Grahame Morris MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Oxygen: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) divers and (b) other emergency patients in the North East have access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy within clinically recommended times after October 2025.
Answer: NHS England is committed to ensuring equitably accessible, high-quality services, for anyone who requires hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This will be achieved through the commissioning of six geographically dispersed services across England. Three pref...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOxygen: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England took to consult with(a) diving organisations, (b) local health trusts and (c) emergency services in the North East it decided to decommission hyperbaric chamber services in t
Answer: NHS England has not decided to decommission hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) services in the North of England.NHS England undertook stakeholder testing and a public consultation on the revised service specification for HBOT services. The main impact of th...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOxygen: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing hyperbaric oxygen therapy services from the North East on (a) Levels of patient safety and (b) treatment outcomes.
Answer: NHS England has not decided to remove hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) services in the North East.Due to current contract terms expiring, NHS England conducted a re-procurement of the service in line with Provider Selection Regime regulations. NHS England...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOxygen: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure timely access to emergency hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients in the North East.
Answer: NHS England is committed to ensuring equitably accessible, high-quality services, for anyone who requires hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This will be achieved through the commissioning of six geographically dispersed services across England. Three pref...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many band 5 nurse role were advertised for internal applicants in (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many band 5 nurse roles were advertised for external applicants in (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many newly qualified nurses were employed in the NHS as a band 5 nurse after six months of being a qualified in (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022 .
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses qualified to work in the NHS (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022.
Answer: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) publishes information on the number of nurses joining their register for the first time, who are resident in England. It is important to note that newly registered nurses may choose to work in a range of settings, i...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many newly qualified nurses were employed in the NHS as a band 5 nurse after three months of being a qualified in (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy for newly qualified nurses to be guaranteed a job in the NHS.
Answer: Decisions on the employment of newly qualified nurses are a matter for individual National Health service trusts, which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for mental health treatment services.
Answer: The Government is delivering new and innovative models of care in the community. We have launched six neighbourhood adult mental health centres that are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to bring together community, crisis, and inpatient care.NHS En...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Mental Illness and MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists entitled Co-occurring substance use and mental health diso
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting more cohesive and joined-up care between mental health services and substance use services, to ensure people no longer fall through the gaps of treatment.We know that, between 2023 and 2024, 72% of people starting...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 47191 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, if he will ensure that trusts outside of (a) London and (b) the South East are prioritised for future f
Answer: NHS England wrote to all radiotherapy treatment providers, including those outside of London and the South East, inviting them to apply for funding to replace ageing radiotherapy machines.To help to address accessibility to radiotherapy, the Department ha...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41044 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, whether there is funding remaining for hospital trusts wishing to submit late applications for radiother
Answer: The bidding round has been completed and there are no plans to accept further applications.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41043 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, what his Department's process of advertising the funding applications to NHS foundation trusts was.
Answer: In December 2024, NHS England wrote to all radiotherapy treatment providers inviting them to apply for funding to replace ageing radiotherapy machines.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41043, what the criteria was for these funding awards to NHS foundation trusts.
Answer: Funding was allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England developed. These criteria focused on the age of the machine being replaced, the proportion of older machines in use within the trust, and the trust’s performance on radiotherapy.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 41044, what was the criteria for the award of this funding to NHS foundation trusts.
Answer: In 2024/25, we prioritised funding for a small number of trusts to replace the most aged radiotherapy equipment. Funding was allocated based on the age of the equipment to be replaced, replacement machine availability, and the trust’s ability to take deli...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholism and Drugs: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant was allocated to rough sleeping drug and alcohol treatment in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: Through the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant (DATRIG), the Department is providing a total of £310 million in additional targeted funding to improve drug and alcohol services and recovery support.Local authorities are responsible ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholism and Drugs: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant will be allocated to (a) inpatient detoxification, (b) housing support, (c) rough sleeping drug and alc
Answer: Through the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant (DATRIG), the Department is providing a total of £310 million in additional targeted funding to improve drug and alcohol services and recovery support.Local authorities are responsible ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the most recent new NHS radiotherapy centre was built that was not linked to the closure of an existing centre in (a) England and (b) the North East.
Answer: The Department does not collect information as to why new radiotherapy centres were built, and what links may exist with closures of radiotherapy centres. This is because decisions about radiotherapy treatment are made at local level.However, the most rec...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) decentralise the commissioning of radiotherapy and (b) give English regions more control over (i) treatment pathways and (ii) new radiotherapy technologies.
Answer: The Government is investing £70 million of central funding to replace radiotherapy machines, to ensure the most advanced treatment is available to patients who need it, however since April 2022, the responsibility for investing in new radiotherapy machine...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBuprenorphineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the availability of Buvidal, broken down by region.
Answer: Ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Justice have discussed the issue. The Department of Health and Social Care advises local areas that they can use the funding given to them to deliver drug and alcohol treatment to e...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBuprenorphineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 31856 on Buprenorphine, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of ensuring Buvidal is made available on relea
Answer: Ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Justice have discussed the issue. The Department of Health and Social Care advises local areas that they can use the funding given to them to deliver drug and alcohol treatment to e...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the contract for the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework.
Answer: We are working at pace with Community Pharmacy England to ensure that the funding we have available is used to support community pharmacy in the best way possible. We will announce the outcome in the normal manner, by letter to contractors, when the consu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to conclude its consultation on the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework.
Answer: We are working at pace with Community Pharmacy England to ensure that the funding we have available is used to support community pharmacy in the best way possible. We will announce the outcome in the normal manner, by letter to contractors, when the consu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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