Question follow-through · 126223
NHS: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to protect whistleblowers in the NHS.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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- Ophthalmology: Misconduct · 20 Apr 2026
- Multiple Sclerosis · 19 May 2026
- Multiple Myeloma · 26 Jun 2026
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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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to protect whistleblowers in the NHS.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Employment Rights Act 1996, as amended by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, gives employees protection against unfair dismissal and detriment in employment on the basis that they have made a protected disclosure, as well as a right to seek reme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Ophthalmology: Misconduct
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the time taken and (b) effectiveness of the General Optical Council's action in cases of malpractice.
Multiple Sclerosis
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS England on expanding medical exemption criteria to include people with multiple sclerosis dependent on long-term medication.
Multiple Myeloma
26 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital trusts treat people with multiple myeloma; and how many patients they have treated in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021.
Drugs: Packaging
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision by pharmacies of blister packs for medication.