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1169140

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date	07/01/2020
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	Fertility: Females
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 support women with fertility problems.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The level of provision of local health services available to patients, including fertility treatment, is, and has been since the 1990s, a matter for local healthcare commissioners. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a statutory responsibility to commission healthcare services including fertility services that meet the needs of their whole population.</p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s guidance for commissioners is a new tool to help them implement the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility guidelines.</p><p>The Government’s position is that CCGs should be following the NICE fertility guidelines as part of their National Health Service service offer to local people. On 17 June 2019, the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention (Jackie Doyle-Price MP) wrote to the Chief Executives of all CCGs in England to promote the guidance and benchmark price, and strongly encourage them to implement the NICE fertility guidelines in full.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/01/2020 15:33:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1169162

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Colonoscopy: Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when water infusion for colonoscopy will be available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The use of water infusion for colonoscopy in the National Health Service is a clinical decision as to what is the best procedure for the individual patient.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/01/2020 15:33:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1169173

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Dementia: Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with football associations on former footballers and the diagnosis of dementia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>We have had no discussions with football associations on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/01/2020 15:30:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1169177

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Dementia: Children
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 prevalence of childhood dementia.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Dementia in children is exceptionally rare. If a ‘dementia’ developed during childhood, it is likely to be an inherited disease which would have implications for whether a clear diagnosis of dementia could be made.</p><p>Childhood dementia stems from several different groups of complex neurological diseases such as Niemann-Pick disease type-C, Batten disease and Mucopolysaccharide diseases. In the case of Batten disease for example, it is estimated to affect 25-40 children in England.</p><p>In September 2019, NHS England announced National Health Service funding for the treatment of Batten disease with access to a drug called Cerliponase alfa known to slow down onset and extend the child’s life.</p><p>We continue to implement the 2013 UK Strategy for Rare Diseases which contains 51 high level commitments to improve the lives of those with a rare disease or condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/01/2020 15:32:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1149987

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	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

1147887

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Cochlear Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the new cochlear implant for deafness be available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>NHS England commissions cochlear implants for patients who fulfil the criteria as described in the recently published he National Institute for Health and Care Excellence report ‘Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness: Technology appraisal guidance’ published on 7 March 2019 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta566" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta566</a></p><p>There are a number of cochlear implant devices currently available. Specific advice about which of the devices currently available meet an individual patients requirements would be provided by a patient’s local specialist cochlear implant centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/10/2019 10:55:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147891

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Spina Bifida
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with spina bifida in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	293583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of reported cases of spina bifida in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of spina bifida registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>These data exclude spontaneous miscarriage before 20 weeks gestation and cases of spina bifida occulta.</p><p> </p><p>Number of reported cases of spina bifida in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported spina bifida cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the estimated number of cases of congenital heart disease in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of CHD registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which can be viewed at the following link</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>This is likely to be an under-estimate of the actual number of cases as milder forms of congenital heart disease are often diagnosed later.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of reported cases of congenital heart disease in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported CHD cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>England Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>706</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,169</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>4,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,188</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 293587 question first answered 08/10/2019 10:58:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon