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Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of promoting adequate consumption of (a) calcium, (b) protein and (c) other key nutrients in the plans for a new Nutrient Profi
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 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
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of promoting adequate consumption of (a) calcium, (b) protein and (c) other key nutrients in the plans for a new Nutrient Profi
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The current Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) is over 20 years old and out of date. It does not reflect the latest evidence, particularly on free sugars, which are strongly correlated with poor health outcomes, like dental caries and weight gain that could l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
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General Practitioners: Telemedicine
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing limits on the number of requests using the online consultation tool during core hours on GP practices.
Health Services
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that Single Point of Access pathways do not prevent patients being referred to consultant-led services where GPs consider it clinically appropriate.
NHS: Negligence
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance on clinical liability for triage decisions where a Single Point of Access triage system determines that a referral judged clinically appropriate by a GP should be
Epidermolysis Bullosa: Prescriptions
1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to DEBRA UK's press release entitled EB patients being failed by prescription changes, published on 22 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his pol
Midwives: Labour Turnover
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of midwives leaving the NHS before retirement age in each year since 2015 by numbers leaving more than 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years before
Accident and Emergency Departments
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of long waiting times in A&E departments on excess deaths.
Hospitals: Mortality Rates
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Antidepressants: Side Effects
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Antidepressants
11 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is in place to manage withdrawal symptoms of patients coming off antidepressant prescriptions.
Heart Diseases: Surgery
11 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with integrated care board leaders regarding the delivery of left atrial appendage occlusion in their regions.
Heart Diseases: Surgery
11 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to left atrial appendage occlusion in (a) Shropshire (b) the Midlands and (c) England.