Abtisam Mohamed MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Royal College of PhysiciansDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Royal College of Physicians on the administrative error in the 2023 Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK part two examinations.
Answer: We recognise that this will be a concerning time for those doctors affected. We have asked the UK Statutory Education Bodies, which is NHS England in the case of England, to work with the Royal College of Physicians and the General Medical Council to ensu...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeprivation of Liberty SafeguardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard applications are processed within 21 days.
Answer: Processing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS) applications is the responsibility of local authorities. There is considerable variation in how local authorities process and complete their DoLS applications with some areas successfully processing appli...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce speech and language therapy workforce shortages.
Answer: We want to remove the barriers to training as a speech and language therapist (SLT), which is why eligible SLT students can get a non-repayable grant of £5,000 a year through the NHS Learning Support Fund. Further financial support is also available for c...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with NHS England and the Department for Education to reduce speech and language therapy waiting lists.
Answer: Community health services, including speech and language therapy, are locally commissioned to enable systems to best meet the needs of their communities.We recognise the impact that long waits to access speech and language therapy can have on the individu...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis to help improve health outcomes for people with pulmonary fibrosis.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve diagnosis times for people with pulmonary fibrosis.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to pulmonary fibrosis treatment in England.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for the commissioning of services for interstitial lung disease and funds the cost of anti-fibrotic treatments to treat this disease. Access to these treatments has recently been expanded to patients with non-idiopathic pulmonar...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with medical suppliers on the availability of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy.
Answer: The Department continues to engage with all suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) to boost production to mitigate the supply issue. Suppliers have managed to secure additional pharmaceutical ingredient resulting in expected increased v...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the supply of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy.
Answer: The Department continues to engage with all suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) to boost production to mitigate the supply issue. Suppliers have managed to secure additional pharmaceutical ingredient resulting in expected increased v...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBaby Care Units and Maternity Services: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Maternity and Neonatal Estates Review.
Answer: NHS England will publish the findings of the National Health Service maternity and neonatal estates survey, which examined compliance against the current standards for estates, including the requirements of neonatal parental accommodation. The Government’...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Band 2 NHS workers in pay progression policies.
Answer: As part of the 2023 Agenda for Change pay deal between the Government, employers, and trade unions, there was a mutual agreement to uplift the value of the bottom pay point of band two to the same value as the top pay point, and this position was ratified...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBaby Care UnitsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England next plans to update its publication entitled Health Building Note 09-03: Neonatal units, first published in March 2013.
Answer: Guidance related to the National Health Service Estate is reviewed, prioritised and updated to reflect changing legislative, regulatory, technological and policy requirements. As part of the three-year delivery plan and subsequent for maternity and neonat...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChildbirth and Infant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15960 on Neonatal Inequalities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) monitoring and (b) reporting on (i) pre-term birth
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and address ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for when cancer sites will have recurrence data collection mandated to align with the collection of breast cancer recurrence data.
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS), part of NHS England, collects patient data on cancer as well as congenital anomalies and rare diseases. The NDRS has been collecting recurrence data for non-primary cancers via data submissions as part of ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take ensure there is sufficient provision of (a) rehabilitation and (b) prehabilitation for cancer patients across all cancer alliances.
Answer: National Health Service trusts and cancer alliances are responsible for ensuring that plans are in place to meet the needs of patients in their localities. Therefore, the Department does not have additional plans to ensure there is provision of rehabilita...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer and General Practitioners: Yorkshire and the HumberDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve (a) access to GP appointments and (b) rates of early-stage cancer diagnosis in areas of socio-economic deprivation in Yorkshire.
Answer: We know that patients are struggling to access general practices (GPs), and that these struggles can be particularly acute for patients living in deprived areas. We will support equitable access to GP services, and we have already committed to recruiting ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Budget October 2024Department of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with social care providers on the potential impact of Autumn Budget 2024 on the social care sector.
Answer: The Department holds regular meetings with adult social care stakeholders, including service providers and representative bodies, to discuss key issues and developments such as the impact of the Budget on the sector. The Government will make available up ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildbirth and Infant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) reduce (i) socio-economic and (ii) ethnic disparities in the rates of (A) neonatal death, (B) brain injury and (C) pre-term birth.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and address ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildbirth and Infant MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set clear and measurable targets to help tackle socio-economic and ethnic disparities in the rates of (a) neonatal death, (b) brain injury and (c) pre-term birth.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal services to improve outcomes and address ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the priorities of (a) children and (b) young people with cancer are included in the ten-year plan.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive this horrible set of diseases. This includes children, teenagers, and young adults.The Department is taking steps to imp...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cancer in (i) teenagers and (ii) young adults.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive this horrible set of diseases. This includes children, teenagers, and young adults.The Department is taking steps to imp...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children and young people diagnosed with cancer receive adequate mental health support.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive this horrible set of diseases. This includes children and young people.In Spring 2024, the Department ran workshops with...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve cancer outcomes among children and young people.
Answer: We are committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier and treating it faster so that more patients survive this horrible set of diseases. This includes children and young people.In Spring 2024, the Department ran workshops with...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Act 1983Department of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to update the Mental Health Act 1983.
Answer: The Mental Health Bill announced in the King’s Speech will deliver the Government’s commitment to modernise the Mental Health Act 1983. The bill will be published when Parliamentary time allows.
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Sheffield CentralDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children's mental health services in Sheffield Central constituency.
Answer: It is unacceptable that too many children and young people, including in the Sheffield Central constituency, are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are far too long.The Department is working a...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
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