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1172561

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Sapropterin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has met BioMarin to discuss securing NHS access to Kuvan for people with PKU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	6734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>There have been no meetings between BioMarin with Ministers and officials at the Department on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/01/2020 15:39:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1172685

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Disability Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is available for people who need access to augmentative and alternative communication devices.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	6773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Information on the funding is available for people who need access to augmentative and alternative communication devices and estimated the number of people who have accessed augmentative and alternative communication devices which have been funded publicly in each of the last five financial years is not held centrally.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for creating guidelines on identifying, treating and managing illnesses and reviewing new medical devices for adoption in the National Health Service. For example:</p><p>- NICE issued guidance in June 2018 on hearing loss in adults: assessment and management. This includes recommendations on when hearing aids should be offered, how they are to be prescribed and fitted, and other assistive listening devices such as TV amplifiers, personal loops, and doorbell sensors; and</p><p>- A guideline on cerebral palsy in under 25s: assessment and management published in January 2017 noted that at least one in 10 young people need augmentative and alternative communication, and one in 10 cannot use formal methods of augmentative and alternative communication because of cognitive and sensory impairments and communication difficulties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 6776 6779 question first answered 28/01/2020 17:25:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 3022 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1172689

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Disability Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have accessed augmentative and alternative communication devices funded from the public purse in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	6776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Information on the funding is available for people who need access to augmentative and alternative communication devices and estimated the number of people who have accessed augmentative and alternative communication devices which have been funded publicly in each of the last five financial years is not held centrally.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for creating guidelines on identifying, treating and managing illnesses and reviewing new medical devices for adoption in the National Health Service. For example:</p><p>- NICE issued guidance in June 2018 on hearing loss in adults: assessment and management. This includes recommendations on when hearing aids should be offered, how they are to be prescribed and fitted, and other assistive listening devices such as TV amplifiers, personal loops, and doorbell sensors; and</p><p>- A guideline on cerebral palsy in under 25s: assessment and management published in January 2017 noted that at least one in 10 young people need augmentative and alternative communication, and one in 10 cannot use formal methods of augmentative and alternative communication because of cognitive and sensory impairments and communication difficulties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 6773 6779 question first answered 28/01/2020 17:25:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 3021 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1172694

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Disability Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is given to GPs and CCGs on the availability of augmentative and alternative communication devices.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	6779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Information on the funding is available for people who need access to augmentative and alternative communication devices and estimated the number of people who have accessed augmentative and alternative communication devices which have been funded publicly in each of the last five financial years is not held centrally.</p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for creating guidelines on identifying, treating and managing illnesses and reviewing new medical devices for adoption in the National Health Service. For example:</p><p>- NICE issued guidance in June 2018 on hearing loss in adults: assessment and management. This includes recommendations on when hearing aids should be offered, how they are to be prescribed and fitted, and other assistive listening devices such as TV amplifiers, personal loops, and doorbell sensors; and</p><p>- A guideline on cerebral palsy in under 25s: assessment and management published in January 2017 noted that at least one in 10 young people need augmentative and alternative communication, and one in 10 cannot use formal methods of augmentative and alternative communication because of cognitive and sensory impairments and communication difficulties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 6773 6776 question first answered 28/01/2020 17:26:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West