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1169140

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	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	Fertility: Females
	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 he is taking to support women with fertility problems.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The level of provision of local health services available to patients, including fertility treatment, is, and has been since the 1990s, a matter for local healthcare commissioners. Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a statutory responsibility to commission healthcare services including fertility services that meet the needs of their whole population.</p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s guidance for commissioners is a new tool to help them implement the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility guidelines.</p><p>The Government’s position is that CCGs should be following the NICE fertility guidelines as part of their National Health Service service offer to local people. On 17 June 2019, the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Inequalities and Suicide Prevention (Jackie Doyle-Price MP) wrote to the Chief Executives of all CCGs in England to promote the guidance and benchmark price, and strongly encourage them to implement the NICE fertility guidelines in full.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/01/2020 15:33:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173634

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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	Carers: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of take up by GP practices of NHS England's Care for young carers recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	8280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2020 13:49:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173633

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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	Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Government's Carers action plan 2018 to 2020, published on 5 June 2018; and whether that plan will be extended.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	8279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In July 2019 we published the ‘Carers action plan 2018 to 2020: 1-year progress review’ to demonstrate the progress the Carers Action Plan (CAP) had made so far and plan to publish a final report this summer following the conclusion of the CAP.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with all our stakeholders to consider the next steps after the publication of the final report.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2020 13:44:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173631

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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	Snoring: 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, when laser surgery to cure snoring will be available on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	8277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to make laser surgery for snoring routinely available on the National Health Service. Any such technology would need to be assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) before it can be considered for use by the NHS.</p><p>NICE has recommended continuous positive airway pressure devices as a treatment option for adults with moderate or severe symptomatic obstructive sleep apnoea or hypopnoea syndrome, where certain clinical criteria are met.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2020 16:57:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147899

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Heart Diseases: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children in the UK diagnosed with congenital heart disease in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	293587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of reported cases of spina bifida in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of spina bifida registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>These data exclude spontaneous miscarriage before 20 weeks gestation and cases of spina bifida occulta.</p><p> </p><p>Number of reported cases of spina bifida in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported spina bifida cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the estimated number of cases of congenital heart disease in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of CHD registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which can be viewed at the following link</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>This is likely to be an under-estimate of the actual number of cases as milder forms of congenital heart disease are often diagnosed later.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of reported cases of congenital heart disease in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported CHD cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>England Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>706</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,169</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>4,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,188</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 293583 question first answered 08/10/2019 10:58:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147895

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Lung Diseases
	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 have been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis by (a) age and (b) gender in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	293585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested on pulmonary fibrosis diagnoses is provided in the attached document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/10/2019 11:07:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name PQ293585 response.xlsx title pq293585 table
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147891

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Spina Bifida
	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 have been diagnosed with spina bifida in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	293583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of reported cases of spina bifida in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of spina bifida registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>These data exclude spontaneous miscarriage before 20 weeks gestation and cases of spina bifida occulta.</p><p> </p><p>Number of reported cases of spina bifida in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported spina bifida cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the estimated number of cases of congenital heart disease in England in the last three years for which data are available. These data include all reported cases of CHD registerable in accordance with European network of population-based registries for the epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies (EUROCAT) guidance which can be viewed at the following link</p><p><a href="https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat" target="_blank">https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/eurocat</a></p><p>This is likely to be an under-estimate of the actual number of cases as milder forms of congenital heart disease are often diagnosed later.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of reported cases of congenital heart disease in England, 2015 - 2017</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of birth</p></td><td><p>Number of reported CHD cases</p></td><td><p>Total number of births (coverage)</p></td><td><p>England Total number of births in England</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of cases for England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>706</p></td><td><p>141,474</p></td><td><p>667,351</p></td><td><p>3,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,169</p></td><td><p>329,301</p></td><td><p>666,050</p></td><td><p>4,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,188</p></td><td><p>320,013</p></td><td><p>649,330</p></td><td><p>4,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ncardrs-congenital-anomaly-annual-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 293587 question first answered 08/10/2019 10:58:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1147887

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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	Cochlear Implants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the new cochlear implant for deafness be available on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	293581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>NHS England commissions cochlear implants for patients who fulfil the criteria as described in the recently published he National Institute for Health and Care Excellence report ‘Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness: Technology appraisal guidance’ published on 7 March 2019 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta566" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta566</a></p><p>There are a number of cochlear implant devices currently available. Specific advice about which of the devices currently available meet an individual patients requirements would be provided by a patient’s local specialist cochlear implant centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/10/2019 10:55:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1144596

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Alzheimer's Disease: 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 steps he is taking to improve the early detection of Alzheimer's disease.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	286747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia in the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Challenge on Dementia 2020 sets out the ambition for two thirds of people with dementia to receive a formal diagnosis. This has been achieved and exceeded nationally. Our focus now is on reducing the variation in local diagnosis rates and NHS England have published guidance and put programmes in place to further improve the quality and timeliness of diagnosis across the country.</p><p>For example, the ‘Implementation guide and resource pack for dementia care’ published in July 2017 sets out key recommendations on how services should be configured to provide good quality diagnosis and post-diagnostic care for people with dementia and their carers. It includes key roles and activity in primary care and memory assessment services to facilitate an accurate and timely diagnosis of dementia, while ensuring access to appropriate support following diagnosis. The resource pack is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/dementia/implementation-guide-and-resource-pack-for-dementia-care/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/mental-health/dementia/implementation-guide-and-resource-pack-for-dementia-care/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2019 16:15:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1144595

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Parkinson's Disease: Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson's disease available on the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	286746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance ‘Parkinson’s disease in adults’, published in July 2017 sets out evidence-based guidance for healthcare professionals and commissioners in the care treatment and support of people with Parkinson’s disease.</p><p>The guidance recommends that clinicians should consider deep brain stimulation for people with advanced Parkinson's disease whose symptoms are not adequately controlled by best medical therapy.</p><p>NHS England commissions deep brain stimulation for people with movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, in line with the criteria set out in its national commissioning. Both the NICE guidance and the commissioning policy can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng71" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng71</a></p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2019 17:24:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon