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date	09/04/2019
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	Ophthalmology
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 4 April 2019 to Question 239204 on Ophthalmology, whether the NHS Improvement impact assessment (a) covers changes affecting patient access to combined Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) and cataract operation and (b) recognises the procedure as a common practice; and whether the new tariff price was assessed to cover cataract and MIGS as a single operation.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	242747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>In considering the proposed prices for the 2019/20 national tariff, the ophthalmology Clinical Expert Working Group (EWG) specifically stated that minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and cataract activity are commonly done together and it would not usually be in the patient’s best interest to do them separately. The prices assigned to HRG BZ91 in the 2019/20 tariff cover cataract and MIGS as a single operation. The EWG and Royal College of Ophthalmology agreed that the BZ91 prices were appropriate, relative to the prices for other ophthalmology procedures.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/04/2019 13:01:52 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1110785

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date	09/04/2019
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: Surgery
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 4 April 2019 to Question 239205 on Ophthalmology, if his Department will publish the (a) data and (b) analysis on which NHS Improvement based the assessment that indicates that Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) is cheaper than other glaucoma procedures; and what the difference is in reference costs for MIGS and cataract operation since the last tariff prices were set.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	242748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The current codes do not allow differentiation between minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and non-MIGS activity.</p><p> </p><p>In the development of each national tariff, NHS England and NHS Improvement undertakes an overall assessment of the impact of proposals. This includes consideration of change in expenditure on different types of care in ‘2019/20 National Tariff Payment System – A consultation notice: Impact assessment’. While this provides an overall assessment of impact, detailed feedback on proposed prices for individual Healthcare Resource Groups (units of healthcare) is sought from clinical Expert Working Groups (EWGs). EWGs are managed by the NHS Digital National Casemix Office and comprise clinicians representing specific specialities. This is to ensure that the published tariff supports clinical practice.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/04/2019 13:00:52 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1110795

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date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that maintenance loans are available to all students.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	242749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Eligible full-time students attending full-time undergraduate higher education courses qualify for maintenance loans. All such students, regardless of their income, qualify for a minimum loan with additional support for disadvantaged students.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2018/19, students on family incomes of £25,000 or less who are living away from the parental home and studying outside London qualify for a maintenance loan of £8,700, increasing to £8,944 for the 2019/20 academic year. Higher rates of loan are available for students living away from home and studying in London.</p><p>Since August 2018, new students attending part-time degree level courses have also qualified for partially means-tested maintenance loans. Information on student support for undergraduate students, including maintenance loans, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/get-undergraduate-student-loan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/get-undergraduate-student-loan</a>.</p><p>The government’s review of post-18 education and funding is looking at how we can ensure that the education system for those aged 18 years and over is accessible to all. The review’s focus includes how disadvantaged students and learners receive maintenance support, both from government and from universities and colleges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 15/04/2019 15:20:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley