Caroline Johnson MP: written questions
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NHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed abolition of NHS England on the provision of central estates.
Answer: The future Department will be smaller, more agile, and more efficient, thereby delivering value for money for the public and empowering our health system to improve health and care for patients.Work is progressing at pace to develop the design and operati...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: FemalesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which females who have an out of hospital cardiac arrest are less likely to receive (a) resuscitation and (b) defibrillation than males.
Answer: Immediate resuscitation and defibrillation can substantially improve the chance of survival after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. While fewer than one in ten people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, defibrillation within three to five minutes ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed abolition of NHS England on the (a) recruitment and (b) training of NHS staff.
Answer: Over the next two years, NHS England, including its functions for workforce, training, and education, will be brought into the Department. This will reduce duplication and bureaucracy, with savings from unnecessary administration costs allowing us to put ...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025WithdrawnUIN 74849More
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 the recruitment and training of NHS staff.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordNHS England:Department of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the abolition of NHS England does not affect the delivery of frontline services for patients.
Answer: Our commitment to the delivery of frontline services for patients underpin our reforms. These reforms will simplify the National Health Service, remove layers of unnecessary bureaucracy, and allow us to reinvest more in the frontline, so patients receive ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74847More
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 the structure of his Department.
Answer: Work is progressing at pace to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, including a plan for the smooth transfer of people, functions and responsibilities. Given the scale and significance of the reforms, the Government ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74845More
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 patient safety.
Answer: The changes that the Government is making, alongside the wider commitments set out in the 10 Year Health Plan, will positively impact on patient care and safety by driving quality of care, productivity and innovation in the National Health Service.NHS Eng...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74844More
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 staff morale.
Answer: The organisational changes that have been announced are no reflection of the tireless work carried out by talented professionals across the Department and NHS England. They are about getting the system working for patients and the public.It is understood ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74843More
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 the NHS Business Services Authority.
Answer: Following the announcement that NHS England will be abolished as an arm’s length body, a transformation programme has been launched within the Department.It is only right that with such significant reform, we commit to carefully assessing and understandin...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74842More
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 NHS hospital trusts.
Answer: On 13 March 2025, the Prime Minister announced that NHS England will be brought back into the Department to form a new joint centre. Work is progressing at pace to develop the design and operating model for the new integrated organisation, and to plan for...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74841More
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 (a) NHS Digital Services and (b) the (i) storage and (ii) retention of patient data.
Answer: The merger of NHS England into the Department will not prevent us continuing to deliver the digital services on which the National Health Service relies, maintaining the highest standards of cyber security and ensuring patient data continues to be appropr...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to abolish NHS England.
Answer: The formation of the future Department is being done in the first instance by bringing teams closer together to jointly plan future delivery. This will be followed by primary legislation to abolish NHS England, subject to Parliamentary approval and once P...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on the abolition of NHS England.
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 (SRO).On 26...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the estimate of the potential savings to the public purse following the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: Creating a new joint organisation will streamline decision-making, reduce bureaucracy, and improve accountability. These changes are expected to generate significant efficiencies over time.The Department’s initial modelling demonstrates that the up-front ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care and NHS England: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to confirm the cost of the redundancy package for staff being made redundant from (a) NHS England and (b) his Department.
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 cost reductions to reduc...
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care and NHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the headcount of staff members was at (a) his Department and (b) NHS England in each month between February and September 2025.
Answer: The table below shows the number of employees in the Department and workers in NHS England at the end of each month between February and August 2025. September figures are not yet available as the month has not yet ended.NHS England Executives made a deli...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillatorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of co-locating (a) inhalers, (b) adrenaline auto injectors and (c) other emergency medical treatment alongside defibrillators in the community se
Answer: There are no plans to make prescription inhalers available to store alongside automatic external defibrillators (AEDs). This is because AED guardians would need to maintain a stock of inhalers, as the devices need to be replaced when they are used. AED gu...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillatorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of defibrillators have a collocated bleed/trauma pack.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the proportion of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) that have a collocated bleed/trauma pack. AED databases, such as the Circuit, are operated independently of Government. It is a matter for the individual AED g...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of nurses qualifying this summer have secured nursing jobs in the UK.
Answer: The Department does not hold the data requested. Nurses, upon graduation, may take up registered nursing roles in a range of organisations such as local authorities, social care providers, charities, or private sector providers, as well as in the National...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has made of the potential merits of electronic prescribing in secondary care settings.
Answer: The rollout of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in secondary care settings is underway with a goal to have at least half of National Health Service hospital trusts using it by 2026. NHS England is supporting the adoption of EPS by secondary care ...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Freedom of InformationMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to provide an answer to the freedom of information request with reference FOI2025/17106.
Answer: I apologise to the hon. Member for the delay in responding to this freedom of information request. A response will be issued shortly.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will include targets to improve diagnosis times for myeloma.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers such as myeloma, as well as other unstageable cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, in order to improve out...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prioritisation of earlier diagnosis of myeloma in the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers such as myeloma, as well as other unstageable cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, in order to improve out...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: Industrial DisputesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider making resident doctors subject to legislation preventing strike action.
Answer: The Department has no plans to pursue legislative measures to prevent strike action by any National Health Service workforce group.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: Industrial DisputesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) operations and (b) outpatients appointments that will be cancelled if resident doctors strike on 25 July 2025.
Answer: No formal assessment has been made of the possible industrial action by resident doctors on 25 July 2025.
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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