Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Doctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the challenges that medical graduates face in securing positions within medical specialty training programmes.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need to ensure that patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the National Health Servic...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: Entertainments and Tourist AttractionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of mandating the installation of defibrillators in all (a) visitor attractions and (b) entertainment venues in the UK that accommodat
Answer: No assessment has been made and there are no plans to mandate the installation of defibrillators at such locations, in light of the rapid expansion of automated external defibrillators across the United Kingdom.There are now over 100,000 defibrillators in...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordThalidomide: Compensation and Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that thalidomide survivors have effective representation in negotiations with Diageo on long-term (a) assistance and (b) compensation.
Answer: There is a Deed of Covenant agreed between Diageo plc and the Thalidomide Trust, which is subject to periodic review by both parties, with beneficiary representatives involved in the process. The Department has no role in these periodic reviews.
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordThalidomide: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he provides for the (a) health and (b) wellbeing needs of thalidomide survivors.
Answer: The Thalidomide Health Grant is awarded to meet the health and wellbeing needs, present and future, of thalidomide survivors living in England.In 2023, the Department put in place a new four-year grant agreement with the Thalidomide Trust, to administer t...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists have been recruited under the Dental recruitment incentive scheme in (a) Suffolk Coastal constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) the East of England.
Answer: Within the Suffolk and Northeast Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB), three dentists have been recruited, although none of these are within the Suffolk coastal constituency. In the East of England in total, 11 dentists have been recruited under the dental r...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve (a) the support, (b) provision of services and (c) health care plans for people with dementia in the next five years.
Answer: Diagnosis is vital in getting people the support they need. To support recovery of the dementia diagnosis rates and implementation of the Dementia Care Pathway, NHS England has funded an evidence-based improvement project for two trusts in each region, 14...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
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