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	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Thalidomide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure the health and independence of UK thalidomide victims.
	tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
	tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
	uin	211270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>On 20 December 2012, I announced a new 10-year grant to the Thalidomide Trust. The grant will be paid on an annual basis, uprated in line with inflation, which means that over the 10-year period it will be worth in the region of £80 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The grant is intended to enable investment in adaptations and preventative measures to improve health and wellbeing and to help minimise further deterioration for this unique group of people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 28/10/2014 15:38:35 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

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	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: Osteoporosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues about early diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis among people with Parkinson's disease.
	tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
	tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
	uin	209095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the possible links between Parkinson's disease and osteoporosis. However, we are aware of a number of studies citing such a link, the most recent being published in the <em>Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry </em>in March this year, which suggested that patients with Parkinson’s disease were at a higher risk of developing osteoporosis. A number of possible risk factors are identified, such as instability and a deteriorating physical condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guideline, <em>Osteoporosis: assessing the risk of fragility fracture,</em> sets out best practice for clinicians in the assessment of fragility fracture risk in patients. The guideline highlights a set of patients who are at risk of developing secondary osteoporosis, which includes those with, ‘<em>immobility (due for example to neurological injury or disease)’.</em> The guidance can be found at following link:</p><p> </p><p><br> www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg146/resources/guidance-osteoporosis-assessing-the-risk-of-fragility-fracture-pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 209096 question first answered 16/10/2014 16:11:25 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

91634

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: Osteoporosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of possible links between Parkinson's disease and osteoporosis.
	tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
	tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
	uin	209096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of the possible links between Parkinson's disease and osteoporosis. However, we are aware of a number of studies citing such a link, the most recent being published in the <em>Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry </em>in March this year, which suggested that patients with Parkinson’s disease were at a higher risk of developing osteoporosis. A number of possible risk factors are identified, such as instability and a deteriorating physical condition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guideline, <em>Osteoporosis: assessing the risk of fragility fracture,</em> sets out best practice for clinicians in the assessment of fragility fracture risk in patients. The guideline highlights a set of patients who are at risk of developing secondary osteoporosis, which includes those with, ‘<em>immobility (due for example to neurological injury or disease)’.</em> The guidance can be found at following link:</p><p> </p><p><br> www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg146/resources/guidance-osteoporosis-assessing-the-risk-of-fragility-fracture-pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 209095 question first answered 16/10/2014 16:11:25 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies