Question follow-through · 35084
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of including Tunbridge Wells in the High Cost Area Allowance and (b) impact of these proposals on staff (i) recruitment and (ii) retention
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of including Tunbridge Wells in the High Cost Area Allowance and (b) impact of these proposals on staff (i) recruitment and (ii) retention
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
It is part of the Pay Review Bodies’ remit to look at and, if necessary, make recommendations on the future geographic coverage of high-cost area supplements, and on the value of such supplements. As these provisions are reflected in staff terms and condi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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18 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) strengthen protections for NHS whistleblowers and (b) prevent repercussions for those who raise patient safety concerns.
Radiology: Staff
27 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of radiologists working in the NHS in (a) England and (b) Tunbridge Wells Hospital; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of radiologists workin
Shingles: Vaccination
4 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility for the shingles vaccination to people aged 65 or over.
IVF: LGBT+ People
8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a planned timetable for removing self-funded artificial insemination for same sex couples before they can access NHS-funded in vitro fertilisation.
Injuries: Health Services
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of wound care, in the context of the disbandment of the National Wound Care Strategy Programme in March 2025.
Hearing Impairment: Health Services
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to NHS services for deaf people.
Coeliac Disease: Health Services
12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to review regional differences in the (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment and (c) ongoing care for people with coeliac disease across NHS services in England.
Ambulance Services: Tunbridge Wells
10 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in Tunbridge Wells.
Dermatology: Kent
18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of patients waiting longer than the Kent Integrated Dermatology Service's four week deadline for issuing biopsy results, in each of the last six months.
Members: Correspondence
14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells on coroners holding inquests into stillbirths, dated 6 June 2025.
Maternity Services: Inquiries
14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the scope of the maternity care inquiry to include the limitations of coroners’ powers to hold inquests into stillbirths.
Members: Correspondence
9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Minister for Secondary Care plans to respond to the correspondence of 28 July 2025 from the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells on the Dashboard for Accelerated Discharge.