NHS
The National Health Service and UK public health policy broadly - not just NHS-branded services specifically. Covers patient care, NHS funding and waiting times, hospitals and GPs, disease programmes and screening (HIV, cancer, respiratory disease, multiple sclerosis, etc), medical and drug treatment access, medical research funding, and public health measures (obesity, nutrition, antimicrobial resistance, disease prevention).
Recent PMQs Questions
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Two weeks ago, the news leaked that Powys teaching health board is considering taking the beds out of all but two community hospitals in Powys. Some 2,500 people have already signed my petition agains...
PMQs 2026-07-15
That is a lovely statement that the Prime Minister has just made to Pooja; I am sure that the whole House will agree. I think that the whole House will also agree that he gave a very diplomatic answer...
PMQs 2026-07-08
The meeting with Basingstoke's Gurkha veterans highlighted the need to resolve the longstanding pension issues they face due to their service and sacrifice for Britain. Does the Deputy Prime Minister ...
PMQs 2026-07-01
Too many people wait too long for NHS mental health care, with over 6,000 adults waiting up to two years. In Sunderland, grassroots groups offer support, but they can't substitute for timely, NHS-fund...
PMQs 2026-07-01
Dr Carly Mellor, an NHS dentist in my constituency, recently said the following: 'Ministers had pledged to fix the failed contract we work to within this Parliament. The Government has begun discussio...
PMQs 2026-07-01
Why has the government's programme failed to recognise the impact on organisations across Sherwood Forest? Does the Prime Minister agree that the system is not only failing but cruel, and if we are to...
PMQs 2026-07-01
On Monday, with colleagues, I wrote to the Health Minister following the news that women's health and maternity services may be relocated away from St Helier hospital due to building safety concerns. ...
PMQs 2026-07-01
I associate myself with the Prime Minister's condolences and his birthday good wishes to the NHS. Everyone in my constituency of Surrey Heath wants a new Frimley Park hospital, but the chosen site is ...
PMQs
Following last Friday's train collision south of Bedford, the emergency response from Bedfordshire police, the British Transport police, Bedfordshire fire and rescue service, the East of England ambul...
PMQs
My constituent Jake McGregor-How, a 16-year-old with everything to live for, has been diagnosed with Friedreich's ataxia—a rare neurodegenerative condition that is cruel and swift-acting. The average ...
Recent Ministerial Questions
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Under the SNP Government, NHS nurses are paying higher income tax than colleagues elsewhere in the UK. Does the Secretary of State agree that instead of demanding more power, the SNP Government should...
Independence Referendum 2026-07-15
The Scottish Secretary will be aware that no NHS board in Scotland has met its target for starting cancer treatment within 62 days since 2012, that Public Health Scotland data shows that one in seven ...
Social Prescribing 2026-07-14
To provide treatment for alcohol and drug dependency, charities such as Change Grow Live need to use the NHS electronic prescription service, which has been unavailable to them until recently. The Gov...
Social Prescribing 2026-07-14
Those organisations are doing incredible work, turning lives around, particularly for those with mental health challenges, but their projects receive absolutely no funding, although the National Acade...
Social Prescribing 2026-07-14
I agree that social prescribers do a fantastic job. I recently met members of Veterans Outdoors near Totnes, and visited the Vounder Therapy Garden at the Eden Project through the parliamentary knowle...
Lung Cancer Screening Programme 2026-07-14
What progress has her Department made in ensuring that incidental funding is followed up? When will the national guidance be issued on this?...
Lung Cancer Screening Programme 2026-07-14
What assessment has the Minister made of the Frontier Hull programme in tackling COPD, and will she commit to exploring scaling this up nationally?...
Lung Cancer Screening Programme 2026-07-14
What progress his Department has made on ensuring that incidental findings from the lung cancer screening programme are followed up....
NHS Workforce Sickness Absence 2026-07-14
We know that sickness absence and stress are often related to people's workplaces. With £17 million now invested in Northampton general hospital for a new urgent treatment centre, and enhanced A&E ope...
NHS Workforce Sickness Absence 2026-07-14
As the Health Secretary is a numbers man, perhaps he will be interested in these figures. Research from Policy Exchange shows that sickness absence in the NHS costs £6 billion and removes 8 million cl...