Written Questions

95541 questions on record

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Lords HL16421
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the performance of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board in (1) contracting dental practices for the provision of NHS dental services, and (2) ensuring that patient...
Tabled: 2026-04-15
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Lab
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16420
To ask His Majesty's Government what system is in place to ensure that integrated care boards are effective in contracting dental practices for the provision of NHS dental services.
Tabled: 2026-04-15
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Lab
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16179
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of Welsh patients required to travel to England for ophthalmology treatment in each of the last three years.
Tabled: 2026-04-13
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16724
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Guardian article Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts, published on 8 April, stating that external technology contractors have been granted...
Tabled: 2026-04-27
Lord Taylor of Warwick
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16685
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of AI and data analytics platforms by the NHS, including in partnerships with private technology providers; and what steps they are taking to ensure that use of those platfo...
Tabled: 2026-04-22
Lord Taylor of Warwick
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16614
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the police are permitted to request that hospitals share medical records and notes of suspects following their arrest under national security legislation, and what guidance exists for police forces and hospi...
Tabled: 2026-04-21
Lord Hain
Lab
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16543
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total cost to the NHS of resident doctors strikes since 2023.
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Lord Godson
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
Since 2023, there have been 65 strike days, including three rounds of five day industrial action in July, November, and December for 2025. We have estimated that resident doctor industrial action f...
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Lords HL16456
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment (1) the Prime Minister, and (2) the Cabinet Office, have made of whether due process was followed during the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States.
Tabled: 2026-04-16
Baroness Finn
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16560
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the number of deaths from anorexia nervosa recorded by the Office of National Statistics is in line with the mortality rates suggested by clinical prevalence data; and, if t...
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Lord Kamall
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Office for National Statistics’ mortality data comes from the information collected at death registration on death certificates and would be the most accurate source for the information. For th...
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Lords HL16672
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the repercussions of the abolition of NHS England on the operation of Section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006 with respect to public health commissioning for vaccinations.
Tabled: 2026-04-22
Lord Kamall
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16567
To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the Paterson Inquiry report, published on 4 February 2020, whether they have established a single publicly accessible repository for consultant data across England that includes information on consulta...
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The National Consultant Information Programme (NCIP) is a platform that is available to 10,000 National Health Service clinicians in England, providing a single source of robust, nationally benchma...
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Lords HL16561
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 4 March (HL14724), whether NHS England has provided guidance to integrated care boards in the current planning round to include robotic assisted surgery adoption ...
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Lord Kamall
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
The Department and NHS England are working with senior leaders across the health system, including integrated care boards (ICBs), to make sure that procurement of surgical robotic platforms support...
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Lords HL16259
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that advanced therapy medicinal product clinical trials in the United Kingdom reflect the diversity of patient populations who might benefit from those treatments.
Tabled: 2026-04-13
Lord Mendelsohn
Lab
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL15681
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the percentage median salary increase for full time NHS nurses in England between 1996–97 and 2025–26 in (1) cash terms, and (2) real terms adjusted for inflation.
Tabled: 2026-03-17
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
LD
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16061
To ask His Majesty's Government how the clinical outcomes of patients being relocated from St Andrew's Healthcare are being measured in order to ensure high-quality care.
Tabled: 2026-03-26
Lord Barrow
XB
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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