Aphra Brandreth MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Centre for Social Justice's report entitled Change the Prescription, published in January 20
Answer: We recognise that for some people, treatment through medication may not be the best option, which is why we are continuing to expand access to alternative forms of treatment through NHS Talking Therapies and Individual Placement and Support schemes. This ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to healthcare professionals to (a) identify and (b) help tackle the causes of mental distress.
Answer: Individual health care providers are responsible for ensuring that their staff have the knowledge, skills, and competence to meet the specific needs of the communities they serve. To support this, NHS England offers a wide range of training opportunities ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments and TofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 56055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that variations in local NHS (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of (i) Early Access Programmes and (ii) the availability of tofersen support the reduction
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received the application for tofersen and is currently reviewing it rapidly for quality, safety, and efficacy, for use in the United Kingdom.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) career and (b) job search support provisions available to junior doctors.
Answer: There has been no recent assessment. Under the UK Foundation Programme curriculum, foundation doctors should receive career guidance and advice from educational supervisors, along with the opportunity to explore potential careers.A variety of other tools ...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered reformulating unfilled training posts to enable them to be given to medical students in their second foundation year who have prior experience in the relevant department.
Answer: There has been no such consideration. Foundation training and medical speciality training involve different responsibilities, expectations, and levels of experience. The two-year foundation programme acts as a bridge between medical school and specialty t...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered allowing medical students in their second foundation year to apply for positions that are ring-fenced for physician associates.
Answer: No such consideration has been made. The role of physician associates (PAs) is to work with and support doctors, not to replace them. To become employed as a PA, candidates will need to have completed a recognised PA qualification.Regulation of PAs by the...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help junior doctors find employment in the NHS after they have completed training.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service employers. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: Chester South and EddisburyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of eligible families are receiving Healthy Start in Chester South and Eddisbury constituency.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSjögren's Syndrome: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support people with Sjogrens to work and (b) implement a multi-disciplinary care system.
Answer: Appropriate work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Disabled people and people with health conditions such as Sjogren’s syndrome are a diverse group, so ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurological Diseases: ClinicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support specialist neuromuscular clinics that wish to take part in the Givinostat Early Access Programme.
Answer: The Government welcomes the Early Access Programme (EAP) that the company has put in place to provide early access for patients to givinostat. Access to the EAP must be through one of the 23 NorthStar Centres in the United Kingdom. However, participation ...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLeighton HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to rebuild Leighton Hospital by 2030.
Answer: The programme this government inherited was severely delayed and did not have funding required to deliver it.The Secretary of State has asked for an urgent report on the degree to which the New Hospital Programme (NHP) is funded and a realistic timetable ...
Answered 19 Aug 2024
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