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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-09more like thismore than 2019-07-09
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care remove filter
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Stargardt Disease more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) prevalence and (b) adequacy of treatment options for the retinal degenerative disease Stargardt's. more like this
tabling member constituency Broxbourne more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Charles Walker more like this
uin 275160 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-16more like thismore than 2019-07-16
answer text <p>The Department does not hold prevalence figures of retinal degenerative disease Stargardt's in England at present. The Government is working with Public Health England‘s National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service (NCARDRS) which collects information about people with congenital abnormalities and rare diseases and covers the whole of England. NCARDRS is working to expand its data collection and work with interested parties to advance data collection including Stargardt's retinal degenerative disease.</p><p>Services for patients with retinal degenerative disease Stargardt's are provided by local clinical commissioning groups. There is currently no curative treatment available for patients. Patients are advised to reduce the speed of degeneration by avoiding exposure to bright light and wearing sunglasses.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South Ribble more like this
answering member printed Seema Kennedy more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-16T14:39:18.353Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-16T14:39:18.353Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Seema Kennedy more like this
tabling member
1493
label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker more like this