Peter Prinsley MP: written questions
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Doctors: HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the General Medical Council on ensuring that doctors who are unwell seek professional help for their condition, in the context of the General Medical Council's deci
Answer: The Government has committed to bringing forward legislation to modernise the regulation of doctors in the United Kingdom by the General Medical Council (GMC) in this Parliament. Government officials are working closely with the GMC and other stakeholders...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnaestheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to protect anaesthetist as a professional title.
Answer: The Government recognises that the protection in law of certain professional titles is important for public safety. Protecting a title provides assurance to the public that someone using that title is competent and safe to practise.The title anaesthetist ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Care Quality Commission on the introduction of specific metrics to tackle sexual misconduct.
Answer: The Department has not had any recent discussions with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regarding the introduction of specific metrics to tackle sexual misconduct.Nonetheless, the CQC monitors for concerns related to sexual misconduct as part of its regu...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service on the revision of sanctions banding for sexual misconduct cases.
Answer: The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) is a statutory committee of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is the independent regulator of all medical doctors, anaesthesia associates, and physician associates practising in the United Kingdom. ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with professional regulators to ensure consistent management of sexual misconduct cases.
Answer: The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) oversees the bodies which regulate health and care professionals in the United Kingdom. As with all UK healthcare professional regulators, the PSA is independent of Government, and dire...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage medical schools to sign the NHS England sexual safety in healthcare organisational charter.
Answer: The Government is clear that there is no place for sexual misconduct of any kind in medical education or anywhere else. We expect university leaders, working with National Health Service organisations and all others involved in medical education, to stamp...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to mandate (a) NHS trust organisations, (b) health boards and (c) professional regulators to collect and publish annual data on sexual misconduct cases.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that all National Health Service healthcare settings are safe places to work and everyone working in the NHS feels safe at work. There is a zero-tolerance approach to any instances of sexual misconduct in the NHS workplace.NHS...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Practitioners Tribunal Service: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure trauma-informed education and training for all staff involved in fitness-to-practice cases within the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.
Answer: The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) is a statutory committee of the General Medical Council (GMC), the independent regulator of all medical doctors, anaesthesia associates and physician associates practising in the United Kingdom. The MPTS o...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a roadmap outlining how NHS trust organisations will implement the national sexual misconduct policy framework.
Answer: NHS England published a National Sexual Misconduct People Policy Framework in October 2024 and is currently conducting an evaluation of how this is being implemented across integrated care boards and National Health Service trusts. The results of this wil...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to establish a national anonymous reporting mechanism for sexual misconduct in the NHS.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that all National Health Service healthcare settings are safe places to work and that everyone working in the NHS feels safe and supported at work. There is a zero-tolerance approach to any instances of sexual misconduct in th...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will establish a cross-Departmental ministerial taskforce with the Department for Health and Social Care to support workforce planning between the higher education sector and health service.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure cross-departmental collaboration on workforce planning in higher education and the healthcare service.The government is preparing...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of clinical academics.
Answer: We recognise that clinical academics are crucial to delivering world leading research across the health and care system, and for training future generations of healthcare professionals.NHS England published an Educator Workforce Strategy in 2023 setting o...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of abolishing NHS England on the number of research partnerships with universities in (a) public health, (b) clinical trials, (c) innovation and
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead the formation of a new joint centre. As we work to bring the two organisations together, we will ensure that we conti...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a cross-departmental ministerial taskforce with the Department for Education to support workforce planning between the higher education sector and the health service.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Department for Education on a wide range of matters to ensure cross-departmental collaboration on workforce planning in higher education and the healthcare service.We have launched the 10-Yea...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025WithdrawnUIN 48687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take to incentivise the recruitment and retention of clinical academics.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to incentivise the recruitment and retention of clinical academics.
Answer: We recognise that clinical academics are crucial to delivering world leading research across the health and care system, and for training future generations of healthcare professionals.NHS England published an Educator Workforce Strategy in 2023 setting o...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: DisabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to allocate further funding to the Support for Families with Disabled Children programme.
Answer: Each year, the support for families with disabled children (SFDC) programme provides individual grants to approximately 60,000 low-income families raising a disabled or seriously ill child. The department is pleased to support the SFDC programme, and we e...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Environment ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s plans are for the Greener NHS Programme.
Answer: The Government remains committed to supporting National Health Service bodies to meet their obligations regarding the environment, and we continue to work to ensure that the NHS fulfils its significant potential to contribute to our clean power mission an...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Carbon EmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England has made on becoming the first health service in the world to achieve carbon net zero; and whether this work will continue in the new health service structure.
Answer: The National Health Service has made substantial progress in supporting the Government’s Net Zero commitments. These include securing over £1.2 billion in funding through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, the NHS-wide decommissioning of desflurane...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: NeurodiversityDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory neurodiversity training for all teaching and support staff in schools, colleges and universities.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket to the answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 41687.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the potential cost to the public purse was of spending on FeNo machines in the NHS in the last 12 months.
Answer: As part of the Respiratory Solutions Framework, NHS Supply Chain supplies fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) devices and related consumables. The spend for the past 12 months is as follows: £127,903.00 for FeNO devices, some of which come with starter...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthmaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make a comparative estimate of the number of people hospitalised due to asthma compared to other European nations in 2024.
Answer: Across 2023/24, the latest data available, 2.5 million, or 64.6% of, patients on the asthma register received a review. Further information is available at the following link:https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/respiratory-disease/data#page/4/gid/800000...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsthma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients suffering from asthma received a review in the last 12 months.
Answer: Across 2023/24, the latest data available, 2.5 million, or 64.6% of, patients on the asthma register received a review. Further information is available at the following link:https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/respiratory-disease/data#page/4/gid/800000...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHornets: Non-native SpeciesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to establish a fully (a) funded, (b) staffed and (c) equipped national Asian Hornet Task Force to tackle the threat posed by the Asian Hornet Wasp.
Answer: The response to Yellow-legged hornet (YLH) also known as Asian hornet, is carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) National Bee Unit (NBU). The NBU has been taking action against YLH since 2016 and has developed a fine-tuned response. In...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordProducts: SafetyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how the Department plans to ensure online marketplaces have a duty to notify consumers who have been sold (a) unsafe and (b) illegal products.
Answer: UK product safety law is clear: all products must be safe. Despite this, unsafe products are too readily available to consumers online. The Government has introduced the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill to allow us to update our regulatory framework,...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
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