Question follow-through · 36912
Hospitals: Hygiene
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure cleanliness in NHS hospitals to prevent infections and (b) address instances where contractors responsible for cleanliness fail to meet their oblig
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 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
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure cleanliness in NHS hospitals to prevent infections and (b) address instances where contractors responsible for cleanliness fail to meet their oblig
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
Hospitals are responsible for ensuring that third-party service providers (e.g., cleaning, catering, maintenance staff) adhere to infection prevention and control (IPC) standards. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) evaluates whether hospitals have effectiv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Life Expectancy
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ME/CFS: Health Services
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Tattooing: Vetting
5 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring Disclosure and Barring Service checks for tattoo artists as part of the local authority licensing process.
Microplastics: Health Hazards
16 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential health impacts of microplastic exposure.
Community Hospitals: Redcar and Cleveland
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which decisions on community hospital facilities take account of rural need, public transport accessibility and population growth in East Cl
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on appointing a Chair to the statutory public inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; and what steps he is taking to ensure that t
NHS: Staff
1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the ratio of nurses and doctors is in the (a) North and (b) South of England.