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1433508

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Dementia: 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, what steps he is taking to help ensure that dementia patients can access the same healthcare professionals during the entirety of the treatment for their condition.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	126635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>People living with dementia are more likely to have multiple health conditions and this requires support from healthcare professionals specific to each condition. In addition, as dementia advances, the health and social care needs of those living with dementia will change over time. These factors show the need for multi-disciplinary, coordinated and personalised support from a wide range of health and social care professionals.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement’s ‘Universal Personalised Care: Implementing the Comprehensive Model’ includes the role of care coordinators to ensure that care is focussed on the needs of the person with dementia and their families. The Model is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/universal-personalised-care-implementing-the-comprehensive-model/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/universal-personalised-care-implementing-the-comprehensive-model/</a></p><p> </p><p>We will be setting out our dementia strategy for England later this year, which will include a focus on improving the experience of being diagnosed and living with dementia.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/02/2022 16:18:09 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1433511

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Surgery
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 individuals in the UK have had shoulder surgery in each of the last three years by (a) age and (b) gender.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	126638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. However, data on the number of shoulder surgeries in England in each of the last three years by age and gender is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/03/2022 15:52:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE Number of shoulder surgeries by age and gender.xlsx title TABLE
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1433513

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness across the UK of the five major symptoms of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	126640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement’s ‘Help us help you’ campaign has raised awareness of key cancer symptoms. Three new awareness campaigns on cervical screening, prostate cancer and the barriers to patients seeking treatment for symptoms are running in the first quarter of 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 25/02/2022 13:35:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1421154

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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	Lymphoedema
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 people in the UK have been diagnosed with lymphoedema in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>NHS Digital have provided a count of patients with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Lymphoedema, recorded for each year from 2016-17 to <del class="ministerial">2021-21</del> <ins class="ministerial">2020-21 </ins>(inclusive).</p><p>The data represents activity in NHS Hospitals in England and English NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector.</p><p>It is important to note that in any given year a patient will only be counted once, but it is possible that the same patient may be counted in multiple years.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Number of patients</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20,521</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017/18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22,928</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018/19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">26,394</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019/20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">29,688</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020/21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">25,512</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table></ins></p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/02/2022 09:29:45 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2022 10:10:31 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 51598 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1421155

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to help raise awareness of cancer on World Cancer Day 2022.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>On World Cancer Day, 4 February 2022, the Secretary of State held a roundtable discussion with several cancer charities, followed by a speech on cancer in England. The Department also launched a Call for Evidence on World Cancer Day, which will feed into a new 10-year cancer plan to be published later this year.</p><p>Public awareness campaigns have been delivered under the NHS England and NHS Improvement ‘Help Us Help You’ umbrella, which is designed to encourage more effective use of the NHS by encouraging people to get help in the right place at the right time and raise awareness of cancer symptoms. Three new awareness campaigns, tackling cervical screening, prostate cancer, and barriers to seeking treatment, will be launched over the next month. The phases of the campaign that have run to date have contributed to the high levels of urgent cancer referrals the NHS has seen since March 2021.</p><p>The Department’s communications team also secured 14 national stories, 14 regional pieces, and 18 online stories.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/02/2022 09:22:27 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1421156

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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	Cancer and HIV Infection: Pembrolizumab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of pembrolizumab in the treatment of HIV and cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>We have made no assessment.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for making recommendations for the National Health Service (NHS) on whether licensed medicines represent a clinically and cost-effective use of NHS resources.</p><p>Pembrolizumab is licensed in the treatment of several different types of cancer and has been recommended by NICE subject to specified clinical criteria. Pembrolizumab is available to NHS patients in England in line with NICE’s recommendations. Further information about NICE’s published guidance on pembrolizumab for the treatment of some types of cancer is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/search?q=pembrolizumab" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/search?q=pembrolizumab</a>.</p><p>Pembrolizumab is not currently licensed for the treatment of HIV.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/02/2022 09:51:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1420691

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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	MMR Vaccine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the decline in MMR vaccine uptake.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>On 1 February 2022 a new national marketing campaign was launched with the aim of increasing awareness and driving uptake of both doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in children under the age of five years.</p><p>In addition, NHS England and NHS Improvement are implementing an MMR campaign from March 2022 to increase coverage of the MMR vaccine in the routine childhood programme. This will include a central call and recall for children aged 1-6 years who have been identified to not be up to date for their age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 16/02/2022 10:56:54 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1420692

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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	Lung Diseases: 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, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of lung disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government funding of £2.3 billion at the Spending Review will help the National Health Service increase the number of Community Diagnostic Centres to 160 by 2024-25. This will increase diagnostic capacity and provide access to physiological and imaging tests that will improve diagnosis of lung disease.</p><p>Targeted Lung Health Checks are running across the country to diagnose cancer and help pick up respiratory conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with the British Lung foundation, a member of the Taskforce for Lung Health which aims to prevent more people from developing lung disease and to transform the care of people living with lung disease. Early diagnosis of lung disease means people will get treatment earlier, improving health outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 16/02/2022 16:43:55 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1420097

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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	Liver Diseases: 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, what plans his Department has to tackle geographical variation in the (a) provision and (b) delivery of NHS liver treatment services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	119578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>Liver disease as a priority in the NHS Long Term Plan. A key priorities for the National Health Service in 2022/23 is to continue to develop the approach to population health management, prevent ill health and address health inequalities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In autumn 2021, NHS England commissioned a health inequalities stocktake in relation to liver disease, which confirmed that geographical variation is seen in many indicators for risk factors, morbidity and mortality associated with liver disease. The Hepatobiliary Clinical Reference Group is reviewing the stocktake findings, which will help guide and inform priorities for action in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has prioritised the World Health Organisation (WHO) goal to eliminate Hepatitis C, a significant cause of end stage liver disease, as a public health issue in advance of the WHO 2030 target.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 119579 question first answered 14/02/2022 16:44:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1420098

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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	Liver Diseases: 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 he will prioritise the treatment of liver disease in the context of that disease being the most common cause of premature mortality in the UK; and what plans his Department has to ensure that NHS planning and policy (a) recognises and (b) responds to the severity of that disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	119579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>Liver disease as a priority in the NHS Long Term Plan. A key priorities for the National Health Service in 2022/23 is to continue to develop the approach to population health management, prevent ill health and address health inequalities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In autumn 2021, NHS England commissioned a health inequalities stocktake in relation to liver disease, which confirmed that geographical variation is seen in many indicators for risk factors, morbidity and mortality associated with liver disease. The Hepatobiliary Clinical Reference Group is reviewing the stocktake findings, which will help guide and inform priorities for action in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has prioritised the World Health Organisation (WHO) goal to eliminate Hepatitis C, a significant cause of end stage liver disease, as a public health issue in advance of the WHO 2030 target.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 119578 question first answered 14/02/2022 16:44:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon