Alistair Strathern MP: written questions

Written questions

• Special Educational Needs: Central Bedfordshire Council and North Hertfordshire District CouncilDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1424More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to support (a) Central Bedfordshire Council (b) North Hertfordshire Council with SEND provision.

  Answer: This government is committed to providing the necessary support to improve the experiences for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. The department is committed to taking a community-wide appr...

  Answered 26 Jul 2024

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• Dental Services: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1168More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of children aged four and under who were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Hitchin constituency in each

  Answer: The information requested is not available on a constituency basis, or for the desired age band for each of the last five years.

  Answered 25 Jul 2024

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• Dental Services: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1167More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the time taken to access dental services in Hitchin constituency.

  Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges patients face when trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments, and to recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. To rebui...

  Answered 25 Jul 2024

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• Dental Services: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1166More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged 11 and under with tooth decay were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction in Hitchin constituency in each of the last five years.

  Answer: he information requested is not available on a constituency basis, or for the desired age band.

  Answered 25 Jul 2024

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• General Practitioners: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1165More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who have been waiting more than four weeks for a GP appointment in Hitchin constituency.

  Answer: The Hitchin constituency sits within the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board where, in May 2024, 649,000 general practice appointments were delivered. Of those, 29,000 appointments, or 4.1%, were delivered 28 days after booking, 0.7% less t...

  Answered 25 Jul 2024

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• Dental Services and General Practitioners: HitchinDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1164More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of (i) GPs and (ii) dentists in Hitchin constituency.

  Answer: We have committed to training thousands more general practitioners (GPs) across the country as well as take pressure off those currently working in the system and NHS England has made a number of recruitment and retention schemes available to GPs.Getting ...

  Answered 30 Jul 2024

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