Written Question
Tuesday 21st November 2023
Asked by:
Duncan Baker (Conservative - North Norfolk)
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 (a) autism, (b) ADHD and (c) dyslexia in the East of England in the last five years.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
The information requested is not held centrally but may be held locally by individual National Health Service trusts or commissioners.
Written Question
Tuesday 19th July 2022
Asked by:
Duncan Baker (Conservative - North Norfolk)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support care home workers.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
I would like to recognise the enormous contribution care home workers, and all the care workforce, make to this country.
In our People at the Heart of Care White Paper, we set out a landmark investment of £500 million to develop and support the workforce.
This a five-fold increase in public spending on workforce training, creating hundreds of thousands of training places with clear pathways for development and progression.
These measures will make a real difference to the support that care workers get to develop and progress their career.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Ambulance and Emergency Department Waiting Times
"I thank the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) very much for obtaining this very important debate. The very first subject that I raised when I was a newly elected MP was the state of ambulance response times in North Norfolk. That is a particular worry for me, because up …..."Duncan Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Draft Mental Health Bill
"This is an enormously welcome Bill, not least in my constituency, where I have campaigned endlessly for better mental health services and for a hub at our wonderful Cromer Hospital. As Norfolk has the slowest ambulance response times and the most mental health referrals in the UK, how can we …..."Duncan Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2022
Health and Social Care Leadership Review
"I recognise the importance of leadership and reform of the NHS. Can we now show some leadership and reform in the area of NHS dentistry? The Labour Government wrecked NHS dentistry when they brought in the contracts that have led to dentists leaving the profession in droves. When people up …..."Duncan Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2022
North East Ambulance Service
"I have tirelessly raised the issue of North Norfolk ambulance response times over and over again in this place, and there is absolutely no sign of them improving. Wells-next-the-Sea has the record of the worst response times in the entire country, which, given the elderly demographic and high number of …..."Duncan Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Childhood Cancer Outcomes
"A huge thank you to my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) for securing this debate. It is such an important debate and, as she said in her opening remarks, the number of young children who suffer with cancer is truly, truly dreadful.
This is a very …..."Duncan Baker - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 24th March 2022
Asked by:
Duncan Baker (Conservative - North Norfolk)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92097 and following the Conditional Marketing Authorisation awarded by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on 17 March 2022, what plans he has to ensure that severely immunocompromised patients have access to Evusheld; and what estimate he has made of when the first patients will start to receive that treatment.
Answered by Maggie Throup
We are unable to provide the information requested as it is commercially sensitive. Any public announcement on the procurement of treatments would be made after an agreement is reached with companies. The Department is scoping the potential introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis. This includes identification of the most appropriate patient groups which could benefit and the potential deployment and administration process. However, treatments must be clinically cost-effective and demonstrate sufficient efficacy against Omicron and new variants.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Mar 2022
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn
"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for securing this incredibly important debate. It is a very poor situation to have a hospital in Norfolk in this position, when it clearly needs a rebuild. I thank my hon. Friend for everything he has done; we would not be …..."Duncan Baker - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Mar 2022
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn
"Does the Minister know that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was named after the Queen Mother? As it is Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee this year, does he agree that it would be a fitting tribute to give the green light to rebuilding a hospital that is named after her mother?..."Duncan Baker - View Speech
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