Question follow-through · 129768

Community Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of developing a specific criteria to determine which providers are included in the Neighbourhood Health Framework.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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: 24 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 28 Apr 2026
Answer: 28 Apr 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

24 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of developing a specific criteria to determine which providers are included in the Neighbourhood Health Framework.
28 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Neighbourhood Health Framework is designed to empower local leaders to develop and scale neighbourhood health, and to provide clarity and consistency to support joined-up working between integrated care boards (ICBs) and local authorities.The framewor...

Open official record

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cancer: Health Services

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the National Cancer Plan for a) 2027-2028, b) 2028-2029, c) 2029-2030 d) 2030-2031, e) 2031-2032.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

National Cancer Board: Public Appointments

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used in the appointment of the independent co-chair of the National Cancer Board.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cancer: Health Services

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be used in the annual summary of progress publication to evaluate the success of the National Cancer Plan’s implementation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

General Practitioners

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the recommendations of the Tackling the GP Work Crisis report by the Royal College of General Practitioners

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Bowel Cancer: Preventive Medicine

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the risk of bowel cancer through encouraging higher fibre diets in schools and other public sector settings.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Bowel Cancer: Screening

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to use screening programmes to share information and boost prevention awareness of Bowel Cancer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Gynaecology

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) women on gynaecology waiting lists and (b) the workforce delivering that care.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Women's Health Hubs

14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will put Women’s Health Hubs at the centre of the Neighbourhood health framework.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Internet: Disinformation

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle health misinformation online.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Services: Information

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the Accessible Information Standard a statutory requirement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vaccination: Medical Records

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of vaccination records displayed on the NHS App for vaccinations administered through school immunisation programs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vaccination: Medical Records

18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) complaints and (b) reports NHS England has received regarding (i) missing and (ii) incomplete vaccination histories on the NHS App in the last three years.