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1079576

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date	01/03/2019
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	Skin Cancer: Sunbeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential correlation between the use of sunbeds for tanning the risk of skin cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	227416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Ultraviolet (UV) radiation-emitting tanning devices, including sunbeds, were classified in 2009 as ‘carcinogenic to humans’ by the International Agency for Research on Cancer based on consistent evidence of a positive association between their use and incidence of melanoma.</p><p> </p><p>In 2009, the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment published advice to United Kingdom Government on the health effects and risks from UV sunbeds and concluded that there is evidence to suggest an increased risk of skin cancer among those who use sunbeds before the age of 35. The Committee's Report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comare-13th-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/comare-13th-report</a></p><p> </p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) report on ‘Artificial tanning devices: public health interventions to manage sunbeds’ states that melanoma risk increases with younger age of first sunbed use and with greater lifetime use of sunbeds. The WHO report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.who.int/uv/publications/artificial-tanning-devices/en/" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/uv/publications/artificial-tanning-devices/en/</a></p><p> </p><p>A systematic review in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) showed that people who have used a sunbed at least once at any stage in their life have a 20% higher risk of developing melanoma than people who have never used a sunbed, and the first use of sunbeds before the age of 35 increases the risk of developing melanoma by 59%. The BMJ report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4757.long" target="_blank">https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4757.long</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2019 16:37:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1079577

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Cancer: Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the proportion of cancer patients in England received radiotherapy as part of their primary treatment in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	227381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2019 11:03:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1079586

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2019 to Question 224315, for what reasons his Department has not made a recent estimate based on up to date prices of the cost to the NHS of treating injuries caused by excessive alcohol consumption.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	227380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Updating cost estimates of alcohol harm is complex because circumstances, prevalence and treatments may have changed. The Department is exploring the possibility and feasibility of carrying out research to update the cost estimates that are currently available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2019 16:31:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1079588

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Tomography: Oxfordshire
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 reasons the contract for PET-CT scanning in Oxfordshire was awarded to InHealth and not Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	227413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2017/18 a formal procurement process was undertaken by NHS England for approximately half of the PET/CT scanning services in England including the service provided to the population of the Thames Valley area. The evaluation criteria included clinical/service quality, patient access and cost. The preferred bidder InHealth submitted a bid which satisfied all the necessary criteria and achieved the highest score.</p><p>Patient access, quality and cost were included in the evaluation criteria. There are discussions currently in progress with both InHealth and Oxford University Hospitals about mobilising the new service. There are also discussions with the hospitals in Milton Keynes and Swindon about the start-up of their new services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 227414 question first answered 06/03/2019 16:32:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1079589

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Tomography: Inhealthcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) accessibility, (b) cost and (c) quality of care of moving the PET-CT scanning service from Churchill Hospital in Oxford as a result of the decision to award the contract for scanning to InHealth.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	227414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2017/18 a formal procurement process was undertaken by NHS England for approximately half of the PET/CT scanning services in England including the service provided to the population of the Thames Valley area. The evaluation criteria included clinical/service quality, patient access and cost. The preferred bidder InHealth submitted a bid which satisfied all the necessary criteria and achieved the highest score.</p><p>Patient access, quality and cost were included in the evaluation criteria. There are discussions currently in progress with both InHealth and Oxford University Hospitals about mobilising the new service. There are also discussions with the hospitals in Milton Keynes and Swindon about the start-up of their new services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 227413 question first answered 06/03/2019 16:32:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1079601

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February to Question 222647 on HIV: Infection, what the timetable is for the review of the number of places available on the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Impact trial by the PrEP Oversight Board.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	227401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>On 30 January, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced that the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact trial would be expanded to 26,000 people. Rollout of additional places on the trial is now commencing and will be an important element in our HIV prevention efforts.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2019 16:32:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle