To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine survey data published in its Safe to Care campaign report, 7 September 2026, what steps her Department is taking to reduce hospital overcrowding and corridor care to help prevent staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine survey data published in its Safe to Care campaign report, 7 September 2026, what steps her Department is taking to reduce hospital overcrowding and corridor care to help prevent staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown of the top 10 recorded causes for delayed discharge by total number of bed days lost, using the National Codes set out in the NHS Data Model and Dictionary (a) in England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown of the top 10 recorded causes for delayed discharge by total number of bed days lost, using the National Codes set out in the NHS Data Model and Dictionary (a) in England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to improve the palliative care for terminally ill hospital patients that cannot be transferred to a hospice or into the care of end-of-life charities, and if she will make an assessment of the potential...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to improve the palliative care for terminally ill hospital patients that cannot be transferred to a hospice or into the care of end-of-life charities, and if she will make an assessment of the potential...

On Thursday 19 March 2026, the Covid-19 Inquiry published its third report, which focussed on the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare systems of the UK and put forward ten recommendations for the Government to consider. Today, the Government is publishing its response to the report, and setting out...

On Thursday 19 March 2026, the Covid-19 Inquiry published its third report, which focussed on the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare systems of the UK and put forward ten recommendations for the Government to consider. Today, the Government is publishing its response to the report, and setting out...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 8559 on King Charles III: Artwork, what assessment has her department made of the reasons for the take-up rate by NHS bodies relative to that of the wider public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 8559 on King Charles III: Artwork, what assessment has her department made of the reasons for the take-up rate by NHS bodies relative to that of the wider public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of parking provision at NHS hospitals across Birmingham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of parking provision at NHS hospitals across Birmingham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with severe ME in need of tube feeding can be safely fed lying flat in NHS hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with severe ME in need of tube feeding can be safely fed lying flat in NHS hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has taken steps to ensure restrictive planning policies do not impact 24/7 access to hospital helipads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has taken steps to ensure restrictive planning policies do not impact 24/7 access to hospital helipads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role does she plan for community optometry to play in delivering the Government's commitment to shift care from hospitals into the community.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role does she plan for community optometry to play in delivering the Government's commitment to shift care from hospitals into the community.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the benefit of mandating 24/7 availability of all hospital helipads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the benefit of mandating 24/7 availability of all hospital helipads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to establish a national policy to protect 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to establish a national policy to protect 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.

Since the changes, we have been inundated with requests from Select Committees to have statements in the House, which I welcome. Next Tuesday, before the two debates that have been scheduled, there will be Select Committee statements on the Treasury and Public Accounts Committee reports.

I know that the Leader of...

Since the changes, we have been inundated with requests from Select Committees to have statements in the House, which I welcome. Next Tuesday, before the two debates that have been scheduled, there will be Select Committee statements on the Treasury and Public Accounts Committee reports.

I know that the Leader of...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for what he has told the House today and for his ongoing work as Chair of the Backbench Business Committee. He is right that the baby loss debate is scheduled for the first day back after recess. He will know that the way in which...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for what he has told the House today and for his ongoing work as Chair of the Backbench Business Committee. He is right that the baby loss debate is scheduled for the first day back after recess. He will know that the way in which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce annual cost of alcohol-related admissions and treatment on the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce annual cost of alcohol-related admissions and treatment on the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Washington and Gateshead South constituency compared with national averages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Washington and Gateshead South constituency compared with national averages.

Statement on the additional pressures on health this summer as a result of the heat.

Statement on the additional pressures on health this summer as a result of the heat.

With permission, I would like to provide the House with a brief update on the additional pressures on health this summer as a result of the heat, the action our NHS has taken in response, and some of the next steps the Department is taking on investment and reform to...

With permission, I would like to provide the House with a brief update on the additional pressures on health this summer as a result of the heat, the action our NHS has taken in response, and some of the next steps the Department is taking on investment and reform to...

I am grateful, Mr Speaker. I thank the Secretary of State for her statement and for advance sight of it. To date, preparedness statements have tended to focus on winter, as she said, but she is right that we now need such an approach for summer.

I welcome the statement today,...

I am grateful, Mr Speaker. I thank the Secretary of State for her statement and for advance sight of it. To date, preparedness statements have tended to focus on winter, as she said, but she is right that we now need such an approach for summer.

I welcome the statement today,...