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date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received any representations on difficulties experienced by GPs in obtaining (a) diamorphine and (b) other prescription drugs; and whether he is taking steps to increase the ease of access to such drugs by GPs.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	121271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not received any queries on behalf of general practitioners about diamorphine supplies. However, we are aware that supply issues do occasionally occur with prescription drugs. The Department works closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharmaceutical industry, NHS England, clinical experts, and others operating in the supply chain to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the impact on patients is minimised when they do arise.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/01/2018 11:14:34 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

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date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease: Health Education
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 raise awareness of the effects of motor neurone disease.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	111159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>On 24 February 2016, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published a new best practice guideline on the assessment and management of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The guideline sets out the signs and symptoms of the disease and recommends that robust protocols and pathways are in place to inform healthcare professionals about MND, how it may present and to inform healthcare professionals in all settings about local referral arrangements. The guideline can be found by following the link below:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng42/resources/motor-neurone-disease-assessment-and-management-1837449470149" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng42/resources/motor-neurone-disease-assessment-and-management-1837449470149</a></p><p>Further to this, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the MND Association have worked together to produce a ‘Red Flag Tool’ which sets out key signs of MND to help general practitioners to identify suspected cases and refer them promptly to a neurologist for appropriate investigation. The RCGP and the British Medical Journal have both produced MND e-learning courses.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/11/2017 11:59:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury