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387048

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Older People
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 encourage people to visit elderly neighbours with poor health.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>In a recent speech to the Local Government Association the Secretary of State for Health urged the public to take more personal responsibility for looking after older people. He stressed that the health service, local government, the voluntary sector as well as individuals themselves need to work together to ensure vulnerable people such as the elderly continue to live their life in the community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Care Act 2014, the Department has required local authorities to have measures in place to identify people in their area who would benefit from universal services to help reduce, delay or prevent needs for care and support. This includes needs that may arise from social isolation. The Department has supported a ‘digital toolkit’ for local commissioners, which was developed by the Campaign to End Loneliness. Since its launch in July 2012, the toolkit has been supporting commissioners in understanding, mapping and commissioning for loneliness and social isolation in their communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Act also provides for greater support for carers to support family and friends who need help. In the Secretary of State’s speech he committed the Department to develop a new carers’ strategy that looks at the best of international practice and examines what more we can do to support existing carers and the new carers we will need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published its strategic vision for volunteering, <em>Social action for health and well-being: building co-operative communities.</em> This sets out how we can support people to give their time, more often and in ways that fit in with their lives, to bring health and wellbeing benefits for themselves and others in their communities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/07/2015 16:28:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384864

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether official statistics on usage of cancer drugs and treatments for rare diseases include overseas patients at private clinics.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>No.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 13:37:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384865

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Alcoholism
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 problems relating to alcohol consumption in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Data are not collected centrally for those diagnosed with problems relating to alcohol consumption. Drinking alcohol can lead to more than 60 different medical conditions, many of these conditions can be a result of long term alcohol misuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 11:48:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384981

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer: Health Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with the Northern Ireland Health Minister the development of a UK-wide strategy for addressing and raising awareness of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Research and evidence of best practice in health is shared widely across the United Kingdom. However, as health is a devolved matter Ministers do not routinely discuss health issues with their counterparts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Improving cancer outcomes, including for those with ovarian cancer, is a major priority for this Government. In January 2015, NHS England announced an independent Cancer Taskforce to develop a five-year strategy for England which will recommend improvements across the cancer pathway, including awareness and early diagnosis. The strategy will be published in the summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) ran a regional Be Clear on Cancer ovarian pilot campaign from 10 February to 16 March 2014 in the North West of England Television region. The campaign was aimed at women over 50, the age group most at risk of developing ovarian cancer, and their friends and family to raise awareness of bloating as a symptom of ovarian cancer and to encourage women with this symptom to visit their general practitioner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department, PHE and NHS England met with the ovarian cancer charities on 16 June 2015 and it was agreed that they would continue to work together to keep the ovarian regional campaign under review and to explore how we can increase public awareness of ovarian cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 23 June I spoke at the Target Ovarian Cancer event in Parliament in order to help raise awareness of this cancer and its symptoms.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 15:22:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384982

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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 steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate cancer drugs are prescribed for cancer patients with diabetes and that the use of inappropriate drugs for such patients is eliminated.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Appropriate drugs for the treatment of cancer should be prescribed as part of a wider pathway of care coordinated by a multidisciplinary team. This should include specialists in other relevant long term conditions such as diabetes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Because of the possibility of complex interactions with drugs for different conditions, the multi-disciplinary team should also have access to advice from an experienced cancer pharmacist.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/06/2015 13:24:55 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384983

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Plastic Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unsuccessful cosmetic surgery operations have had to be corrected by further surgery in the NHS in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Information data on the number of unsuccessful cosmetic surgery operations requiring further corrective surgery in the National Health Service is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2013, the independent <em>Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions</em>, chaired by Sir Bruce Keogh, was published. A copy has already been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We fully accept the principles of the Keogh review and the overwhelming majority of the recommendations. The response looks to strengthen standards through better training and robust qualifications, and explores how far supervision from regulated professionals might support self-regulation of the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials are working with key delivery partners including the Royal College of Surgeons, who have set up an inter-specialty committee to ensure standards for cosmetic surgery. The College is also working with the General Medical Council on a code of ethical conduct. Health Education England is leading on a review of training for providers of non-surgical interventions, such as botulinum toxin and dermal filler injections.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, all cosmetic surgery providers who provide a regulated activity have to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality below which care should never fall. The CQC has a wide range of enforcement powers that it can use if a provider is not compliant with the fundamental standards of care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 3745 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:38:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384984

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Plastic Surgery: Regulation
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 regulate cosmetic surgery providers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Information data on the number of unsuccessful cosmetic surgery operations requiring further corrective surgery in the National Health Service is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2013, the independent <em>Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions</em>, chaired by Sir Bruce Keogh, was published. A copy has already been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We fully accept the principles of the Keogh review and the overwhelming majority of the recommendations. The response looks to strengthen standards through better training and robust qualifications, and explores how far supervision from regulated professionals might support self-regulation of the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials are working with key delivery partners including the Royal College of Surgeons, who have set up an inter-specialty committee to ensure standards for cosmetic surgery. The College is also working with the General Medical Council on a code of ethical conduct. Health Education England is leading on a review of training for providers of non-surgical interventions, such as botulinum toxin and dermal filler injections.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, all cosmetic surgery providers who provide a regulated activity have to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality below which care should never fall. The CQC has a wide range of enforcement powers that it can use if a provider is not compliant with the fundamental standards of care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 3744 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:38:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384985

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Bacterial Diseases: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely timescale for making new drugs available on the NHS to treat Klebsiella infections.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>We have made no such estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2014, my Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced an independent Review on Antimicrobial Resistance to look at the full range of issues associated with the development, use and regulation of antibiotics. The Review is consulting with a wide range of international stakeholders including the pharmaceutical industry. The Review is looking at the antimicrobial drugs pipeline and will recommend actions that can be taken globally to stimulate the development of new drugs. New antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria such as Klebsiella are a priority as these infections can be difficult to treat.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/06/2015 13:34:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384986

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Costs
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 (a) university research and development departments and (b) pharmaceuticals companies on reducing the cost of NHS-prescribed medicines.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Regular discussions take place with a full range of stakeholders concerning both the pricing of branded medicines and accelerating patient access to innovative medicines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/06/2015 14:35:14 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384987

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Malaria: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely timescale for making the new compound for the treatment of malaria discovered at Durham University available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any such compound being discovered at Durham University for malaria treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 30/06/2015 15:37:03 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon