Question follow-through · 99033
Continuing Care: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve transparency for individuals using the Continuing Healthcare (a) assessment and (b) appeals process.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 26 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
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve transparency for individuals using the Continuing Healthcare (a) assessment and (b) appeals process.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible and accountable for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) within their local area. Statutory guidance sets out that all arrangements should place the individual at the centre of the assessment and care-planning proc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Homelessness: Public Health
12 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) homelessness and (b) insecure accommodation on public health in Surrey Heath constituency.
Health Services and Social Services: Surrey
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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of challenges faced by children of parents with alcohol problems in Surrey Heath constituency.
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) early intervention and (b) prevention services aimed at supporting children affected by parental alcohol misuse in Surrey Heath c
Alcolohlic Drinks: Misuse
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent the intergenerational transmission of alcohol misuse in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.
Hospices: Children
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with providers of (a) sensory and (b) recreational facilities in children’s hospices in (i) Surrey and (ii) Surrey Heath constituency.
Hospices: Children
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role of voluntary and community sector organisations in improving (a) wellbeing and (b) quality of life for (i) children and (ii) families in hospice
Doctors: Industrial Disputes
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to mitigate the potential impact of doctor strike action within NHS services in Surrey Heath constituency.
Diethylstilbestrol : Women
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of stilbestrol on women.
NHS: Dogs
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of charities providing dog therapy within NHS services on patients in Surrey Heath constituency.
NHS: Dogs
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will partner with charities that provide (a) therapy dog services and (b) entertainment activities for children within NHS services in Surrey Heath constituency.