Written Question
Wednesday 26th October 2022
Asked by:
Alex Chalk (Conservative - Cheltenham)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to increase the amount provided by the social work bursary.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
- Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
The Department has no plans to increase the social work bursary amount for the forthcoming academic year.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Jul 2022
Ambulance Services and National Heatwave Emergency
"Cheltenham General Hospital’s A&E was saved from a trust plan to close it, thanks to the fantastic support of more than 20,000 of my constituents. Does my hon. Friend agree that, in addressing the enormous challenge of the demands we face, capacity is important as well as flow through the …..."Alex Chalk - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Wuhan Coronavirus
"I thank the Secretary of State for his measured statement. Does he agree that we should not allow our proper focus on the risk from coronavirus to blunt our efforts in respect of seasonal flu, which, as the chief medical officer indicated, kills around 8,000 people a year? In those …..."Alex Chalk - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jan 2020
NHS Funding Bill
"He has not written his speech yet...."Alex Chalk - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 21st January 2020
Asked by:
Alex Chalk (Conservative - Cheltenham)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve healthcare for women with endometriosis.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The National Health Service provides clinical care and treatment for women with endometriosis, including treatment for severe endometriosis through specialised centres across England.
To support women with endometriosis, all obstetricians and gynaecologists have been trained in the diagnosis, investigation and management of the condition, which is specifically listed as a topic in the core curriculum for obstetrics and gynaecology.
NHS England recommends the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology guidelines on the management of women with endometriosis. The guidance offers best practice advice on the diagnosis and treatment of women with suspected endometriosis as well as the effectiveness of medically assisted reproduction for endometriosis-associated infertility. It also provides information on the management of patients in whom endometriosis is found incidentally (without pain or infertility).
NHS England also expects providers to adhere to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance regarding the diagnosis, management and treatment of endometriosis.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2019
The National Health Service
"Gloucestershire health managers, supported by around £50 million of public money, are in the process of reconfiguring hospital services in Gloucestershire. In the light of evidence suggesting that A&E in Cheltenham might be earmarked for closure, I, together with my hon. Friends the Members for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) and for …..."Alex Chalk - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Jul 2019
NHS Long-Term Plan: Implementation
"Thanks to the record funding boost for the NHS, Cheltenham General Hospital can plan for the future with confidence, but local trust managers consistently cite difficulties with recruiting emergency medicine doctors as a reason for not being able to expand A&E provision. Does the Secretary of State agree that some …..."Alex Chalk - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Jun 2019
NHS Pensions
"My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech on an area that is technical, but has enormous implications. I have been contacted by a consultant in emergency medicine at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, who has indicated that because of the perverse incentives of this scheme, he will not be …..."Alex Chalk - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Jun 2019
NHS Pensions
"The hon. Lady is making a good speech. It is true that senior consultants are often relatively well paid, but they cannot afford sometimes four, five or six-figure tax bills suddenly arriving on their doormats, which provide the most profound disincentive to their doing what they want to do: care …..."Alex Chalk - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 11th June 2019
Asked by:
Alex Chalk (Conservative - Cheltenham)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has made an assessment of the effect of second hand smoke from residential properties on people in neighbouring properties; and whether he has plans to extend the smoking ban to private homes.
Answered by Seema Kennedy
The Government has made no such assessment. However, the Government remains committed to protecting the public from the harms of smoking and a comprehensive set of tobacco control policies is in place. There are no plans to extend the smoking ban to private homes.