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994276

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer
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 he is taking to (a) improve public awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms, (b) increase early diagnosis rates and (c) increase access to treatment in specialist centres in (i) Oxfordshire and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	183497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England has run a number of “Be Clear on Cancer” (BCOC) campaigns to help improve earlier diagnosis. In 2014, BCOC conducted a regional ovarian cancer campaign and in 2017, a pilot which focussed on a range of abdominal symptoms, such as diarrhoea, bloating and discomfort that can be indicative of a number of cancers, including ovarian cancer. Decisions on which cancers the BCOC campaigns should focus on are informed by a steering group and the outcomes of the regional and pilot campaigns will be considered for 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, NHS England is testing innovative ways of diagnosing cancer earlier, with sites piloting multi-disciplinary diagnostic centres for patients with vague or non-specific symptoms. The pilots are taking place in London, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Oxfordshire and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven (Yorkshire). The Prime Minister’s October 2018 announcement pledged to roll out these rapid diagnostic centres across the country to offer patients a range of tests in the same day with rapid access to results. The centres will help make a huge improvement in early diagnosis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/10/2018 17:54:43 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

937772

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to authorise a national clinical audit of ovarian cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	162542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has been funded by cancer charities to pilot and assess the feasibility of an ovarian cancer audit, this pilot will take place over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>Since early diagnosis increases survival outcomes, NHS England is working to diagnose cancer earlier and faster. This is particularly important for cancers like ovarian, where early diagnosis makes a huge difference in survival. We are developing new models of care and pathways that will transform services by speeding up diagnosis. This includes the commitment to roll out a new Faster Diagnosis Standard by 2020 to ensure that patients referred for an investigation with a suspicion of cancer are diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also committed more than £200 million in cancer services between 2017 and 2019, to accelerate diagnosis, improve survival and enhance quality of life.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is introducing Rapid Diagnostic and Assessment Centres which will operate as one-stop shops to reduce time-to diagnosis and time-to-first treatment. This is a real step change in the way people with unclear symptoms are identified, diagnosed and treated. General practitioners can refer patients suffering from vague symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also delivering the largest single upgrade in National Health Service cancer treatment for the last 15 years. The £130 million radiotherapy modernisation programme is upgrading and replacing radiotherapy equipment in hospitals across England. Through this programme, patients will have access to the most modern, innovative radiotherapy techniques to create better health outcomes and improve patient experience.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also closely working with PHE to develop an approach to raise awareness of generic symptoms that can indicate a wider number of cancers, including ovarian cancer, and the need to visit the doctor promptly with these symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>PHE also ran a regional pilot ovarian campaign in the North West of England from 10 February to 16 March 2014. The campaign’s key message was ‘Feeling bloated, most days, for three weeks or more could be a sign of ovarian cancer. Tell your doctor’.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 162543 162544 question first answered 17/07/2018 15:05:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

937774

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer
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 his Department is taking to increase ovarian cancer survival rates.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	162543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has been funded by cancer charities to pilot and assess the feasibility of an ovarian cancer audit, this pilot will take place over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>Since early diagnosis increases survival outcomes, NHS England is working to diagnose cancer earlier and faster. This is particularly important for cancers like ovarian, where early diagnosis makes a huge difference in survival. We are developing new models of care and pathways that will transform services by speeding up diagnosis. This includes the commitment to roll out a new Faster Diagnosis Standard by 2020 to ensure that patients referred for an investigation with a suspicion of cancer are diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also committed more than £200 million in cancer services between 2017 and 2019, to accelerate diagnosis, improve survival and enhance quality of life.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is introducing Rapid Diagnostic and Assessment Centres which will operate as one-stop shops to reduce time-to diagnosis and time-to-first treatment. This is a real step change in the way people with unclear symptoms are identified, diagnosed and treated. General practitioners can refer patients suffering from vague symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also delivering the largest single upgrade in National Health Service cancer treatment for the last 15 years. The £130 million radiotherapy modernisation programme is upgrading and replacing radiotherapy equipment in hospitals across England. Through this programme, patients will have access to the most modern, innovative radiotherapy techniques to create better health outcomes and improve patient experience.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also closely working with PHE to develop an approach to raise awareness of generic symptoms that can indicate a wider number of cancers, including ovarian cancer, and the need to visit the doctor promptly with these symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>PHE also ran a regional pilot ovarian campaign in the North West of England from 10 February to 16 March 2014. The campaign’s key message was ‘Feeling bloated, most days, for three weeks or more could be a sign of ovarian cancer. Tell your doctor’.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 162542 162544 question first answered 17/07/2018 15:05:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

937775

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer
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 his Department is taking to increase the level of early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	162544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has been funded by cancer charities to pilot and assess the feasibility of an ovarian cancer audit, this pilot will take place over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>Since early diagnosis increases survival outcomes, NHS England is working to diagnose cancer earlier and faster. This is particularly important for cancers like ovarian, where early diagnosis makes a huge difference in survival. We are developing new models of care and pathways that will transform services by speeding up diagnosis. This includes the commitment to roll out a new Faster Diagnosis Standard by 2020 to ensure that patients referred for an investigation with a suspicion of cancer are diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also committed more than £200 million in cancer services between 2017 and 2019, to accelerate diagnosis, improve survival and enhance quality of life.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is introducing Rapid Diagnostic and Assessment Centres which will operate as one-stop shops to reduce time-to diagnosis and time-to-first treatment. This is a real step change in the way people with unclear symptoms are identified, diagnosed and treated. General practitioners can refer patients suffering from vague symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is also delivering the largest single upgrade in National Health Service cancer treatment for the last 15 years. The £130 million radiotherapy modernisation programme is upgrading and replacing radiotherapy equipment in hospitals across England. Through this programme, patients will have access to the most modern, innovative radiotherapy techniques to create better health outcomes and improve patient experience.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also closely working with PHE to develop an approach to raise awareness of generic symptoms that can indicate a wider number of cancers, including ovarian cancer, and the need to visit the doctor promptly with these symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>PHE also ran a regional pilot ovarian campaign in the North West of England from 10 February to 16 March 2014. The campaign’s key message was ‘Feeling bloated, most days, for three weeks or more could be a sign of ovarian cancer. Tell your doctor’.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 162542 162543 question first answered 17/07/2018 15:05:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

927762

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer
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 his Department has made of the extent to which people are able to identify whether they have ovaries.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	155849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has not made an assessment of the extent to which people can identify whether they have a cervix, prostate gland or ovaries.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2017, PHE published a leaflet that explains the National Health Service population screening programmes available to transgender and non-binary people in England; this can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-population-screening-information-for-transgender-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-population-screening-information-for-transgender-people</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 155847 155848 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:42:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

914754

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2017 to Question 120087 on Ovarian Cancer, what the timetable is for a decision to be announced on the next round of cancer audits; and whether ovarian cancer will be included within those audits.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	149057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>NHS England will hold discussions over the next six months on potential new clinical audit topics including ovarian cancer.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/06/2018 14:52:52 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

914755

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer
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 his Department is taking to ensure that ovarian cancer is either diagnosed or ruled out within 28 days.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	149058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is committed to rolling out a new Faster Diagnosis Standard by 2020 to ensure that patients referred for an investigation with a suspicion of cancer are diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days. National Health Service trusts were able to begin using the new pathways from April 2018 and all will be expected to be using them from April 2019. NHS England committed more than £200 million in cancer services over the next two years, to accelerate diagnosis and enhance quality of life.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/06/2018 14:50:01 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

914756

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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	Ovarian Cancer
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of running an awareness campaign on the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	149059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England ran a regional pilot ovarian campaign in the North West of England from 10 February to 16 March 2014. The campaign’s key message was ‘Feeling bloated, most days, for three weeks or more could be a sign of ovarian cancer. Tell your doctor’.</p><p> </p><p>The public awareness survey results, general practice attendance data and referrals data suggest that the regional campaign did have an effect on the target audience’s understanding of the key symptom of ‘bloating’. However, the results showed no impact on diagnoses and there has not been any further roll out of the campaign.</p><p> </p><p>Results for the number of cancers diagnosed, the stage at cancer diagnosis and survival have shown no evidence of an impact, although it has been difficult to evaluate due to small numbers, the availability of the data sets and a time lag in terms of the effect.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/06/2018 14:47:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

808978

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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 the timetable is for a decision on the next round of cancer audits; and whether ovarian cancer will be included within those audits.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	120087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England, the Welsh Government and the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership are currently recommissioning the cancer audits that sit within the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme portfolio and have been charged with achieving greater alignment to produce a more sustainable delivery model. Discussions will take place over the next year on potential new topics, such as ovarian cancer and any new audits will draw on data that is already available and routinely collected, wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/12/2017 12:03:11 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

747622

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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, when he plans to publish the two research studies into ovarian cancer awareness which the previous Government indicated it planned to publish in the summer of 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	2424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has published one full evaluation report on the pilot campaign and one interim report on the regional campaign for the Be Clear on Cancer ovarian cancer campaign.</p><p> </p><p>The full evaluation of the local ovarian cancer pilot campaign which ran from 14 January – 17 March 2013 it can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ovarian-cancer-awareness-campaign-local-pilots-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ovarian-cancer-awareness-campaign-local-pilots-evaluation-report</a></p><p> </p><p>The interim evaluation report on the regional ovarian cancer awareness campaign, which ran from 10 February- 16 March 2014 in the North West of England it can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/topic_specific_work/be_clear_on_cancer/" target="_blank">http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/topic_specific_work/be_clear_on_cancer/</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE is planning to produce a full and final evaluation report for the Be Clear on Cancer ovarian cancer awareness regional campaign by April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Policy Research Unit on Cancer Awareness Screening and Early Diagnosis has undertaken a qualitative research study in which members of the public were given access to available leaflets on ovarian cancer awareness and then participated in six focus groups and interviews on their acceptability and how they would be received and understood if included within the clear screening results letter from the breast or cervical screening programme.</p><p> </p><p>This study is now complete and has been presented at the recent Cancer Research UK Early Diagnosis conference. The work is currently being written up for submission to a peer-reviewed medical journal. The Health Research Authority approval for a further qualitative research study with professionals has now been granted, and the work is in progress.</p><p> </p><p>A second project is a synthesis of published incidence, mortality, stage distribution and stage-specific survival rates for ovarian cancer by age. The aim of this project was to identify which age group would be most likely to benefit from such an intervention, in terms of risk of ovarian cancer, and room for improvement in stage at diagnosis. This study is now also complete, fully written up, and has been submitted to a journal for publication. The journal’s response is awaited.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/07/2017 14:52:45 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone