Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

521220

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Endometriosis: Diagnosis
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 9 May 2016 to Question 36175, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the length of time from the onset of symptoms to the diagnosis of endometriosis.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	38341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department has asked the National Institute of Health for Health and Care Excellence to develop a guideline on the diagnosis and management of endometriosis. This will include: symptoms and signs of endometriosis; and use of diagnostic tests including imaging, biomarkers and surgical diagnosis. The guideline is due to be published in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/06/2016 15:37:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

521221

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to advance the development of a cure for HIV; what assessment he has made of the development by the US government of HIV antibodies which bind to the target site and stop the virus from infecting the cell; and what international research partnerships his Department currently has for developing a cure for HIV.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	38379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government provides funding to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). IAVI has been instrumental in working with partners, including the United States National Institutes of Health who have undertaken the work to identify broadly neutralising antibodies from asymptomatic people infected with HIV. IAVI and its partners are still at an early stage of working with these broadly neutralising antibodies, to investigate how they might be used to prevent and treat HIV infection.</p><p> </p><p>Funding from the UK Government has allowed IAVI to bring together expertise from academia and the pharmaceutical sector, and from across regions, including the UK and Eastern and Southern Africa, to collaboratively design and evaluate novel vaccine candidates, to demonstrate, in the longer-term, that at least one can be fully developed into an effective vaccine to help prevent HIV infection or AIDS.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/06/2016 15:33:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

521231

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that outsourced hospital food providers and the places they source their ingredients are monitored regularly to ensure the highest hygiene standards.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	38194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>All hospital food providers need to register with their local authority Environmental Health Department, who will carry out food safety interventions, including inspections, at a frequency determined by the risk based intervention criteria in the Food Law Code of Practice. The inspections will include consideration of the provider’s traceability system.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/06/2016 15:30:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

521232

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure equality of access to heart valve replacements.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	38210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is holding a Clinical Summit on 15 June 2016, bringing together cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to examine the issues relating to heart valve disease. This will discuss variation and the outputs will be used to inform the future commissioning approach within specialised commissioning.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the office of the Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England is working with the National Clinical Director for Heart Disease and Health Education England to look at ways to improve provision and increase access to echocardiography for the identification of heart valve disease.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also undertaken a significant programme of work on congenital heart services, working very closely with the relevant stakeholders, including patients and their representatives, clinicians and hospital managers. This work produced a new set of service standards with the aim of achieving the best outcomes for all patients, consistently across the whole country and with excellent patient experience. Following consultation these standards were agreed by the board of NHS England in July 2015 and came into effect on 1 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38211 question first answered 02/06/2016 15:34:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

521233

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve equality of access to echo-cardiography for the identification of heart valve disease for people aged over 65.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	38211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>NHS England is holding a Clinical Summit on 15 June 2016, bringing together cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to examine the issues relating to heart valve disease. This will discuss variation and the outputs will be used to inform the future commissioning approach within specialised commissioning.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the office of the Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England is working with the National Clinical Director for Heart Disease and Health Education England to look at ways to improve provision and increase access to echocardiography for the identification of heart valve disease.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also undertaken a significant programme of work on congenital heart services, working very closely with the relevant stakeholders, including patients and their representatives, clinicians and hospital managers. This work produced a new set of service standards with the aim of achieving the best outcomes for all patients, consistently across the whole country and with excellent patient experience. Following consultation these standards were agreed by the board of NHS England in July 2015 and came into effect on 1 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38210 question first answered 02/06/2016 15:34:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

521236

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Endometriosis
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 9 May 2016 to Question 36176, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of endometriosis among (a) primary healthcare professionals and (b) women of reproductive age.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	38273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is important that women with endometriosis receive appropriate treatment and support. Information on endometriosis is readily available to both the public and healthcare professionals. NHS Choices have published information for the public on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Endometriosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Endometriosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health in England has asked the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence to develop a guideline on the diagnosis and management of endometriosis for healthcare professionals, including those in primary care. The guidance will be published in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>All obstetricians and gynaecologists have been trained in the diagnosis, investigation and management of endometriosis, which is specifically listed as a topic in the core curriculum for obstetrics and gynaecology.</p><p> </p><p>To support clinicians, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology has published a comprehensive guideline and app on the management and treatment of endometriosis. Guideline available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.eshre.eu/Guidelines-and-Legal/Guidelines/Endometriosis-guideline.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.eshre.eu/Guidelines-and-Legal/Guidelines/Endometriosis-guideline.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/06/2016 15:57:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

521238

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Endometriosis
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 9 May 2016 to Question 36176, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the increase in the count of finished admission episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of endometriosis, between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	38274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not conducted a formal assessment of the reasons for the increase in hospital admissions with a primary or secondary diagnosis of endometriosis, between 2010-11 and 2014-15. However, it has asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop a guideline on the diagnosis and management of endometriosis. This will include: use of staging systems to guide treatment decisions; timing of interventions; and pharmacological and surgical treatments. A consultation on the draft guidelines is scheduled to run from 27 February 2017 until the 10 April 2017, with an expected publication date of September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/06/2016 15:31:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

521240

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Epilepsy: Plymouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons people in Plymouth who have epilepsy are waiting six months from having a seizure to see a consultant of specialist nurse.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	38285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>There are no national measures or means by which the Department monitors frequency of patients reviews, either by consultants or nurses. Guidance is issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence however this does not replace the skills and knowledge of health professionals in managing patients. The arrangements for the management and follow up of people with epilepsy are a local matter and decisions on the frequency with which patients are seen should be made on a case by case basis, taking into account the individual circumstances of each patient.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that the maximum wait for outpatients to receive a neurology appointment is 12 weeks currently. Additionally 92% of patients are being seen under the specified ‘Referral To Treatment’ waiting times of 18 weeks which is within the national target.</p><p> </p><p>The information on the number of people with epilepsy in Plymouth is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38286 38287 question first answered 02/06/2016 15:32:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

521243

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Epilepsy: Plymouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with epilepsy there are in Plymouth.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	38286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>There are no national measures or means by which the Department monitors frequency of patients reviews, either by consultants or nurses. Guidance is issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence however this does not replace the skills and knowledge of health professionals in managing patients. The arrangements for the management and follow up of people with epilepsy are a local matter and decisions on the frequency with which patients are seen should be made on a case by case basis, taking into account the individual circumstances of each patient.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that the maximum wait for outpatients to receive a neurology appointment is 12 weeks currently. Additionally 92% of patients are being seen under the specified ‘Referral To Treatment’ waiting times of 18 weeks which is within the national target.</p><p> </p><p>The information on the number of people with epilepsy in Plymouth is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38285 38287 question first answered 02/06/2016 15:32:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

521244

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Epilepsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department uses to identify how often people with a diagnosis of epilepsy receive treatment from a consultant or nurse.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	38287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>There are no national measures or means by which the Department monitors frequency of patients reviews, either by consultants or nurses. Guidance is issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence however this does not replace the skills and knowledge of health professionals in managing patients. The arrangements for the management and follow up of people with epilepsy are a local matter and decisions on the frequency with which patients are seen should be made on a case by case basis, taking into account the individual circumstances of each patient.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advises that the maximum wait for outpatients to receive a neurology appointment is 12 weeks currently. Additionally 92% of patients are being seen under the specified ‘Referral To Treatment’ waiting times of 18 weeks which is within the national target.</p><p> </p><p>The information on the number of people with epilepsy in Plymouth is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 38285 38286 question first answered 02/06/2016 15:32:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile