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Obesity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where responsibility for national leadership and accountability for obesity and weight management services will sit following the abolition of NHS England; and what steps he is taking to prevent re

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
2 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where responsibility for national leadership and accountability for obesity and weight management services will sit following the abolition of NHS England; and what steps he is taking to prevent re

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The National Health Service and local government provide a range of weight management services. This includes behaviour change support such as the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme, intensive treatments like very low-calorie diets, pharmaceutical tr...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Sodium Valproate: Compensation

23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make interim payments to people affected by sodium valproate.

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Sodium Valproate: Compensation

23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has held with Cabinet Colleagues regarding funding for financial redress to people affected by sodium valproate.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sodium Valproate: Compensation

23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to have discussions with families impacted by sodium valproate on the design of a compensation scheme.

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Neighbourhood Health Centres: Public Private Partnerships

25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the difference is between the proposed Public-Private Partnership model for Neighbourhood Health Centres and the Private Finance Initiative.

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Nicotine: Products

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of capping the strength of nicotine pouches to 20 milligrams of nicotine per pouch.

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Bowel Cancer: Medical Treatments

14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to treatment for patients with BRAF-mutated bowel cancer in (a) England and (b) Northern Ireland.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Bowel Cancer: Medical Treatments

14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the MHRA and (B) NICE regarding the BREAKWATER treatment protocol for patients with BRAF-mutated bowel cancer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Drugs

14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing a joint process between NICE and the MHRA for the licensing and appraisal of medicines; and whether the licensing and appraisal of the B

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Pharmacy: Contracts

17 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on negotiating the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework for 2026/27.

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Health Services: Tyne and Wear

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients receiving treatment within 18 weeks of referral in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) North Tyneside.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Standards

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of patients receiving treatment within 18 weeks of referral.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Healthy Start Scheme

15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS Business Services Authority is taking to ensure independent shopkeepers and convenience store staff (a) are aware of NHS Healthy Start cards and (b) enable all eligible families