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1109054

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date	02/04/2019
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	Cytomegalovirus
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 (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cytomegalovirus in infants and children.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	240083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Experts advise that cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains difficult to diagnose because in the majority of cases the baby presents normally at birth.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology (RCOG) published an update for the treatment of congenital CMV infection, acknowledging that therapeutic options such as antiviral therapy are still being evaluated within the research setting. The RCOG will consider whether the paper needed to be updated.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials will be meeting the charity CMV Action next month to discuss their recommendations to prevent, diagnose and intervene.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/04/2019 13:32:18 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1109055

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Cytomegalovirus
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 increase (a) awareness of and (b) education on cytomegalovirus among parents and children.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	240084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Health visitors and midwives, together with other health care professionals including general practitioners and general practice nurses provide advice and guidance to families at contacts in the pre-conception period, pregnancy and throughout early childhood.</p><p> </p><p>To support direct clinical advice from health care professionals, Public Health England’s Start4Life social marketing programme informs parents-to-be and parents about cytomegalovirus via its Information Service for Parents subscription email service. This includes links to the National Health Service website, and information on preventative measures, including good hand hygiene. Start4Life also provides this messaging through its social media channels.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 240085 question first answered 10/04/2019 13:42:07 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1109056

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Cytomegalovirus
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 increase (a) awareness of and (b) education on cytomegalovirus among pregnant women.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	240085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Health visitors and midwives, together with other health care professionals including general practitioners and general practice nurses provide advice and guidance to families at contacts in the pre-conception period, pregnancy and throughout early childhood.</p><p> </p><p>To support direct clinical advice from health care professionals, Public Health England’s Start4Life social marketing programme informs parents-to-be and parents about cytomegalovirus via its Information Service for Parents subscription email service. This includes links to the National Health Service website, and information on preventative measures, including good hand hygiene. Start4Life also provides this messaging through its social media channels.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 240084 question first answered 10/04/2019 13:42:07 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1109060

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Cytomegalovirus
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 he has made of the costs incurred to NHS England each year of treating cytomegalovirus.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	240088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. The range of procedures and diagnoses that may cover cytomegalovirus mean it is not possible to provide a cost of treatment.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/04/2019 13:50:04 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden