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 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 steps he is taking to ensure that access to neurological treatments and specialist support is determined by clinical need rather than by geography.
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...
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...
What steps he is taking to improve national standards of neurological care.
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...
What assessment he has made of the value of introducing a Modern Service Framework for neurological conditions.
The Department welcomes the report from the MS Society and Neurological Alliance as a valuable contribution to the evidence base, and recognises the important issues it raises, including variation in access to care, diagnostic delays and pressures across ...
With reference to the MS Society and Neurological Alliance’s report entitled Neurological Conditions: The Case for a Modern Service Framework, published in May 2026, whether he has made an assessme
The Department welcomes the report from the MS Society and Neurological Alliance as a valuable contribution to the evidence base, and recognises the important issues it raises, including variation in access to care, diagnostic delays and pressures across ...
What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the MS Society and Neurological Alliance’s report entitled Neurological Conditions: The Case for a Modern
The Department welcomes the report from the MS Society and Neurological Alliance as a valuable contribution to the evidence base, and recognises the important issues it raises, including variation in access to care, diagnostic delays and pressures across ...
How many midwives who started working in the NHS in England in the last ten years stopped working for the NHS after i) one, ii) two, iii) three and iv) five years.
Staff working in the National Health Service can leave active service, or undertake planned breaks in service, for a wide range of reasons, for example for further training, for periods of maternity or paternity leave, for career breaks, or to move to ser...
How many midwives started working in the NHS in England in each of the last ten years.
NHS England publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. This covers staff working for hospital trusts and integrated care in England. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources system fo...
How many applications were received for midwifery courses at universities in each of the last 10 years.
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) collects data on applicants to midwifery courses in England. The following table shows the number of applicants between 2019 and 2025:YearApplicants20198,14020208,750202111,040202210,34020238,4652024...
How many people graduated as midwives in each of the last ten years.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publish data on the number of qualifiers, with a permanent address in England, from undergraduate midwifery courses. The following table shows the number of qualifiers from undergraduate midwifery courses with...
How many patients were removed from NHS elective waiting lists through unreported removals, administrative methods and other means of validation in each month in the last two years.
Validation is a long-standing and routine part of providers’ waiting list management, which ensures that patients are on the best pathway to meet their healthcare needs. This includes whether they still need their appointments and that patient records are...
If he has issued guidance to integrated care boards about the funding of notional rent for new or extended premises.
The Premises Costs Directions (PCDs) are directions to NHS England from my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in relation to reimbursements of certain costs, incurred by General Medical Services contractors, relating to the...
How many new or extended primary care premises have been funded by integrated care boards in England in each of the last five financial years.
Data on new or extended primary care premises that have been funded by integrated care boards in England in each of the last five financial years is not held centrally.The Premises Costs Directions (PCDs) are directions to NHS England from my Rt Hon. Frie...
How responsibility for workforce planning and advanced specialist surgical training will be managed following the abolition of NHS England.
The importance of maintaining pipeline supply and capabilities in the specialist surgical workforce is recognised within the legacy functions of NHS England that the Government intends to transfer into the Department.Work has commenced to ensure oversight...
What assessment he has made of the financial and logistical burdens on families of children with severe forms of epidermolysis bullosa who are required to travel long distances to EB Healthcare Cen
NHS England recognises that some children with severe forms of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) and their families may need to travel significant distances to access highly specialised care provided through nationally commissioned EB centres. The rarity and com...
What assessment he has made of the potential impact on coordinated specialist surgical training programmes, including Training Interface Group fellowships, of the transfer of NHS England functions
The importance of maintaining pipeline supply and capabilities in the specialist surgical workforce is recognised within the legacy functions of NHS England that the Government intends to transfer into the Department.Work has commenced to ensure oversight...
If he will publish the referral network map for specialist centres for placenta accreta spectrum disorder.
Integrated care boards are leading on commissioning specialised placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) centres within their geographies. Clinicians will advise women under their care on referral routes to PAS centres. There are currently no plans to publish a re...
What criteria a hospital must meet to be designated as an accredited specialist centre for placenta accreta spectrum disorder; and what assessment process is used to verify compliance with those cr
Integrated care boards are leading on commissioning specialised placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) centres within their geographies. Clinicians will advise women under their care on referral routes to PAS centres. There are currently no plans to publish a re...