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date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase early identification of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	905561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>We are investing £450 million in earlier diagnosis of cancer, including improving direct general practitioner access to non-obstetric ultrasound to support earlier diagnosis of ovarian cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England ran a regional Be Clear on Cancer campaign early in 2014 to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. The findings of the pilot will be evaluated in 2015, and this evidence would inform any decision to move from a regional to national campaign.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/10/2014 15:46:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has put in place to ensure that people with ovarian cancer and their families are aware of the right to request BRCA1/2 testing at the point of diagnosis; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage greater uptake of BRCA1/2 gene testing.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	203562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines recommend offering genetic testing to people with a 10% likelihood of carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is seeking the advice of its specialised gynaecology Clinical Reference Group in order to inform its policy on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/07/2014 14:52:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long