Question follow-through · 80704
Health Services: Advocacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the robustness of protections for patient advocates' (a) personal care interactions with NHS services and (b) their advocacy for patients.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 13 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
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the robustness of protections for patient advocates' (a) personal care interactions with NHS services and (b) their advocacy for patients.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2025
Answer published
For people who find it difficult to understand their care or find it hard to speak up, ‘Someone to speak up for you advocates’ are available to act as a spokesperson for them. They can help with a wide range of support needs, including understanding the c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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IVF: Finance
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IVF: Age
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of IVF age limits on women who delay starting families for (a) educational, (b) career and (c) financial reasons.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Health Services
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Fertility: Health Services
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IVF: Finance
20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent data his Department holds on the number of NHS-funded IVF cycles provided in each Integrated Care Board area.
Obesity: Health Services
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ADHD Taskforce
28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 63715 on ADHD taskforce, when he expects the final report of the independent ADHD taskforce to be published.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
29 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77387 on Hormone Replacement Therapy, what steps he is taking to support women receiving treatment with Testo-100 HRT implants following (a) th
Radiotherapy: Oxfordshire
29 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that cancer patients in Oxfordshire have timely access to radiotherapy services.
Food: Hygiene
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the implementation by Local Authorities of the Food Standards Agency's Food Hygiene Rating Scheme process from investigation to action.