Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, How many blood donations were a)completed and b) deffered between a) 1st June 2024 - 31st May 2025 and b) 1 June 2025–31 May 2026, and whether he will provide the gender and ethnic breakdown of donors.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon. Member to the data published by NHS Blood and Transplant on blood donations, attendances and deferrals available at the following link:
https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/who-we-are/transparency/parliamentary-questions/
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What was the gender and ethnic breakdown of donations deffered due to low Hb levels for the period between a) 1st June 2024 - 31st May 2025 and b) 1 June 2025–31 May 2026.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon. Member to the data published by NHS Blood and Transplant on blood donations, attendances and deferrals available at the following link:
https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/who-we-are/transparency/parliamentary-questions/
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish, before any decision is taken on the break clause, a list of all (a) meetings, (b) calls and (c) written communications between (i) Palantir, including Lord Watson, (ii) Ministers and (iii) senior officials in the (A) Department of Health and Social Care and (B) NHS England since 18 September 2026.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 27 October in response to Question 31148.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of planned NHS staffing reductions on waiting times for treatment and surgery in Greater London.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
All National Health Service trusts are required to manage their spending within the funding provided for their services by local commissioners, and in line with the plans agreed with NHS England. Trusts are expected to make local decisions about how best to deploy their workforce, balancing financial sustainability with the need to maintain safe, effective services for patients.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of NHS job cuts on a) workload, b) stress levels and c)safety among remaining NHS staff.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
All National Health Service trusts are required to manage their spending within the funding provided for their services by local commissioners, and in line with the plans agreed with NHS England. Trusts are expected to make local decisions about how best to deploy their workforce, balancing financial sustainability with the need to maintain safe, effective services for patients.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support her Department plans to make available to NHS trusts in Greater London facing the largest deficits, to avoid job losses.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
All National Health Service trusts are required to manage their spending within the funding provided for their services by local commissioners, and in line with the plans agreed with NHS England. Trusts are expected to make local decisions about how best to deploy their workforce, balancing financial sustainability with the need to maintain safe, effective services for patients.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the findings of UNISON's research on planned job losses at NHS trusts in Greater London.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
All National Health Service trusts are required to manage their spending within the funding provided for their services by local commissioners, and in line with the plans agreed with NHS England. Trusts are expected to make local decisions about how best to deploy their workforce, balancing financial sustainability with the need to maintain safe, effective services for patients.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to coordinate its review of substances of human origin legislation with proposed reforms to medical device regulation, to avoid regulatory duplication and unnecessary barriers for manufacturers of devices used in the collection, processing, storage and transfusion of blood and blood components.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department is currently analysing the submissions that it received as part of the call for evidence conducted earlier this year and will set out next steps in due course, including on the areas raised by the Hon. Member.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how her Department’s review of substances of human origin legislation will address blood supply resilience and preparedness for emergencies.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department is currently analysing the submissions that it received as part of the call for evidence conducted earlier this year and will set out next steps in due course, including on the areas raised by the Hon. Member.
Asked by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of establishing a UK Substance of Human Origin Coordination Office to support cooperation between regulators, devolved health administrations, national blood and transplant services, and industry.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department is currently analysing the submissions that it received as part of the call for evidence conducted earlier this year and will set out next steps in due course, including on the areas raised by the Hon. Member.