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1243940

registered interest
date	15/10/2020
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	Bowel 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 assessment he has made of the effect on patient survival rates of delayed diagnosis and screening for colorectal cancer as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	104093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee is undertaking work to estimate the impact of delays to screening programmes, including cancer screening, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This work is currently in its early stages and the results will be reported as soon they are available.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement is working to clear the backlog of bowel cancer screening as quickly as possible. All 64 bowel screening centres are now undertaking diagnostic colonoscopies and sending routine screening invitations. As at 5 October 2020, the number of people who have had a faecal immunochemical test-positive result and are awaiting a diagnostic test has nearly halved in comparison to those waiting in April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/11/2020 11:20:41 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

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

1238937

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
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: Medical Treatments
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 had (a) CAR-T cell therapy and (b) a stem cell transplant in each of the last six months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	96848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The data collected is for all conditions that are commissioned for stem cell transplant by NHS England and NHS Improvement. It should be noted that there will be changes to the data in the last quarter due to the time lag in the reporting arrangements.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Stem Cell Transplants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2020</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2020</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2020</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2020</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>628</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>The numbers for CAR-T are collected via an alternative route and are correct to the end of September 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CAR-T infusions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2020</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2020</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2020</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2020</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/11/2020 12:02:12 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1232414

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	Chemotherapy
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 29 May 2020 to Question 43622, how many people received chemotherapy treatment in (a) May 2019, (b) June 2019, (c) April 2020, (d) May 2020 and (e) June 2020 for the treatment of (i) breast cancer, (ii) bowel cancer, (iii) lung cancer, (iv) blood cancer and (v) prostate cancer.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	86630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The data in the following table shows first or subsequent treatment of chemotherapy in May 2019, June 2019, April 2020, May 2020 and June 2020 for the treatment of breast cancer, lower intestinal cancer, lung cancer, urological cancer and haematological cancer:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Breast</p></td><td><p>Lower Gastrointestinal</p></td><td><p>Lung</p></td><td><p>Urological</p></td><td><p>Haematological</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>1,856</p></td><td><p>1,148</p></td><td><p>1,154</p></td><td><p>817</p></td><td><p>1,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019</p></td><td><p>1,744</p></td><td><p>1,127</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>793</p></td><td><p>2,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>1,044</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>639</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>1,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td><td><p>1,066</p></td><td><p>815</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td><p>1,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2020</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>1,095</p></td><td><p>863</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>1,697</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/11/2020 12:26:03 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

1232417

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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the increased (a) risk and (b) effect of covid-19 on people living with blood cancer.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	86632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>Blood cancer patients have a higher chance of severe disease if they contract COVID-19 compared to other cancers, which is why they were placed on the extremely clinically vulnerable list and were advised to shield. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, some treatments were delayed when the risk of contracting coronavirus was higher than the risk of delaying treatment.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 10/11/2020 12:29:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1232418

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 he has made of the effect of covid-19 on people living with blood cancer being able to make an informed choice on their long-term care and treatment.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	86633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <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 in full by 2021.</p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, all personalised care and support has continued 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 10/11/2020 12:22:35 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith