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date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Thromboembolism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the risk of potentially fatal blood clots in cancer patients, whether they are planning to recommend to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence that the next update of Clinical Guideline 92 includes specific provisions on managing the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients receiving treatment for cancer.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL2648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and develops the detailed scope of individual guidelines through consultation with stakeholders. NICE has advised that the scope for its update of clinical guideline on venous thromboembolism - reducing the risk (CG92) covers a range of population groups, including:</p><p> </p><p>- Adults and young people (16 years and older) admitted to hospital</p><p>- Adults and young people (16 years and older) attending hospital for day procedures including cancer treatment and surgery.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of prophylaxis, the scope specifies that individual populations will be investigated separately, including patients being treated for cancer who have been admitted to hospital or are having day procedures (including surgery and chemotherapy).</p><p> </p><p>The current clinical guideline published in January 2010 already identifies active cancer or cancer treatment as a risk factor for venous thromboembolism. It also makes specific recommendations on when to offer prophylaxis to patients with cancer.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 03/11/2016 13:27:38 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

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date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Advisory Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the contract for the drugs helpline Talk to Frank has been renewed; and if so, to whom the contract has been awarded, and at what cost to the Department of Health.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL2648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>Talk to Frank is one of 10 helplines currently run by Public Health England from a central contact centre. The current contract for this contact centre is due to end in July 2016. As a result the future contract is out to tender.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/10/2015 12:39:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

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registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House any correspondence between the Home Office and Department of Health regarding standardised packaging of tobacco products since 2011; and what were the contents of that correspondence.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL2648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to carefully consider all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products.</p><p> </p><p><br> The Department currently has no plans to place this information into the Library. Releasing this information at the present time would undermine Ministers and officials’ capacity for consideration and debate, which is required for proper deliberation of this developing policy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2647 question first answered 18/11/2014 12:40:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer