Angus MacDonald MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
ME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason planning for a specialised service for very severe ME/CFS has been paused until April 2027.
Answer: The action within July 2025’s final delivery plan on myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), to consider whether a specialised service should be prescribed by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Soc...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPalestine Action: Hunger StrikesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what clinical monitoring arrangements are in place for Palestine Action activists on hunger strike; and whether hospital care will be provided if medically advised.
Answer: Healthcare services in the prison estate are commissioned by NHS England. All prison healthcare providers are commissioned and contracted to use National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and have pathways of care in place for people ref...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that gambling harm prevention campaigns reach rural and remote communities.
Answer: The introduction of the new statutory levy on gambling operators, which came into effect in April 2025, guarantees sustainable funding for the research, prevention, and treatment of gambling-related harms which is entirely independent of the influence of ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of geographical variation in access to community care equipment in (a) general, (b) rural areas and (c) remote areas.
Answer: Local authorities in England have a statutory duty under various pieces of legislation, including the Care Act 2014, to make arrangements for the provision of disability aids and community equipment, to meet the assessed eligible needs of individuals who ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors who completed foundation training (a) successfully secured a specialty training post immediately after completion, (b) remained without a specialty training post one year after com
Answer: Data published by the General Medical Council shows it is becoming more common for doctors to not progress from completion of the second year of the foundation programme directly into specialty training. The following table shows the proportion of foundat...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: DermatologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with devolved Administrations to help reduce waiting times from GP referral to first routine dermatology appointments.
Answer: It is unacceptable that patients across the United Kingdom continue to wait lengthy periods for treatment. Although health is a devolved matter, bringing down the elective waiting lists, including for dermatology, is a top priority across the four nations...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has met with families who have lost relatives following missed diagnoses within the NHS.
Answer: NHS England places the utmost importance on optimising the performance of diagnostic services in support of improved patient outcomes. Integrated care boards and trusts are being supported to improve diagnostic performance, including through capital inves...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS diagnostic services in helping to prevent avoidable deaths.
Answer: NHS England places the utmost importance on optimising the performance of diagnostic services in support of improved patient outcomes. Integrated care boards and trusts are being supported to improve diagnostic performance, including through capital inves...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: ScotlandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Health Minister on the importance of focusing on early intervention in eating disorders in Scotland.
Answer: Close collaboration between the devolved governments is important and takes place on a regular basis. Although no recent specific discussions have taken place with the Scottish Health Minister on this topic, we acknowledge that specialist expertise and fa...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the importance of (a) early intervention and (b) prevention before the cure in eating disorder treatment.
Answer: The Government recognises that the earlier that treatment is provided, the better the chance of short-term recovery. We are committed to ensuring that everyone with an eating disorder can access specialist help.As part of our mission to build an NHS fit f...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the British Medical Association on medical students receiving less than two hours of teaching on eating disorders throughout their undergraduate trainin
Answer: The Department has not had conversations with the British Medical Association about the amount of teaching on eating disorders in undergraduate medical training. The standard of training for doctors is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GM...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTesticular Cancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Health Minister on the importance of early detection of testicular cancer in young people.
Answer: Policy for cancer care is a devolved matter in Scotland, and is therefore the responsibility of the Scottish administration.The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier in England so that more patients survi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Health Minister on the importance of early detection of breast cancer in young people.
Answer: Policy for cancer care is a devolved matter in Scotland, and is therefore the responsibility of the Scottish administration.The Department is committed to getting the National Health Service diagnosing cancer earlier in England so that more patients survi...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFriedreich's Ataxia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve healthcare provision for people with Friedreich’s Ataxia.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as Friedreich’s ataxia. The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out four priorities collaboratively developed with the rare disease community. These are: getting a fin...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing new NICE criteria for rare conditions that do not meet the 300 patient threshold for the Highly Specialised Technology appraisal sy
Answer: Decisions on whether medicines should be evaluated through the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) highly specialised technologies (HST) programme are taken by NICE itself against a set of published criteria that have been developed...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEating DisordersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with other specified feeding and eating disorder.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAvoidant/Restrictive Food Intake DisorderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBulimiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with bulimia.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnorexiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the calorie labelling system in restaurants on people with anorexia.
Answer: Legislation requiring large businesses in England, with 250 or more employees, to display calorie information on non-prepacked food and soft drinks came into force in 2022.The Department continues to evaluate the impact of the Calorie Labelling (Out of Ho...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Health Centres: Public Private PartnershipsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to p.16 of the document entitled Fit for the future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, published on 3 July 2025, what progress his Department has made on the development of the busine
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, the Department and the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority are working on a business case for a public-private partnerships model around Neighbourhood Health Centres that sets out the potenti...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Public Private PartnershipsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that the public are (a) consulted and (b) involved in decisions on the use of public-private partnerships in the NHS.
Answer: The business case to assess the feasibility of using a public-private partnership (PPP) model for Neighbourhood Health Centres is being co-developed by the Department of Health and Social Care and the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Aut...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming (a) NHS Long Term Workforce Plan and (b) National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme will include policies on staffing in rural areas.
Answer: The 10 Year Workforce Plan will be published later this year. We will work with partners to make sure we have the right people, in the right places, with the right skills, to ensure the National Health Service has access to the workforce it needs to treat...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide sustainable (a) funding and (b) commissioning of (i) hospice and (ii) palliative care services in rural areas.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications. The statutory guidance states that ICBs mu...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle men's low rates of engagement with mental health services.
Answer: It is vital that we put more emphasis on early intervention and recovery to support men and boys experiencing poor mental health to live well and thrive. We will fulfil our commitments to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers by the end of the...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the high rates of premature mortality in men due to mental health issues.
Answer: It is vital that we put more emphasis on early intervention and recovery to support men and boys experiencing poor mental health to live well and thrive. We will fulfil our commitments to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers by the end of the...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
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