Kevin McKenna MP: written questions

Written questions

• Obesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18908More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS weight management services support long-term weight maintenance.

  Answer: Supporting people to achieve and maintain weight loss over the long term is a core principle of National Health Service weight management services. National, integrated care board, and local authority commissioned services combine behavioural support, hea...

  Answered 20 Jul 2026

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• Obesity: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18907More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish data on the performance of local obesity services, including service coverage, waiting times, and patient outcomes split by age, gender, ethnicity and socio-

  Answer: NHS England has established the National Obesity Audit (NOA) to improve understanding of weight management services across England. The audit analyses data collected from hospitals, community settings, and general practices on weight management services a...

  Answered 20 Jul 2026

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• Health Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18906More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to establish a national deployment pathway for ambient voice technology, to move beyond repeated local pilots towards system-wide adoption across the NHS.

  Answer: The Department, working with NHS England, is putting in place national support to help National Health Service organisations adopt and scale ambient voice technology (AVT) as appropriate for their respective areas, to help adopt AVT safely and consistentl...

  Answered 25 Aug 2026

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• Health Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18905More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that ambient voice technology used in the NHS captures structured, coded clinical data at the point of care rather than unstructured free-text notes; w

  Answer: The Department, working with NHS England, is putting in place national support to help National Health Service organisations adopt and scale ambient voice technology (AVT) as appropriate for their respective areas, to help adopt AVT safely and consistentl...

  Answered 25 Aug 2026

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