Question follow-through · 97666

Health Services and Social Services: West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve integration between NHS services and social care provision in West Dorset constituency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
5 Dec 2025
Target answer date
9 Dec 2025
Answer
11 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve integration between NHS services and social care provision in West Dorset constituency.

  2. 9 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 December 2025 to Question 95574.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to integrate child and adolescent mental health service provision into schools nationally.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to child and adolescent mental health services in schools in West Dorset constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is supporting schools in West Dorset constituency to provide mental health support for children on the child and adolescent mental health services waiting list.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Continuing Care: Finance

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of cuts to Continuing Healthcare funding on patient care.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Continuing Care: Finance

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that CHC funding cuts do not reduce access to care in West Dorset constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Continuing Care: Finance

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is supporting NHS staff who may be adversely affected by CHC funding reductions.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Continuing Care: Finance

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are in place to prevent CHC funding reductions from compromising care for vulnerable patients in West Dorset constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Pensions

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to review the NHS Pension Annual Allowance rules to prevent excessive charges for staff covering rota gaps.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Pensions

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has provided to NHS trusts in West Dorset constituency on managing staff concerns over Annual Allowance charges.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Workplace Pensions

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department is supporting senior NHS staff in West Dorset constituency who face large Annual Allowance charges due to extra hours worked during staffing shortages.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Workplace Pensions

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are being considered to prevent NHS staff nationally from being deterred from covering rota gaps due to Annual Allowance charges.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Staff

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure that NHS staff are not penalised financially for taking on extra responsibilities to maintain patient care.