Karin Smyth

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.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with private sector providers on tackling the vacancy rate in the adult social care workforce.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the findings from the five local authorities currently conducting the Adult Social Care Trailblazer scheme, including the adult social care charging reform system which caps the ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of delays in transfer to care settings in 2022.

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 GP.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of adults who have unmet care needs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that carers who temporarily live with the person they care for and are on a low income are entitled to the Council tax rebate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that carers can meet their monthly expenses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to extend the £650 cost of living payment to carers who are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance but are under state pension age and do not receive a means tested benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to ensure that carers who are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance who do not live at the same address as the person they care for receive the £150 cost of living payment in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of men and women who are eligible to inherit a deceased partner's Additional State Pension but who have yet to make a claim to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set a target for the proportion of care home residents to receive a covid-19 spring booster vaccination.