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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve transparency around (i) care quality and (ii) safeguarding in domiciliary care services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve transparency around (i) care quality and (ii) safeguarding in domiciliary care services.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
To ensure adult social care providers, including domiciliary care services, meet fundamental standards of quality and safety, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) monitors, inspects, and regulates these services. All inspection reports on individual provider...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Drugs
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Pharmacy
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Pharmacy: Prescription Drugs
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will conduct a review into the (a) supply chain and (b) distribution of prescription medication to pharmacies in England.
General Practitioners: Internet
14 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that GP websites using third party contractors for online appointment booking forms uphold patient privacy and security in data sharing.
Medical Equipment: Children
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Medical Equipment: Children
14 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of healthcare professions on levels of unmet equipment needs for children with disabilities.
Medical Equipment: Children
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Diabetes: Health Education
15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of preventable complications associated with diabetes.
Diabetes: Research
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Kidney Diseases: Health Services
20 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) early diagnosis and (b) prevention strategies for chronic kidney disease in primary care settings.