Saqib Bhatti MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Alcoholic Drinks: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to ban alcohol advertising.
Answer: On 3 July 2025, the Department published Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England, which outlines plans to introduce mandatory alcohol labelling, to increase awareness of harms and enable people to make healthier choices. It also commits to exp...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGender DysphoriaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has undertaken a (a) call for evidence and (b) consultation to support the review of NHS adult gender dysphoria clinics in England.
Answer: The Review of Adult Gender Services is aiming to publish its report later this summer. NHS England and the Government will need time to consider the findings, advice, and recommendations before issuing their response.The review has examined records, inclu...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGender DysphoriaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the final report of the Review of the NHS adult gender dysphoria clinics in England; and if he will make an oral statement upon receipt.
Answer: The Review of Adult Gender Services is aiming to publish its report later this summer. NHS England and the Government will need time to consider the findings, advice, and recommendations before issuing their response.The review has examined records, inclu...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of seven have been treated for gender dysphoria since 1 April 2024.
Answer: No children under the age of seven have been treated for gender dysphoria since 1 April 2024.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations on the minimum age for treatment for gender dysphoria in the Cass Review, published in April 2024.
Answer: Last year, NHS England held a public consultation regarding an updated referral pathway policy for children and young people to access NHS Children and Young People's Gender Services in line with the recommendations of the Cass Review.The public consultat...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGender DysphoriaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS follows guidance on the minimum age for gender dysphoria.
Answer: On 7 August 2024, NHS England published a new service specification that describes the pathway onto the waiting list for NHS Children and Young People's Gender Services in line with the recommendations of the Cass Review. The service specification was agr...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: Per Capita CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Integrated Care Boards will receive extra funding to meet costs adjusted for population.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) receive funding allocations from NHS England to pay for the services they commission, and NHS England is responsible for decisions on the weighted capitation formula used to allocate resources between ICBs. This process is in...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: Operating CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make an announcement on future running costs for integrated care boards.
Answer: NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services, and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure to achieve a 50% cost reduction in their running cost...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSolihull Hospital: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 50 per cent cut to Integrated Care Boards on Solihull Hospital.
Answer: NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services, and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure to achieve a 50% cost reduction in their running cost...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include measures on reforming funding allocations for (a) palliative and (b) other end of life care services in the comprehensive spending review.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using the transformation fund announced in the Spring Statement 2025 on support for the palliative and end of life care sector
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to repurpose spending on (a) hospital care and (b) emergency admissions for people at the end of life into community care services.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families r...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with palliative care providers on the adequacy of funding for (a) palliative and (b) other end-of-life care services.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. To support ICBs in ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in the number of people that will need palliative care over the next 10 years.
Answer: Currently, approximately 600,000 people die per year in the United Kingdom. It is estimated that up to 90% of deaths could benefit from palliative and end of life care.The Office for National Statistics has projected that, by 2040, approximately 800,000 p...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is planning to take in the 10-year NHS Plan to improve (a) palliative and (b) end of life care.
Answer: We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and families receiv...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research on the outcomes following gender affirming surgery on young adults under the age of 25.
Answer: In line with the findings of the recent Cass Review, the Government is committed to supporting the development of research that delivers a robust, evidence-based understanding of gender dysphoria and transgender issues, especially where these issues relat...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children are not prescribed cross-sex hormones by private medical providers.
Answer: Children’s safety must always come first. That is why the Government and the National Health Service in England are implementing the recommendations of the Cass Review, in full.In her review, Dr Cass recommended “extreme caution” when prescribing cross-se...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by (a) Baroness Cumberlege entitled Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, published 8 Jul
Answer: The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review’s overarching conclusion was that the system failed to listen to patients or put patients at the centre of their care. Subsequent work has focussed on improving how the system listens to and resp...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board is in alignment with NICE guideline 28, updated in 2022, related to the fair and equitable adoption of continuous
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended that all people living with type 1 diabetes and people living with type 2 diabetes who required insulin therapy should be eligible for real time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The gui...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDiabetes: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure alignment of Integrated Care Boards with NICE guideline 28, updated in 2022, related to the fair and equitable adoption of continuous glucose monitoring for eligib
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended that all people living with type 1 diabetes and people living with type 2 diabetes who required insulin therapy should be eligible for real time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The gui...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Institute for Public Policy ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 10785 on Department of Health and Social Care: Institute for Public Policy Research, whether NHS England has awarded any contracts to the IPPR
Answer: NHS England has not awarded any contracts to the Institute for Public Policy Research since 4 July 2024.
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is using (a) artificial intelligence and (b) a third-party organisation to assess responses to the consultation entitled Change NHS: A health service fit for the future, publ
Answer: The Department has commissioned an external supplier, Thinks Insight and Strategy, to help run the engagement for the 10-Year Health Plan for England. The portal is hosted via the online platform Go Vocal, who are a contracted supplier of Thinks Insight a...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Institute for Public Policy ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contracts his Department have awarded to the Institute for Public Policy Research since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Department has not awarded any contracts to the Institute for Public Policy Research since 4 July 2024.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total budget is for the Change NHS: A health service fit for the future public engagement campaign; and what time period this funding will cover.
Answer: The awarded value of this contract was up to £2,961,595.50. The publication of the details of this award and the redacted contract can be found on contracts finder, with contract number C306779. The current contract start date is 13 September 2024, with a...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) Departmental officials had in the awarding of contracts to the organisations running the Change NHS: A health service fit for the future public
Answer: The evaluation panel for the tender consisted of four people. Three from within the Department’s policy teams, and one from NHS England. No ministers or special advisers were part of the final award decision.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
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