Question follow-through · 26652

Health Services: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body's findings that poorly implemented Advice and Guidance pathways have co

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
4 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body's findings that poorly implemented Advice and Guidance pathways have co

  2. 4 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Advice and Guidance (A&G) model helps ensure that patients receive an appropriate and timely assessment, with clear next steps, in primary and community settings. Where specialist advice supports ongoing management in the community, patients can o...

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Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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Advice and Guidance Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England has issued to providers on the circumstances in which a referral may be returned to a general practitioner as unsolicited Advice and Guidance.

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Advice and Guidance Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Royal College of Physicians survey finding that 47% of physicians providing Advice and Guidance have no dedicated

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Advice and Guidance Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the additional consultant time required to support Advice and Guidance requests.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Advice and Guidance Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Royal College of Physicians survey finding that 89% of physicians delivering Advice and Guidance have received no

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the physical estate capacity required to deliver the proposed 59 mental health emergency departments announced on 5 August 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the proposed mental health emergency departments will require new-build facilities and how many will be accommodated within existing NHS estate.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria have been used to determine the location of the 59 proposed mental health emergency departments.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £343 million announced for community mental health centres and mental health emergency departments is intended for capital expenditure on buildings and estate development.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of additional staff required to operate proposed community mental health centres and mental health emergency departments.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which professional groups will staff new community mental health centres.