Helen Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Breast Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the testing and expansion of alternative pathways into breast clinics and ensuring that younger women can utilise these.
Answer: Ensuring that people with breast symptoms have timely access to diagnostic services and clinics is a priority for the Government. Through the National Cancer Plan, we are rolling out breast pain clinics nationally by the end of 2026, helping provide alter...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Register to include all women at increased risk of breast cancer.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving outcomes for people with breast cancer, including those at higher risk of developing the disease. The new and world-leading NHS National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Registry (NICPR), which is part of the Nation...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to deliver breast screening for all women at increased risk through the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
Answer: National Health Service breast screening for women at Very High Risk (VHR) starts earlier and is more frequent than those not at VHR. Guidance on eligibility for VHR screening is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/b...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordWomen's Health Hubs: Breast CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information about breast cancer and the importance of breast-checking is available in all women’s health hubs.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, published on 4 February this year, commits to improving public awareness of cancer, including breast cancer, increasing breast screening uptake, and supporting local awareness and early diagnosis initiatives through Cancer Allian...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Early RetirementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of General Practitioners leaving the NHS before retirement age in each year since 2015, by numbers leaving more than 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 4
Answer: Retirement age is not a fixed date and can vary depending on pension arrangements, the state pension age, and individual choices. Data held by the Department cannot therefore show how many years a general practitioner (GP) has left until retirement.NHS En...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government plans to ensure there are sufficient metastatic breast cancer nurses to meet the commitment in the National Cancer Plan to provide every patient with a clinical nurse.
Answer: The metastatic breast cancer audit completed in 2025 highlighted several areas where the collection of data could be improved, and we are acting on these.The Government has set out in the National Cancer Plan for England an ambition to define and count re...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the government is taking to help ensure NHS Trusts are recording metastatic breast cancer data consistently and accurately.
Answer: The metastatic breast cancer audit completed in 2025 highlighted several areas where the collection of data could be improved, and we are acting on these.The Government has set out in the National Cancer Plan for England an ambition to define and count re...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: SurreyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies in Surrey are expected to deliver NHS funded independent prescribing services.
Answer: The Government is funding the introduction of independent prescribing from Autumn 2026, as part of the Pharmacy First and the Pharmacy Contraception Service. These are both advanced services, which community pharmacies can opt into delivering.There are ov...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the processes of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of the Parkinson’s speech and language therapists workforce.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made. Decisions on the employment of speech and language therapists 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...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2026 to written question 123047, if he will make available the equality impact assessment that informs decision making on mandatory and additional general ophthal
Answer: The Department continues to consult with the optical fees negotiating committee on general ophthalmic services fees and payments for 2026/27. The Department will consider what information can be made available once the consultation has concluded.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the cost benefit to the NHS of making the Accessible Information Standard mandatory.
Answer: Mandatory information standards will be introduced in a staged process. The process will include considering the costs and benefits of making any standard mandatory. There is no decision or timeline yet for issuing a mandatory NHS Accessible Information S...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support ICBs to engage with communities that may not trust the NHS.
Answer: On behalf of my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Department will set the direction, issuing clear guidance to integrated care boards and local authorities on obtaining and actioning the views of local people on health...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patient experience findings are published.
Answer: The findings from a range of patient experience surveys undertaken or commissioned by NHS England and the Care Quality Commission are published nationally, including the GP Patient Survey, the Adult Inpatient Survey, the National Cancer Patient Experience...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNurses: LeadershipDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve nursing leadership at (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local levels.
Answer: The Aspiring Deputy Directors of Nursing programme is a well-established, nationally commissioned leadership development offer that sustains a strong and diverse pipeline of future deputy directors of nursing across providers and integrated care boards (I...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealthwatch EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take to ensure that patient safety is maintained during the transition period from Healthwatch England to his Department.
Answer: The Government is prioritising patient safety and a learning culture in the National Health Service. In our 10-Year Health Plan we committed to abolish Healthwatch England and to bring patient voice ‘in-house’ to give it a greater profile within a reforme...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department have made of the potential merits of the creation of an operationally independent regulatory function for NHS providers and commissioners.
Answer: As an arm’s length body, the Care Quality Commission delivers an operationally independent function of regulatory oversight for the quality and safety of health and adult social care.In addition, operational oversight of providers and commissioners is cur...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will hold data controllership for the Single Patient Record; and who will be liable should the patient data be misused.
Answer: The Single Patient Record (SPR) will improve outcomes for patients by giving professionals access to all the key information they need to deliver care, in one place, affording safer decision-making with fewer information gaps.No decision has been made on ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of nationally setting and maintaining service specification and national tariff for GOS.
Answer: General Ophthalmic Services are already a nationally mandated services defined in legislation, with nationally defined contractor fees set out in Directions.
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordObstetrics: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the OdonAssist available across all NHS Trusts.
Answer: OdonAssist is not currently available across National Health Service trusts and is only being used in the context of research in the United Kingdom. OdonAssist has not yet been fully evaluated for safety and efficacy compared with other methods of assiste...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the learning disability workforce.
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has ...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealthwatch England: PatientsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will introduce safeguards to ensure that patient safety is maintained during the transition period from Healthwatch England to his Department.
Answer: The Government is prioritising patient safety and a learning culture in the National Health Service. In our 10-Year Health Plan we committed to abolish Healthwatch England and to bring patient voice ‘in-house’ to give it a greater profile within a reforme...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPsychiatry: DramaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of including dramatherapy in the Neighbourhood Health Model Framework.
Answer: The Department has not made such a specific assessment. The Neighbourhood Health Framework sets out the overall approach to delivering more joined up, personalised and preventative care closer to people’s homes, with services designed to meet local popula...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAllied Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the NHS restructure and merger on the employment of Allied Health Professions.
Answer: The proposed abolition of NHS England and associated transfer and modification of functions is subject to legislation and the will of Parliament. We will be engaging with partners inside and outside the organisations as the process to design the future De...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the NHS providing free detail repairs for teeth damaged by seizures.
Answer: We recognise that certain groups of patients may be more vulnerable to oral health problems and may find it difficult to access dental care. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the needs of their population and ensuring that the re...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordVaccination: Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of vaccinations delivered through school-age immunisation services are visible within the NHS App.
Answer: In line with our commitment in the 10-Year Health Plan, we are continuing to develop a dedicated ‘My Vaccines’ tool in the NHS App. This will provide people with their and their children’s personal vaccination history and eligibility as well as the abilit...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
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