Peter Dowd

54849 • Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the NHS 10 year plan will improve the delivery of healthcare for people with rare conditions.

54850 • Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the specific challenges of providing specialised care for rare conditions will be included in the NHS 10 year plan.

54851 • Rare Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on people with rare conditions.

54852 • Rare Diseases: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of suspending the medicines repurposing programme on people affected by rare conditions.

51864 • Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) National Disease Registration Service and (b) National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Diseases Registration Service continue after the planned abolition of NHS England.

45626 • Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for releasing funds to support the UK National Screening Committee’s review of newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

45627 • Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for the UK National Screening Committee's review of its advice on screening for spinal muscular atrophy.

45628 • Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of concerns raised by the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) stakeholder community on the speed of progress being made by the UK National Screening Committee in its work to start an in-service evaluation of screening for SMA in NHS services.

45629 • Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Research on expediting the publication of its research brief to inform the UK National Screening Committee’s in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.

31998 • CJD: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support research into Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease and (b) ensure that UK research does not fall behind well-funded programmes in other countries.

31999 • CJD: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are an adequate number of health professionals trained in (a) identifying and (b) supporting people affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

32000 • CJD: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support advances n CJD treatment.

32001 • CJD: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what collaboration there is between NHS England, the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Medical Research Council on Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease funding; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of withdrawal of funding on (a) Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and (b) prion disease research by those bodies.

27552 • Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment they have made of the potential impact of welfare reforms on people living with (a) bipolar and (b) other serious mental illnesses.

27553 • Social Security Benefits: Bipolar Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of welfare support for people with bipolar.

27554 • Employment: Bipolar Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure people with bipolar receive the support they need to (a) access and (b) stay in work.

27555 • Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve training for healthcare professionals to better (a) recognise and (b) diagnose bipolar.

27556 • Bipolar Disorder: Health Services and Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on improving co-ordination between healthcare services and the welfare system to support people with bipolar.

27557 • Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of bipolar.

27558 • Bipolar Disorder: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce specialist bipolar pathways in NHS mental health services.

EDM 1637 • Government policy on the Hillsborough Law

That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniv...

EDM 220 • NHS Parliamentary Awards

That this House welcomes the holding of the 2024 NHS Parliamentary Awards in Westminster on the 14 October 2024; further...