Steve Darling MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Diseases: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the "Improving affordable access to essential medicines, diagnostics and health technologies for children a
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDental Services: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to increase the number of dentists in a) Torbay and b) the South West.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Higher EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to increase the number of undergraduate dentistry places.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 22327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to reply to the correspondence of 26 June 2026 from the hon. Member for Torbay.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department has taken to make the drug Enhertu available for people with secondary breast cancer in England, following the increase in NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds in April 20
Answer: Following the increase in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) cost-effectiveness thresholds in April 2026, NICE, NHS England, and the manufacturers have resumed discussions to explore whether a commercial offer can be agreed tha...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the Cancer Plan commitment to define and count recurrent cancers, starting with metastatic breast.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to the Hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell on 1 July 2026 to Question 10831.
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCataracts: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle the backlog of cataract operations, including for those who need the operation to undertake driving exams.
Answer: As set out in the Plan for Change, we are committed to returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to consultant-led treatment by March 2029. We met our interim target of...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth VisitorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average caseload per health visitor is (a) in the Devon Integrated Care Board area and (b) across all Integrated Care Board areas.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available. We expect to be able to publish this data in Autumn 2026. This will be a new publication in response to the Government’s commitment to strengthening Health Visiting and will report on the zero to 19 ye...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many children are currently waiting for NHS speech and language therapy in the Devon Integrated Care Board area.
Answer: Community health services, including children’s speech and language therapy services, are locally commissioned to enable systems to best meet the needs of their communities.In the Devon Integrated Care Board area, the average waiting time between referral...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is between referral and commencement of NHS speech and language therapy for children aged 0–11 in the Devon Integrated Care Board area.
Answer: Community health services, including children’s speech and language therapy services, are locally commissioned to enable systems to best meet the needs of their communities.In the Devon Integrated Care Board area, the average waiting time between referral...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
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