Melanie Onn MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Castle Hill HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of safety levels at Castle Hill Hospital.
Answer: The Department recently sought information from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regarding their regulatory oversight of Castle Hill Hospital. The CQC last inspected Castle Hill Hospital in November 2022, where it was rated as Requires Improvement overal...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCastle Hill HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department is having with the Care Quality Commission on carrying out further inspections at Castle Hill Hospital.
Answer: The Department recently sought information from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regarding their regulatory oversight of Castle Hill Hospital. The CQC last inspected Castle Hill Hospital in November 2022, where it was rated as Requires Improvement overal...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation TrustDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential need for Commissioner intervention in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, in the context of the absence of senior leadersh
Answer: There are currently temporary senior leadership arrangements in place at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and NHS England’s North East and Yorkshire Regional Team continue to provide on...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: LeadershipDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on when the absence of senior leadership may necessitate intervention by a commissioner in an integrated care board.
Answer: Integrated care board (ICB) chairs are appointed by NHS England subject to the approval of my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in line with NHS England’s guidance, where the ICB chair position has become vacant before a s...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Humber and North YorkshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether the (a) Chair and (b) Chief Executive of Humber and North Yorkshire integrated care board remain in post.
Answer: The Chair of the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) resigned from the post on 12 March 2025. The ICB is currently identifying a Non-Executive Member to act as Chair for a short period. The Chief Executive is currently taking a leave of...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Death CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of GPs undertaking medical examinations on GP workloads.
Answer: We are determined to 'bulldoze bureaucracy' and cut red tape, ensuring general practitioners (GPs) spend less time filling in forms and more time caring for patients. We recognise it is vital for roles to be satisfying, rewarding and sustainable so that o...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Examiners: Death CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the medical examiner process on (a) bereaved relatives and (b) the time it takes for families to arrange funerals.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Early data since the introduction of the reforms indicates the median time taken to register a death appeared to have risen by one...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Examiners: Death CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of assessments undertaken by medical examiners to establish causes of death.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024. Medical examiner offices are staffed at a trust level with oversight and guidance from the National Medical Examiner based in NHS ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to retain doctors trained in the UK in the NHS.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that doctors trained in the United Kingdom remain within the National Health Service through a structured, data-driven approach to workforce retention, and to improving the working conditions of all resident doctors, including...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Higher EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of medical school places.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need, including doctors, to ensure that patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it. We have launched the 10-Year Health Plan which will set out a bold agenda to reform and repair...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help recently graduated medical students to find employment in the NHS.
Answer: Following completion of a medical degree, United Kingdom medical graduates must complete the Foundation Programme, a two-year work-based programme, to practise as a doctor in the National Health Service. We are committed to ensuring that the number of Fou...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Community Interest CompaniesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of community interest companies that are no longer able to offer free mental health support due to financial constraints on th
Answer: It is for individual local commissioners to allocate funding to children and young people’s mental health services to meet the needs of their local populations and this information is not collected centrally. Integrated care boards are expected to continu...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Community Interest CompaniesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community interest companies that are mental health providers.
Answer: It is for individual local commissioners to allocate funding to children and young people’s mental health services to meet the needs of their local populations and this information is not collected centrally. Integrated care boards are expected to continu...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on improving dementia care.
Answer: To improve care for patients with dementia, including those with Alzheimer’s disease, NHS England's RightCare team has refreshed the RightCare Dementia Scenario. The scenario works through the Dementia Well Pathway journey, from diagnosing well through to...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when it was decided that community interest companies should be ineligible for capital funding provided to NHS mental health trusts in the 2024-25 financial year; and whether he plans to make an as
Answer: Government capital funding is provided for specific purposes, and for the National Health Service is for NHS organisations to manage their assets and provide NHS services. Community interest companies (CICs) are therefore outside the remit of most of this...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 12940 on Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Regulation, whether he has made an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of rectifying
Answer: We have made no estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of rectifying complications relating to cosmetic procedures.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: GrimsbyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department withdrew the NHS contract from the Waltham Dentist Practice; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that withdrawal on the provision of NHS dental
Answer: The decision to terminate the contract for the provision of National Health Service dental services with Waltham Dentist Practice was taken by NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) as a contractual matter. We cannot comment further du...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has made on tackling unregulated cosmetic procedures; and whether he plans to follow up on the previous Government's consultation on that matter.
Answer: The Government is currently considering what steps may need to be taken in relation to the safety of the non-surgical cosmetics sector and will set out its position at the earliest opportunity.
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: Great Grimsby and CleethorpesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with striking maternity support workers in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency on their requests.
Answer: This is a local issue and resolution should be the product of local employer and trade union negotiations. It is for employers to correctly and consistently implement the NHS Job Evaluation scheme.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: Great Grimsby and CleethorpesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of agreeing to the asks of the striking maternity support workers in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency.
Answer: No assessment has been made. Resolution is for local determination by the employing organisation and respective trade unions. Employers are responsible for correctly and consistently implementing the NHS Job Evaluation scheme.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
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