Department of Health and Social Care

written question – answered on 24 January 2023.

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  • NHS: Innovation and Telemedicine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) assess the potential merits of introducing (i) new health technologies and (ii) virtual wards and (b)...

  • Department of Health and Social Care: Paper

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 119018 on Department of Health and Social Care: Paper, whether his Department maintains...

  • Question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the NHS.

  • Question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a sexual and reproductive health action plan.

  • Question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent representations he has received on the adequacy of the levels of drug and medical supplies in the UK.

  • Question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on creating new community diagnostic centres.

  • Hyperactivity: Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 122493 on Hyperactivity: Drugs, whether he has had recent discussions with...

  • Prozac

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of Fluoxetine.

  • NHS: Staff

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health care professions NHS England will include in the Long Term NHS Workforce Plan.

  • Social Services: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £500 million Discharge Fund has been received by (a) care home providers and (b) domiciliary care providers, as of...

  • Terminal Illnesses: Suicide

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who took their own life after receiving a terminal illness diagnosis in the last five...

  • Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of availability of eating disorder services for children.

  • Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many CAMHS beds there were in the NHS in each financial year since 2010-11.

  • Restraint Techniques: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the use of restraint on children.

  • Wheelchairs: Procurement

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 80788, on what date NHS England plans to publish the framework for integrated care...

  • Aripiprazole

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of Aripiprazole.

  • Gynaecology: Somerset

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for women in Somerset who have been referred for a gynaecology appointment.

  • Coronavirus: Screening

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to introduce covid-19 testing (a) for people admitted to hospital who are immunocompromised...

  • Patients: Safety

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the number of patients who are avoidably harmed during routine medical procedures and surgeries.

  • Mortality Rates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 10 January 2023 on Industrial Action, Official Report, column 439, for what reason he...

  • NHS: Agency Workers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on agency staff in (a) 2012 and (B) 2022.

  • Telemedicine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of treating more patients in (a) virtual wards and (b) hospitals at home.

  • Evusheld

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department uses to assess the cost-effectiveness of the use of Evusheld against the cost of admission to a hospital for...

  • Cancer: Medical Treatments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance, published on 23 December 2022, for what reasons the NHS...

  • Cancer: Medical Treatments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to reducing waiting times for (a) radiotherapy, (b) surgery and (c) chemotherapy for cancer...

  • Midwives and Nurses: Training

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many students applied for (a) nursing and (b) midwifery undergraduate courses in the latest period for which data is available.

  • Health Services: Proof of Identity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) publish on his Department’s website and (b) place in the House of Commons Library, copies of the Ipsos Public...

  • Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the funding to deliver the NHS Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme has been distributed to NHS trusts in each of the last 10 years.

  • Dental Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral answer from the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood of 11 January 2023, Official...

  • Dental Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department routinely makes an assessment of the availability of NHS dentistry services for (a) adults and (b) children in (i)...

  • Smoking: Health Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2021-22; and how much is budgeted to be spent for that...

  • Children in Care: Location

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been placed in inappropriate out-of-area placements by financial year since 2010/11.

  • Health: Energy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the health risks to vulnerable families and households arising from (a) the forced installation of...

  • Ophthalmic Services: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS funding was provided to outpatient paediatric ophthalmology services in 2021-22.

  • Integrated Care Systems and Public Health: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of integrated care system and public health grant funding in the context of strengthening...

  • Dental Services: Southport

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of spaces to register as an NHS dental patient in Southport.

  • Dental Services: North East

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of average waiting times for appointments at NHS dental practices in (a) Newcastle Upon...

  • Dental Services: Private Sector

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the financial impact on families who register with private dentists due to the unavailability of NHS...

  • Dental Services: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of gaps in the availability of NHS dental care on children’s dental health in...

  • Healthy Start Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98767 on Healthy Start Scheme, when data on uptake of the Healthy Start scheme...

  • Health Services: Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions his Department is taking to reduce variations in patient care quality.

  • General Practitioners: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Newcastle upon Tyne Central...

  • Primary Health Care

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the use of primary care services for non-emergency health issues.

  • Accident and Emergency Departments: North West

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce A&E waiting times in (a) Lancashire and( b) Merseyside.

  • North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulance vehicles North West Ambulance Service has had in each of the last ten years.

  • Hormone Replacement Therapy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the current level of supply of HRT products in all UK regions.

  • NHS: Resignations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the main reasons given by nurses and doctors are for leaving NHS employment.

  • Midwives: Stockport

    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 in (i) 2010, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2020 and...

  • NHS: Staff

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a workforce strategy for the NHS.

  • UK Health Security Agency

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) remit, (b) budget for 2021-22 and 2022-23 and (c) projected budget for 2023-4 of the UK Health Security Agency.

  • Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met with the UK Health Security Agency to discuss (a) emerging infectious disease threats and (b) maintaining pandemic...

  • England Infected Blood Support Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence the England Infected Blood Support Scheme accept to establish when an infection occurred, where records have been destroyed...