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390356

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Waste
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 local health authorities on reducing the level of waste in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We have interpreted ‘waste in hospitals’ to mean clinical, food and general waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministerial meetings with national and local National Health Service organisations occur on a regular basis and a wide range of issues are discussed. These discussions may have included waste in hospitals but it is difficult to identify when such specific discussions on this topic occurred.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/07/2015 15:48:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390357

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Glaucoma: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with the Royal Colleges on the provision of treatment for glaucoma using hypodermic needles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place between the Department and the Royal Colleges about the provision of treatment for glaucoma using hypodermic needles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for the commissioning of secondary care services to meet the needs of their local population.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 13:33:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390358

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Migraines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have suffered from migraine in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of people diagnosed as suffering from migraine on an annual basis is not collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline, <em>Headaches: Diagnosis and management of headaches in young people and adults</em>, published in 2012, sets out best practice for healthcare professionals in the care, treatment and support of people who suffer from headaches. The guideline includes specific information on the management of migraines, such as the prescribing of appropriate pain-relief medication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/07/2015 11:22:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390359

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Eating Disorders: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women aged 18 to 25 who have eating disorders.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The data requested are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (2007) found 6.1% of males and 20.3% of females aged 16-24 who responded to the survey screened positively for an eating disorder. The Survey does not translate these data to national estimates on the prevalence of eating disorders in adults.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 15:32:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390362

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the incidence of screening for breast cancer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>In England, Public Health England is working with NHS England to develop a system of performance improvement through the use of performance floors, and strengthened governance for screening. The aims of the performance floors are:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Improving performance and equity of service over time by reducing the range of variation at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>- Enabling easy identification of poor performance and the setting of objectives and plans for local action, to reduce variation and improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The breast screening age extension randomisation trial began in 2008 and is investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of extending the programme to women aged 47-49 and 71-73. Over two million women have been randomised as part of the trial so far, and we expect that the trial to report in the early 2020s.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/07/2015 11:16:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

388950

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to make omega 3 available on prescription to reduce heart disease.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	6351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>Prescribers can prescribe any product they consider clinically appropriate for the treatment of their patients within medicines legislation, unless that product appears on the list of specific exclusions published under the General Medical Services Contracts regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has however stated in its clinical guideline on lipid modification: cardiovascular risk assessment and the modification of blood lipids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CG181) that there is no evidence that omega-3 fatty acid compounds help to prevent cardiovascular disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/07/2015 14:13:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

388951

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Levodopa: Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with clinical and medical bodies on potential links between use of levodopa and gambling problems.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	6352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>There have not been any recent discussions with clinical and medical bodies regarding the potential link between the use of levodopa and gambling problems. Gambling problems are recognised to be a risk associated with levodopa and dopamine agonists used to treat Parkinson’s disease.</p><p>There have been warnings about impulse disorders, including pathological gambling, in the product information for all medicines containing levodopa since 2006 and these warnings are also reflected in the British National Formulary provided to all prescribers within the National Health Service.</p><p>The risk of abnormal behaviours including pathological gambling is also highlighted in the 2006 NICE Clinical Guideline 35, Parkinson’s Disease: Diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/07/2015 14:19:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

388243

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Allergies
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 clinical and research bodies on methods of reducing the number of people who develop allergies.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Although health is a devolved matter, research and evidence on best practice is made widely available across the United Kingdom health departments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/07/2015 13:20:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

388244

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on complications experienced by some patients including pain and difficulty swallowing food after weight-loss surgery; and what steps he plans to take in response to those representations.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The National Registry for Bariatric Surgery collects a range of outcomes data including complications through the national clinical reference group. However, commissioners do not ask for data on these specific symptoms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If a patient experiences post-surgical issues they should seek advice from their doctor. The symptoms described can occur after any type of gastric surgery and are not necessarily related to surgery specific for obesity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/07/2015 14:09:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

388245

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to make biphosphorates available as a treatment to prevent breast cancer spreading into bones.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Clinicians are able to prescribe bisphosphonates for the prevention of breast cancer where there is a clinical need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England’s breast cancer clinical reference group has highlighted bisphosphonates as a key issue for potential improvement in survival outcomes in its draft service specification for breast cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England expects the draft service specification to be finalised and available for dissemination in autumn 2015. It will then be up to clinical commissioning groups to take this into account in developing their local commissioning activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 14/07/2015 16:48:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon