Stuart Andrew MP: written questions
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Babies: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to the UK National Screening Committee on taking proactive steps to consider adding new conditions to the newborn screening programme.
Answer: Last year, the 10-Year Health Plan was published following a national conversation to make the National Health Service work better for people.We know that significant unmet need remains for people living with rare diseases, and in February this year we pu...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMetachromatic LeukodystrophyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2026 to Question 99743, whether his Department has met with ArchAngel MLD Trust, the MPS Society, MLD Support UK and the Newborn Screening Collaborative; and whe
Answer: Last year, the 10-Year Health Plan was published following a national conversation to make the National Health Service work better for people.We know that significant unmet need remains for people living with rare diseases, and in February this year we pu...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMetachromatic Leukodystrophy: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2026 to Question 99741, what evidence the UK National Screening Committee considered in reaching its recommendation on screening for metachromatic leukodystrophy
Answer: Last year, the 10-Year Health Plan was published following a national conversation to make the National Health Service work better for people.We know that significant unmet need remains for people living with rare diseases, and in February this year we pu...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRare DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses international data when assessing evidence for rare diseases; and if he will make an assessment of the potential role of such data in relation to metachromatic leukodyst
Answer: Last year, the 10-Year Health Plan was published following a national conversation to make the National Health Service work better for people.We know that significant unmet need remains for people living with rare diseases, and in February this year we pu...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBabies: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2026 to Question 99744, what steps his Department is taking to improve the availability and quality of evidence for rare diseases.
Answer: Last year, the 10-Year Health Plan was published following a national conversation to make the National Health Service work better for people.We know that significant unmet need remains for people living with rare diseases, and in February this year we pu...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBabies: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2025 to Question 99742 on Screening: Babies, whether the research being undertaken to understand delays in diagnosis will include consideration of (a) the perf
Answer: Last year, the 10-Year Health Plan was published following a national conversation to make the National Health Service work better for people.We know that significant unmet need remains for people living with rare diseases, and in February this year we pu...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that inpatient mental health services have sufficient staffing levels and the appropriate skill mix to provide safe and therapeutic care.
Answer: As part of our mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future and that is there when people need it, the Government is recruiting an additional 8,500 mental health workers by the end of this Parliament. Over 8,000 of these workers h...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking, with NHS England and integrated care boards, to address systemic failings in inpatient mental health care.
Answer: Anyone receiving mental health treatment should be able to expect consistently safe, high‑quality care. Families, staff, and the public deserve answers when things go wrong in mental health settings and it is vitally important that, where care falls short...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSt Andrew's Healthcare: NorthamptonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health crisis and inpatient provision in Northamptonshire following changes to services at St Andrew’s Hospital.
Answer: St Andrew’s site in Northampton provides care for a complex mix of patients on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. The decision by NHS England relates to inpatients at St Andrew’s Northampton site only. It is important to note that Care Quality Commis...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSt Andrew's Healthcare: NorthamptonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that families and carers of patients affected by changes to services at St Andrew’s Hospital in Northampton are involved in decisions about alternative
Answer: The failings exposed at St Andrew’s Hospital in Northampton site are completely unacceptable. The accounts of poor care, patient harm, and sustained risks to vulnerable people are deeply distressing, and the safety and wellbeing of patients remains our fo...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSt Andrew's Healthcare: NorthamptonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients affected by changes to services at St Andrew’s Hospital in Northampton are transferred safely to appropriate alternative mental health pr
Answer: The failings exposed at St Andrew’s Hospital in Northampton site are completely unacceptable. The accounts of poor care, patient harm, and sustained risks to vulnerable people are deeply distressing, and the safety and wellbeing of patients remains our fo...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish the methodology used by NHS England to calculate projected PET-CT activity volumes, including any assumptions relating to future demand growth and pathway developments i
Answer: NHS England is responsible for commissioning prostate‑specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiotracers for positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET‑CT) imaging for adults with high‑risk primary or recurrent prostate cancer. The commissioning pol...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether NHS England’s projected PET-CT activity volumes for prostate cancer under the forthcoming commissioning arrangements align with current regional activity leve
Answer: NHS England is responsible for commissioning prostate‑specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiotracers for positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET‑CT) imaging for adults with high‑risk primary or recurrent prostate cancer. The commissioning pol...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the modelling assumptions underpinning projected PSMA PET-CT activity volumes within the forthcoming PET-CT commissioning arrangements are (a) forward-looking
Answer: NHS England is responsible for commissioning prostate‑specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiotracers for positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET‑CT) imaging for adults with high‑risk primary or recurrent prostate cancer. The commissioning pol...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of shipping and air freight following the conflict in the Middle East on the supply of generic medicines to the UK; and what steps he
Answer: We continue to monitor the impact of the Middle East conflict on the medical supply chain, including on generic medicines. While we understand that transport costs have risen, there are currently no reported shortages of medicines due to the conflict.If s...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Life Sciences Sector Plan includes provision to protect and promote the resilience of the UK’s medicines supply chain.
Answer: A thriving life sciences sector is key to supporting the United Kingdom’s resilience and securing our medicines supply chain. Through the Life Sciences Sector Plan, the Government is making the UK one of the best places in the world to develop and manufac...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBlood Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for non-specific symptom pathways for earlier diagnosis of leukaemia and other blood cancers.
Answer: Early diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan. It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including blood cancers, as early and quickly as possible, and to treat it faster, to improve outcom...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRadiologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of interventional radiology services in England.
Answer: The Elective Reform Plan, which was published in January 2025, committed to increasing surgical and diagnostic capacity for services such as interventional radiology. This is a step towards returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard ...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRadiology: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of current and projected workforce needs in interventional radiology; and what steps his Department is taking to support training and recruitment in this spe
Answer: We set out in the 10-Year Health Plan for England that over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts, with a focus on specialties where there is the greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course.The Government is co...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRadiologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of regional variation in access to 24/7 interventional radiology services in England.
Answer: The Elective Reform Plan, which was published in January 2025, committed to increasing surgical and diagnostic capacity for services such as interventional radiology. This is a step towards returning to the National Health Service constitutional standard ...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patient pathways from the net reduction in the referral-to-treatment waiting list reported since 1 September 2025 were removed as a result of (a) completion of treatment and (b) data valid
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patient pathways removed from referral-to-treatment waiting lists following data validation exercises since 2020.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSurgery: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2026 to Question UIN 82954, what payments NHS England has made for waiting list data validation exercises (a) since 1 September 2025 and (b) in 2025–26 to date.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Drinks: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to restrict the sale of high sugar and high caffeine energy drinks to children aged 16 and under before the next King's Speech.
Answer: The Government has a commitment to ban the sale of energy drinks to children under 16 years old, which is subject to a consultation. We subsequently ran a 12-week consultation, which was open from 3 September 2025 to 26 November 2025.We are carefully cons...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role of community-based diagnostic services and AI-supported electrocardiogram interpretation in the early detection of inherited cardiac conditions i
Answer: A number of diagnostics are used to detect inherited cardiac conditions in young people at an early stage, including electrocardiograms (ECGs) and imaging. National Health Service artificial intelligence-supported ECG interpretation helps detect inherited...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
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