Pippa Heylings MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
How these years work
Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.
Read what this MP said, asked and contributed in Parliament.
32 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment. We believe the duties of such a role are covered by work elsewhere in the system. For instance, the Chief Nurse champions and raises the profile of nursing in social care and works alongside the Chief Social Work...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all Integrated Care Boards offer (a) three full cycles of IVF to women under 40 who have not conceived after two years of regular unprotected inte
Answer: In the light of broader pressures on the National Health Service and on-going changes within NHS England, we have been looking again at achievable ambitions to improve access to fertility services and fairness for all affected couples.The National Institu...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFertility: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) that Integrated Care Boards are (i) required and (ii) resourced to deliver fertility services in accordance with NICE guidelines entitled Fertility
Answer: In the light of broader pressures on the National Health Service and on-going changes within NHS England, we have been looking again at achievable ambitions to improve access to fertility services and fairness for all affected couples.The National Institu...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: Cost EffectivenessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the real-terms value of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s £30,000 Quality-Adjusted Life Year threshold since its introduction in
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) considers the overall resources available to the National Health Service when determining whether an intervention represents value for money. Therefore, decisions about a new technology must con...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of prescription medication that is wasted.
Answer: NHS England has made data, tools, and resources available to integrated care boards (ICBs), primary care networks, and general practices following the 2021 overprescribing review. These include a National Medicines Optimisation Opportunity dashboard for I...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received (a) evidence and (b) data from the life sciences industry on increasing the NHS medicines budget.
Answer: We regularly engage with the life sciences sector to understand what the latest data and evidence shows about the impact of Government policies on patient outcomes, innovation, and growth, including through the ongoing Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicin...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic Centres: Blood TestsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that a full blood count is (a) categorised as a core diagnostic service and (b) available at all community diagnostic centres.
Answer: Blood tests, particularly full blood count (FBC) tests, are among the most commonly requested diagnostic investigations across primary and secondary care, and are readily available across all 27 National Health Service pathology networks. FBC tests play a...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to announce further steps to help reduce waiting times for mental health treatment.
Answer: Nationally, we plan to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers across children and adult mental health services in England to reduce delays and provide faster treatment. We will also introduce access to a specialist mental health professional in...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: LGBT+ PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38182 on LGBT+ People: Fertility, whether his Department plans to remove the requirement for female same sex couples to self-find prior to access
Answer: The Government recognises that fertility treatment across the National Health Service in England is subject to variation in access. Work continues on joint advice from the Department and NHS England about the offer around NHS-funded fertility services, in...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that GPs are able to access their pension information.
Answer: NHS Pension Scheme members, including general practitioners (GPs), can access information about their pension via My NHS Pension, an online portal from the NHS Pension Service, which is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/member-hub/...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: GenderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating changes to NHS systems to ensure that it is possible to update the gender marker associated with an NHS number.
Answer: Sex and gender identity are not always the same thing, and it is important for patients that we record both accurately. On 20 March 2025, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care instructed the health service to immediately sus...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid: ClinicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing Long Covid clinics on patients with Post-Covid syndrome.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services for people with long COVID. ICBs are allocated funding by NHS England to meet local need and priorities, and to improve outcomes.NHS England has recently completed a long COVID and m...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the level of primary care core funding to help support GP practices to hire more staff.
Answer: General practices (GPs) are valued independent contractors who provide over £13 billion worth of National Health Services. Every year we consult with the profession about what services GPs provide, and the money providers are entitled to in return under t...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: Overseas WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of UK-trained doctors that have emigrated because of high competition ratios in the last three years; and if he will make an assessment of the po
Answer: The Department does not hold the specific data requested. Data from the General Medical Council in 2022 showed that approximately 7% of doctors in England did not hold a licence to practice five years after they completed the foundation programme in 2016....
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of leukaemia cases diagnosed in an emergency setting on (a) patient outcomes and (b) NHS resources.
Answer: We recognise the importance of earlier diagnosis of cancer to survival, and we know that patients with cancer who are diagnosed via an emergency route are most likely to have poor survival. Whilst a specific assessment on leukaemia has not been made, we a...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLeukaemia: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the level of participation in clinical trials for (a) leukaemia patients diagnosed with acute subtypes and (b) all leukaemia patients.
Answer: The Department is committed to maximising our potential to lead the world in clinical trials and ensuring that clinical trials are more accessible.The Department funded National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds research and research infr...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImmunotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve equity of access to CAR-T therapy; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making it available as a first-line treatment for e
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the body responsible for developing independent, evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS, based on an asses...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of specialist training opportunities for young doctors; and whether he has plans to increase the availability of these opportunities.
Answer: We are committed to training the staff we need to ensure 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 Service i...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescription Drugs: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the supply of prescription medicines in (a) rural and (b) other areas.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for understanding the health needs of their areas and commissioning services to meet those needs. Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment every three years, to assess whether the...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPatient Choice SchemesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the NHS England Consultation on changes to Right to Choose under the NHS Payment Scheme Policy will take into account the views of patients and their families.
Answer: NHS England has followed standard procedure in its consultation on the NHS Payment Scheme. A consultation on changes to the payment scheme takes place every year as required to by law. While the legal requirement is to consult commissioners and providers,...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Data ProtectionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS England in upholding (a) article 5 and (b) article 6 of the UK's General Data Protection Regulation.
Answer: The Department requires all health and care organisations, including NHS England, to annually assess themselves against the standards set out in the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT). The DSPT measures health and care organisations’ data protect...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordContinuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of continuing care assessments resulted in eligibility in (a) the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board and (b) England in the most recent year for whic
Answer: We have interpreted the request for information regarding continuing care assessments as a request for data on NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) eligibility decisions for standard CHC. The following data is based on the number of assessments completed and t...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Nurses: Mileage AllowancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the decrease to the Agenda For Change mileage payments for community nurses that will come in July 2025.
Answer: Agenda for Change mileage reimbursement rates are reviewed twice a year in line with the process set out in the national contract. These reviews incorporate the latest information on the cost of fuel. The next review is scheduled for April 2025 and any ch...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase day care outpatient provision for the treatment of (a) children, (b) young people and (c) adults with eating disorders.
Answer: NHS England is refreshing guidance on children and young people's eating disorders, to increase the focus on early identification and intervention and to shift away from inpatient care to community-based care models, including day hospitals/outpatient ser...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEating Disorders: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) GP referral for assessment, (b) assessment and (c) treatment for patients with eating disorders.
Answer: General practice (GP) is the front door to the National Health Service, and we know that patients are struggling to see a GP. We are committed to fixing this and delivering the care that patients deserve. That is why, in October 2024, we provided an £82 m...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament record
Explore activity by topic or department
Written questions by answering department
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
View as listWhat this shows and doesn't show
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →