Question follow-through · 28328
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) public health services and (b) adult social care on demand for (i) primary and (ii) acute NHS services.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 19 Feb 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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- Addictions: Death · 4 Mar 2026
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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
3 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) public health services and (b) adult social care on demand for (i) primary and (ii) acute NHS services.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Feb 2025
Answer published
42 integrated care boards (ICBs) across England are responsible for meeting the healthcare needs and demands of their respective populations. There is evidence that public health and adult social care interventions of different kinds can be effective, and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Health Services
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome receive adequate medical support.
Ruxolitinib
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) utilise the complex patient access scheme to make Ruxolitinib available on the NHS and (b) consider other options for vitiligo patients to receive that medication.
Neurodiversity: Children and Young People
18 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the waiting times for diagnosis of (a) autism and (b) ADHD for children and young people.
General Practitioners: Pay
18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the 7.4 per cent global sum uplift for 2024-25 will sufficiently cover the accepted recommendation of a 6 per cent pay rise for GP partners and salaried staff
Addictions: Death
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes are in place to ensure that findings from Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) involving addiction related deaths are embedded consistently in national guidance, NHS workforce training,
Addictions
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to include addiction or substance use disorder within the statutory definition of a mental disorder for the purposes of the Mental Health Act.