Written questions by Maguire.

What steps his Department is planning to take to ensure that patient safety is maintained during the transition period from Healthwatch England to his Department.

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What assessment his Department have made of the potential merits of the creation of an operationally independent regulatory function for NHS providers and commissioners.

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Who will hold data controllership for the Single Patient Record; and who will be liable should the patient data be misused.

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What steps his Department is taking to support ICBs to engage with communities that may not trust the NHS.

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What steps his Department is taking to ensure that patient experience findings are published.

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What steps his Department is taking to improve nursing leadership at (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local levels.

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What assessment his Department has made on the cost benefit to the NHS of making the Accessible Information Standard mandatory.

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Whether he will introduce safeguards to ensure that patient safety is maintained during the transition period from Healthwatch England to his Department.

The Government is prioritising patient safety and a learning culture in the National Health Service. In our 10-Year Health Plan we committed to abolish Healthwatch England and to bring patient voice ‘in-house’ to give it a greater profile within a reformed Department of Health and Social Care. During the implementation of this commitment, patient safety will remain of paramount importance. We will ensure arrangements are in place to ensure continuity of patient voice about matters including the safety of NHS services. This will include the continuation of existing channels such as the NHS complaints system, the Friends and Family Test, and Care Quality Commission’s feedback on care function.

What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the OdonAssist available across all NHS Trusts.

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What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of nationally setting and maintaining service specification and national tariff for GOS.

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What steps his Department is taking to support the learning disability workforce.

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How many (a) complaints and (b) reports NHS England has received regarding (i) missing and (ii) incomplete vaccination histories on the NHS App in the last three years.

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What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the NHS providing free detail repairs for teeth damaged by seizures.

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What assessment he has made of the adequacy of vaccination records displayed on the NHS App for vaccinations administered through school immunisation programs.

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Whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of including dramatherapy in the Neighbourhood Health Model Framework.

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What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the NHS restructure and merger on the employment of Allied Health Professions.

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Whether vaccinations administered through NHS school immunisation programs are required to be uploaded to patients’ digital NHS records within a specified timeframe.

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What proportion of vaccinations delivered through school-age immunisation services are visible within the NHS App.

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What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the Accessible Information Standard a statutory requirement.

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What steps his Department is taking to help tackle health misinformation online.

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