Manuela Perteghella MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve NHS access for people with postural tachycardia syndrome requiring specialist care.
Answer: It is the responsibility of local integrated care boards to work with clinicians, service users, and patient groups to develop services and care pathways that are convenient and meet the needs of patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (Po...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: WarwickshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he is allocating to repair NHS estates in Warwickshire.
Answer: In 2025/26, the Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) will benefit from the £750 million estates safety fund. The estates safety fund will begin addressing the poorest quality estates, delivering vital safety improvements, enhancing patien...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: SewageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to hold (a) NHS and (b) water providers to account for hospital sewage leaks.
Answer: National Health Service trusts are legally responsible for maintaining their estates and facilities, to ensure they support high-quality health and care services and minimise the risk of infrastructure-related incidents impacting delivery, including sewag...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the 10 Year Health Plan will help people with arthritis.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to improving arthritis c...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh Implants: West MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support services available to women affected by vaginal mesh implants in (a) Warwickshire and (b) the West Midlands.
Answer: There are nine specialist mesh centres across England, ensuring that women in every region with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse get the right support. Each mesh centre is led by a multi-disciplinary team to ens...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve post diagnostic support for people diagnosed with young onset dementia.
Answer: Everyone with dementia should have meaningful care following their diagnosis. This includes information on local services and access to relevant advice and support on what happens next.The provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility o...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Continuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that dementia specialists are involved in NHS continuing healthcare assessments for people living with dementia.
Answer: The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care sets out the process for determining eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). This statutory guidance is clear that the multidisciplinary team involved in CHC assessm...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Continuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to NHS continuing healthcare assessors to support their understanding of the health needs associated with dementia.
Answer: The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care sets out the process for determining eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). This statutory guidance is clear that the multidisciplinary team involved in CHC assessm...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that social care reform supports (a) deafblind people and (b) other disabled people with complex needs.
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges facing the adult social care system, and that people are suffering without the care they need or fighting a complicated system just to receive poor quality care.The independent commission into adult social care, ch...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is planning to take to support community pharmacies in the forthcoming 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and community pharmacies will have a big role to play in that s...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Stratford-on-AvonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of community pharmacy provision in Stratford-on-Avon constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises that pharmacies, including in Stratford-on-Avon, are an integral part of the fabric of our communities, as an easily accessible front door to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professio...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: WarwickshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to prevent pharmacy closures in Warwickshire.
Answer: The Government recognises that pharmacies, including in Warwickshire, are an integral part of the fabric of our communities, as an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professional...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will introduce a Young Cancer Patient Travel Fund to provide financial support for children and young people travelling to specialist cancer centres for treatment.
Answer: The Department knows that the cost of travel is an important issue for many young cancer patients and their families. NHS England and the integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning and ensuring the healthcare needs of their local communities...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to consult stakeholders on the potential impact of fixed recoverable costs on access to justice for vulnerable patients impacted by clinical negligence.
Answer: Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on fixed recoverable costs and we will announce our position in due course.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to review the proposed fixed recoverable costs scheme for clinical negligence claims.
Answer: Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on fixed recoverable costs and we will announce our position in due course.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of fixed recoverable costs on (a) birth injury cases, (b) mental health-related negligence claims and (c) claims involving elde
Answer: Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on fixed recoverable costs and we will announce our position in due course.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the National Cancer Plan includes a strategy for (a) research and (b) improved treatment for brain tumours in children.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will have patients at its heart and will cover the entirety of the cancer pathway, from referral and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care. It will seek to improve every aspect of cancer care to improve the experience and outcom...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding NHS dental activity nationally.
Answer: The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to the integrated care boards (ICBs) across England.The NHS in England invests £3 billion...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the national dentistry model to align it with NHS general medical services to include patient registration with NHS dentists.
Answer: To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract with the sector, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of National Health Service dentists.There are no perfect payment systems and careful consideration needs to be...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of flexibility in the local application of dental budgets.
Answer: The responsibility for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry, to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to the integrated care boards (ICBs) across England.NHS England supports ICBs with their ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Stratford-on-AvonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39273More
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 Stratford-on-Avon.
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 and recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. To rebuild dentist...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new 2025-26 GP contract will lead to an increase in the proportion of the NHS budget allocated to general practice once the increase in employer National Insurance contributions has bee
Answer: We have made necessary decisions to fix the foundations of the public finances in the Autumn Budget. Resource spending for the Department will be £22.6billion more in 2025/26 than in 2023/24, as part of the Spending Review settlement. The employers’ Natio...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArthritis: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support women living with arthritis.
Answer: We are committed to prioritising women's health, and we know that musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, including arthritis, disproportionately impact women.Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services that meet the needs of their ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: WomenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review autism assessment questionnaire to be inclusive of female autism.
Answer: Autistic characteristics in women and girls may differ from those of other autistic people. Integrated care boards and health professionals should have due regard to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines when commissioning an...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Patient Choice SchemesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that ADHD patients' Right to Choose is protected.
Answer: The Government is committed to patients having the right to choose their provider when referred to consultant-led treatment, or to a mental health professional, for their first appointment as an outpatient. A patients right to choose is set out in legisla...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
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