Every parliamentary written question tabled by Shockat Adam this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What steps his Department is taking to improve national consistency in shared care arrangements for patients prescribed medication for ADHD; and whether he plans to introduce national (a) standards and (b) guidance to reduce regional variation in access to ongoing treatment.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to eradicate corridor care by the end of this Parliament, and whether he plans to publish a costed plan and timetable.
Awaiting answer.
What recent discussions he has had with NHS England and other relevant bodies on improving ADHD services, including shared care arrangements, waiting times for assessment and access to post-diagnostic support.
Awaiting answer.
How many patients aged 60 and over waited 12 hours or more in accident and emergency departments in each of the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of 12-hour waits on the level of patient mortality.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Awaiting answer.
What funding his Department has allocated for emerging Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatments; and what plans he has to ensure that future therapies, including gene therapies and exon-skipping trea
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to ensure clear national standards on the scope of practice and supervision of Physician Associates and Anaesthesia Associates.
Awaiting answer.
What progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of the independent review of Physician Associate and Anaesthesia Associate roles.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mandatory Advice and Guidance pathways on patients' access to hospital specialist care.
Awaiting answer.
What safeguards are in place to ensure that patients with complex, chronic or rare conditions are not disadvantaged by the requirement to use Advice and Guidance before referral.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of General Medical Council fitness-to-practise investigations on the wellbeing of doctors, and what steps are being taken to ensure those process
The General Medical Council (GMC) is independent of the Government, is directly accountable to Parliament, and is responsible for operational matters concerning the discharge of its statutory duties. The United Kingdom’s model of healthcare professional r...
Whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning an expert clinical review into the use of the Zamar Protocol for patients with severe treatment-resistant bipo
Awaiting answer.
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a (a) senior team and (b) tsar to support people affected by sodium valproate.
The Department does not at present intend to appoint a senior team or a tsar in relation to those affected by sodium valproate.NHS England has commissioned the Fetal Exposure to Medicines Services Pilot, being delivered by the National Health Service in N...
What financial support and assistance is available to patients required to self fund essential medical equipment.
Awaiting answer.
What steps he is taking to improve training and awareness among healthcare professionals of complex multi system conditions such as hEDS and associated comorbidities.
In England, the organisation and delivery of multidisciplinary care for patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (hEDS) and associated co-morbidities is a matter for local National Health Service systems. Integrated care boards are responsible fo...
What steps he is taking to ensure access to specialist multidisciplinary teams for patients with complex connective tissue disorders, including those with suspected craniocervical instability.
In England, the organisation and delivery of multidisciplinary care for patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (hEDS) and associated co-morbidities is a matter for local National Health Service systems. Integrated care boards are responsible fo...
If his Department will review funding and prescribing guidance for medical compression garments for conditions other than lipoedema, including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
Medical compression garments are already available to be prescribed in primary and community care. The ability for a prescribing clinician to use these in the treatment and management of conditions including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is al...
What provision exists within the NHS for diagnostic investigations, including upright and dynamic MRI, for suspected craniocervical instability; and whether he plans to expand access to that provis
In England, the organisation and delivery of multidisciplinary care for patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (hEDS) and associated co-morbidities is a matter for local National Health Service systems. Integrated care boards are responsible fo...
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS care pathways for patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and associated co-morbidities.
In England, the organisation and delivery of multidisciplinary care for patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (hEDS) and associated co-morbidities is a matter for local National Health Service systems. Integrated care boards are responsible fo...
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of regional provision of services for patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; and what steps he is taking to increase the avail
The commissioning of specialised services for myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is the responsibility of local integrated care boards (ICBs). ICBs are expected to commission services that meet the needs of their l...