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1149987

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date	16/10/2019
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	Migraines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he holds statistics on the number of people in the UK who suffer from chronic migraine which affects their quality of life.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence states that migraine prevalence has been reported to be 2-25% in women and 2-10% in men. If someone is experiencing frequent or severe migraines symptoms, which is affecting their quality of life, they should visit their general practitioner for further medical advice.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/10/2019 10:58:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1149992

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Visual Impairment: Stem Cells
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 merits of stem cell therapy treatment to restore sight.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The assessment about the potential merits of stem cell therapy is undertaken by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England commissions care in line with the NICE guidance.</p><p>NICE issued guidance in 2017 on the use of Holoclar for treating corneal injury due to limbal stem cell deficiency after burns which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta467" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta467</a></p><p>The National Institute of Health Research is currently supporting four clinical trials investigating the use of stem cells at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/10/2019 14:25:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1150023

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Psoriasis
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 number of people with psoriasis.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made. However, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence states that the prevalence of psoriasis have been estimated around 1.3 – 2.2% in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/10/2019 14:22:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1150029

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Urinary System: 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 plans he has to make pyeloplasty for kidney blockages available through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published Interventional Procedure (IP) Guidance on the use of laparoscopic pyeloplasty, which is used to treat blockages affecting the kidney, in 2004.</p><p><br> NICE concluded that the evidence on the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic pyeloplasty appeared adequate to support the use of this procedure, provided that the normal arrangements are in place for consent, audit and clinical governance. The guidance can be found at the following link:</p><p><br> <a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/IPG46" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/IPG46</a></p><p> </p><p>IP guidance looks at procedures used for diagnosis or treatment. It considers if they are safe and work well enough for wider use in the National Health Service. Whilst compliance with IP guidance is not mandatory, it is considered best clinical practice for the NHS to take it into account.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/10/2019 11:00:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon