Karin Smyth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Migration Advisory Committee's report entitled Adult social care and immigration, published in April 2022, what discussions she has had with the Chancel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Market sustainability and fair cost of care fund 2022 to 2023: guidance, updated in August 2022, what discussions she has had with the adult social care sector regarding incorpora...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of salary constraints in the adult social care sector on levels of international recruitment for that sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Home Secretary on retaining care workers on the shortage occupation list after February 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Health and Care Worker visa scheme on the recruitment of care worker, care assistant and home care worker roles since February 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities regarding (a) housing needs for those requiring domiciliary adult social care and (b) planning ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential impact of increasing the means testing threshold for people accessing adul...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and (b) local authorities on the potential impact of the cost of social care reforms on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions her Department has had with the local authorities that are trailblazing the new adult social care charging system on the adequacy of the funding made available to local auth...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to transfer people waiting to be discharged from hospital to adult social care settings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing the means testing threshold for people accessing adult social care on the number of new people who will access adult so...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are sufficient (a) physiotherapists, (b) occupational therapists, (c) speech and language therapists, (d) neurologists and (e) other health care profess...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with private sector providers on improving pay and conditions for care workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in meeting the needs of carers who require financial support as a result of rising energy prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people awaiting a dementia diagnosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken for care home residents to see a physiotherapist.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the (a) publication and (b) delivery of the Government’s new national dementia strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of patients awaiting transfer from hospital to a care setting.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on visiting arrangements in adult social care settings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time is from being assessed as eligible for care and receiving that care in each year from 2012 to date.