Every parliamentary written question tabled by Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi 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 he is taking to ensure (a) early and (b) consistent diagnosis of Group B streptococcus.
Screening for group B streptococcus (GBS) is not routinely offered to all pregnant women. The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) last reviewed the evidence to screen for GBS at 35 to 37 weeks of pregnancy in 2017, and concluded that there was insuff...
How their Department defines strategy.
The definition is detailed in the Functional Standards Common Glossary, which is published on the GOV.UK website.
What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dentists.
Dental Statistics - England 2023-24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324The Government pla...
What steps he is taking to improve (a) diagnosis times and (b) treatment of invasive lobular breast cancer.
We will improve cancer survival rates and hit all National Health Service cancer waiting time targets so no patient waits longer than they should.Improving early diagnosis of cancer, including breast cancer, is a priority for the Government. There are mul...
What proportion of patients at (a) Upton Hospital and (b) Wexham Park Hospital have been discharged into social care in each of the last 12 months.
The Department does not hold information on the proportion of patients that have been discharged into social care in individual hospitals in each of the last 12 months. NHS England publishes data detailing how many patients are discharged through each dis...
What recent steps he has taken to increase uptake of cervical screenings.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 October 2024 to Question 8464.
What proportion of patients referred to mental health services were seen within the target waiting time in Slough constituency in the last 12 months.
The following table shows the latest available performance data on waiting times against the existing mental health waiting time standards for NHS Frimley, which covers the Slough constituency, for the latest available 12-month reporting period, from Octo...
What steps he is taking to help to reduce the average diagnosis time for endometriosis.
Tackling waiting lists is a key part of the Government’s Health Mission, and we are urgently looking into waiting times for gynaecological issues, including for endometriosis.Funding has been confirmed to support the delivery of our commitment to an extra...
What the average waiting time is for an ADHD Assessment in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the South East.
The data requested is not held centrally; it may be held locally by individual National Health Service trusts or commissioners.We are supporting a taskforce that NHS England is establishing to look at attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) servic...
What recent steps he has taken to reduce the waiting time for ADHD assessments.
It is the responsibility of integrated care boards to make appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments, in line with relevant National Institute f...
What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the level of funding available for research into (a) Alzheimer's disease and (b) other forms of dementia.
The Department funds research into dementia via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR continues to invest in dementia research across all areas, from causes, diagnosis and prevention to treatment, care and support, including...
What steps his Department is taking to improve maternity services in (a) Slough constituency and (b) Berkshire.
The Department is supporting the National Health Service to deliver the three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services across England, to make care safer, personalised, and more equitable for women and babies. Improvement in the Slough and E...
What steps they are taking to use (a) artificial intelligence and (b) data to help increase their Department's productivity.
The Department is committed to improving its productivity, including through artificial intelligence (AI), and effective use of data. To make AI and data work, the Department has focused on establishing the enablers for adopting AI responsibly, ethically,...
If he will take steps to increase public awareness of pancreatic cancer symptoms.
NHS England is already taking steps to deliver a range of interventions to improve awareness of pancreatic cancer symptoms. NHS England runs Help Us Help You campaigns to increase knowledge of cancer symptoms and address barriers to acting on them, to enc...
What steps he is taking to reduce the impact on the NHS from individuals who repeatedly misuse emergency ambulance services.
Inappropriate calls to 999 for an ambulance can impact on the availability and timeliness of services in a real emergency. All ambulance trusts have policies to deal with inappropriate or vexatious calls, and to manage frequent callers.NHS England deliver...
What steps he is taking to reduce instances of post traumatic stress disorder within the ambulance service.
At a national level, NHS England has a wide-ranging package of support for National Health Service staff. This includes a health and wellbeing guardian role to ensure board level scrutiny of local support systems, a focus on healthy working environments, ...
What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of maternal health inequalities affecting black women.
It is unacceptable that there are such stark inequalities in maternal outcomes. The Government is committed to closing the black and Asian maternal mortality gap. We are urgently considering the immediate action needed to tackle inequalities for women and...
What recent steps he has taken to meet the target for 85% of cancer patients to be treated within 62 days of referral.
We will get the National Health Service diagnosing cancer on time or earlier, treating it faster, and we will improve patients’ experience across the system.Improving 62-day performance and early diagnosis are already key priorities for NHS England. Lord ...
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the progress of research on treatments for (a) Alzheimer's and (b) dementia.
The Department funds research into dementia via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The Government is investing into research on treatments for dementia, such as the £49.9 million NIHR Dementia Trials Network (D-TN), which will del...
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the levels of non-fatal drug overdoses.
We know that most overdoses take place in the community. They are largely transitory and hidden events, making it difficult to accurately monitor trends in non-fatal overdoses. The Department monitors hospital admissions data for drug poisonings, which pr...