Every parliamentary written question tabled by Helen Morgan this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What guidance is in place to manage withdrawal symptoms of patients coming off antidepressant prescriptions.
In 2022, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidelines entitled Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults to assist clinicians in supporting patients pre...
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are informed of the side effects of antidepressant medication prescriptions.
When antidepressants are prescribed, the clinician responsible for the patient’s care should explain the medicine clearly. This should include a discussion with the patient about the possible benefits, risks, and side effects of treatment. Patients are al...
What assessment his Department has made of the impact of long waiting times in A&E departments on excess deaths.
The Department is aware of a range of evidence suggesting an association between longer waits in emergency care and poorer patient outcomes, including mortality. However, the Department has not undertaken its own assessment of the impact of long waiting t...
What steps his Department is taking to improve hospital flow and reduce preventable mortality.
Long waits in accident and emergency (A&E) have been proven to be associated with worse patient outcomes and increased patient mortality, and the Government is committed to restoring urgent and emergency care waiting times to the standards set out in ...
What data his Department holds on the number of midwives leaving the NHS before retirement age in each year since 2015 by numbers leaving more than 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years before
Retirement age is not a fixed date and can vary depending on National Health Service pension arrangements, the State Pension Age, and individual choices. Data held by the Department cannot therefore show how many years a midwife has left until retirement....
With reference to DEBRA UK's press release entitled EB patients being failed by prescription changes, published on 22 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his pol
Prescribers are responsible for ensuring treatments are clinically appropriate for their patients, taking specialist advice into account where relevant. Individual prescribing decisions, including for dressings and medicines, are a matter of clinical judg...
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing limits on the number of requests using the online consultation tool during core hours on GP practices.
Awaiting answer.
What (a) impact assessments and (b) consultations were carried out before the publication of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements
The Department and NHS England assessed the potential impacts of the proposed changes to the GP Contract for 2026/27 throughout the policy-development process, including Equality Impact Assessments, which consider the impact of policy changes against prot...
Whether he plans to issue guidance on clinical liability for triage decisions where a Single Point of Access triage system determines that a referral judged clinically appropriate by a GP should be
General practices (GPs) and other primary care referrers remain professionally accountable for making appropriate clinical decisions, including referring patients to specialist care when this is in the patient’s best interests.While advice is being sought...
What steps NHS England is taking to ensure that Single Point of Access pathways do not prevent patients being referred to consultant-led services where GPs consider it clinically appropriate.
Under Single Point of Access Pathways, general practitioners (GPs) should continue to make a clinical decision to refer for specialist care where that is in the patient’s best interests. GPs retain responsibility for referral decisions, and this model sup...
If he will publish the number of shifts covered by agency midwives in England for each of the last five years.
Agency staffing submissions are collected as nursing, midwifery, and health visitors only. NHS England does not hold shifts on agency midwives as a standalone metric.
How much the NHS has spent on agency midwives in each of the last five years.
Agency staffing submissions are collected as nursing, midwifery and health visitors only. NHS England does not hold spend on agency midwives as a standalone metric.
What discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about the impact of the new Nutrient Profiling Model on (a) producers and (b) processors in the B
The current Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) is over 20 years old and out of date. It does not reflect the latest evidence, particularly on free sugars, which are strongly correlated with poor health outcomes, like dental caries and weight gain that could l...
Whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of promoting adequate consumption of (a) calcium, (b) protein and (c) other key nutrients in the plans for a new Nutrient Profi
The current Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) is over 20 years old and out of date. It does not reflect the latest evidence, particularly on free sugars, which are strongly correlated with poor health outcomes, like dental caries and weight gain that could l...
What requirements NHS trusts have for the holding of data on a) incidents of abuse towards staff, and b) incidents of specifically racial abuse towards staff.
Any form of racism or discrimination is unacceptable and has no place in our National Health Service. NHS Staff Survey data shows that disabled staff, staff from an ethnic minority background, and staff with other protected characteristics face greater ch...
What data his Department holds on the number of incidents of racial abuse towards NHS workers each year.
Any form of racism or discrimination is unacceptable and has no place in our National Health Service. NHS Staff Survey data shows that disabled staff, staff from an ethnic minority background, and staff with other protected characteristics face greater ch...
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS processes for reporting racial abuse.
Any form of racism or discrimination is unacceptable and has no place in our National Health Service. NHS Staff Survey data shows that disabled staff, staff from an ethnic minority background, and staff with other protected characteristics face greater ch...
What steps his Department is taking to address the increase in racial abuse towards NHS workers.
Any form of racism or discrimination is unacceptable and has no place in our National Health Service.Action is being taken to address racism and discrimination in the NHS. This includes an urgent review by Lord John Mann into antisemitism and other forms ...
What assessment his Department has made of the need for mandatory accreditation services for the installation of telecare devices.
The Department recognises the importance of ensuring that telecare devices are safe, reliable, and fit for purpose, particularly as services transition from analogue to digital connectivity.The Department is currently developing non‑statutory telecare com...
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of preventable unplanned hospital admissions for people with neurological conditions on (a) people with neurological conditions, (b) the NHS and
The Department has made no specific assessment of the impact of avoidable hospital admissions for neurological conditions. However, we recognise that preventable unplanned hospital admissions can have a significant impact on patients, including deteriorat...