Matt Vickers MP: written questions
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Blood Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equitable access to specialist blood cancer treatment for patients in rural areas.
Answer: Reducing the number of lives lost to cancer is a key aim of the National Cancer Plan, which will be published later this year. The plan will include further details on how we will improve outcomes for cancer patients, including blood cancer patients, as w...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS is taking to improve access to clinical trials for people with rare blood cancers.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that all patients in the National Health Service, including those with rare blood cancers, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments.The Department-funded National Institute f...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve five-year survival rates for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia.
Answer: Reducing the number of lives lost to cancer is a key aim of the National Cancer Plan, which will be published later this year. The plan will include further details on how we will improve outcomes for cancer patients, including blood cancer patients, as w...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOsteoporosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of international best practice in the provision of osteoporosis diagnosis services; and whether he is applying lessons lea
Answer: In the last three years, two new drugs have been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women, namely abaloparatide and romosozumab. These medications help to streng...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOsteoporosis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable access to osteoporosis medication and early diagnosis services across all regions of England.
Answer: In the last three years, two new drugs have been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women, namely abaloparatide and romosozumab. These medications help to streng...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on incorporating fracture liaison services into the national 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: Fracture Liaison Services are commissioned by integrated care boards, which are well-placed to make decisions according to local need.Our 10-Year Health Plan committed to rolling out Fracture Liaison Services across every part of the country by 2030.Offic...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the absence of universal access to fracture liason services on the number of preventable deaths from hip fractures each year.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the impact of Fracture Liaison Services on preventable deaths from hip fractures.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the national roll-out of Fracture Liaison Services.
Answer: Fracture Liaison Services are commissioned by integrated care boards, which are well-placed to make decisions according to local need.Our 10-Year Health Plan committed to rolling out Fracture Liaison Services across every part of the country by 2030.Offic...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people presenting with fragility fractures are systematically referred for a bone density scan.
Answer: Fracture Liaison Services are commissioned by integrated care boards, which are well-placed to make decisions according to local need.Our 10-Year Health Plan committed to rolling out Fracture Liaison Services across every part of the country by 2030.Offic...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost savings to the NHS from the expansion of Fracture Liaison Services in England.
Answer: Potential cost savings to the National Health Service from the expansion of Fracture Liaison Services will be taken into consideration in future policy development.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on rolling out Fracture Liaison Services in all NHS Trusts in England.
Answer: Fracture Liaison Services are commissioned by integrated care boards, which are well-placed to make decisions according to local need.Our 10-Year Health Plan committed to rolling out Fracture Liaison Services across every part of the country by 2030.Offic...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that every NHS Trust in England commissions a Fracture Liaison Service.
Answer: Fracture Liaison Services are commissioned by integrated care boards, which are well-placed to make decisions according to local need.Our 10-Year Health Plan committed to rolling out Fracture Liaison Services across every part of the country by 2030.Offic...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is monitoring the number of administrative staff working in NHS back office functions; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in those staff on
Answer: The Department monitors monthly Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England which are published by NHS England. These cover staff employed by hospital trusts and integrated care boards. The published statistics include data for...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to make workforce data transparent at (a) trust and (b) ICB level.
Answer: There are a range of data sources published by NHS England relating to staff employed by National Health Service trusts and integrated care boards (ICB) in England, including monthly data on NHS workforce statistics, including information on the current s...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Agency WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the use of (a) agency and (b) locum staff on reducing waiting lists.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment and has no plans to make an assessment on the impact of regional variations in staff vacancy rates, the time taken to recruit into nursing roles, or the use of agency and bank staff, on elective waiting list lengt...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of fast-tracking accreditation for internationally-trained healthcare professionals to help increase local staffing levels.
Answer: Healthcare professional regulators are the independent bodies responsible for safeguarding patient and public safety by ensuring that only those meeting the necessary standards can be added to their registers and work in the United Kingdom, whether qualif...
Answered 1 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken to recruit into nursing roles on elective care backlogs.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment and has no plans to make an assessment on the impact of regional variations in staff vacancy rates, the time taken to recruit into nursing roles, or the use of agency and bank staff, on elective waiting list lengt...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: VacanciesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of regional variations in staff vacancy rates on waiting list lengths in NHS trusts.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment and has no plans to make an assessment on the impact of regional variations in staff vacancy rates, the time taken to recruit into nursing roles, or the use of agency and bank staff, on elective waiting list lengt...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJuries: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to take steps to review court procedures to ensure deaf jurors are not excluded from panels on the grounds of the cost of the provision of British Sign Language interpretation.
Answer: The Government is committed to opening up jury service to as many eligible people as possible and ensuring disability is never a barrier. No juror is expected to meet the cost of interpreting. HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) arranges and funds B...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJuries: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of data collection on (a) deaf jurors and (b) jurors with other protected characteristics within jury service records.
Answer: Since the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act came into force in 2022, there have been 84 bookings made for BSL interpreters to assist a deaf juror in deliberations.HMCTS collects a range of information to support the administration of jury service a...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJuries: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has consulted with organisations representing deaf people on the barriers faced by deaf people when undertaking jury service.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice engaged with organisations representing deaf people, including the British Deaf Association, when developing and implementing new measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act, to support jurors who require the support o...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Sign LanguageMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has considered setting national minimum standards for British Sign Language interpreter provision across all courts.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has set national minimum standards for British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter provision across courts through the Language Services Contract. All interpreters must be registered with a voluntary National Regulator for Language Ser...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJuries: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaf people who have completed jury service since the coming into force of the legal right to British Sign Language interpreters in jury deliberation rooms i
Answer: Since the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act came into force in 2022, there have been 84 bookings made for BSL interpreters to assist a deaf juror in deliberations.HMCTS collects a range of information to support the administration of jury service a...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJuries: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department monitors compliance with the legal right to British Sign Language interpreters in jury deliberation rooms in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
Answer: The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 placed the right to British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting in the jury deliberation room on a statutory footing (now section 9C of the Juries Act 1974). The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring t...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJuries: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to court staff on communicating with deaf jurors in the absence of an interpreter.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all jurors are able to participate effectively in the Criminal Justice System. Since new legislative provisions came into force in 2022, deaf jurors may be granted the assistance of British Sign Language (BSL) ...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
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