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Written Question
Monkeypox: Vaccination
Wednesday 14th June 2023

Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to extend the mpox vaccination programme, in the context of case numbers in London in summer 2023.

Answered by Maria Caulfield

In December 2022, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) led the four public health bodies of the United Kingdom in publishing a joint strategy for Mpox control which is available at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/mpox-monkeypox-control-uk-strategy-2022-to-2023/uk-strategy-for-mpox-control-2022 -to-2023.

This stated the ambition to work towards elimination of person-to-person Mpox transmission in the UK. The strategy made clear that vaccination was one of eight key areas of public health intervention, and that the vaccination programme would continue to be reviewed, drawing on the best available evidence, to ensure it delivers as efficiently as possible to protect those most at risk from Mpox.

The Government remain committed to delivering on this strategy. UKHSA continues to monitor the epidemiology of the Mpox outbreak very closely, including the recent, small cluster of cases in London, and are ready to scale up a response as required.


Written Question
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
Friday 28th October 2022

Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she will answer Question 61785 from the hon. Member for Hammersmith constituency as previously requested.

Answered by Will Quince

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 October to Question 61785.


Written Question
HIV Infection: Hammersmith
Thursday 20th October 2022

Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with HIV in Hammersmith constituency in each of the last 5 five years.

Answered by Caroline Johnson - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)

This information is not collected in the format requested.


Written Question
Dental Services: Hammersmith
Tuesday 18th October 2022

Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Hammersmith constituency in each of the last five years.

Answered by Will Quince

This information is not held in the format requested.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Hammersmith
Tuesday 18th October 2022

Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Hammersmith constituency. today and what the number was in 2013.

Answered by Will Quince

In September 2013, there were 21 practices registered in Hammersmith and 20 practices are registered in October 2022.

Practices close for a variety of reasons, including practice mergers or retirement and a reduction in practice numbers does not represent a reduction in the quality of care. When a practice does close, patients are informed and advised to register at another local practice of their choice. Practices and commissioners must put in place appropriate measures to ensure that the affected patients have access to general practitioner services.


Written Question
General Practitioners: Hammersmith
Tuesday 18th October 2022

Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Hammersmith constituency as of September 2022.

Answered by Will Quince

As of 12 October 2022, 16 or 84.2% of general practitioner practices in Hammersmith are currently rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’.


Written Question
Diabetes: Hammersmith
Tuesday 18th October 2022

Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Hammersmith constituency. in each of the last five years.

Answered by Will Quince

The following table shows the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Hammersmith constituency in each year from 2016 to 2020, by diabetes type.

Type 1

Type 2 and other

2016

20

420

2017

30

360

2018

25

375

2019

20

510

2020

15

320

The following table shows the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Weaver Vale constituency in each year from 2016 to 2020, by diabetes type.

Type 1

Type 2 and other

2016

10

315

2017

20

290

2018

15

365

2019

15

300

2020

15

265

The following table shows the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Liverpool Wavertree constituency in each year from 2016 to 2020, by diabetes type.

Type 1

Type 2 and other

2016

15

385

2017

30

330

2018

15

430

2019

20

530

2020

15

275

Source: National Diabetes Audit


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Operose Health is one of the biggest employers in the primary care sector. When it bought up 70 surgeries across England, including in Hammersmith and Fulham, the Government were warned that this would put patient care at risk in pursuit of profit. That is what Operose’s US parent company, Centene, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Mar 2022
Irish Diaspora in Britain

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale (Tony Lloyd) for initiating the debate and I look forward to the closing speech from my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn), who has so often represented the diaspora in this country and done so very well …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Jan 2022
Vaccination: Condition of Deployment

"My hospital trust, Imperial College, has done its best to care for staff in the past two years. Like other trusts, it has found it difficult to implement what was, until a few moments ago, Government policy, but it did so because it was good clinical practice to protect its …..."
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