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100187

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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

91591

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 support his Department provides for research into better diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis among people with Parkinson's.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	209097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is not currently funding any research on this specific topic. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including osteoporosis and Parkinson’s disease. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/10/2014 16:07:09 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

91633

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

77825

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
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 Ministers of the Welsh Government on the operation of the new Welsh law on presumed consent for organ donation for English residents who are patients in Wales and Welsh residents who are patients in England.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	904865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>Discussions with the Welsh Government have confirmed that Welsh deemed consent legislation will only apply to people &quot;ordinarily resident&quot; in Wales for at least 12 months and who die in Wales. It will not apply to anyone under the age of 18 or to Welsh residents who die outside Wales.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 15/07/2014 15:22:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies