Question follow-through · 27629
Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the legal right to a care supporter in a health and social care setting.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 6 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
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the legal right to a care supporter in a health and social care setting.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) Fundamental Standard on Visiting and Accompanying (Regulation 9A) came into force on 6 April 2024 to strengthen requirements for CQC registered care homes, hospitals, and hospices to facilitate visiting, unless there are ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pharmacy
5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of community pharmacists.
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5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Pharmacy First service.
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5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to consult on extending the list of conditions patients can be treated for under the Pharmacy First scheme.
Mental Health Services: Surveys
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to implement the findings of the Care Quality Commission Community Mental Health Survey 2024, published on 4 April 2025.
Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was in accident and emergency (a) at Bolton Hospital, (b) in each region and (c) in the UK in the latest period for which data is available.
NHS Walk-in Centres: Leigh
8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on levels of patient demand at Leigh walk-in centre.
General Practitioners
8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on General Practice coverage per population (a) in Leigh, (b) in each region and (c) in England.
Ambulance Services: Vehicles
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS Ambulance Trusts on repurposing ambulances approaching the end of their operational lifespan for humanitarian relief in Ukraine.
Ambulance Services: Vehicles
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of decommissioned NHS ambulances donated to humanitarian charities over the past 12 months.
Ambulance Services: Vehicles
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS Ambulance Trusts on the potential merits of enabling humanitarian charities to purchase end-of-life ambulances directly from them.
Cancer: Brain
2 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) recognising and (b) including low-grade brain tumours in the forthcoming National Cancer Plan.
Palliative Care
27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.