Joshua Reynolds MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Midwives: ApprenticesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand access to degree apprenticeships in midwifery for (a) mature students, (b) career changers and (c) other people who face (i) financial and (ii) practic
Answer: We will publish a new workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade, and will treat patients on time again. This will include how we ensure we train healthcare staff, through all training routes including appr...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUrinary Tract Infections: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness of the symptoms of chronic urinary tract infections.
Answer: The National Health Service provides information on the symptoms of urinary tract infections (UTIs), including chronic UTIs, at the following link:https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/urinary-tract-infections-utis/The Department currently has no plans to raise p...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: BerkshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for adolescent mental health services in Berkshire.
Answer: We know children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need and that waits for mental health services are too long across England, including Berkshire. We are determined to change that as part of our shift to prevention and earlie...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing its plans to reduce the time taken for patients to receive mental health treatment.
Answer: Long waits for mental health services are being driven by increasing demand to a system in desperate need of change. The Government is already responding by delivering new and innovative models of care in the community. We are piloting innovative models o...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: MaidenheadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a seven-day Community Diagnostic Centre at St Mark's Hospital in Maidenhead.
Answer: Slough Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is currently delivering temporary activity at St Mark’s Hospital in Maidenhead, and has done so since January 2024, in addition to activity at the permanent site at Upton Community Hospital, whilst the new facility...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the uptake of non-animal New Approach Methodologies in (a) regulatory testing and (b) scientific research.
Answer: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funding is focused on translational, clinical, and applied health and care research. We therefore do not fund basic research or work involving animals, animal tissue, or both. However, the NIHR does w...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: MaidenheadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dental services in Maidenhead.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments from April 2025 and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase core funding for GP practices.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million into core funding for general practice (GP) to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade.Under recent...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support GP practices to (a) recruit and (b) retain skilled practitioners.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade.Under recent...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: UnemploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of GP unemployment.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade.Under recent...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: MaidenheadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to open one of the new seven day Community Diagnostic Centres at St Mark's Hospital in Maidenhead.
Answer: St Marks Hospital is currently hosting temporary activity for Slough Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Maidenhead whilst the permanent site at Upton Community Hospital in Slough is being completed. All diagnostic activity will move to Upton Hospital la...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the number of available GP appointments.
Answer: Primary care providers, including general practices (GPs), are valued independent contractors who provide nearly £20 billion worth of National Health Services. Every year we consult with each sector both about what services they provide, and the money pro...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHeart DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for heart care treatments, in the context of recent statistics published by the British Heart Foundation on trends in the number of prema
Answer: Tackling waiting lists is a key part of our Health Mission. The waiting list at the end of July stood at 7.62 million patient pathways, with 417,864 incomplete pathways waiting for treatment for cardiology.We will deliver an extra 40,000 operations, scans...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTrastuzumab DeruxtecanDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing access to Enhertu on the NHS for cancer patients.
Answer: Decisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS in England are taken by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the basis of an evaluation of a treatment’s costs and benefits. NICE’s methods are internation...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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