Laurence Turner MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Obesity: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what sensitivity NHS BMI assessments allow for persons of mixed (a) South Asian and (b) non-South Asian heritage.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on the management of overweight and obesity. This specifies that a lower body mass index (BMI) threshold should be used as a practical measure of overweight and obesity fo...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints have been made in the last five years to (a) Birmingham and Solihull ICB, (b) all ICBs and (c) NHS England that allege (i) failure to make reasonable adjustments and (ii) disabi
Answer: Information is not available in the format requested. The annual publication of data on written complaints in the National Health Service, last published in October 2024, does not specify the number of complaints made to either integrated care boards or N...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism for improving compliance with the Equality Act at CQC registered practice
Answer: It is for individual organisations, including Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered practices, to comply with the Equality Act 2010, guidance on which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidanceA code of pr...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDyspraxiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to raise public awareness of dyspraxia.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a more inclusive society where neurodiverse people, including those with dyspraxia, are supported to thrive.Dyspraxia, also known as developmental co-ordination disorder or DCD, is a common disorder that affects mov...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Information SharingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce barriers to the sharing of medical records between NHS trusts in cases when those trusts are treating the same patients.
Answer: Appropriate information sharing is essential for the provision of safe and effective health care. Improving this will enable enhanced quality of care and safety for patients and better informed clinical and care decision-making, empowered by access to pre...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) his Department's advisory bodies have made comparative assessments of the efficacy of (i) natalizumab Tysabri and (ii) natalizumab
Answer: Tyruko and Tysabri are United Kingdom licensed medicines. Tyruko is a biosimilar to the originator Tysabri. A biosimilar is a biological medicinal product that contains a version of the active substance of an already authorised original biological medicin...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCharcot Marie Tooth Disease: CannabisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of prescribing medical cannabis to treat Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) does not recommend the use of any cannabis-based medicines to manage chronic or neuropathic pain in adults and that cannabidiol (CBD) only be offered as part of a clinical trial.NICE recognises ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the 2025-26 NHS Payment Scheme consultation.
Answer: Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by James Mackey, to lead this transformation. As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate i...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome there were in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) since 2014: YearToken Person ID20141,28720151,27920161,19820171,18420181,19520191,08320201,05820211,16320221,09520231,05620241,107 (provisional)Source: NHS England Notes:T...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS (a) operations, (b) appointments and (c) tests that took place in Birmingham between July-November (i) 2024 and (ii) 2023.
Answer: The scope of this data is limited to elective services consistent with consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times. It excludes emergency care, maternity, and mental health services. Birmingham has four trusts excluding these services, data for whi...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: BidfoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: Neither the Department or its executive agencies, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the UK Health Security Agency, hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or any of its subsidiary companies.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the CQC's publication of 27 November 2024 entitled CQC finds improvement in CAMHS wards at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, when the CQC plans to publish th
Answer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out an assessment of Child and Adolescent Mental Health wards at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in September 2024. The report of that assessment was published on the CQC’s website on 28 Nov...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: StatisticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Office for Statistics Regulation's publication entitled OSR’s statement on the Labour Force Survey-der
Answer: The Department uses the data and outputs from both the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey to feed into some of our own statistical products. We recognise the importance of these surveys, and whilst it is disappointing that the accredited off...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrimodos: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 12696 on Primodos: Research, whether the meeting of the Commission on Human Medicines has taken place.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), together with wider Government, have committed to reviewing any new scientific evidence which comes to light.The new publication by Danielsson et al has been reviewed by the MHRA and advice h...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on establishing the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body.
Answer: On 10 October 2024, the Government introduced the Employment Rights Bill in Parliament. Among other powers, and as currently drafted, the bill confers powers on my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to establish a body to ne...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time was between referral and first contact for mental health services for people aged 17 years and under in Birmingham in each of the last five years.
Answer: Tables showing the average time between referral and first contact for mental health services for people aged 17 years old and under in Birmingham in each of the last five years are attached. There are a number of caveats that should be taken into account...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 11046 on General Practitioners: Finance, when he plans to determine the overall GP contract investment in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The Department will confirm funding for general practices (GPs) for 2025/26 as part of the usual GP contract process later in the year, including through consultation with the sector.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SlaughterhousesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) make an assessment of the adequacy of access to mental health support provisions for abattoir workers and (b) take steps to ensure that workers in this industry have access to such s
Answer: There are no plans to make such an assessment. Access to mental health services in the National Health Service is based on clinical need, including for abattoir workers.Too many people with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they nee...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 3680 on Mental Health Services: Lincolnshire, if he will provide this information for each constituency in Birmingham.
Answer: The following table shows the number of Mental Health Support Teams across the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB), broken down by the year in which they became operational, or are planned to become operational: Number of teamsTotal opera...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Question 9121, on Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination, when he expects to receive further advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisatio
Answer: In the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) statement summarising the advice for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) programme, the committee stated that an extension to the initial programme would be considered when there is more ce...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to publication entitled Government and Agenda for Change trade unions offer in principle, published by NHS Employers on 16 March 2023, whether it remains his Department's policy to i
Answer: The Department is progressing work on all non-pay commitments covered in the 2023/24 Agenda for Change pay deal, including reviewing aspects of the pay setting process. Recommendations from this work will be considered at the earliest opportunity.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to (a) reinstate the Children's Hospice Grant for 2025-26 and (b) up-rate that funding in line with inflation.
Answer: In 2024/25, NHS England provided £25 million in funding for children and young people’s hospices. This was distributed via integrated care boards, in line with National Health Service devolution. We are currently considering the future of this important f...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been waiting over six months to access CAMHS support in Birmingham.
Answer: The following table shows the number of referrals to Birmingham mental health services for those aged 17 years old and under, those referrals who received first contact, and those referrals who received first contact within six months of the referral date...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Birmingham in each of the last five years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of referrals to Birmingham mental health services for those aged 17 years old and under, those referrals who received first contact, and those referrals who received first contact within six months of the referral date...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS sites have closed in Birmingham since May 2010; and what the (a) name and (b) postcode was of each site.
Answer: The Department does not collect data on the closure of National Health Service sites. The NHS, however, publishes the annual Estates Returns Information Collection, which is a mandatory collection for all NHS trusts and includes detailed information on al...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
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