate Communications over the last six months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts his Department and its associated public bodies signed with Lockheed Martin in each of the last 10 years; and for what purposes each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last used a ministerial car while travelling in an official capacity; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus services on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on ministerial travel by (a) ministerial car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) commercial aircraft and (e) private aircraft...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on sporting and physical activity as a means of maintaining health; and whether he is taking steps to reflect this position in health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms he plans to put in place for (a) GP consortia and (b) foundation trusts at risk of financial failure; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to put in place any (a) criteria and (b) limits on performance-related payments to GP consortia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospital projects exceeding £50 million (a) started and (b) were completed in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on measures to prevent the mistreatment of elderly patients in hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the policy of the NHS is on steps to protect staff from abusive patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidents of violence towards NHS staff were recorded in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when his Department last reviewed the appropriateness of leprosy as a notifiable disease under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many births per full-time equivalent NHS midwife there were in (a) England and (b) each region in 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the future role of private healthcare providers in the NHS following implementation of his proposed structural reforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what public opinion surveys are commissioned by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS Information Centre; and if he will ensure the continuation of these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the provision of school nursery services of the proposals in the Health and Social Care Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will undertake an impact assessment in respect of proposals to discontinue night sisters in NHS hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will maintain funding for hospital chaplaincy as part of his Palliative Care Funding Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to promote Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; and if he will make a statement; (2) what steps the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which regulations have been identified for (a) adoption and (b) revocation by his Department under the Government's one-in, one-out policy between May...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many children in households receiving working-age benefits have been prescribed Ritalin in each year from 1997 to 2010; (2) how many children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for improvement of the social care system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of GP-led commissioning on waiting times to access post-stroke therapy services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of GP-led commissioning on the development of stroke care networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to achieve the World Health Organisation standard of eliminating avoidable blindness by 2020.