Patricia Ferguson MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Resident Doctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the number of medical training places is proportionate to the increase in medical student numbers.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need to ensure that patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the National Health Servic...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support trainee physicians affected by the withdrawal of speciality training places by the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians.
Answer: The Department asked NHS England to work with the other statutory education bodies in the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Physicians and the General Medical Council to ensure that issues this year with the Membership of the Royal College of Physician...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure there are adequate clinical fellowships available for junior doctors.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff, including clinical fellows, in place, with the right skill mix, to d...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate training places are available for junior doctors.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need to ensure that patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the National Health Servic...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Infected Blood Compensation Authority on the proposed timetable for payments to family members of those affected.
Answer: The delivery of compensation is a matter for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority, an independent arms-length body. The Cabinet Office is the sponsor department for the authority. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care h...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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