What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that primary care services identify and support men at risk of suicide.
Awaiting answer.
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What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that primary care services identify and support men at risk of suicide.
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Whether steps have been taken to ensure neighbourhood health delivers effective suicide prevention support for middle aged men.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to ensure GPs are adequately trained and equipped to identify and respond to men at risk of suicide.
Awaiting answer.
What progress has been made on implementing the Men’s Health Strategy.
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What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Tackling the GP workload crisis, published in April 2026.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 125262, for what reason the Department is not yet in a position to share those individual allocations publicly.
Awaiting answer.
Whether he will discuss with [i] UKAD and [ii] other relevant bodies about the use of [i] IPEDs and [ii] SARMS amongst young people in the context of the aims of the Men's Health Strategy.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 125262, what his planned timetable is for publishing the amount that each children and young people's hospice will receive in the 2026-27 financial year.
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Whether he will have conversations with colleagues in the [i] Department for Culture and Media and Sport and [ii] Department for Science and Technology about the impact of social media content on the use of IPEDs and SARMs amongst young people.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment has he made about the reasons for the use of [i] IPEDs and [ii] SARMs amongst young people.
Awaiting answer.
What recent discussions he has had with [i] the NHS and [ii] baby loss organisations about the [a] impact of baby loss on fathers and [b] support services needed to support those fathers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Crowborough Birthing Centre on (a) public health, (b) patient safety in Sussex Weald and (c) maternity care provision; and whether this closure forms part of a wider cost-saving strategy.
Awaiting answer.
Whether his Department held discussions with stakeholders prior to NHS England's decision to cease central funding for the EMIS Web Dispensing Module from 1 April 2026.
Awaiting answer.
Whether his Department plans to reopen the Birthing Centre in Crowborough; and what steps he is taking to mitigate the impact of its closure on access to maternity care for residents in Sussex Weald.
Awaiting answer.
How much funding has NHS England allocated to the EMIS Web Dispensing Module in 2026/27.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to prevent interruptions in the supply of ketotifen to patients who are clinically reliant on that medication.
The supplier of ketotifen (Zaditen) one milligram tablets has confirmed that there is currently no shortage of this product, and it is in stock and available to order.While we can’t always prevent supply issues from occurring, we have a range of well-established processes and tools to manage them when they arise and mitigate risks to patients.
Pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2026 to WPQ 122758, whether his Department will stipulate who should be triaging in the Elective Single Point of Access Model.
Amanda Doyle, the National Director for Primary Care and Community Services, wrote to general practices and primary care networks regarding the introduction of elective Single Point of Access (SPoA) in April 2026. The letter clarified that under this model, requests for specialist advice and referrals are to be clinically reviewed by a named consultant.Where a local SPoA model is already in place or is established by local agreement between primary and secondary care, provided there is clear accountability and oversight from a named consultant, this may continue.The letter also sets out the expectations for consultants and general practitioners, as well as operational standards under a SPoA model. A general practitioner’s clinical decision to refer and existing professional and legal accountabilities remain unchanged.
What recent discussions he has had with (a) the Dispensing Doctors Association (b) the British Medical Association, and (c) NHS England on NHS England ceasing to centrally fund the EMIS Web dispensing module from 1 April 2026.
Central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module will remain in place until 31 March 2027. Consultation with relevant bodies including the Dispensing Doctors’ Association and the British Medical Association will take place to help inform the long-term approach regarding the way dispensing is funded, in advance of the expiry of the 12-month extension NHS England have put in place.
For how long he expects NHS England to continue central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module.
Central funding for the EMIS Web dispensing module will remain in place until 31 March 2027. Consultation with relevant bodies including the Dispensing Doctors’ Association and the British Medical Association will take place to help inform the long-term approach regarding the way dispensing is funded, in advance of the expiry of the 12-month extension NHS England have put in place.
Pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2026 to WPQ 122758, if his Department will publish a list of all the (a) professional and (b) clinical criteria which staff will need to meet in order to triage in the Elective Single Point of Access Model.
Amanda Doyle, the National Director for Primary Care and Community Services, wrote to general practices and primary care networks regarding the introduction of elective Single Point of Access (SPoA) in April 2026. The letter clarified that under this model, requests for specialist advice and referrals are to be clinically reviewed by a named consultant.Where a local SPoA model is already in place or is established by local agreement between primary and secondary care, provided there is clear accountability and oversight from a named consultant, this may continue.The letter also sets out the expectations for consultants and general practitioners, as well as operational standards under a SPoA model. A general practitioner’s clinical decision to refer and existing professional and legal accountabilities remain unchanged.