Sojan Joseph MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Dementia: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's policies on the adequacy of the care available to people living with dementia; and if he will make an assessment of th
Answer: Provision of dementia health care services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). We would expect ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, taking account of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence g...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support public health action to tackle tuberculosis.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England’s joint tuberculosis (TB) action plan for England details actions to achieve a 90% reduction in people with TB by 2035 and is aligned with the World Health Organization’s elimination targets. The plan ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of adults with severe mental illness who are currently waiting for treatment from community mental health services; and what steps he is taking to reduce wai
Answer: As of 31 January 2025, there were 188,009 people with 211,891 referrals waiting for treatment from community mental health services. Treatment has been defined as receiving a second care contact, where the person attended the care contact and was spoken t...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of HRT products in Kent.
Answer: The Department manages medicine supply issues at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information on stock levels within Kent is not held centrally.There are over 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that adults aged over 60 with pre-existing conditions are included in the respiratory syncytial virus vaccination program
Answer: The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) keeps all vaccine programmes under review and will continue to update its advice as new evidence emerges. In October 2024, the JCVI agreed that it would need to formally review, in detail, the evi...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: KentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times in hospitals in East Kent.
Answer: The Government recognises the pressures on the National Health Service during the winter period and the impact this is having on accident and emergency waiting times, including in hospitals in East Kent.We are committed to supporting the NHS to improve pe...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment Scheme: CoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18797 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, how many of the claims relating to Covid-19 vaccination that have gone to tribunal have resulted in the Va
Answer: As of 1 December 2024, 49 appeals linked to COVID-19 vaccinations have been escalated to tribunal. Eight of these appeals have now concluded, with zero resulting in a payment being awarded.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment Scheme: CoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent defending Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme appeals linked to Covid-19 vaccinations since 2021; and how many Vaccine Damage Payment Schemes appeals linked to Covid-19
Answer: Between 1 November 2021 and 1 December 2024, the total spent by the NHS Business Services Authority on behalf of the Department to defend against appeals within the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme was £104,005.05. As of December 2024, 49 appeals linked to C...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13956More
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 meet the mental health investment standard.
Answer: The NHS Operational and Planning Guidance for 2024/25 makes clear that integrated care boards are expected to continue to meet the Mental Health Investment Standard by increasing their investment in mental health services in line with their overall increa...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: AshfordDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to dental services in Ashford constituency.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: AshfordDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Ashford constituency.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people. In perf...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: AshfordDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to enable GP surgeries to provide additional services in Ashford constituency.
Answer: Practices are able to provide additional services by opting in and will receive payment for these services separately to global sum payments. As commissioners of primary care, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning additional serv...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: AshfordDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce GP waiting times in Ashford constituency.
Answer: We know that patients are finding it harder than ever to see a general practitioner (GP) and we are committed to fixing the the crisis in GPs to secure the long-term sustainability of the National Health Service. Ashford sits within the Kent and Medway ...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
Answer: To fix the chronic workforce shortages in the mental health workforce we plan to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers, across both child and adult mental health services, to reduce waiting times and provide faster treatment across all areas o...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordShingles: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that people aged between 65 and 70 who turned 65 before 1 September 2023 can access the shingles vaccine as soon as possi
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 26 July 2024 to Question 1397.
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordADHD: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the availability of (a) methylphenidate and (b) other ADHD medication.
Answer: The Department has been working hard with industry to help resolve supply issues with some attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medicines, which are affecting the United Kingdom and other countries around the world. As a result of our intensive...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ParkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to abolish parking charges for NHS staff.
Answer: There are no plans to abolish parking charges for National Health Service staff.All trusts that charge for hospital car parking provide free parking to ‘in-need groups’, which include NHS staff working overnight, frequent outpatient attenders, disabled pe...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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