Richard Quigley MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Eating Disorders: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS England’s Workforce Training and Education Directorate in planning and commissioning training for eating disorder services, particularly whol
Answer: Employers in the health system are responsible for ensuring that their staff are trained to the required standards to deliver safe and effective care.NHS England works collaboratively with education providers in commissioning education and training opport...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHydrocortisoneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure that people with adrenal insufficiency have timely access to appropriate emergency steroid treatment and (b) prevent avoidable adrenal crises when
Answer: The Department is aware of the discontinuation of hydrocortisone sodium phosphate 100 milligram/one millilitre solution for injection, and we continue to work with industry to find a longer-term solution.Hydrocortisone sodium succinate 100 milligram powde...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for bringing the cancer travel fund for children and young people into effect.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, published on 4 February 2026, sets out clear actions and timeframes for when commitments will be delivered within the next 10 years. The action to provide £10 million annually for children and young people’s cancer travel costs w...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPatients: Missing PersonsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is available to (a) hospitals, (b) healthcare settings and (c) healthcare staff in (i) preventing and (ii) responding to incidents of patients going missing.
Answer: The Department does not hold a national figure for the number of people reported missing from hospitals or other healthcare settings in 2024/25 or in 2025/26.Clear guidance is in place to support hospitals, other healthcare settings, and staff in preventi...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPatients: Missing PersonsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were reported missing from (a) hospitals and (b) other healthcare settings in 2024/25 and so far in 2025/26.
Answer: The Department does not hold a national figure for the number of people reported missing from hospitals or other healthcare settings in 2024/25 or in 2025/26.Clear guidance is in place to support hospitals, other healthcare settings, and staff in preventi...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRadiotherapy: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated to radiotherapy productivity through AI; and what steps he is taking to help ensure AI-based radiotherapy technologies are deployed across all radiotherapy centres i
Answer: As set out in our National Cancer Plan, we want oncologists to use artificial intelligence (AI) to assist with radiotherapy treatment, for example through contouring during treatment planning, which will lead to better outcomes for patients. Local systems...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSt Mary's Hospital Isle of Wight: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking (a) to ensure consistent improvement in weekend care at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight and (b) to help tackle weekend staffing shortages.
Answer: It is the responsibility of individual National Health Service trusts to ensure safe staffing levels in all settings and at all times, including over the weekend.Our Urgent and Emergency Care Plan for 2025/26 sets out clear actions to deliver improvements...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDementia: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reopen specialist dementia units.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving dementia care and is empowering local leaders with the autonomy they need to provide the best services to their local community, including those with dementia.The provision of dementia health care services is the r...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to ensure consistent and effective communication between hospital doctors, consultants, and the families of patients during inpatient care.
Answer: The Government is committed to putting patients first, including ensuring that people have the best possible experience of care. We recognise that poor communication can be a source of frustration and worry for patients and their families, particularly fo...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSteroid Drugs: Skin DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve recognition of topical steroid withdrawal and (b) ensure that NHS clinicians are able to diagnose that condition accurately.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reviewed topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) reactions and first communicated about these reactions in September 2021 through our Drug Safety Update (DSU), which is widely disseminated among ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: TransportDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he requires Integrated Care Boards to hold data on the number of patients provided with hospital transport, broken down by (a) treatment type and (b) mode of transport.
Answer: NHS England requires integrated care boards to submit monthly data for the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Scheme (NEPTS). This includes the total number of NEPTS journeys, timeliness of journeys, and journeys covered by the Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme....
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGlioblastoma: ImmunotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to publish its decision on the licensing of DCVax-L..
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department and regulates medicine, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion in the United Kingdom, with responsibility for ensuring that medicines me...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the backlog of ADHD assessments for children and (b) ensure continuity of care for people affected by service pauses in (i) NHS Hampshire and Isle
Answer: The Government has recognised that, nationally in England, demand for assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has grown significantly in recent years and that people are experiencing severe delays accessing such assessments. The Go...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children died while receiving inpatient mental health care in each year since 2010; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) these deaths are properly (i) recorded a
Answer: Since 2013, there has been a total of 40 deaths of young people aged under 18 years old in contact with Tier 4 inpatient children and young people’s mental health services, including those on home leave, or who had absconded. We are unable to provide the ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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