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Peter Dowd
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Bootle
📅 2015–2026
664 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 73.45% (#334 of 649 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.00%
📝 Topics: Tax Avoidance, Question, Agriculture: Subsidies
🤝 Member of 10 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Written Answers
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Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the long term priorities for the Office for Veterans' Affairs are.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish the (a) UK Commission on Covid Commemoration's report and (b) its response to that report.
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help (a) small businesses and (b) individuals access (i) Community Development Finance Institutions and (ii) other alternative lending sources.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the SEND and alternative provision improvement plan does not make specific reference to (a) cerebral palsy and (b) physical disability; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children with cerebral palsy are not overlooked…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with cerebral palsy in (a) Bootle constituency and (b) England and Wales have been assigned education, health and care plans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children with cerebral palsy attend mainstream schools.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an Equality Impact Assessment for the most recent round of Initial Teacher Training accreditation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of its most recent round of Initial Teacher Training accreditation on recruitment in STEM subjects.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the the potential impact of the initial Teacher Training Market Review on its objective to recruit more teachers from diverse backgrounds.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the growth in community energy generation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an energy social tariff for people living with (a) cystic fibrosis and (b) other long-term conditions.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take further steps to support the horticulture sector in developing responsibly-sourced high-quality alternatives to peat that can be produced at volume.
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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of Approved Document M for ensuring that men who experience incontinence can access sanitary bins.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that the consultation entitled Toilet provision in buildings other than dwellings, published on 13 August 2023, includes the consideration of equal provision of sanitary bins in male and female…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to consult on the implementation of incontinence bins in publicly accessible male toilets as part of the technical consultation on the provision of toilets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s letter of 30 June 2023 to the leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, what legal power he used to require that South Cambridgeshire District Council stop its four-day working…
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help facilitate an increase in non-animal testing methods.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will take steps to create (a) partnerships and (b) collaborations with industry stakeholders to (i) establish best practice for and (ii) increase the uptake of non-animal testing.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of establishing a cross-departmental roadmap to transition away from animal testing.
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's proposed timeline is for decriminalising pavement parking to enable local authorities to take enforcement action against vehicles parked on pavements.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the response on the consultation on Pavement parking: options for change.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation Pavement parking: options for change, updated on 29 June 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his public consultation proposals are for the review of the national policy statement for ports announced on 14 March 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 March 2023, entitled Transport Update, HCWS625, what alternative sustainable proposals, including rail freight options, he will make an assessment of in relation to Port of Liverpool access.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with Guide Dogs UK on (a) illegal pavement parking and (b) the steps the Government will take to tackle this parking.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government will publish its response to the 2020 consultation on pavement parking
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help tackle unauthorised pavement parking.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of pavement parking provision for those with a vision impairment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why his Department has not published its response to the consultation on managing pavement parking; and when he plans to publish a response to that consultation.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department holds, including survey data and commissioned research, on the extent to which disabled people identify inaccessible streets and public transport as barriers to accessing employment and education; and whether he plans…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure people with bipolar receive the support they need to (a) access and (b) stay in work.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of welfare reforms on people living with (a) bipolar and (b) other serious mental illnesses.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of welfare support for people with bipolar.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to review planned changes to the Work Capability Assessment to reflect the impact on people with (a) Parkinson's and (b) other long-term conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet with Parkinson’s UK and the hon. Member for Bootle to discuss the experience of people with Parkinson’s in the social security system.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his department collects to monitor potential inequalities in multiple sclerosis care access; and how those findings are used to inform policy and service delivery improvements.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support and fund clinical trials aimed at achieving licensing and NHS access for complex, cannabis-based medicines used in the treatment of severe, drug-resistant epilepsy in children.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring responsibility for medical cannabis policy and governance to his Department in line with Schedule 2 medicines.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on people with rare conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of suspending the medicines repurposing programme on people affected by rare conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the NHS 10 year plan will improve the delivery of healthcare for people with rare conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the specific challenges of providing specialised care for rare conditions will be included in the NHS 10 year plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) National Disease Registration Service and (b) National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Diseases Registration Service continue after the planned abolition of NHS England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of concerns raised by the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) stakeholder community on the speed of progress being made by the UK National Screening Committee in its work to start an in-service evaluation of screening…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Research on expediting the publication of its research brief to inform the UK National Screening Committee’s in-service evaluation of newborn screening for…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for releasing funds to support the UK National Screening Committee’s review of newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for the UK National Screening Committee's review of its advice on screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support research into Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease and (b) ensure that UK research does not fall behind well-funded programmes in other countries.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what collaboration there is between NHS England, the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Medical Research Council on Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease funding; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are an adequate number of health professionals trained in (a) identifying and (b) supporting people affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support advances n CJD treatment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve training for healthcare professionals to better (a) recognise and (b) diagnose bipolar.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of bipolar.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce specialist bipolar pathways in NHS mental health services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on improving co-ordination between healthcare services and the welfare system to support people with bipolar.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of skin cancer (a) prevention measures, (b) signs and (c) symptoms.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of sunbed usage by adults.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to improve the usage of sunscreen of factor 30 and above.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the National Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria Service for care coordination for people with rare diseases; and what steps his Department is taking to help such patients…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources are available to support care coordination across (a) geographical areas and (b) disciplines for rare and ultra-rare conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to prioritise improvement of care for (a) rare blood disorders and (b) other rare and ultra-rare conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps with local Integrated Care Boards to help ensure that rare disease services are delivered according to the priorities set out in the Rare Disease Framework.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress of work under the UK Rare Diseases Framework; and what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that rare disease continues to be a health priority.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that health and social care professionals are trained in Parkinson’s-related dementia care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many appraisals for medicines to treat very rare diseases were started through the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence highly specialised technology programme in each financial year since 2018-19.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence next plans to review the entry criteria for its highly specialised technologies programme for the evaluation medicines to treat very rare diseases.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will include steps to help tackle regional variations in access to Parkinson’s specialist care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish details on how the NHS long-term workforce plan will be implemented.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has held discussions with NHS England on the need for a dedicated and specific cancer plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to recruit an additional 2,000 radiotherapy professionals by 2040.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with Integrated Care Boards in England on replacement programmes for radiotherapy machinery (LINACS); and what mechanisms are in place to allow her Department to oversee the effectiveness of those…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Elective recovery taskforce: implementation plan, published on 4 August 2023, what steps she is taking to ensure equity of access for those unable to use digital platforms.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken for patients with inflammatory skin conditions to access (a) specialist care and support and (b) treatment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for patients with inflammatory skin conditions to be referred for specialist care on the cost of treatment for such conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementing NHS England’s Referral optimisation for people with skin conditions on (i) the cost of treatment and (ii) number of referrals for people with skin conditions in (a)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with NICE on developing (a) national guidelines and (b) quality standards for the management of severe eczema in adults.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to increase access to NICE-approved treatments for patients with inflammatory skin conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to monitor the effectiveness of NHS England’s guidance on Referral optimisation for people with skin conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will set a target for the number of trusts to adopt the NHS England guidance on Referral optimisation for people with skin conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 85 of the Getting it Right First Time report on Dermatology, published by the NHS in August 2021, how many and what proportion of trusts are required to wait for commissioner approval before prescribing (a)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to assess the level of regional variation in access to (a) care, (b) services and (c) treatment for patients with inflammatory skin conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing quarterly reports on progress made against the commitments set out in her Department's England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2023, last updated on 10 July 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing quarterly updates on data that helps illustrate the levels of utilisation of her Department's access initiatives including the (a) Innovative Medicines Fund, (b) Innovative…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of levels of regional variation in the (a) provision of and (b) funding for long-acting reversible contraception.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national minimum fee for fitting long-acting reversible contraception.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) measure and (b) assess the adequacy of the progress of integrated care systems in (i) establishing women’s health hubs and (ii) ensuring that hubs offer the full list of core services set out…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to launch the consultation on the permanent extension of the Healthy Start scheme to families who are subject to No Recourse to Public Funds.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 177873 on Heart Diseases, what steps the NHS is taking to increase access to testing to support the diagnosis of heart failure in primary care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on neurological outcomes for patients admitted for a cardiac arrest suffered out of hospital (a) with and (b) without defibrillator treatment at the scene.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the £645 million announced as part of the Government's delivery plan for the recovery of primary care, what progress her Department has made on its negotiations with Community Pharmacy England; and what her planned…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take to support (a) distance-selling pharmacies and (b) other pharmacies to safely deliver the common conditions service.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that pharmacies delivering the common conditions service are (a) delivering services to appropriate numbers of patients and (b) meeting high standards.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has plans to expand the common conditions service beyond the initial seven conditions outlined in the Government’s Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by NHS England entitled Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) guidance and (b) funding to pharmacies for the common…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to increase the specialist cardiology workforce in (a) primary and (b) secondary care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the findings of the Government Champion for Personalised Prevention's taskforce on cardiovascular disease.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) paediatric and (b) adult cystic fibrosis centres did not provide at least 85 per cent of their patients with psychological support at their annual review in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of flu vaccination across (a) support staff and (b) other professions working in the NHS.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an in-service evaluation for spinal muscular atophy in the NHS on (a) patients and (b) patient families outside of the pilot area.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of opportunities available to the patient community to input into the (a) design and (b) delivery of the UK National Screening Committee’s upcoming in-service evaluation of spinal muscular…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure and (b) monitor the (i) introduction, (ii) delivery and (iii) completion of the in-service evaluation for spinal muscular atrophy screening in the NHS.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK National Screening Committee commissioning a cost-effectiveness modeling study for spinal muscular atrophy on the timeline for implementing newborn screenings across the UK.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of health inequalities for babies that have had access to newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy with those that haven't.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a permanent newborn screening programme for spinal muscular atrophy on the Government's Life Sciences Vision ambition to make the UK a world leader for (a) access and (b)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK not having a spinal muscular atrophy screening programme on the development of the UK life science sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the number of conditions screened under the NHS bloodspot programme with similar programmes in other European countries.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy on the priorities of the UK Rare Disease Framework.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to meet with the UK National Screening Committee to discuss the timescale for implementing an in-service evaluation for spinal muscular atrophy screening in the NHS.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information the UK National Screening Committee has provided on the (a) format, (b) scale and (c) duration of the upcoming in-service evaluation for spinal muscular atrophy screening in the NHS.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the timelines for the UK National Screening Committee’s in-service evaluation for severe combined immunodeficiency screening in the NHS; and whether his Department has plans to reduce the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of babies born with spinal muscular atrophy that may experience irreversible disability between August 2023 and the conclusion of the review into newborn screening.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expedite the introduction of newborn spinal muscular atrophy screenings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191810 on Ultrasonics, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing access to MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound treatments on (a) the ability of patients to…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure an equitable uptake of new treatments for (a) spinal muscular atrophy and (b) other rare diseases once recommended by NICE.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of average (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment waiting times on people affected by spinal muscular atrophy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Muscular Dystrophy entitled Newborn Screening for Rare Conditions, published in May 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the APPG for Muscular Dystrophy report entitled Newborn Screening for Rare Conditions, published May 2023, what assessment he has made for the implications for his policies of the recommendation that when conditions…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support the needs of people with (a) spinal muscular atrophy and (b) other rare neurological conditions as part of its implementation of the Rare Diseases Action Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resources available to the UK National Screening Committee to (a) adequately engage with the rare disease stakeholder community and (b) ensure it takes account of the specific considerations…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2023 to Question 190694 on Respiratory Syncytial Virus, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the advice on a universal infant RSV immunisation programme from the Joint…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment waiting times for people with rare diseases which present in childhood.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment for people with (i) spinal muscular atrophy and (ii) other rare, genetic and neuromuscular conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of and (b) funding available to the UK National Screening Committee.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2023: main report, updated on 10 July 2023, what steps his Department is taking to end the diagnostic odyssey experienced by people with rare diseases.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK National Screening Committee has had recent discussions with (a) patient organisations, (b) patients and (c) families affected by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as part of its review of incorporating SMA within the NHS newborn…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the horizon scanning capabilities of the UK National Screening Committee and (b) increase alignment between National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendations and newborn screening…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask the UK National Screening Committee to publish its methods, processes and criteria for reviewing conditions to be included in the NHS newborn screening programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the UK National Screening Committee is taking to review its methods, processes and criteria to ensure they are appropriate for assessing rare conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the National Screening Committee’s progress on reviewing the case for including Spinal Muscular Atrophy in the NHS newborn screening programme; and what his timetable is for making a decision on that…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the UK National Screening Committee has made on reviewing the case for including Spinal Muscular Atrophy in the NHS newborn screening programme, and what that Committee's timeline is for making a final recommendation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask the UK National Screening Committee to publish indicative timelines for its review of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK National Screening Committee’s timelines for reviewing the case for including Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in the NHS newborn screening programme on patients…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK National Screening Committee plans to review the evidence generated by Oxford University from its Thames Valley pilot within the Committee’s own population-based study on Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to expedite the process for publishing minutes from UK National Screening Committee meetings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential role of the community pharmacy sector in delivering annual flu vaccinations; and what steps he plans to take to support that sector to increase its capacity to deliver vaccines.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of staff posts were vacant in the Operations Group directorate of the Care Quality Commission in each of the last 18 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of staff posts were vacant in the Regulatory leadership directorate of the Care Quality Commission in each of the last 18 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of staff posts were vacant in the Engagement Strategy and Policy directorate of the Care Quality Commission in each of the last 18 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of staff posts were vacant in the Regulatory Customer and Corporate Operations directorate of the Care Quality Commission in each of the last 18 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of staff posts were vacant in the Technology Data and Insight directorate of the Care Quality Commission in each of the last 18 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the turnover rate in the Operations Group directorate of the Care Quality Commission was in financial years (a) 2020/21,(b) 2021/22 and (c) 2022/23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the turnover rate in the Regulatory Leadership directorate of the Care Quality Commission was in financial years (a) 2020/21,(b) 2021/22 and (c) 2022/23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) resources available to and (b) capacity of the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation to manage (i) current and (ii) future public health needs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to give integrated care systems flexibility to (a) organise and (b) deliver bespoke vaccination programmes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of seasonal flu vaccinations delivered by (a) community pharmacies, (b) general practices and (c) other providers in the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision not to renew the 50 to 64-year-old flu vaccination programme on (a) public health, (b) the economy and (c) NHS and social care capacity.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of increasing access to MR-guided focused ultrasound treatments on the economy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the time taken to (a) license and (b) roll out vaccines; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of accelerating this process.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to roll out an infant Respiratory syncytial virus immunisation programme in time for this winter.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 30 May 2023 to Questions 186514 on Radiotherapy: Medical Treatments and 186513 on Radiotherapy: Reform, what the timeline is for completion of the Brachytherapy and Molecular Radiotherapy Service Specification…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 30 May 2023 to Questions 186514 on Radiotherapy: Medical Treatments and 186513 on Radiotherapy: Reform, whether NHS England has set a target timeframe to increase capacity to deliver molecular radiotherapy services…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will use responses to its call for evidence for the Health Disparities White Paper in the development of the Major Conditions Strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of NHS staff providing rheumatology care in (a) Merseyside and Cheshire Integrated Care System area and (b) England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of (a) rheumatology consultants and (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of paediatric rheumatology (a) consultants and (b) clinical nurse specialists in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to review NICE appraisal process for rare disease medicines to increase the number of rare disease treatments recommended for the full patient population.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) Allied Health Professionals entering specialist rheumatology training.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of rheumatology care in Bootle constituency in the last (a) 12 and (d) 24 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to modernise the NHS's molecular radiotherapy infrastructure.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) expand service capacity and (b) ensure patients can access molecular radiotherapy treatments; and whether he plans to take further steps to meet anticipated levels of demand in the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) rheumatology consultants, (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists, (c) specialist rheumatology physiotherapists, (d) psychologists, (e) podiatrists, (f) occupational health therapists…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of rheumatology medical school places as part of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) increase access to podiatry services for rheumatology patients, (b) increase access to specialised psychology services for rheumatology patients, (c) increase the number of pharmacists working…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve levels of staff retention of healthcare professionals working in rheumatology services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will introduce a waiting time target for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including a question on heavy menstrual bleeding in the routine set of checks and questions that accompany a gynaecological procedure or consultation in a primary care…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses low levels of engagement around menstrual health services as a criterion used to determine in which areas women’s health hubs should be introduced.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include projections of the numbers of mental health staff that will be recruited to support people with Parkinson’s in the NHS workforce plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support available for people with Parkinson's in Cheshire and Merseyside integrated care systems area; and if he will make a statement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include provisions for (a) treatment of liver cancer and (b) tackling hepatitis C as a cause of liver cancer in the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing for people with (a) Crohn’s disease and (b) colitis.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish NHS data on access to Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression through the long-term conditions pathway by condition.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the maintenance phase of hepatitis C elimination once England has reached the World Health Organization elimination metrics.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the opt-out testing programme for blood-borne viruses in Emergency Departments; and whether he plans to expand it beyond the initial areas included.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what percentage of dermatology patients started treatment within 18 weeks of referral in (a) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (b) the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board area and (c) England in…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dermatology specialist nurses there are in (a) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (b) the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board area and (c) England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled The two-week wait skin cancer pathway: innovative approaches to support early diagnosis of skin cancer as part of the NHS COVID-19 recovery plan, published by NHS England on 4 April 2022, whether (a)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) cost-saving (b) time-saving and (c) patient benefits of using self-care in primary care settings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that primary care healthcare practitioners are (a) trained and (b) resourced to support patients with self-care.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held recent discussions with pharmacists on the (a) community pharmacy contractual framework and (b) the adequacy of resources available to them.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant dermatologists there are in (a) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (b) the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board area and (c) England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing the NHS England Children’s Hospice Grant on the delivery of services in those hospices.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 128715 on Health: Disadvantages, what plans he has to expand the Major Conditions Strategy to cover ethnic and gender disparities.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's Major Conditions Strategy will include the impact of multimorbidity.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on track to deliver the 18 month target within the elective recovery plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many surgical hubs are currently in operation; and are due to be operating by the end of 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussion with NHS England on reframing the dementia risk reduction messaging within the NHS Health Check to promoting good brain health.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines entitled Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers, published on 20 June 2018, whether his Department is…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) increase availability of equipment to diagnose dementia and (b) prepare the NHS for new treatments in the context of the US's approval of Lecanemab.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing waiting times for bowel cancer referrals.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92245 on Essential Tremor: Liverpool, if his Department will take steps to provide support to centres wanting to offer MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential Tremor.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proposals will be included in the primary care recovery plan on using community pharmacies to support the health service.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the use of community pharmacies in future covid-19 vaccination programmes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether community pharmacies have adequate funding for the role envisaged for them in the primary care recovery plan.
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Ministry of Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to extend the duty of due regard under the Armed Forces Covenant to (a) UK Government and (b) devolved administrations before the next General Election.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to extend the duty of due regard under the Armed Forces Covenant to cover (a) social care, (b) employment, (c) pensions, (d) compensation and (e) immigration before the next General Election.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Budget 2024, whether he has made an estimate of the potential return on investment of (a) violence reduction units, (b) hot spot policing, (c) increasing the capacity of children's homes and (d) the building of 15 new special free…
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the return on investment criteria are for prioritising proposals in the next Spending Review.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department estimates the potential cost to the public purse of removing VAT on (a) defibrillators and (b) other products.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to target energy support for people living with (a) arthritis and (b) other medical conditions.
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