Helen Morgan MP: written questions 2025
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Maternity ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress each NHS Trust providing maternity services has made on implementing each of the immediate and essential actions set out in the Final report of the Ockenden review, published o
Answer: All of the recommendations made by Donna Ockenden in her review into maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust in 2022 were accepted, including the requests made to the Government, the health system more widely, and the trust. Follow...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of temporary care environments in patient care.
Answer: The Government recognises that long waits in accident and emergency are unacceptable and lead to worse patient outcomes. Patients should expect and receive the highest standards of service, and we are determined to tackle the issue of corridor care.NHS En...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing year-round data on the number of patients treated in temporary care environments.
Answer: We continue to keep the data available and published to support improvements to urgent and emergency care services under review.NHS England has been working with trusts since 2024 to put in place new reporting arrangements related to the use of temporary ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSmoking: Hospitality IndustryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that outdoor hospitality areas remain outside the scope of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Answer: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will put us on track towards a smoke-free UK, was introduced to Parliament on 5 November 2024. On 26 March 2025, MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of advancing the Bill to the next Parliamentary stage and it has now ente...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSmoking: Hospitality IndustryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the Tobacco and Vapes Bill does not lead to (a) restrictions and (b) bans on smoking in outside areas of hospitality businesses.
Answer: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will put us on track towards a smoke-free UK, was introduced to Parliament on 5 November 2024. On 26 March 2025, MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of advancing the Bill to the next Parliamentary stage and it has now ente...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeenage PregnancyCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41532More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office of National Statistics will publish the quarterly England and Wales and Local Authority under-18 conception data for 2024.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 26th March is attached.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeenage PregnancyCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41531More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office for National Statistics will make the (a) 2022 and (b) 2023 under-18 conception data ward level data available for local authorities.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 26th March is attached.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeenage PregnancyCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41530More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office for National Statistics will publish the quarterly and annual under-18 conception data for (a) 2022: England and Wales, Local Authority and District level and (b) 2023: England and Wales, Local A
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman or lady Parliamentary Question of 26th March is attached.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 102658, how much money NHS England clawed back from primary care NHS dental practices in England that had not met their contractual targe
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority publishes the details of each National Health Service dental contract with the associated contract delivery data annually. This information includes additional NHS dental payments and deductions each year since 2015. De...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference his Department's consultation entitled 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme, published on 30 January 2025, what (a) meetings he has held with and (b) representations he has received from (i) h
Answer: The NHS Payment Scheme is a policy of NHS England. NHS England is following standard procedure in its consultation on the NHS Payment Scheme. While the consultation’s objection thresholds apply only to commissioners and providers of National Health Servic...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has held on the 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme with the (a) voluntary and (b) community sector.
Answer: The NHS Payment Scheme is a policy of NHS England. NHS England is following standard procedure in its consultation on the NHS Payment Scheme. While the consultation’s objection thresholds apply only to commissioners and providers of National Health Servic...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 13 March 2025 on NHS England Update, Official Report, column 1284, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the mandate to NHS England, published
Answer: Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead this transformation. NHS England will have to comply with their legislative functions until the transformation is complete, which includes deliv...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 13 March 2025 on NHS England Update, Official Report, column 1284, what plans his Department has to support hospital trusts under the NHS Oversight Framework
Answer: Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead this transformation. Work has begun immediately to start bringing teams in NHS England and the Department together, and over the next two years,...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DirectorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to ensure there is an allied health professional on the boards of NHS (a) integrated care boards and (b) hospital t
Answer: Allied health professionals play an important role in diagnosing, treating, and caring for patients, often requiring specialised training and certification.There are no statutory limitations on allied health professionals being board members of integrated...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgency NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to use on-framework staffing agencies to reduce the number of unfilled nursing shifts.
Answer: Trusts manage their own procurement processes and must align with framework and procurement regulations, to uphold fairness and deliver value for money. Any breaches of framework rules, including price cap violations, are closely monitored by NHS England ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Agency WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning the use of off-framework staffing agencies by the NHS.
Answer: The planning guidance for 2024/25 set out the expectation that trusts should end off-framework agency use. The National Health Service is now operating at the lowest levels of off-framework use on record.The planning guidance for 2025/26 sets out, for the...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAgency Nurses: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost to the public purse is of one band 5 nursing hour supplied by (a) On-framework staffing agencies and (b) Off-framework staffing agencies to the NHS in each year since 2019.
Answer: The Department does not hold the data requested.The Government is committed to reducing off-framework agency use, the cost of which is at a premium, above the agreed framework rates. Additionally, staff hired through off-framework agencies are not subject...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordShrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust: Agency NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the average cost to the public purse of one band 5 nursing hour supplied by (a) On-framework staffing agencies and (b) Off-framework staffing agencies at the Shrewsbu
Answer: The Department does not hold the data requested.The Government is committed to reducing off-framework agency use, the cost of which is at a premium, above the agreed framework rates. Additionally, staff hired through off-framework agencies are not subject...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he took to raise awareness of the consultation on the proposed 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme.
Answer: NHS England is following standard procedure in its consultation on the NHS Payment Scheme. While the consultation’s objection thresholds apply only to commissioners and providers of National Health Service funded services, the consultation accepts respons...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many members of the public were consulted as part of the stakeholder engagement on changes to the NHS payment scheme.
Answer: NHS England is following standard procedure in its consultation on the NHS Payment Scheme. While the consultation’s objection thresholds apply only to commissioners and providers of National Health Service funded services, the consultation accepts respons...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps action he is taking to help reduce waiting times for mental health treatment in (a) Shropshire and (b) England.
Answer: The latest NHS Talking Therapies data for England show that as of December 2024, 91.2% of people completing treatment waited less than six weeks for their first appointment, against a target of 75%. Additionally, 98.4% of people completing treatment waite...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 37331 on Whitchurch (Shropshire) Station: Access, what her Department's timetable is for its review of the option selection reports on step-free access at sta
Answer: The feasibility work for Whitchurch station is underway and we expect all 50 of the feasibility studies announced last year to be complete in the spring. We expect to be able to confirm which stations will move forward over the summer. The Access for All ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards and NHS England: Cost EffectivenessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of savings from changes to (a) NHS England and (b) Integrated care boards running costs will go the consolidated fund.
Answer: Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by James Mackey, to ensure that the expected hundreds of millions of pounds of savings made will be reinvested in frontline services to deliver better care for patients.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards and NHS England: Cost EffectivenessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of savings from cuts to NHS England and ICB running costs will be directed to (a) primary care, (b) secondary care and (c) social care.
Answer: Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by James Mackey, to ensure that the expected hundreds of millions of pounds worth of savings made will be reinvested in frontline services to deliver better care for patie...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: Operating CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ask ICBs to reduce running costs by half.
Answer: As part of the necessary changes to support the National Health Service to recover, NHS England has indicated that integrated care boards (ICBs) should reduce running costs. The Government is supportive of NHS England taking the action needed to get the N...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
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