Question follow-through · 12817
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that specialist expertise, particularly in areas such as cancer, frontline NHS delivery and patient engagement, is retained and effectively integrated as NHS Engla
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Wheelchairs: Children · 1 Jul 2026
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- Hearing Impaired: Health Services · 14 Jul 2026
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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
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that specialist expertise, particularly in areas such as cancer, frontline NHS delivery and patient engagement, is retained and effectively integrated as NHS Engla
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that delivering reform and maintaining performance depends on retaining the right skills, knowledge, and experience that exists across both our current workforces in NHS England and the Department.The changes proposed are not a r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Hearing Impaired: Health Services
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a Modern Service Framework for hearing health on variation in access to (a) audiology and (b) ear wax removal services between Integrated Care
Suicide
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Suicide
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to identify, evaluate and disseminate examples of effective suicide prevention practice developed by voluntary, community and public sector organisations across England
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