Question follow-through · 18762
Chronic Illnesses: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve data collection on the (a) prevalence and (b) impact on (i) public health and (ii) the NHS of long-term health conditions.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve data collection on the (a) prevalence and (b) impact on (i) public health and (ii) the NHS of long-term health conditions.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government wants a society where every person, including those with a long-term condition, and their families and carers, receives high-quality, compassionate continuity of care. We will change the National Health Service so that it becomes not just a...
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.
Earwax: Medical Treatments
27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventative impact of ear wax removal on the NHS for children presenting with hearing loss.
Social Services: Employers' Contributions
3 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on non-profit social care providers for under 65s.
ADHD: Mental Health Services
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to shared care arrangements for adults diagnosed with ADHD.
Mental Health Services: Children
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of waiting times for children’s mental health services, between the point of initial assessment and starting treatment.
Mental Health Services: Children
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve waiting times for children’s mental health services.
Mental Health Services: Children
21 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the key performance indicator for waiting times for children’s mental health services to include the length of time between referral and the start of treatment.
Social Services: Audit
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities complete timely financial audits of social care providers.
Mental Health Services: Standards
10 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department monitors the quality of support provided by NHS trusts to people with acute mental health conditions when they leave in-patient care.
Mental Health Services: Standards
10 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve provision of mental health services to acute mental health patients leaving in-patient facilities.
Hip Replacements: Waiting Lists
20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce hip replacement waiting lists.
Hip Replacements: Waiting Lists
20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a hip replacement.
General Practitioners
24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments.