Caroline Dinenage MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

  • Community Health Services and Social Prescribing: ArtsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28713More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support access to dance and other creative activities through social prescribing and community health services.

    Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 20 July in response to Question HL1977.

    Answered 15 Sept 2026

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  • Health Services: ArtsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28712More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to incorporate arts-based interventions, including dance, into future prevention and population health strategies.

    Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 20 July in response to Question HL1977.

    Answered 15 Sept 2026

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  • Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28711More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commit to a compensation scheme for women impacted by pelvic mesh and sodium valproate.

    Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 14 July in response to Question 16121.

    Answered 15 Sept 2026

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  • ME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28710More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with severe ME in need of tube feeding can be safely fed lying flat in NHS hospitals.

    Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on nutrition support for adults and on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The guidance recognises ...

    Answered 22 Sept 2026

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  • Women: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28707More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure effective implementation of the Women’s Health Strategy.

    Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 15 September in response to Question 28065.

    Answered 18 Sept 2026

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  • Hospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28705More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.

    Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided on 16 July in response to Question 16317, and on 1 June in response to Question 2208.

    Answered 21 Sept 2026

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  • Children: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28704More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Cancer Plan for England, what steps her Department is taking to ensure uptake of the NHS England and Starlight Play Well Toolkit by 2027.

    Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 22 April in response to Question 127201.

    Answered 18 Sept 2026

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  • Independent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28703More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role patients with lived experience of NHS Continuing Healthcare will take in Baroness Casey's review of adult social care.

    Answer: Baroness Casey has made clear that one of the core purposes of the Big Conversation on Care that she is leading is to hear from people, families, and carers with direct, real-life experience of the current social care system, so she can reflect those expe...

    Answered 17 Sept 2026

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  • Funerals: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19966More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government Interim Update on Progress, when he plans to respond to recommendations 29, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 69, 71 and 72.

    Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on 1 September, available at the following link:https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/...

    Answered 7 Sept 2026

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  • Radiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19963More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2026 to Question 4096 on Radiotherapy, how many radiotherapy machines were purchased from the investment; and whether the investment is part of an annually availabl

    Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Wells and Mendip Hills on 19 May 2025 to Question 52230.

    Answered 14 Sept 2026

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  • UltrasonicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19962More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of recovery rates from High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound.

    Answer: In June 2026 the Government announced that it would expand access to focal therapy, including high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy, by investing up to £2.8 million. Access to focal therapies will be expanded in line with the expansion of TRANS...

    Answered 14 Sept 2026

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  • Prostate Cancer: UltrasonicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 19961More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to expand the evidence base for the effectiveness of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in treating prostate cancer.

    Answer: In June 2026 the Government announced that it would expand access to focal therapy, including high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy, by investing up to £2.8 million. Access to focal therapies will be expanded in line with the expansion of TRANS...

    Answered 14 Sept 2026

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport6
Department for Education1
Department for Transport1
Department of Health and Social Care12
Ministry of Defence2
Treasury5

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