To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will remove the requirement for people with lifelong conditions to undergo repeat personal independence payment assessments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number of people living with undiagnosed dementia in England and (b) time it will take to diagnose those people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people living with a dementia diagnosis have a sub-type specified.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with fetal valproate spectrum disorder have been refused the award of (a) personal independence payment and (b) disability living allowance in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact the Condition Insight Report for Valproate has had on personal independence payment decisions for people with fetal valproate spectrum disorder since its introduction in August 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role that housing plays in health inequalities; and whether he plans to cover that factor in the forthcoming Health Disparities White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will provide further investment, training and resources to the NHS to help ensure that chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients have the tailored support they need for their mental ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the mental wellbeing of people with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who are on active monitoring and not receiving treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that every leukaemia patient has equal access to a clinical nurse specialist from diagnosis so that chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients on active monitoring have ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the (a) 10-Year Cancer Plan and (b) other strategic documents are fit for purpose for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients on active monitoring whose needs ar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in local authority funding on levelling up.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of the number of pregnant women prescribed sodium valproate in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the information noted in the Answer of 4 March 2022 to Question 131221 reaches patients through healthcare professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Mexican counterpart on the situation for Protestant Christian families in El Encanto village, Las Margaritas Municipality, Chiapas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Disability Living Allowance (DLA) ceases with immediate effect upon the death of a child; what assessment her Department has undertaken on the child mortality rate of child applicants to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to disabled Ukrainians who are unable to leave Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of NHS provision of ear (a) irrigation and (b) micro-suction.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of police responses to reports of antisocial behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for announcing the appointment of the new Women's Health Ambassador for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether minutes will be published for meetings between the Women's Health Ambassador for England and Ministers of his Department.