Caroline Johnson MP: written questions
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Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled Dental patients to benefit from 700,000 extra urgent appointments, published on 21 February 2025, how many urgent appointments each ICB has been asked to
Answer: We have asked integrated care boards (ICBs) to commission extra urgent dental appointments to make sure that patients with urgent dental needs can get the treatment they need. ICBs have been making extra appointments available from April 2025.Appointments...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 27 March 2025, Official Report, column 447WH, if he will make an assessment of th
Answer: The Department will give careful consideration to the findings of Dr Bromley’s study, once the research has been finalised and published. The Department recognises the importance of robust, evidence-based research in shaping policy and improving outcomes ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 58044 on Strategic Defence Review and with reference to the freedom of information request FOI2025/17106, which trade unions were offered access to the Strategic
Answer: As stated in the response to FOI2025/17106 in the FOI response that the hon. Member has already received, engagement with key stakeholders ahead of any major publications, such as the Strategic Defence Review, is entirely appropriate given the impact such...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the quality of (a) maternity and (b) neonatal services in each of the 14 NHS Trusts chosen for the maternity and neonatal investigation.
Answer: The Department has not selected which trusts to include in the independent maternity and neonatal investigation.The 14 NHS trusts were selected by the independent investigation based on a variety of factors, including results from the Care Quality Commiss...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: Public InquiriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled 14 NHS trusts the focus of national maternity investigation, published on 15 September 2025, which NHS Trusts selected for the maternity investigation we
Answer: The Department has not selected which trusts to include in the independent maternity and neonatal investigation.The 14 NHS trusts were selected by the independent investigation based on a variety of factors, including results from the Care Quality Commiss...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: Public InquiriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled 14 NHS trusts the focus of national maternity investigation, published on 15 September 2025, what criteria his Department used to decide which NHS Trusts
Answer: The Department has not selected which trusts to include in the independent maternity and neonatal investigation.The 14 NHS trusts were selected by the independent investigation based on a variety of factors, including results from the Care Quality Commiss...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) women of child bearing age, (b) girls, (c) boys and (d) men are receiving prescriptions for sodium valproate as of 11 September 2025.
Answer: Prescription data is collected by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA).The NHSBSA bases prescription data on processed prescription data for each three-month period. This is a commonly used method for presenting prescription data for prescriptions...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he plans to make interim payments to people affected by sodium valproate as recommended in the Hughes report on Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, including around interim payments. This is a complex issue involving input...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the recommendations of the Hughes report on Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different government departme...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of NHS England on levels of NHS service provision, in the context of (a) the closure of the NHS and Care Volunteer Responders prog
Answer: Volunteers play an important role supporting and complementing National Health Service services, staff, and patients but they do not replace staff or services. Following the closure of the NHS Volunteer Responders programme, all volunteers have been signp...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Freedom of InformationMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library his Department's response to the freedom of information request, reference FOI2025/17106.
Answer: I can confirm I am content to place a copy of my response in the library of the House.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 66246 on General Practitioners: Recruitment, what the minimum length would be of that significant period.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan set out that we will work across Government to prioritise United Kingdom medical graduates for foundation training, and to prioritise UK medical graduates and other doctors who have worked in the National Health Service for a signi...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of irregular migrants arriving by small boat receive health screening.
Answer: The Department and NHS England do not hold the information requested.
Answered 6 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged between 75 and 79 have received the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) measures the coverage of vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).The RSV adult vaccination programme in England began on 1 September 2024. Only data for the catch-up cohort, namely adults aged between 75 an...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for people aged between 75 and 79 on the number (a) deaths, (b) hospital admissions
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) analysis in the Lancet journal in April indicated 30% fewer respiratory syncytial virus hospital admissions in 75- to 79-year-olds than would have occurred without vaccination. This was seen after around 40% of elig...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccination: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of children who are not up-to-date with their vaccinations by the demographic characteristics of those children.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors trends in the level of childhood vaccination rates by upper tier local authority, region and country level. Data on coverage of all routine childhood immunisations are published quarterly and annually by UKHS...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHepatitis and HIV/AIDS: Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) positive and (b) negative (i) HIV, (ii) hepatitis B and (iii) hepatitis C tests were performed in emergency departments as part of the opt-out blood-borne virus testing scheme in each
Answer: This information is not available as the data is currently unvalidated.Over the first 24 months of the opt-out bloodborne virus testing in emergency departments programme, 1,981,590 HIV tests, 1,502,799 hepatitis C virus tests and 1,185,678 hepatitis B vi...
Answered 29 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHepatitis and HIV/AIDS: Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS accident and emergency departments (a) offer and (b) do not offer an (i) HIV, (ii) hepatitis B and (iii) hepatitis C test to all patients requiring a blood test.
Answer: Emergency Department (ED) opt-out testing is currently being offered to all extremely high and high HIV prevalence areas in England until the end of March 2026. A detailed list of specific sites offering opt-out HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing is...
Answered 29 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco and Vapes BillDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Leader of the House of Lords on when the committee stage of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill will take place.
Answer: Ministers and officials from the Department are regularly in touch with their counterparts across Government. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill has had its Second Reading in the House of Lords, and Committee stage will take place when parliamentary time allows. ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Trusts to validate their waiting list data.
Answer: No estimate has been made of the return on investment on the validation sprint.Waiting list validation is a well-established component for effective management of waiting lists, with detailed guidance available for Trusts, including safeguards to ensure p...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many incomplete pathways have been removed as a result of data validation sprint in each month since April 2025.
Answer: No estimate has been made of the return on investment on the validation sprint.Waiting list validation is a well-established component for effective management of waiting lists, with detailed guidance available for Trusts, including safeguards to ensure p...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many incomplete pathways have been removed as a result of data validation in each month since July 2024.
Answer: No estimate has been made of the return on investment on the validation sprint.Waiting list validation is a well-established component for effective management of waiting lists, with detailed guidance available for Trusts, including safeguards to ensure p...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the value for money of paying NHS trusts to validate the data on their waiting lists.
Answer: No estimate has been made of the return on investment on the validation sprint.Waiting list validation is a well-established component for effective management of waiting lists, with detailed guidance available for Trusts, including safeguards to ensure p...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of headcount reductions in (a) NHS England, (b) his Department and (c) Integrated Care Boards on the implementation of the 10 Year Health Plan.
Answer: Following the announcement that NHS England will be abolished as an arm’s length body and replaced by a new Department of Health and Social Care, a transformation programme has been launched, led by Richard Barker as Senior Responsible Officer.It is only ...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on local clinical services.
Answer: Following the announcement that NHS England will be abolished as an arm’s length body and replaced by a new Department of Health and Social Care, a transformation programme has been launched, led by Richard Barker as Senior Responsible Officer.It is only ...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
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