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1242410

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Health Services
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 effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the care and treatment of patients with heart valve disease; and what plans he has in place to mitigate that effect.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Patients with heart valve disease have been prioritised throughout the pandemic and continue to be through the recovery period. Services in both primary and secondary care have been open throughout and patients have been encouraged to use these services.</p><p>With the learning from the initial wave of the pandemic we are planning for any future waves, meaning we can protect the most vital services.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 13:04:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242411

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Diagnosis
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 effect of primary care networks on rates of detection of heart valve disease.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effect of primary care networks (PCNs) on rates of detection of heart valve disease.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 13:06:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242413

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Cardiovascular Diseases: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 3.70 of the NHS Long Term Plan, what plans the Government has for the appointment of a national cardiovascular disease policy lead to support primary care networks in establishing greater community detection of heart valve disease.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>NHS England has appointed a National Clinical Director for cardiovascular disease prevention and a National Clinical Director for heart disease.</p><p>They are working closely with the NHS England and NHS Improvement primary care contracting team, to develop the draft specification for the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and early diagnosis Primary Care Network Directed Enhanced Service which will support primary care networks to improve community detection of heart valve disease.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 12:59:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1242414

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Heart Diseases: Health Services
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 his Department is taking to ensure that people with heart valve disease symptoms are able to access (a) diagnostic assessments and (b) treatment during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	102035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Primary and secondary care have remained open throughout the pandemic and patients have been encouraged to access these services.</p><p>Since 29 April NHS England has prioritised the reintroduction of non COVID-19 services with the aim of recovering as much performance as possible before winter. To aid this, new COVID-19 secure hubs for surgery and diagnostics have been established.</p><p>Further planning is underway to ensure critical services, such as cardiac surgery, are maintained during any future waves.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 13:03:08 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1232415

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
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	Blood Cancer: Health Services
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 his Department has made of the effect of the rising incidence of blood cancer on the funding requirements of NHS services for blood cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	86631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>The amount spent by the National Health Service on blood cancer-related services is not collected separately to the overall spend on cancer services.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/10/2020 13:00:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1232425

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
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	Blood Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if a representative from his Department will meet with the blood cancer community to discuss how patient initiated follow-ups could best support patients with blood cancer, during and beyond the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	86637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>No immediate plans are in place to meeting with any members of the blood cancer community.</p><p>Support and information for all cancer patients, including blood cancer patients, is provided through four personalised care interventions:</p><p>- Personalised care and support planning based on holistic needs assessments;</p><p>- Health and wellbeing information and support (including nutritional advice and psychological support);</p><p>- End of treatment summaries, that provide symptom management information; and</p><p>- A Cancer Care Review with their general practitioner.</p><p>As outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan, these interventions will be implemented by 2021.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, all personalised care and support should be continuing by telephone, video, online or by post if face to face appointments and group sessions have not been possible.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 23/10/2020 11:56:51 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1229593

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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	Cancer: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a national cancer recovery plan to tackle the backlog of cancer care resulting from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	81799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the Terms of Reference of a letter sent to NHS Providers on 31 July 2020, a National Cancer Taskforce will be established, and publish a national cancer recovery plan in the near future. The Terms of Reference are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cancer-forums-and-groups-terms-of-reference/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cancer-forums-and-groups-terms-of-reference/</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/09/2020 17:09:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1219228

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
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 is taking steps with UK manufacturers to ensure that the country is self-sufficient in PPE production and supporting British enterprises; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	66848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>Lord Deighton is leading the Government effort to unleash the potential of British industry to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health and social care sectors to create self-sufficient production of PPE for the United Kingdom. We are building up UK manufacturing with signed contracts to manufacture over 2 billion items of PPE through UK-based manufacturers, including facemasks, visors, gowns and aprons.</p><p>This includes Survitec, a survival technology company, who began producing gowns at the beginning of June; Bolle, who manufacture protective eyewear, will make 6.5 million visors over the course of the pandemic; Jaguar Land Rover are now manufacturing 14,000 visors/week for healthcare staff; Don &amp; Low will be manufacturing 12 million metres squared of fabric for gowns over the next six months, with the first delivery expected later this month; Burberry is manufacturing non-surgical gowns at its factory in Castleford and sourcing masks through its supply chain. To date, the company has donated over 100,000 pieces of PPE to the National Health Service and healthcare charities.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 11:25:01 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199796

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Blood Cancer: Coronavirus
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 with blood cancer have been removed from the shielding list by (a) clinicians and (b) GPs in England.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The shielded patient list is dynamic – general practitioners and specialists continue to make clinical judgements based the shielding criteria, that may result in those who had initially been advised to shield from COVID-19 no longer being advised to do so. Doctors have also been provided with guidance to support these decisions, which should be made following discussion with the patient and taking into account their individual clinical circumstances.</p><p>Information on the number of patients removed from the shielded patient list is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 53400 question first answered 12/06/2020 12:24:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1199797

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Blood Cancer: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department based it's decision on for the removal of blood cancer patients from the covid-19 shielding list.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	53400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The shielded patient list is dynamic – general practitioners and specialists continue to make clinical judgements based the shielding criteria, that may result in those who had initially been advised to shield from COVID-19 no longer being advised to do so. Doctors have also been provided with guidance to support these decisions, which should be made following discussion with the patient and taking into account their individual clinical circumstances.</p><p>Information on the number of patients removed from the shielded patient list is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 53399 question first answered 12/06/2020 12:24:33 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith