Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
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North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 77257 on North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Medical Records, by when the outline business case would need to be approved to meet the timel
Answer: North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is currently part way through the business case process for a new Electronic Patient Record, working to submit its outline business case (OBC) in 2026. NHS England is supporting them to produce a robust and affordabl...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: RedundancyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff redundancies there will be following the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of the abolition of NHS England, we are clear on the need for a smaller centre, as well as scaling back integrated care board running costs and National Health Service provider corporate costs in order to reduce...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: RedundancyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse has been of redundancy packages for staff following the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of the abolition of NHS England, we are clear on the need for a smaller centre, as well as scaling back integrated care board running costs and NHS provider corporate cost reductions in order to reduce waste and...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on Electronic Patient Records, what assessment his Department has made of the digital maturity of the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation T
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2025 to Question 81534 and on 22 October 2025 to Question 82444.
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation TrustDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on Electronic Patient Records, what steps his Department is taking to help support the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust to procure
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2025 to Question 81534 and on 22 October 2025 to Question 82444.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on Electronic Patient Records, what level on the HIMMS EMRAM model are hospitals in the New Hospital Programme required to be upon compl
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2025 to Question 81534 and on 22 October 2025 to Question 82444.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on Electronic Patient Records, what Electronic Patient Records systems are approved for procurement by NHS trusts.
Answer: National Health Service trusts procure suppliers from the Clinical Digital Health Solutions Framework, details of which are available at the following link: https://www.commercialsolutions-sec.nhs.uk/frameworks/clinical-digital-health-solutions-cdhs#nav-s...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating GP guidance to allow GPs to have proactive conversations on prostate cancer.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) commissioned an evidence review looking at screening for prostate cancer. We anticipate a public consultation on the findings of this review later this year and a recommendation by the committee in the first qu...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national standard offering for glaucoma testing.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them, which could include glaucoma referral filtering services.The National Institute for...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on Electronic Patient Records, what funding support he is providing to the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust to enable the procurem
Answer: NHS England is supporting the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust to produce a robust and affordable Outline Business Case to procure an Electronic Patient Record that meets the core capabilities set out by the NHS England Frontline Digitisation progra...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHinchingbrooke Hospital: Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on Electronic Patient Records, what level on the HIMMS scale will Hinchingbrooke Hospital be required to achieve before completion as pa
Answer: The New Hospital Programme (NHP) and the Frontline Productivity Programmes do not use the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) grading system. When frontline digitisation began, it was broadly looking to align capabilities of new ...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's news story entitled, Update on Gaza medical evacuation scheme, published on 22 August 2025, what estimate he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the number of Gaz
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Statement HCWS899 made to the House on 1 September 2025 by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.The safety, privacy, and wellbeing of these severely ill and vulnerable patients and th...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of abolishing (a) NHS England and (b) some integrated care boards on (i) veteran-focussed services provided by NHS England and (ii) veteran-tai
Answer: Following the announcement on the abolition of NHS England, work is progressing to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, and to plan for the smooth transfer of people, functions, and responsibilities from NHS England ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisation will have responsibility for veteran-focused healthcare following the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: Following the announcement on the abolition of NHS England, work is progressing to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, and to plan for the smooth transfer of people, functions, and responsibilities from NHS England ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the abolition of NHS England on the Integrated Single Financial Environment programme.
Answer: As would be expected with such significant reform, we have been carefully assessing the impact of the organisational change across the range existing systems and processes that includes the continued use of systems such as the Integrated Single Financial ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordScreening: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made in delivering the NHS Digital Transformation of Screening programme.
Answer: The Digital Transformation of Screening programme is leading an ambitious, end-to-end transformation of screening services, rolling out in a test and learn way. New digital services will support screening participants to manage their screening appointment...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Defence Medical ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 130 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made in rebuilding medical capabilities for warfighting.
Answer: A series of joint wargame exercises have taken place that have been used to identify gaps in medical warfighting capabilities. These exercises continue to inform planning between the National Health Service and the Ministry of Defence to ensure both can r...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Defence Medical ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 130 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on creating integrated crisis plans.
Answer: The creation of integrated crisis plans are broader than health and will consider the recommendations identified in the NATO Medical Action Plan. These recommendations and the creation of integrated crisis plans will be discussed as part of the ongoing en...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Defence Medical ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 130 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on undertaking a sprint review.
Answer: The sprint review is initiated and led by the Ministry of Defence, working with the Department of Health and Social Care and other Governmental and private organisations. A series of meetings are planned for late 2025 which will explore and progress the j...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Reserve ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 130 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how many and what proportion of reserves work in the NHS for each of the three services.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Armed ForcesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 130 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that the NHS is prepared for mass military cas
Answer: There is a strong foundation of cross-government working between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Defence (MOD).A series of joint Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response exercises have taken place, and planning continues...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Defence Medical ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 130 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the role of his Department in bui
Answer: Whilst there have been no recent formal discussions between my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Defence, there is a strong foundation of cross-Government working between Mi...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what pre-clinical animal testing was conducted prior to reaching the clinical vaccine trial stage for AHEAD-MERIT (BNT113).
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring that all medicines and vaccines, including cancer vaccines, meet appropriate standards of safety, quality and efficacy before they are approved for use in humans. N...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Medical Records, by when he expects North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust to submit that inv
Answer: The North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is unable to confirm the date the investment case will be submitted, as this is subject to conversations between NHS England regional and national colleagues to confirm necessary approvals and funding for the Out...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordClinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress he has made on reducing trial approval times to under 150 days.
Answer: The Department is committed to cutting the current time it takes to get a clinical trial set up, to under 150 days by March 2026 with the aim of making the United Kingdom a world leader in clinical trials. We are streamlining the set-up and delivery of cl...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
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