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100415

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department to publish its Action Plan on Hearing Loss.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	211640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>NHS England is leading on producing the Action Plan on Hearing Loss with input from various agencies and other government departments, including the Department of Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know NHS England is keen to publish as soon as possible but do not yet have a publication date. Departmental officials will continue to engage with them on this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 29/10/2014 17:07:45 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

100417

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what clinical guidance local commissioners are expected to consider when making decisions about commissioning of hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	211641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Local commissioners are responsible for the provision of hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss. Commissioners should take into consideration assessments of local need and any relevant clinical guidance, which may include guidance from appropriate national bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 29/10/2014 15:22:28 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

61753

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 288W, on Parkinson's Disease, over what timeframe NHS England will improve its collection of data concerning individual funding requests for treatments of progressive conditions.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	200509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised us that it is aiming to complete work on improving data collection for individual funding requests in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 19/06/2014 12:02:28 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49186

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease were (a) made, (b) accepted, (c) accepted following an appeal and (d) rejected in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, primary care trusts were responsible for dealing with individual funding requests and information on individual funding request decisions, or on the time taken to consider such requests, was not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2013, NHS England assumed responsibility for commissioning adult specialist neurosciences services, including the majority of services for patients with Parkinson's disease, with some being the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has informed us that information on the number of individual funding requests made to NHS England is not currently available. NHS England is improving its data collection mechanisms and aims to improve availability of such information in the future.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised us it aims to inform the requesting clinician of the outcome of the individual funding request panel decision within 40 working days from the date of receipt of a completed request form. There are no plans to collect information on the average time taken for these decisions to be made.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197326 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49187

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for a decision on an individual funding request for the prescription of Duodopa to a patient with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, primary care trusts were responsible for dealing with individual funding requests and information on individual funding request decisions, or on the time taken to consider such requests, was not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2013, NHS England assumed responsibility for commissioning adult specialist neurosciences services, including the majority of services for patients with Parkinson's disease, with some being the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has informed us that information on the number of individual funding requests made to NHS England is not currently available. NHS England is improving its data collection mechanisms and aims to improve availability of such information in the future.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised us it aims to inform the requesting clinician of the outcome of the individual funding request panel decision within 40 working days from the date of receipt of a completed request form. There are no plans to collect information on the average time taken for these decisions to be made.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197325 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49188

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of potential geographical variations in the handling of individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>We have made no such assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197328 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49189

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of time spent by clinicians on producing and administering individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>We have made no such assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197327 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma