Helen Morgan MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
NHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 1% reduction of the NHS capital budget on the a) New Hospitals Programme, b) roll-out of neighbourhood health hubs and c) NHS estate repai
Answer: The capital budget for health is due to increase to £15 billion by 2029/30, over 30% higher than 2024/25. We are cutting bureaucracy and speeding up delivery, so taxpayers get maximum value for money. Due to the Government’s record investment, frontline s...
Answered 19 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has regarding the commissioning of children's palliative care services at a national or a regional level.
Answer: Earlier this year, NHS England wrote to all integrated care boards (ICBs) requesting an update on the financial stability of hospices in their footprint and the steps being taken to mitigate risks, as a matter of urgency. We have now repeated this exercis...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of reliance of children's hospices on reserves to maintain services.
Answer: Earlier this year, NHS England wrote to all integrated care boards (ICBs) requesting an update on the financial stability of hospices in their footprint and the steps being taken to mitigate risks, as a matter of urgency. We have now repeated this exercis...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: ClosuresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many maternity units had temporary closures in each year since 2020; where those units were located; and how long each closure lasted.
Answer: We do not hold this data centrally. National Health Service commissioning bodies, such as integrated care boards, are responsible for the delivery, implementation, and funding decisions for local services. This makes sure that decisions are made locally a...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: TemperatureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital overheating incidents were recorded in each month since March 2025.
Answer: Data on overheating incidents in the National Health Service is collected annually as part of the Estates Return Information Collection, and is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-re...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of an organised prostate cancer screening programme on levels of PSA testing.
Answer: Through the introduction of England's first ever targeted prostate cancer screening programme, and through the major package of investment of over £20 million to expand research and improve treatment announced on 2 June 2026, the Government is taking an i...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement that the UK National Screening Committee’s prostate cancer screening economic model will remain active, how will peer-reviewed evidence be incorporated into that
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) keeps abreast of new research. When new peer reviewed evidence is published, the committee will assess its quality and relevance. If the evidence relates to an aspect the committee has not previously considered...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordWomen's Health Hubs: ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to establish women's health hubs in NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB.
Answer: NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB) supports the national ambition to improve access to neighbourhood women’s health services.Locally, this builds on women’s health hub activity already established across the system, including e...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many major reviews into NHS maternity services have been undertaken since 2000.
Answer: There have been six widely recognised major reviews into National Health Service maternity services since 2000, with the caveat that there is no definition of "major review”, which are as follows:- the Morecambe Bay Investigation led by Bill Kirkup i...
Answered 12 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Written QuestionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 6676 from the hon. Member for North Shropshire.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 June 2026 to Question 6676.
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support will be available to hospices during the period between the publication of the interim Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care and the implementation of subsequent
Answer: We have supported the hospice sector in England with a £125 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. We are also providing approximately £80 million of revenue funding for ...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the gap between the publication of the interim Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care and the implementation of any subs
Answer: We have supported the hospice sector in England with a £125 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. We are also providing approximately £80 million of revenue funding for ...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to integrated care boards on the funding of community services.
Answer: There are no specific or ring‑fenced funding instructions for community health services; instead, integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning and funding community health services to meet local population needs, within their overall Na...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to left atrial appendage occlusion in (a) Shropshire (b) the Midlands and (c) England.
Answer: Left atrial appendage occlusion is a prescribed specialised service and is commissioned in accordance with NHS England’s published national clinical commissioning policy, with further information available at the following two links: https://www.nice.org....
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with integrated care board leaders regarding the delivery of left atrial appendage occlusion in their regions.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has had no discussions with integrated care board (ICB) leaders regarding the delivery of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) since he was appointed on 14 May 2026.NHS England’s regi...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAntidepressantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is in place to manage withdrawal symptoms of patients coming off antidepressant prescriptions.
Answer: In 2022, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidelines entitled Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults to assist clinicians in supporting patients pre...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAntidepressants: Side EffectsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are informed of the side effects of antidepressant medication prescriptions.
Answer: When antidepressants are prescribed, the clinician responsible for the patient’s care should explain the medicine clearly. This should include a discussion with the patient about the possible benefits, risks, and side effects of treatment. Patients are al...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Mortality RatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve hospital flow and reduce preventable mortality.
Answer: Long waits in accident and emergency (A&E) have been proven to be associated with worse patient outcomes and increased patient mortality, and the Government is committed to restoring urgent and emergency care waiting times to the standards set out in ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of long waiting times in A&E departments on excess deaths.
Answer: The Department is aware of a range of evidence suggesting an association between longer waits in emergency care and poorer patient outcomes, including mortality. However, the Department has not undertaken its own assessment of the impact of long waiting t...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMidwives: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of midwives 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 45 years before
Answer: Retirement age is not a fixed date and can vary depending on National Health Service pension arrangements, the State Pension Age, and individual choices. Data held by the Department cannot therefore show how many years a midwife has left until retirement....
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEpidermolysis Bullosa: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to DEBRA UK's press release entitled EB patients being failed by prescription changes, published on 22 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his pol
Answer: Prescribers are responsible for ensuring treatments are clinically appropriate for their patients, taking specialist advice into account where relevant. Individual prescribing decisions, including for dressings and medicines, are a matter of clinical judg...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance on clinical liability for triage decisions where a Single Point of Access triage system determines that a referral judged clinically appropriate by a GP should be
Answer: General practices (GPs) and other primary care referrers remain professionally accountable for making appropriate clinical decisions, including referring patients to specialist care when this is in the patient’s best interests.While advice is being sought...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that Single Point of Access pathways do not prevent patients being referred to consultant-led services where GPs consider it clinically appropriate.
Answer: Under Single Point of Access Pathways, general practitioners (GPs) should continue to make a clinical decision to refer for specialist care where that is in the patient’s best interests. GPs retain responsibility for referral decisions, and this model sup...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: TelemedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing limits on the number of requests using the online consultation tool during core hours on GP practices.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to general practice by increasing capacity and making it easier for patients to contact their surgery. The contractual change from 1 October 2025 clarified that online consultation tools should be availabl...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Department of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) impact assessments and (b) consultations were carried out before the publication of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements
Answer: The Department and NHS England assessed the potential impacts of the proposed changes to the GP Contract for 2026/27 throughout the policy-development process, including Equality Impact Assessments, which consider the impact of policy changes against prot...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
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