Parliamentary Activity

Morecambe Bay Investigation — 33 mentions in Parliament since Apr 2016

Early Day Motion Commons
22 May 2025
10th anniversary of the Bay Cycle Way

That this House congratulates the Morecambe Bay Partnership on the 10th anniversary of the Bay Cycle Way; commends the Partnership and Sustrans for their vision in creating the 81-mile route from Walney Island in Barrow-in-Furness to Glasson Dock in Lancaster; recognises the incredible success of the route in attracting over three million walkers and cyclists in the past year alone; welcomes the positive impact the path has had on local wellbeing, physical activity and tourism; supports the P...

Written Question Commons
12 Nov 2024
NHS: Safety
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendation 44 of the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to establish a proper framework on which future in

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. We are determined to learn lessons from inquiries and investigations.The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch became an ind... Read full answer →
Early Day Motion Commons
11 Nov 2024
Value of rural post offices

That this House celebrates and commends the continued hard work of postmasters and mistresses in rural communities across the beautiful Morecambe Bay, Lune Valley and Westmorland; recognises and thanks them for their commitment to their communities; highlights the importance of their public service in connecting communities; emphasises their necessity in ensuring older people in particular are able to communicate with family and friends, see their neighbours, and access vital services includi...

Early Day Motion Commons
07 Feb 2024
20th anniversary of cockling deaths at Morecambe Bay

This House solemnly notes the 20th anniversary of the death of 23 cocklers in Morecambe Bay on 5 February 2004; honours their memory and holds their loved ones in our thoughts and in our prayers; remains committed to maintaining safety in the Bay and supports legislation that has prevented a repeat of the tragedy; notes with concern however that restriction of access to the Bay has caused great hardship to local families who have cockled for generations; urges the government to reconsider the...

Written Question Commons
06 Mar 2020
Health Services: Rural Areas
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations contained in the report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, published in March 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his polici

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The National Maternity Review report, ‘Better Births - Improving outcomes of maternity services in England, A Five Year Forward View for maternity care’ reviewed maternity services across the country including in rural and isolated areas.In the 2016/17 cl... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Feb 2020
NHS: Standards
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the importance of putting quality firs

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Department is committed to ensure that services across the health and care system are of the highest quality through ongoing system regulation and oversight.The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of quality for health and adult socia... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Feb 2020
NHS: Reviews
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to (a) establish a proper framework, if necessary sta

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch was established in 2017 to investigate to improve patient safety and create a learning culture across the National Health Service.The Health Service Safety Investigations Bill was introduced in the previous Parli... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Feb 2020
Health Professions: Regulation
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department undertook to ensure that professional regulatory bodies invest

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care As independent bodies, the regulators of healthcare professionals are responsible for operational matters concerning the discharge of their statutory duties. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate for Ministers to become involved with individual fitness... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Feb 2020
NHS Trusts: Coroners
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to draw up a national protocol setting out the duties

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care NHS Improvement, in 2016, published national compulsory guidance on the duties, and the current legislation relating to coroner inquests that National Health Service trusts, foundation trusts, and individual clinicians must follow with regards to coronial... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
26 Feb 2020
Maternity Services: Standards
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what progress he has made in introducing a mechanism to independently scrutinise perinata

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care Medical examiners have been introduced on a non-statutory basis from April 2019 to scrutinise all non-coronial deaths and ensure the right deaths are referred to coroners. This includes neonatal death.Since April 2018, the Healthcare Safety Investigation ... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
25 Feb 2020
Department of Health and Social Care: Impact Assessments
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to review how it carries out impact assessments of ne

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Department’s Impact Assessment process seeks to identify risks and uncertainties associated with proposed policy changes, following best practice guidance for impact assessments and quality assurance set out by HM Treasury in the Green Book and Aqua B... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
25 Feb 2020
NHS Trusts: Reviews
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that (a) all external reviews of suspected

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care National Health Service trusts are asked to submit details of the commissioning and conclusion of relevant external reviews or investigations undertaken in the previous 12 months and describe key outcomes to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as part of th... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
25 Feb 2020
NHS Trusts: Inspections
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that NHS England draws up a protocol t

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The National Quality Board (NQB) provides coordinated leadership for quality on behalf of the Department, Public Health England, NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, NHS Improvement, NHS Digital and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellen... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
25 Feb 2020
NHS Trusts: Reviews
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to draw up systematic guidance setting out an appropr

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care NHS England and NHS Improvement have agreed to establish an advisory function for independent reviews which they sponsor, commission or oversee. This will advise on the establishment and best practice management of these types of reviews. Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
25 Feb 2020
NHS: Reorganisation
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to draw up a protocol on how to manage organisational

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care Since the publication of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, the Department and the National Health Service have put in place a number of measures that are designed to ensure that organisational change is well managed.These include arrangements to support lo... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
24 Feb 2020
Infant Mortality and Maternity Services
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to (a) draw up clear standards for incident (i) repor

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care In July 2019, NHS Improvement published a new NHS Patient Safety Strategy. The strategy commits the National Health Service to developing a new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), which will replace the Serious Incident Framework (publishe... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
24 Feb 2020
Care Quality Commission: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that the CQC and the Parliamentary and

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in place with the Parliamentary and Heath Service Ombudsman (PHSO). The MoU sets out the framework for the working relationship between the two organisations.In addition, the CQC an... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
24 Feb 2020
NHS Trusts: Inspections
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that a duty is placed on all NHS Board

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care Since summer 2018, as part of the Care Quality Commission’s annual Routine Provider Information Return, National Health Service trusts are asked to submit details of the commissioning and conclusion of relevant external reviews or investigations undertake... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
24 Feb 2020
Maternity Services
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to review the opportunities and challenges for smalle

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Health Education England (HEE) working group undertook a comprehensive review of education and training issues for staff working in smaller units and rural areas and published its report in 2016.The 2019 Maternity Workforce Strategy which superseded t... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
13 Feb 2020
NHS: Negligence
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, what plans his Department has to improve the 2014 duty of candour for all NHS professionals.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Government introduced a statutory duty of candour on organisations in response to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, and this is regulated as part of the Care Quality Commission inspection regime. Providers must ensure that the... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
12 Feb 2020
Maternity Services and Paediatrics
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to conduct a national review of the provision of mate

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The National Maternity Review report, ‘Better Births - Improving outcomes of maternity services in England, A Five Year Forward View for maternity care’ reviewed maternity services across the country including in rural and isolated areas. It found that in... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
12 Feb 2020
NHS: Standards
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to (a) establish national standards of the profession

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management is developing the third edition of the Leadership and management standards for medical professionals to be released in 2020.The interim People Plan published in June 2019 gave a commitment to undertake a sy... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
12 Feb 2020
NHS: Standards
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to (a) publish national standards setting out the res

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management is developing the third edition of the Leadership and management standards for medical professionals to be released in 2020.The interim People Plan published in June 2019 gave a commitment to undertake a sy... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
11 Feb 2020
Perinatal Mortality
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his department has taken to improve recording systems for perinatal deaths.

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care The Government has introduced measures to improve the systematic recording of perinatal deaths.The Perinatal Mortality Review Tool was launched in 2018 to support National Health Service trusts to undertake systematic, multidisciplinary, high quality revi... Read full answer →
Written Question Commons
11 Feb 2020
NHS: Complaints
Jeremy Hunt Conservative → Department of Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department have taken to review the NHS complaints system to (a) strengthe

Government answer
Department of Health and Social Care We are currently developing a national strategy which aims to drive improvements in how feedback and concerns from patients are dealt with by the National Health Service so that the NHS listens, learns and acts. Read full answer →