Oliver Dowden MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Care Homes: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) tackle, (b) prevent and (c) monitor poor quality care in council-commissioned care homes.
Answer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator for health and social care in England. The CQC monitors, inspects, and regulates adult social care services, including council-commissioned care homes, to make sure they meet fundamental stand...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
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PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to tackle losses to community pharmacies arising from delays in price concessions and drug tariffs.
Answer: The Drug Tariff is updated monthly and sets out reimbursement prices to be paid to pharmacy contractors for medicines dispensed. When the market price of a generic medicine suddenly increases, concessionary prices can be granted in that month, increasing ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expand the Pharmacy First scheme.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. The Government is committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and to better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. That includes making prescribing part of the services delive...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support community pharmacies.
Answer: Pharmacies play a vital role in our healthcare system. The Government is committed to expanding the role of pharmacies and to better utilising the skills of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. That includes making prescribing part of the services delive...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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NHS: ParkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the NHS Car Parking guidance.
Answer: NHS Car Parking guidance was last updated in October 2022 under the previous government. The Department has no plans to review the guidance. Free hospital car parking is available to groups most in-need, including National Health Service staff working ove...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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NHS: ParkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to next review the NHS Car Parking guidance.
Answer: NHS Car Parking guidance was last updated in October 2022 under the previous government. The Department has no plans to review the guidance. Free hospital car parking is available to groups most in-need, including National Health Service staff working ove...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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Watford General HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the New Hospital Programme Review, in the context of Watford General Hospital.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out a credible and deliverable plan for the new hospital schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) on 20 January 2025, following the conclusion of the review of the NHP. The plan ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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Watford General HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the New Hospital Programme review, when the (a) options and (b) recommendations for Watford General Hospital will be published; and when he plans to announce which hospitals will
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out a credible and deliverable plan for the new hospital schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) on 20 January 2025, following the conclusion of the review of the NHP. The plan ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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Health Services: HertfordshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support NHS services in Hertfordshire, in the context of his Department's review of the New Hospital Programme.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out a credible and deliverable plan for the new hospital schemes in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) on 20 January 2025, following the conclusion of the review of the NHP. The plan ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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Ambulance Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the NHS funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, will be allocated to ambulance services.
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Department. The future allocation of National Health Service funding announced in the Autumn Budget will be decided by NHS England.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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NHS: London AllowanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending NHS Outer London Weighting to (a) Hertsmere and (b) Watford.
Answer: It is for the Pay Review Bodies to make recommendations on the future geographic coverage of high-cost area supplements, and on the value of such supplements. As this is reflected in terms and conditions of service, any changes would need to be collective...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the staffing budget for the East of England Ambulance Service.
Answer: The allocation of National Health Service funding, including local staffing budgets, is set by NHS England.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
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Health Services: HertfordshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he (a) has reviewed and (b) plans to review the (i) provision and (ii) location of (A) inpatient and (B) outpatient health services in South Hertfordshire.
Answer: There are currently no plans to review the provision and location of inpatient and outpatient health services in South Hertfordshire. Integrated care boards are responsible for ensuring that the provision and location of both inpatient and outpatient heal...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
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General Practitioners: HertsmereDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of GP provision in Hertsmere.
Answer: We know that patients are finding it harder than ever to see a general practitioner (GP) and we are committed to fixing the the crisis in the National Health Service, to ensure that patients receive the care they deserve, and to secure the long-term susta...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
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Cabinet Office	2
Department for Business and Trade	3
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	4
Department for Education	7
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	4
Department for Transport	6
Department for Work and Pensions	3
Department of Health and Social Care	14
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	5
Home Office	11
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	57
Ministry of Justice	1
Treasury	6

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