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1693173

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
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	Epilepsy: Cannabis
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 her Department plans to take in the next year to help ensure that children with severe epilepsy can access effective cannabis-based medications through the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	16619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The licensed cannabis-based medicine epidyolex is prescribed routinely for three forms of epilepsy, for patients aged two years old and above. However, clinical guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence demonstrate a clear need for more evidence to support routine prescribing and funding decisions for unlicensed cannabis-based medicines.</p><p>We continue to call on the manufacturers of these products to conduct research, and we are working with regulatory, research, and National Health Service partners to establish clinical trials to test the safety and efficacy of these products, to enable evidence based prescribing decisions.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/03/2024 15:38:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1404838

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	108474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department asks all candidates for public appointments to provide at least two referees, one of whom should be from the candidate’s main or most recent organisation. Referees are approached for shortlisted candidates.</p><p> </p><p>Candidates are also asked to declare when they apply and again if interviewed, if they have any potential conflicts of interest, or any issues in their history which if they were appointed, may bring the appointment into disrepute, particularly in the context of meeting the Principles of Public Life. The Principles form part of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies, which candidates are informed they will need to adhere to. Checks are also carried out on open-source material for shortlisted candidates and information is provided to the assessment panel.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/01/2022 13:23:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1355884

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
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 he has made of the need for additional resources to help ensure that NHS bodies provide timely responses to requests for information to assist investigations by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	49963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 23/09/2021 13:27:38 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 22507 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1343069

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence
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 items of written correspondence from hon. Members sent to Ministers in his Department have been (a) received and (b) replied to since 1 April 2020; and how many of those responses were responded to by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	25741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>Between 1 April 2020 and 31 June 2021, the Department received 44,456 items of written correspondence from hon. Members, of which 37,527 have received a reply.</p><p>The information requested on the number of responses from Minister and officials is not collected centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/07/2021 12:25:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 12071 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1140557

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Kawasaki Disease: 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, if he will make an estimate of (a) the potential cost savings of improving early identification and treatment of Kawasaki disease and (b) the potential consequent reduction in demand for long-term specialist care for children with that disease.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	279381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not available and therefore no such estimate has been made.</p><p>NHS Improvement has previously published a Patient Safety Alert for the attention of providers of National Health Service-funded care to emphasise the high risk and atypical presentation of coronary artery aneurysms, coronary thrombosis and myocardial ischaemia or infarction in patients with Kawasaki disease, and to highlight the importance of specialist advice.</p><p>Guidance is also available from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the assessment and initial management of fever in children under five, and this guidance includes recommendations on recognising the symptoms of Kawasaki disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:40:10 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131089 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1140558

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Kawasaki Disease: 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 support his Department is providing to (a) enable early treatment and (b) increase awareness amongst healthcare providers of Kawasaki disease .
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	279382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Improvement has previously published a Patient Safety Alert for the attention of providers of National Health Service-funded care to emphasise the high risk and atypical presentation of coronary artery aneurysms, coronary thrombosis and myocardial ischaemia or infarction in patients with Kawasaki disease, and to highlight the importance of specialist advice.</p><p>Guidance is also available from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the assessment and initial management of fever in children under five, and this guidance includes recommendations on recognising the symptoms of Kawasaki disease.</p><p>NICE’s clinical guidelines help healthcare professionals deliver the best possible care based on the best available evidence; the guidelines are not mandatory, although health and care commissioners are expected to take them fully into account.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:37:42 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131090 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1140559

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Kawasaki Disease: Medical Records
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 potential merits of establishing a patient registry on Kawasaki disease.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	279383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:41:26 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 131091 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1140560

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Kawasaki Disease: Research
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 comparative assessment he has made of the UK level of research funding into Kawasaki disease with that of other EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	279384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made a recent comparative assessment of the United Kingdom level of research funding into Kawasaki disease with that of other European Union member states.</p><p> </p><p>The EU has recently agreed to fund a Kawasaki disease study led from Great Ormond Street Hospital/University College London. The trial, which aims to recruit 262 children from 40 centres across Europe, will look at the effectiveness of using of steroids in addition to the standard treatment for Kawasaki syndrome, intravenous immunoglobulins. The award is for over €5 million in funding for the trial to be run through a new European consortium, connect4children.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre was funded between 2013-18 to carry out a project on the ‘Genetic determinants of Kawasaki disease for susceptibility and outcome’ with NIHR funding of £77,000.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/07/2019 14:19:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 131092 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1064722

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 times European Health Insurance Cards were used by UK citizens abroad in the past year.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	224302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>There were 118,684 accepted claims when a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) was used, in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>There are 3,108,739 United Kingdom-issued EHICs in circulation for people aged over 70. This is based on cards which have not expired and the applicant’s age on the date the card was issued, and not their current age. EHICs are valid for five years after their issue date.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not available on the number of times EHICs were used by UK citizens abroad to support the treatment of pre-existing conditions in the last year.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 224304 224305 question first answered 26/02/2019 16:23:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1064723

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
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 times European Health Insurance Cards were used by people over the age of 70 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	224303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of European Health Insurance Card claims from people aged over 70 by year for the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>29,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>35,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>43,121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>38,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>23,172</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 26/02/2019 16:22:32 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan