Question follow-through · 38286

Mosquitos: Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of clinical education programmes to support healthcare professionals to identify potential cases of mosquito-borne diseases in the UK

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
17 Mar 2025
Answer
21 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of clinical education programmes to support healthcare professionals to identify potential cases of mosquito-borne diseases in the UK

  2. 17 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Employers in the health system are responsible for ensuring that their staff are trained to the required standards to deliver safe and effective treatment for patients. The UK Health Security Agency contributes to the education of healthcare professionals...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Maternity Services

17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Fourth Report of Session 2021–22 of the Health and Social Care Committee, The safety of maternity services in England, HC 19, published on 6 July 2021, whether he plans to imp

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cancer: Diagnosis

30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken for cancer diagnoses.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Mosquitos: Diseases

1 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 38284, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the individual risk to UK residents of travelling to areas where mosquito-borne diseases ar

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mobile Phones and Social Media: Children

16 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish updated advice from the UK Chief Medical Officer on the potential impact of excessive screen time and social media use on children’s (a) mental and (b) physical health.