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748522

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ophthalmic Services
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 promote to health commissioners the role that community optical practices can play in delivering eyecare services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>It is for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to take decisions on whether to commission eye care services over and above the National Health Service sight test, where they judge them to be needed in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has been working with the Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning (CCEHC) to support the development of a range of guidelines for CCGs on evidence based clinical pathways for eye health.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work the CCEHC have published both a Primary Eye Care and Community Ophthalmology framework. Both seek to encourage greater commissioning outside of the hospital setting in order to reduce pressure within secondary care, improve services for patients and offer efficiencies for the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/07/2017 14:36:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748193

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Visual Impairment: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when magnetic implants to improve eyesight will be available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>It is for local National Health Service commissioners to make decisions on whether to fund new treatments, taking into account National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance, available evidence and individual patient’s clinical circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The future availability of any new or novel treatments would be subject to large scale clinical trials demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the treatment approach and subsequent assessments of its cost effectiveness for routine use.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/07/2017 09:56:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748195

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection
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 continue the reduction in the number of HIV cases in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Good practice followed at five specialist sexual health clinics (SHCs) that saw a large fall in new diagnoses of HIV among gay and bisexual men will be promoted at other SHCs across the country. The practices include increasing the uptake of testing for all gay and bisexual men by promoting repeat testing among those at higher risk of HIV acquisition and the early commencement of treatment for those who are diagnosed.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to HIV testing at SHCs and self-sampling funded by local authorities Public Health England (PHE) has contracted HIV Prevention England to undertake a national programme of HIV prevention for high risk populations to promote key HIV prevention messages including HIV testing and safer sexual behaviours. PHE is also working with NHS England to clarify commissioning arrangements for treatment as prevention to accelerate this progress.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/07/2017 09:51:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748202

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Tomography
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 ensure that MRI scans can better detect cancer tumours.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanning is an increasingly important element of cancer diagnosis and assessment for cancer treatment. It allows detailed imaging of tumours and in some cases the detection of possible spread. This is important for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s National Cancer Programme has a number of initiatives underway to support the delivery of key strategic priorities including the National Diagnostic Capacity Fund. The fund is an investment in specific projects and interventions to change the way we deliver diagnostic services and unlock capacity by delivering more efficiently. The fund is focusing on redesigning and streamlining patient pathways, to ensure that patients receive the right tests at the right time, including MRI scans, as efficiently as possible.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/07/2017 09:32:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748203

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on any connection between Parkinson's disease and faulty immune cells.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place between Ministers of the Department and the Royal Colleges on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/07/2017 09:29:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748205

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Paracetamol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on the potential effect of pregnant women taking paracetamol and its effect on unborn boys.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) continuously monitors the safety of all medicines on the market in the United Kingdom and seeks independent expert advice from the Commission on Human Medicines on important new safety issues. The MHRA is aware of recently published research looking at the effect on male offspring of giving paracetamol to pregnant mice. All new evidence on the safety of paracetamol is kept under close review and this latest study will be carefully considered and any new advice will be communicated.</p><p> </p><p>There have not been any discussions with the Royal Colleges on this issue yet.</p><p> </p><p>Pregnant women should speak to their doctor or midwife before taking any medicine, including paracetamol.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/07/2017 09:46:19 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733003

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with the condition known as runner's knee over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/06/2017 11:06:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733005

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sleep Apnoea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of sleep apnoea is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Sum of Finished Admission Episodes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>24,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>23,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>24,129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>24,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>22,594</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2017 10:54:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733006

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sleep Apnoea: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to make magnetic copper rings available on the NHS to alleviate snoring.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Currently, there are no plans to introduce magnetic copper rings to alleviate snoring.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2017 10:53:05 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

733026

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Equipment: Oxygen
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 make high-tech cooler vests for oxygen-starved bodies available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to make high-tech cooler vests for oxygen starved bodies available on the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 04/07/2017 10:51:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon