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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's Green Paper on  Prevention is better than cure will include the role of (a) employers in supporting good health and (b) use of health insurance by employers to support the health of their staff.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4509", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Craig Tracey"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to additional funding for children\u2019s palliative care announced in the NHS Long-Term Plan, whether he plans to allocate additional funding  to children\u2019s hospices in England in 2019-20.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the financial sustainability of charitable hospices.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124146", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124146/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested is not available.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4455", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Seema Kennedy"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2019 to Question 245610, how many forms of cancer have no maintenance drug available at any stage in the treatment plan.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124221", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124221/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department has no plans to allocate funding to enable IT connectivity between primary care optical practices and hospital eye departments. NHS England is continuing to work with the eye care sector and other key stakeholders on this area of work and will be considering priorities for IT investment later this year.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4455", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Seema Kennedy"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to allocate funding to IT connectivity for primary care optical practices to ensure safe and efficient referrals to hospital eye departments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124009", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1124009/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme provides children in Key Stage 1 attending state-funded primary schools with one free portion of fruit or vegetable every school day. There are no current plans to extend the Scheme.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4065", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has any plans to make the Free Fruit and Vegetable Scheme available to all school children in England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4243", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dan Jarvis"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dan Jarvis"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1123430", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1123430/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department has no knowledge of any assessment or planned assessment into the potential role of dentists and oral health professionals in supporting the diagnosis of diabetes.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4455", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Seema Kennedy"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/338", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Keith Vaz"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Keith Vaz"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1122531", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1122531/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The target in the NHS Long Term Plan is to reduce the number of children with a learning disability, autism or both in a specialist inpatient unit to a level equivalent to no more than 12 to 15 children per one million children in England by 2023-24.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 238347 on Autism and Learning Disability: Psychiatric Hospitals, whether the target in the NHS Long Term Plan to reduce the number of children with a learning disability, autism or both in an inpatient unit by 2023-24 is measured against per one million adults or per one million children.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4243", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dan Jarvis"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dan Jarvis"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121970", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1121970/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Through its technology appraisal programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether drugs and other treatments represent an effective use of NHS resources. NHS England is legally required to fund cancer drugs recommended in NICE technology appraisal guidance.<\/p><p>The Government wants patients with cancer to be able to benefit from rapid access to effective new drugs, including for maintenance treatment. Under arrangements introduced in 2016, NICE now develops technology appraisal guidance for the NHS on all new cancer drugs. Wherever possible, NICE aims to issue draft guidance on new cancer drugs before licensing and to publish final guidance within 90 days of licensing.<\/p><p>Funding is available through the Cancer Drugs Fund from the point at which NICE draft recommendations are published, or if the drug is not currently licensed, from the point of licensing. This ensures patients are able to benefit from effective new cancer drugs as quickly as possible.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4455", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Seema Kennedy"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Seema Kennedy"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cancer: Drugs"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 242692 on Cancer: Drugs, what steps the Government is taking to give timely NICE and NHS approval to enable access to maintenance medication for people with cancer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Sheffield South East"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Clive Betts"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1110551", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1110551/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department fully understands that maintaining access to cancer medication is vitally important to many people in this country.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There is already a team within the Department that deals with medicine supply issues arising both in the community and hospitals. We have well established procedures to deal with medicine shortages, from whatever cause, and work closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharmaceutical industry, NHS England and others operating in the supply chain to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when they do arise.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>If we are aware of issues with cancer medications we work with national clinical experts to advise on management plans and ensure that appropriate information is provided to the National Health Service and specialist patient groups.<\/p>"}
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