WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 327

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the recommendations of the report by the Patient Safety Commissioner entitled The Hughes report, published on 7 February 2024.

answeredSarah GreenDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
23 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Health and care

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the recommendations of the report by the Patient Safety Commissioner entitled The Hughes report, published on 7 February 2024.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Government will consider the recommendations of The Hughes Report and the relevant Minister is due to meet with the Patient Safety Commissioner this week.To prevent future harm, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, NHS England, and...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the accessibility of treatment for terminal lung condition idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on the NHS.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the capacity of interstitial lung disease specialist centres, in the context of increased eligibility for antifibrotic treatment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parkinson's Disease: Prescriptions

11 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending free NHS prescriptions to people with Parkinson's disease.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prostate Cancer: Research

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support further research into levels of prostate cancer amongst black men.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Smoking: Hospitals

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the enforcement of no smoking policies on NHS hospital grounds in England.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Brain: Tumours

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of designating brain tumours as a clinical priority.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Endometriosis: Health Education

17 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase public awareness of the symptoms of thoracic endometriosis.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Telemedicine

17 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations contained in the Health Services Safety Investigations Body's report entitled Digital tools for o

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners: Telemedicine

17 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce risks to patient safety from the use of online consultation tools in general practice.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Long Covid: Medical Treatments

18 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the treatment of long covid in the NHS.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

27 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department currently holds on waiting lists for treatment for Parkinson's Disease in England.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parkinson's Disease: Nurses

27 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of specialist Parkinson's Nurses required to meet the current needs of patients.