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1586651

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	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: Cygnet Healthcare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average daily cost to the NHS was for a person receiving mental health support in a hospital ward owned by Cygnet Health Care in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	147363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/02/2023 16:50:48 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1455467

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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: 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 steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose sarcoma cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	149333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ details how the National Health Service will reduce the time taken to diagnose cancer, including sarcoma cancer. The plan aims to return the number of people waiting more than 62 days from an urgent referral for cancer to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. By March 2024, 75% of patients who have been urgently referred by their general practitioner (GP) for suspected cancer will be diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days.</p><p>The NHS is raising awareness of cancer symptoms through the ‘Help us help you’ campaign and locally tailored approaches to increase the number of referrals from GPs. We are investing £2.3 billion to establish up to 160 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) by March 2025. CDCs will provide additional capacity for tests which can assist the diagnosis of sarcoma cancer, such as ultrasounds, magnetic resonance imaging and biopsies. Since July 2021, existing CDCs have provided over 650,000 additional tests.</p><p>Those diagnosed with sarcoma and with a family history or risk factors can access genomic tests to aid early diagnosis and treatment options. There are also specialist soft tissue sarcoma cancer centres and specialist bone sarcoma centres in England. These centres accept referrals for patients with suspected diagnoses from genomics results or primary or acute care.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 149334 question first answered 04/04/2022 12:22:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1455468

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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: 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 plans he has to reduce the time taken to diagnose sarcoma cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	149334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ details how the National Health Service will reduce the time taken to diagnose cancer, including sarcoma cancer. The plan aims to return the number of people waiting more than 62 days from an urgent referral for cancer to pre-pandemic levels by March 2023. By March 2024, 75% of patients who have been urgently referred by their general practitioner (GP) for suspected cancer will be diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days.</p><p>The NHS is raising awareness of cancer symptoms through the ‘Help us help you’ campaign and locally tailored approaches to increase the number of referrals from GPs. We are investing £2.3 billion to establish up to 160 community diagnostic centres (CDCs) by March 2025. CDCs will provide additional capacity for tests which can assist the diagnosis of sarcoma cancer, such as ultrasounds, magnetic resonance imaging and biopsies. Since July 2021, existing CDCs have provided over 650,000 additional tests.</p><p>Those diagnosed with sarcoma and with a family history or risk factors can access genomic tests to aid early diagnosis and treatment options. There are also specialist soft tissue sarcoma cancer centres and specialist bone sarcoma centres in England. These centres accept referrals for patients with suspected diagnoses from genomics results or primary or acute care.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 149333 question first answered 04/04/2022 12:22:43 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1455469

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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 his strategy is for increasing public awareness of sarcoma cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	149335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Help us help you’ encourages more people to consult their general practitioner if they experience symptoms which could be a sign of cancer. The current phase of the campaign focuses on the barriers to seeking advice, such as fear or anxiety, rather than on specific set symptoms. Previous phases of the campaign have included symptoms which could be indicative of sarcoma, such as abdominal discomfort or a persistent cough.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are committed to improving the completeness of staging data. The NHS England and NHS Improvement’s cancer programme is working with the National Disease Registration Service to identify trusts and tumour sites where staging data requires improvement.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 149336 question first answered 06/04/2022 10:47:46 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1455470

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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: 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 plans his Department has to increase the number of sarcoma cancers that have been staged to track the NHS Long Term Plan’s target of having 75 per cent of all cancers diagnosed at stage one or two by 2028.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	149336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Help us help you’ encourages more people to consult their general practitioner if they experience symptoms which could be a sign of cancer. The current phase of the campaign focuses on the barriers to seeking advice, such as fear or anxiety, rather than on specific set symptoms. Previous phases of the campaign have included symptoms which could be indicative of sarcoma, such as abdominal discomfort or a persistent cough.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are committed to improving the completeness of staging data. The NHS England and NHS Improvement’s cancer programme is working with the National Disease Registration Service to identify trusts and tumour sites where staging data requires improvement.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 149335 question first answered 06/04/2022 10:47:46 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1455471

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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: Radiology
	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 encourage the use by radiologists of UK guidelines for the management of soft tissue sarcomas, published in 2016 by Clinical Sarcoma Research.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	149337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to do so. As a direct commissioner of both soft tissue and bone sarcoma services, NHS England and NHS Improvement require that all commissioned providers must meet the standards contained within national service specifications and comply with associated clinical commissioning policies, which set out access to specific interventions.</p><p>Where clinicians consider that there is evidence which supports making amendments to national service standards or access policies, they are encouraged to submit proposals to NHS England and NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 26/04/2022 12:09:29 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1437552

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2022
	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 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, whether his Department is taking steps to prepare for the implementation of the UK NSC’s recommendation on lung cancer screening.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	133255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) plans to open a three-month public consultation on the evidence for lung cancer screening in the week commencing 7 March 2022. The Department will receive the UK NSC’s recommendation on lung cancer screening in individuals at an increased risk following its meeting in June 2022.</p><p>If recommended, NHS England and NHS Improvement will be responsible for implementing the programme in England and preparatory work is underway.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/03/2022 11:40:55 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1437553

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2022
	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 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, with reference to COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19, published on 21 February 2022, what steps his Department are taking to help ensure that NHS England's Targeted Lung Health Check programme is able to return to and exceed its pre-pandemic levels of performance.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	133256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>All Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) sites were operational by September 2020 and are issuing in excess of 30,000 invitations each month, compared to 1,555 each month prior to the pandemic. In 2022/23, the number of operational THLCs sites will increase from 23 to 43, funded by up to £70 million from the NHS Cancer Programme. The UK National Screening Committee is currently considering whether TLHCs should be recommended as a national screening programme.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 128399 128400 question first answered 07/03/2022 15:58:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1437133

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	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	Epilepsy: Cannabis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason only three NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis have been issued to children with severe intractable epilepsy since the law was changed in November 2018 to enable those prescriptions to be made in specialist cases.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	132342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The licensed cannabis-based medicine Epidyolex is prescribed and routinely funded by the National Health Service for two rare forms of epilepsy - Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.</p><p>Clinical guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence demonstrate a need for more evidence to support routine prescribing and funding decisions for unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use. We continue to call on manufacturers to conduct this research and we are working with regulatory, research and NHS partners to establish clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of these products.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/03/2022 09:07:39 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1434765

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	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 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, what his timeline is for approval of the national lung cancer screening programme following its suspension in March 2020 due to the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	128399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>All Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) sites were operational by September 2020 and are issuing in excess of 30,000 invitations each month, compared to 1,555 each month prior to the pandemic. In 2022/23, the number of operational THLCs sites will increase from 23 to 43, funded by up to £70 million from the NHS Cancer Programme. The UK National Screening Committee is currently considering whether TLHCs should be recommended as a national screening programme.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 128400 133256 question first answered 07/03/2022 15:58:08 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 53980 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi