Question follow-through · 91979
NHS: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent industrial action in the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- General Practitioners: West Midlands · 19 Nov 2025
- Pharmacy: Community Health Services · 19 Nov 2025
- Mental Health Services: Children · 19 Nov 2025
- Health Hazards: Birmingham · 26 Nov 2025
- Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism · 9 Dec 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent industrial action in the NHS.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
In May, we accepted the independent pay review bodies’ headline pay recommendations, giving doctors and Agenda for Change staff, including nurses, an above inflation pay rise for the second year in a row.As well as awarding resident doctors in England a p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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General Practitioners: West Midlands
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase GP appointment availability in the West Midlands; and what assessment he has made of primary care staffing levels in Walsall.
Pharmacy: Community Health Services
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the expansion of Pharmacy First services in areas with GP access pressures.
Mental Health Services: Children
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of waiting times for children’s mental health services in the West Midlands; and what steps he is taking to reduce delays.
Health Hazards: Birmingham
26 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential public health risks arising from the withdrawal of waste collection services in Birmingham following the decision by agency refuse workers to take indus
Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Mental Health Conditions, Autism and ADHD Prevalence and Support, published on 4 December 2025, HCWS1132, what assessment his Department has made of
Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Mental Health Conditions, Autism and ADHD Prevalence and Support, published on 4 December 2025, HCWS1132, what assessment he has made of regional va
Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Mental Health Conditions, Autism and ADHD Prevalence and Support, published on 4 December 2025, HCWS1132, what assessment his Department has made of
Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Mental Health Conditions, Autism and ADHD Prevalence and Support, published on 4 December 2025, HCWS1132, what criteria will be used to appoint memb
Community Health Services: West Midlands
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, what funding has been allocated to each West Midlands area participating in wave 1 of the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation
Community Health Services: West Midlands
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, how neighbourhood health services in the West Midlands will be staffed in practice; what steps are being taken to address workforce sho
Community Health Services: West Midlands
22 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90706, how the Neighbourhood Health Service will improve access to care in rural areas and communities with poor digital connectivity or low d
Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to HCWS1248, how many patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer are expected to be eligible for abiraterone in each of the next three financial years; what clinical criteria deter