Question follow-through · 105563
Learning Disability: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of medical care available to people with learning disabilities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Health Services: Jews and Sikhs · 27 Jan 2026
- Department of Health and Social Care: Ethnic Groups · 29 Jan 2026
- Department of Health and Social Care: Jews and Sikhs · 29 Jan 2026
- Plastic Surgery: Regulation · 6 Feb 2026
- Ambulance Services: Methylene Blue · 9 Feb 2026
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
13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of medical care available to people with learning disabilities.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
Significant action is underway to improve access to and the quality of care for people with a learning disability. This will help deliver the shift from treatment to prevention, outlined in our 10-Year Health Plan, with further information available at th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health Services: Jews and Sikhs
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on health outcomes for (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews.
Department of Health and Social Care: Ethnic Groups
29 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his department plans to respond to the public consultation on the Government Statistical Service Harmonisation Standard for Ethnicity that concludes on 4 February.
Department of Health and Social Care: Jews and Sikhs
29 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment their Department has made of trends in the level of discrimination faced by (a) Sikhs and (b) Jews as ethnic groups in the provision of their Department's services.
Plastic Surgery: Regulation
6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase standards in and ensure effective regulation of the cosmetic surgery sector.
Ambulance Services: Methylene Blue
9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of carrying methylene blue in ambulances.
Suicide: Young People
9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made with Cabinet colleagues of trends in the levels of young people committing suicide using sodium nitrite.