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1718766

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date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering breast cancer screening to women going through early menopause.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	26776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) currently recommends that all women aged 50 to 71 years old are invited for a breast screening every three years. The AgeX trial is looking at the impact of increasing or decreasing the screening age for breast screening, and the UK NSC will review its findings when they are available.</p><p>The UK NSC can be alerted to any new published peer reviewed evidence which may suggest the case for a new screening programme, or changes to an existing one. Proposals can be submitted via the UK NSC’s annual call in July 2024, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-annual-call-submitting-a-screening-proposal/uk-nsc-annual-call-how-to-submit-a-proposal#:~:text=To%20submit%20a%20proposal%20for,your%20name" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-annual-call-submitting-a-screening-proposal/uk-nsc-annual-call-how-to-submit-a-proposal#:~:text=To%20submit%20a%20proposal%20for,your%20name</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/05/2024 16:51:28 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1718804

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) has and (b) plans to provide funding for new treatments for ME or chronic fatigue syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	26662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), provides funding for research projects which aim to understand the underlying causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and find new treatments for the condition. As part of this, the NIHR and the Medical Research Council have funded the world’s largest genome-wide association study of ME/CFS. This £3.2 million study, termed DecodeME, will analyse samples from 25,000 people with ME/CFS to search for genetic differences that may indicate underlying causes, or an increased risk of developing the condition. By helping us to understand ME/CFS better, this research has the potential to lead to new treatments for the condition.</p><p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning specialist ME/CFS services that meet the needs of their population, subject to local prioritisation and funding. The process of commissioning services should take into account best practice guidance, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidance on ME/CFS diagnosis and management, published in October 2021. In addition, in October 2023, the British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS published the ME/CFS National Services Survey. This report provides insight into the services being delivered for adults, children, and young people with ME/CFS.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 26663 question first answered 21/05/2024 08:08:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1718805

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of NHS provision of specialist ME or chronic fatigue syndrome services; and if she will take steps to increase the number of clinicians who specialise in ME or chronic fatigue syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	26663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), provides funding for research projects which aim to understand the underlying causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and find new treatments for the condition. As part of this, the NIHR and the Medical Research Council have funded the world’s largest genome-wide association study of ME/CFS. This £3.2 million study, termed DecodeME, will analyse samples from 25,000 people with ME/CFS to search for genetic differences that may indicate underlying causes, or an increased risk of developing the condition. By helping us to understand ME/CFS better, this research has the potential to lead to new treatments for the condition.</p><p>Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning specialist ME/CFS services that meet the needs of their population, subject to local prioritisation and funding. The process of commissioning services should take into account best practice guidance, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s guidance on ME/CFS diagnosis and management, published in October 2021. In addition, in October 2023, the British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS published the ME/CFS National Services Survey. This report provides insight into the services being delivered for adults, children, and young people with ME/CFS.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 26662 question first answered 21/05/2024 08:08:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1718862

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many responses were received to her Department's consultation entitled The disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector, which closed on 16 October 2023; and what her planned timetable is to respond to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Sir Philip Davies
uin	26667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department launched a United Kingdom-wide public consultation on 4 September 2023 on the disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector. The consultation sought views on the possible introduction of regulations through new secondary legislation, as well as views on alternative options to regulations. There were 603 responses to the consultation. The Department is analysing the responses, and the Government’s response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/05/2024 16:47:43 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1718911

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT failures there have been at NHS trusts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	26700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 26701 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:28:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1718912

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT failures there have been at NHS trusts that affected clinical service delivery in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	26701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 26700 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:28:55 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1718439

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to extend the opt-out HIV testing programme.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	26609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of the HIV Action Plan, NHS England made an initial £20 million available over three years up to 2025 for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) opt-out testing in 34 emergency departments in areas with extremely high HIV prevalence, with five or more HIV cases per 1,000 residents aged 15 to 59 years old. This includes Blackpool at 4.9 HIV cases in 2019, and the whole of London, including some local areas with high HIV prevalence, specifically with two to five HIV cases per 1,000 residents aged 15 to 59 years old, with additional funding from NHS London.</p><p>The programme shows extremely encouraging outcomes and in the first two years, it has preliminarily delivered nearly 1.9 million HIV tests, and helped find more than 1,000 people with undiagnosed or untreated HIV.</p><p>In November 2023, the Department announced a new research project to evaluate an expansion of HIV opt-out testing in emergency departments in England. Backed by a further £20 million of funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, the research project will evaluate the testing programme in 47 new sites across England, where HIV prevalence is high. The research project is currently in its set-up phase and will run until the end of 2025/26, with sites receiving twelve months of funding for testing.</p><p>Decisions on whether to continue offering opt-out HIV testing in emergency departments in local areas with extremely high and high HIV prevalence will be based on outcomes of the current opt-out HIV testing programme and research project, as well as available funding.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/05/2024 08:46:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1718454

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Brain Cancer: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled Major agreement to deliver new cancer vaccine trials, published on 5 July 2023, whether brain cancer patients will be given access to the treatments and therapies made available through that programme.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	26614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s partnership with BioNTech aims to provide up to 10,000 United Kingdom patients with personalised immunotherapies by 2030. As well as cancer vaccines, BioNTech has several other classes of cancer therapy under development, such as engineered cell therapies and antibodies. We are not able to comment at this stage on the exact pipeline of clinical trials that BioNTech will go on to launch in the UK, over the coming years.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/05/2024 16:55:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1718464

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coeliac Disease: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for diagnosis of coeliac disease within NHS England; and what steps her Department takes to (a) monitor the adequacy of diagnostic services for coeliac disease and (b) ensure accountability of that role holder.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	26511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Diagnostic services, including tests for coeliac disease, are provided in a range of settings, including community diagnostic centres (CDCs). We are expanding diagnostic capacity through the delivery of the CDC programme. NHS England assesses the delivery of diagnostic services, including by analysing regular management information for activity in CDCs as well as a national data collection for gastroscopy.</p><p>NHS England has also invested in senior clinical leadership in gastroenterology, which includes coeliac disease, as a priority workstream in the national Getting It Right First Time programme. However, it is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to commission services to meet the needs of their local populace, including the diagnosis and ongoing management of coeliac disease.</p><p>The Government and NHS England are taking steps to support people waiting for appointments and surgery for long-term conditions, including those waiting for a coeliac disease diagnosis, by offering online support, increasing elective capacity, and encouraging personalised support.</p><p>NHS England launched the My Planned Care platform in February 2022, giving patients advice and support to manage their health, and avoid significant deterioration of symptoms whilst they wait for appointments. This online platform includes advice on physical and mental health. In addition, through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is providing record levels of investment and increasing the mental health workforce to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services in England, helping to reduce waiting times.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence promotes its guidance on coeliac disease, which includes information for the public via its website, newsletters, and other media.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 26512 26513 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:52:21 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1718465

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coeliac Disease: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the average timescale for a diagnosis of coeliac disease from the point a person presents to their GP with symptoms; and what assessment she has made of the impact of the time taken for a diagnosis on patient mental and physical health.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	26512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Diagnostic services, including tests for coeliac disease, are provided in a range of settings, including community diagnostic centres (CDCs). We are expanding diagnostic capacity through the delivery of the CDC programme. NHS England assesses the delivery of diagnostic services, including by analysing regular management information for activity in CDCs as well as a national data collection for gastroscopy.</p><p>NHS England has also invested in senior clinical leadership in gastroenterology, which includes coeliac disease, as a priority workstream in the national Getting It Right First Time programme. However, it is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to commission services to meet the needs of their local populace, including the diagnosis and ongoing management of coeliac disease.</p><p>The Government and NHS England are taking steps to support people waiting for appointments and surgery for long-term conditions, including those waiting for a coeliac disease diagnosis, by offering online support, increasing elective capacity, and encouraging personalised support.</p><p>NHS England launched the My Planned Care platform in February 2022, giving patients advice and support to manage their health, and avoid significant deterioration of symptoms whilst they wait for appointments. This online platform includes advice on physical and mental health. In addition, through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is providing record levels of investment and increasing the mental health workforce to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services in England, helping to reduce waiting times.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence promotes its guidance on coeliac disease, which includes information for the public via its website, newsletters, and other media.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 26511 26513 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:52:21 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith