Every parliamentary written question tabled by Martin Wrigley this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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If he will take steps to ensure future systems replacing Healthwatch be required to show how public feedback has influenced decisions.
The Health Bill places responsibility for listening to patients and the public with the organisations that plan and deliver services, namely integrated care boards (ICBs) for healthcare and local authorities for social care.ICBs will be required to publis...
If he will a list of all external contractor personnel granted elevated or “administrative-level” access within the NHS Federated Data Platform, including (a) the supplier organisation; (b) the rol
The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP...
Whether NHS England has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of voluntary redundancy programmes across Devon NHS trusts on regional healthcare resilience and patient safety.
The National Health Service landscape needs to continually evolve to ensure it can provide high quality patient care.Any decision to offer a voluntary exit scheme is a matter for local employers and will be based on local service and staffing needs.Decisi...
Whether his Department has identified categories of clinical, community and support staff roles that will be protected from redundancy as part of the NHS transition from hospital-based care to neig
Decisions about workforce composition are a matter for individual National Health Service employers, who manage this at a local level to ensure they have the staff they need to deliver safe and effective care.The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the NHS...
If he will ensure that Torbay Hospital retains adequate staffing levels to ensure the long-term sustainability and safety of acute, urgent and community healthcare services following the implementa
The National Health Service landscape needs to continually evolve to ensure it can provide high quality patient care.Any decision to offer a voluntary exit scheme is a matter for local employers and will be based on local service and staffing needs.Decisi...
What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust voluntary redundancy scheme on staffing levels at Torbay Hospital and associated c
The National Health Service landscape needs to continually evolve to ensure it can provide high quality patient care.Any decision to offer a voluntary exit scheme is a matter for local employers and will be based on local service and staffing needs.Decisi...
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that rural and coastal health economies, including Torbay and South Devon, are not disproportionately affected by NHS workforce reductions and restruct
Decisions about recruitment are a matter for individual National Health Service employers, who manage this at a local level to ensure they have the staff they need to deliver safe and effective care.The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the NHS has the r...
If he will make an estimate of additional administrative time and resource requirements for NHS organisations associated with the implementation and operation of the Federated Data Platform not spe
The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP...
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of transferring adult social care responsibilities from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust to Torbay Council on the workforce.
The Care Act 2014 sets out how adult social care in England should be provided, including legal duties on local authorities to ensure the care workforce is competent, skilled, and safe.Whilst we have not made a direct assessment of the potential impact tr...
Whether the NHS Workforce Plan will include workforce benchmarking data for integrated care systems and NHS trusts, including Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, to enable assessment of sa
The 10 Year Workforce Plan will put the National Health Service workforce on a sustainable footing so it can deliver the service model set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.We will not pre-empt the publication of the plan. Details will be set out when it is ...
Whether his Department will publish the NHS 10-Year Workforce Plan before workforce reductions are implemented across NHS trusts, including Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
The 10 Year Workforce Plan will put the National Health Service workforce on a sustainable footing so it can deliver the service model set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.We will not pre-empt the publication of the plan. Details will be set out when it is ...
What safeguards are in place to ensure continuity of care for older people and patients with complex needs during the transition of services from secondary to primary and community care settings.
Enabling people to be discharged from hospital more quickly with the right care and support contributes to speedier recovery and better outcomes for patients and helps prevent loss of independence.To support this, every acute hospital has access to a mult...
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of NHS workforce reductions on services for frail, elderly and clinically vulnerable patients in Torbay and South Devon.
Decisions about workforce composition are a matter for individual National Health Service employers, who manage this at a local level to ensure they have the staff they need to deliver safe and effective care.The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the NHS...
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, what steps he has taken to ensu
In August 2025, NHS England updated its service specification for specialised adult neurology services, following extensive consultation. The service specification includes guidance on both the specialised and core neurology services that should be availa...
What steps he is taking to increase awareness of (a) stroke risks, (b) stroke signs and (c) support for stroke survivors and their families.
In 2024, NHS England launched an Act FAST campaign to increase knowledge of the main signs of a stroke and to encourage people to dial 999 immediately in response to any of those signs. Information from this campaign continues to be shared and promoted by...
What steps he is taking to increase early diagnosis rates for osteoporosis.
There are resources in place to help support healthcare professionals in the early diagnosis of osteoporosis, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s clinical knowledge summary on osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractu...
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a dedicated clinic for nuclear test veterans.
There are currently no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of a dedicated clinic for nuclear test veterans.All veterans, including those affected by nuclear testing are able to access a range of National Health Services to meet their clini...
What steps they are taking to improve access to disability equipment.
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population, and responsibility for providing equipment to disabled people typically falls to local authorities and the National Health Service...
With reference to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88027 on NHS: Databases, what logging systems are used to record and review access to identifiable patient data within the National Data
The National Data Integration Tenant operates within a secure environment with strict controls governing access to data.All access to data within the system is logged and auditable. Comprehensive audit trails are maintained which record user activity, inc...
Pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619 on NHS: Databases, how many external contractors have been granted elevated access permissions within the Federated Data Platform, broken dow
There are currently three contractors with elevated administrative permissions within the National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT) Platform and three contractors within the national instance of the NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) with elevated admini...