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418383

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date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 27 July (HL1635), whether they have plans to introduce day surgery appointments for the clearance or extraction of deciduous teeth under general anaesthetic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Many extractions are already carried out on a day case basis; whether the extraction is carried out as a day case or requires an overnight admission is a matter for the clinicians involved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that NHS Lancashire and Greater Manchester have for a number of years commissioned day case surgery as well as overnight admission for children who require a full clearance of deciduous teeth under general anaesthetic.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/09/2015 16:27:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

418384

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fluoride: Drinking Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to make representations to Manchester City Council to give further consideration to fluoridation of the water supply in Greater Manchester; and whether any such representations will take account of the lower level of tooth decay amongst children in Birmingham, where the water supply has been fluoridated since 1964.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive governments that decisions on water fluoridation are best taken locally. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 gave powers to upper tier and unitary local authorities to make proposals in relation to fluoridation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014 Public Health England published a water fluoridation health monitoring report which showed lower levels of tooth decay in areas with water fluoridation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has also, in 2014, published an evidence informed toolkit for local authorities to support them in planning, reviewing and commissioning oral health improvement interventions for children and young people, including the potential role of water fluoridation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/09/2015 15:12:30 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

418385

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of lives that might be saved per annum from licensing bisphosphonates for the treatment of early post-menopausal breast cancer.
tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
uin	HL2179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Neither the Department nor NHS England have made an assessment of the number of lives that might be saved per annum from licensing bisphosphonates for the treatment of early post-menopausal breast cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Doctors can already prescribe a drug outside its licensed indications where they judge it to be the most clinically appropriate treatment for an individual patient.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2180 question first answered 22/09/2015 10:19:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

418386

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether doctors are free to prescribe bisphosphonates in the treatment of early stage breast cancer despite the fact that it is not presently licensed for that purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
uin	HL2180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Neither the Department nor NHS England have made an assessment of the number of lives that might be saved per annum from licensing bisphosphonates for the treatment of early post-menopausal breast cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Doctors can already prescribe a drug outside its licensed indications where they judge it to be the most clinically appropriate treatment for an individual patient.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL2179 question first answered 22/09/2015 10:19:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein