Mary Kelly Foy MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent ReviewDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he had discussions with transgender individuals on the Sullivan Review.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has not met with transgender individuals to discuss the Sullivan Review. We have acted on the findings of Professor Sullivan’s report by suspending applications for National Health Serv...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) continuity of care in cancer treatment pathways, (b) assigning named points of contact and (c) back-up contacts for all patients.
Answer: The Government and NHS England are committed to improving continuity of care and provision of support contacts for cancer patients. All patients, including those with secondary cancers, should have access to the right expertise and support, including a Cl...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure NHS trusts consistently meet the 62 day target for starting cancer treatment.
Answer: As set out in the new plan for reforming elective care, the Government is committed to improving performance on cancer waiting times. The National Health Service’s annual operational planning guidance set out a national commitment to improve waiting times...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: InspectionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Care Quality Commission plans to inspect medical care services at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.
Answer: It is not usual practice for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to announce when inspections will take place.Unannounced inspections of healthcare services allow the CQC to obtain a realistic view of how the service is operating. It also allows the CQC to ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of (a) harassment and (b) abuse of NHS staff.
Answer: There is no national mechanism at present to capture and report incidents of harassment and abuse. Data is held at a local level. The NHS Staff Survey captures data on self-reported incidents. Results from the 2024 NHS Staff Survey showed that 25.08% of s...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of autism assessments.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including autism assessments and diagnosis, in line with relevant National Institute for Hea...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to distribute the second tranche of hospice funding based on (a) levels of need and (b) areas of deprivation.
Answer: We are pleased to confirm that the Government has released the first £25 million tranche of the £100 million of capital funding, with Hospice UK kindly allocating and distributing the money to hospices throughout England. For this first tranche, individua...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: City of DurhamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services in City of Durham constituency.
Answer: The Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324In the NHS Nor...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: City of DurhamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services in City of Durham constituency.
Answer: Waiting times for those referred to mental health services are too high all across England, including in the City of Durham constituency.Too many people with mental health issues are not getting the support or care they need, which is why we will fix the ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: City of DurhamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support hospices in City of Durham constituency.
Answer: We are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices in England to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. We are working at great pace to get this year’s funding to hospices as ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: North EastDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with leukaemia in (a) City of Durham constituency and (b) the North East.
Answer: The National Health Service is taking crucial steps to improve cancer outcomes for patients across England, including for leukaemia. We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all NHS cancer waiting time targets, so no patient waits longer than they sh...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFuneralsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024 in the context of reports of delays to funeral services.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, including the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. The median time taken to register a death since the introdu...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken was to certify a death in (a) hospital and (b) the community in the period since changes were made to the death certification process in September 2024.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, including the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Regulations 2024, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. The median time taken to register a death since the introdu...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust: Death CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Department has had discussions with County Durham and Darlington Foundation NHS Trust on delays to death certification.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024, but has not engaged with the County Durham and Darlington Foundation NHS Trust directly.The median time taken to register a death...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: City of DurhamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in City of Durham constituency.
Answer: The United Kingdom faces significant health inequalities, with life expectancy varying widely across and within communities. The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain by tackling the structural inequalities that contribute to poor health, p...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: North EastDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to prepare a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities in the North East.
Answer: The United Kingdom faces significant health inequalities, with life expectancy varying widely across and within communities. The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain by tackling the structural inequalities that contribute to poor health, p...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of ADHD medication in the North East.
Answer: The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information is not collected on a local level. The Department has been working hard with industry and NHS England to...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he and (b) his Department has had discussions with representatives of the vaping industry since the general election.
Answer: Since July 2024, no members of the Department have met with the vaping industry. This includes my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Details of ministerial meetings are updated quarterly in arrears, on the GOV.UK website.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSmokingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the policy paper entitled Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation, last updated on 8 November 2023, reflects his Department's current policy.
Answer: The landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill was introduced into Parliament on 5 November, and will be the single biggest public health intervention since the banning of smoking in indoor public spaces.This bill goes further than ever before. It will create the fi...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNurses: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of nurses.
Answer: Working with universities we are committed to training the staff we need to get patients seen on time, including more nurses, and will work closely with National Health Service trusts and their local education providers to do so and ensure nursing remains...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNurses: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of nurses.
Answer: Working with universities we are committed to training the staff we need to get patients seen on time, including more nurses, and will work closely with National Health Service trusts and their local education providers to do so and ensure nursing remains...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNutrition: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce inequalities in dietary health.
Answer: Under our Health Mission we will move from a model of sickness to one of prevention, reducing health inequalities and closing the gap in healthy life expectancy, as well as delivering on our commitment to raise the healthiest generation ever. As part of t...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce auto-enrolment for the Healthy Start scheme.
Answer: The Healthy Start scheme is kept under review. There have been no discussions with my Rt Hon. Friend, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on introducing auto-enrolment for Healthy Start.The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a h...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSmoking: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing of a polluter pays levy on tobacco company to fund smoking cessation services; and if he will make it his policy to increase fun
Answer: The Government is funding a broad package of measures to tackle the harm caused by smoking, including additional funding for local authority Stop Smoking Services, more enforcement activity around illegal tobacco and vape products, as well as recently lau...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation response entitled creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, published on 12 February 2024, whether he plans to implement the policies set out in
Answer: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will be the biggest public health intervention in a generation, improving healthy life expectancy and reducing the number of lives lost to the biggest killers.Alongside introducing a progressive smoking ban to ensure the next ge...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
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