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1126597

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Cataracts: Surgery
	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 ensure that cataract removal surgery is available to everyone who would benefit from it.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
	uin	254121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), with their clinical expertise, are responsible for commissioning high-quality care to meet the needs of their populations. CCGs are required to carefully consider the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines in making commissioning decisions. These are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng77" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng77</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/05/2019 10:44:28 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

1045881

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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	Maternity Services: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records his Department holds on the number of women who have been deterred from seeking NHS maternity care as a result of charging under the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
	uin	211098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of women who have been deterred from seeking National Health Service maternity care.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that NHS maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, as amended.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/01/2019 14:58:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

631893

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the availability of bisphosphonates for the prevention of secondary breast cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
	uin	52403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions with NHS England. Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning these drugs for the prevention of secondary breast cancer based upon clinical judgement.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 17/11/2016 16:51:56 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

599473

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions the Chemotherapy Clinical Reference Group has had on the use of bisphosphonates for the indication of preventing secondary breast cancer since July 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
	uin	48107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that the Chemotherapy Clinical Reference Group (CRG) discussed the use of bisphosphonates for the indication of preventing secondary breast cancer during a meeting held in September 2015. It was raised in the context of guidance being developed by the Breast Cancer Clinical Reference Group and whether, through the Chemotherapy CRG, NHS England could implement any policy to support the use of these drugs. It was confirmed that these drugs would need to be commissioned by clinical commissioning groups.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 19/10/2016 15:04:06 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

447920

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Organs: Donors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hospitals in England that have at least one embedded specialist nurse dealing specifically with organ donation.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Mrs Caroline Spelman
	uin	24365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has a network of specialist nurses for organ donation throughout the United Kingdom who are an integral part of the donation process and provide support to potential donor families.</p><p> </p><p>All hospitals in England with donation potential have input and support from specialist nurses for organ donation. There are currently 98 hospitals in England that have specialist nurses for organ donation embedded within them. In addition NHSBT is recruiting specialist nurses to a further seven hospitals, making a total of 105. The level of support and resource allocated varies according to the donation potential for the individual hospital and the number of hospitals in each acute trust. The larger trusts will have a larger team allocated to them. The specialist nurses work to provide support to all hospitals within the trust, adopting a hub and spoke approach.</p><p> </p><p>These specialist nurses provide an on call service 24 hours, seven days a week, to ensure each donor referral is responded to in a timely manner and facilitated.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/02/2016 16:13:16 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

101435

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Equipment: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure the routine commissioning of cough assist machines in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Mrs Caroline Spelman
	uin	212192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer my Rt. hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my Rt. hon Friend, the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Andrew Mitchell) on 27 October 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=211129" target="_blank">211129</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/11/2014 17:08:01 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

65508

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) non-patient egg donors and (b) egg-share donors were admitted to hospital for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Meriden
	tabling member printed	Mrs Caroline Spelman
	uin	203642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that licensed fertility clinics are only required to report instances of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) to the authority that require a hospital admission with a severe grading, although in practice clinics often report moderate OHSS as well. The HFEA does not, therefore, hold definitive data on the number of women admitted to hospital with OHSS, including non-patient egg donors and egg-share donors.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of cases of OHSS reported to the HFEA, that were assessed as moderate or severe, was given in my Written Answer to the hon. Member for Heywood and Middleton (Jim Dobbin), on 24 June 2014 <em>Official Report</em>, columns 156-7W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/07/2014 14:58:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman