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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2015 to Question 14029, for what reasons his Department allows the use of individual funding requests for palivizuamb without an assessment of the suitability of those requests for preventative treatments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2015 to Question 14029, for what reasons his Department allows the use of individual funding requests for palivizuamb without an assessment of the suitability of those requests for preventative treatments.
NHS England has advised that only patients who meet the criteria listed in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s guidance, Immunisation against infectious disease, will be eligible for routine funding for palivizumab. Where a patient does not meet these criteria, and a clinician feels that a patient is clinically exceptional, an application should be made through the normal regional individual funding request process.
A letter and specialised services circular (SSC1535) has been sent to all providers and commissioners explaining the commissioning arrangements for palivizumab for the 2015 vaccination season. This is available at:
www.bnssgformulary.nhs.uk/includes/documents/SSC1535%20Commissioning%20of%20Palivizumab%20for%20the%202015%20Vaccination%20Season.pdf
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of medical research spending which is spent on eye disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of medical research spending which is spent on eye disease.
The UK Clinical Health Research Analysis (2015) shows that, in 2014, the combined government spend on medical research into eye disease, development and function was £15.1m, or 1.2% of public funding on health research. The report is available at http://www.hrcsonline.net/pages/uk-health-research-analysis-2014 (page 95).
The Research Councils account for approximately half of this expenditure and support research in response to proposals from the academic community. They welcome high quality applications for support into any aspect of human health which are judged in open competition with other demands on funding. Awards are made according to their scientific quality and importance to human health.
That this House wholeheartedly supports World Thrombosis Day in raising global awareness of deadly venous thromboembolism (VTE) blood clots; congratulates the NHS on becoming a world leader in risk assessing hospital in-patients; notes that cancer patients are at particular increased risk, with up to 4,000 cancer deaths per year due to VTE as recorded on death certificates; further notes the All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group's recommendations on reducing these risks in cancer patients, notably by increasing clinical awareness, mandating risk assessment of chemotherapy out-patients, ensuring appropriate prescribing of preventative treatment takes place, and ensuring patients are provided with essential information; and calls on NHS chemotherapy Clinical Reference Group service specifications to stipulate VTE prevention best practice and for a VTE question to be included in the Cancer Patient Experience Survey.
That this House wholeheartedly supports World Thrombosis Day in raising global awareness of deadly venous thromboembolism (VTE) blood clots; congratulates the NHS on becoming a world leader in risk assessing hospital in-patients; notes that cancer patients are at particular increased risk, with up to 4,000 cancer deaths per year due...
That this House welcomes the 30 advocates from across England who took part in Asthma UK's Meet the Patients event in Westminster on 19 June 2012; notes that the NHS Mandate will be a key opportunity to ensure that the priorities of the NHS are focused on getting services right for patients with long-term conditions such as asthma; further notes recent figures which show that 70 per cent of NHS resources are now being spent on managing chronic, long-term conditions and that asthma alone costs the NHS more than 1 billion per year; and calls on the Secretary of State for Health to highlight the principles of supported self-management, patient involvement in decision-making and continuous improvement in his forthcoming mandate for the NHS Commissioning Board.
That this House welcomes the 30 advocates from across England who took part in Asthma UK's Meet the Patients event in Westminster on 19 June 2012; notes that the NHS Mandate will be a key opportunity to ensure that the priorities of the NHS are focused on getting services right...
(2) how many (a) males and (b) females in each (i) age group and (ii) local authority area had (A) cystic fibrosis, (B) muscular dystrophy, (C) severe asthma, (D) primary cilary dyskinesia and (E) another rare lung disease in each of the last five years for which information is available.
(2) how many (a) males and (b) females in each (i) age group and (ii) local authority area had (A) cystic fibrosis, (B) muscular dystrophy, (C) severe asthma, (D) primary cilary dyskinesia and (E) another rare lung disease in each of the last five years for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group in (i) Essex, (ii) Southend West constituency and (iii) England and Wales had (A) cystic fibrosis, (B) muscular dystrophy, (C) severe asthma, (D) primary cilary dyskinesia and (E) other rare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group in (i) Essex, (ii) Southend West constituency and (iii) England and Wales had (A) cystic fibrosis, (B) muscular dystrophy, (C) severe asthma, (D) primary cilary dyskinesia and (E) other rare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department, (c) other Ministers and (d) officials in his Department plan to attend the UN Non-Communicable Diseases High Level Meeting in September 2011; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department, (c) other Ministers and (d) officials in his Department plan to attend the UN Non-Communicable Diseases High Level Meeting in September 2011; and if he will make a statement.
(2) what recent estimate he has made of the effects on mortality rates of the early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) cancer and (ii) other diseases; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what recent estimate he has made of the effects on mortality rates of the early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) cancer and (ii) other diseases; and if he will make a statement;
(3) what plans he has to improve early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) cancer and (ii) other diseases; and if he will make a statement.
(3) what plans he has to improve early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) cancer and (ii) other diseases; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research he has (a) undertaken and (b) plans to undertake into the effects of early diagnosis and treatment of (i) cancer and (ii) other diseases; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research he has (a) undertaken and (b) plans to undertake into the effects of early diagnosis and treatment of (i) cancer and (ii) other diseases; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects on national health service expenditure of the (a) early diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) cancer and (ii) other diseases; and if he will make a statement;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects on national health service expenditure of the (a) early diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) cancer and (ii) other diseases; and if he will make a statement;
That this House welcomes the findings of the UK Audit of Vascular Surgical Services and Carotid Endarterectomy which states that patients with symptoms of a mini-stroke or transient ischemic attack are missing out on life-saving surgery of the carotid artery because they fail to recognise the symptoms, that patients who do not recognise the symptoms are treated as low priority in the NHS, and that if patients have surgeryof the carotid artery ideally within 14 days this will prevent them fromhaving a full stroke,saving approximately 500 lives a year; and calls on the Government to raise awareness of the symptoms of mini-stroke and reorganise vascular surgery services so that services are concentrated in fewer, larger centres to ensure adequate staffing and resources, enabling an extra 6,500 patients a year to benefit from surgery of the carotid arteryand preventing the debilitating effects of stroke.
That this House welcomes the findings of the UK Audit of Vascular Surgical Services and Carotid Endarterectomy which states that patients with symptoms of a mini-stroke or transient ischemic attack are missing out on life-saving surgery of the carotid artery because they fail to recognise the symptoms, that patients who...
That this House notes that 19th May 2008 will be the first World Hepatitis Day; is concerned that more than 500 million people worldwide have either chronic hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis C which is equivalent to one in 12 of the global population; is deeply concerned that these two diseases kill 1.5 million people annually; believes that worldwide action is needed in order to save millions of lives; hopes that World Hepatitis Day will increase public awareness of hepatitis B and C in the UK and internationally; and urges the Government to support World Hepatitis Day and to help put it on the World Health Organisation agenda.
That this House notes that 19th May 2008 will be the first World Hepatitis Day; is concerned that more than 500 million people worldwide have either chronic hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis C which is equivalent to one in 12 of the global population; is deeply concerned that these two...
That this House is alarmed by the figures exposed in the Rising Curve report published by the Hepatitis B Foundation UK, revealing that chronic hepatitis B in the UK has doubled since 2002, rising from 180,000 people to 325,000; calls on the Department of Health to revise figures on chronic hepatitis B to ensure trusts receive the full funding necessary for hepatitis B prevention and treatment; further calls upon the Government to implement urgently a hepatitis B strategy and preventative public health measures on hepatitis B, including a reappraisal of the current vaccination policy; and further calls upon Government to introduce an effective GP and public education plan on hepatitis B in the UK.
That this House is alarmed by the figures exposed in the Rising Curve report published by the Hepatitis B Foundation UK, revealing that chronic hepatitis B in the UK has doubled since 2002, rising from 180,000 people to 325,000; calls on the Department of Health to revise figures on chronic...
(2) what steps her Department is taking to ensure that there are adequate respiratory nurses and doctors available for people with asthma; and if she will make a statement.
(2) what steps her Department is taking to ensure that there are adequate respiratory nurses and doctors available for people with asthma; and if she will make a statement.
| Hospital and community health services: medical and dental staff working with respiratory medicine showing consultants by SHA showing PCTs. England as at 30 September 2005. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers (headcount) | |||
| of which: | |||
| All staff | Consultant | ||
| England | 1,358 | 608 | |
| of which: | |||
| Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | Q20 | 44 | 22 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | Q02 | 19 | 9 |
| Birmingham and The Black Country | Q27 | 95 | 44 |
| Cheshire and Merseyside | Q15 | 92 | 41 |
| of which: | |||
| Southport and Formby PCT | 5F9 | 1 | 1 |
| County Durham and Tees Valley | Q10 | 20 | 10 |
| Cumbria and Lancashire | Q13 | 26 | 10 |
| Dorset and Somerset | Q22 | 25 | 10 |
| Essex | Q03 | 34 | 16 |
| Greater Manchester | Q14 | 88 | 36 |
| of which: | |||
| Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT | 5HG | 1 | 1 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | Q17 | 44 | 23 |
| Kent and Medway | Q18 | 28 | 14 |
| Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland | Q25 | 38 | 20 |
| Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire | Q01 | 76 | 37 |
| North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | Q11 | 42 | 16 |
| North Central London | Q05 | 88 | 33 |
| North East London | Q06 | 39 | 15 |
| of which: | |||
| Redbridge PCT | 5NA | 1 | 1 |
| North West London | Q04 | 126 | 50 |
| Northumberland, Tyne and Wear | Q09 | 53 | 24 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | Q26 | 26 | 16 |
| South East London | Q07 | 37 | 20 |
| South West London | Q08 | 18 | 12 |
| South West Peninsula | Q21 | 29 | 13 |
| South Yorkshire | Q23 | 48 | 21 |
| Surrey and Sussex | Q19 | 31 | 18 |
| of which: | |||
| East Surrey PCT | 5KQ | 1 | 0 |
| Thames Valley | Q16 | 43 | 21 |
| Trent | Q24 | 37 | 19 |
| West Midlands South | Q28 | 44 | 15 |
| West Yorkshire | Q12 | 68 | 23 |
| Source: The Information Centre for health and social care medical and dental workforce census |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors specialising in respiratory problems there are in each (i) health authority and (ii) primary care trust in England;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors specialising in respiratory problems there are in each (i) health authority and (ii) primary care trust in England;
| Hospital and community health services: medical and dental staff working with respiratory medicine showing consultants by SHA showing PCTs. England as at 30 September 2005. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers (headcount) | |||
| of which: | |||
| All staff | Consultant | ||
| England | 1,358 | 608 | |
| of which: | |||
| Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | Q20 | 44 | 22 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | Q02 | 19 | 9 |
| Birmingham and The Black Country | Q27 | 95 | 44 |
| Cheshire and Merseyside | Q15 | 92 | 41 |
| of which: | |||
| Southport and Formby PCT | 5F9 | 1 | 1 |
| County Durham and Tees Valley | Q10 | 20 | 10 |
| Cumbria and Lancashire | Q13 | 26 | 10 |
| Dorset and Somerset | Q22 | 25 | 10 |
| Essex | Q03 | 34 | 16 |
| Greater Manchester | Q14 | 88 | 36 |
| of which: | |||
| Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT | 5HG | 1 | 1 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | Q17 | 44 | 23 |
| Kent and Medway | Q18 | 28 | 14 |
| Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland | Q25 | 38 | 20 |
| Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire | Q01 | 76 | 37 |
| North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | Q11 | 42 | 16 |
| North Central London | Q05 | 88 | 33 |
| North East London | Q06 | 39 | 15 |
| of which: | |||
| Redbridge PCT | 5NA | 1 | 1 |
| North West London | Q04 | 126 | 50 |
| Northumberland, Tyne and Wear | Q09 | 53 | 24 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | Q26 | 26 | 16 |
| South East London | Q07 | 37 | 20 |
| South West London | Q08 | 18 | 12 |
| South West Peninsula | Q21 | 29 | 13 |
| South Yorkshire | Q23 | 48 | 21 |
| Surrey and Sussex | Q19 | 31 | 18 |
| of which: | |||
| East Surrey PCT | 5KQ | 1 | 0 |
| Thames Valley | Q16 | 43 | 21 |
| Trent | Q24 | 37 | 19 |
| West Midlands South | Q28 | 44 | 15 |
| West Yorkshire | Q12 | 68 | 23 |
| Source: The Information Centre for health and social care medical and dental workforce census |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will undertake a public consultation on the list of diseases that give rise to exemption from prescription charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will undertake a public consultation on the list of diseases that give rise to exemption from prescription charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes for alcohol-related illnesses there have been in England for (a) patients aged under 18 years and (b) patients 18 years and over, broken down by health authority in each year between 1987 and 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes for alcohol-related illnesses there have been in England for (a) patients aged under 18 years and (b) patients 18 years and over, broken down by health authority in each year between 1987 and 1997.
| Counts of finished consultant episodes where there was a primary diagnosis code for selected alcohol related diseases(40) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic health authority of residence | Aged under 18 | Aged 18 and over | Age not known | Total |
| Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA | 109 | 929 | 44 | 1,082 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA | 142 | 620 | 2 | 764 |
| Essex HA | 70 | 749 | — | 819 |
| North West London HA | 56 | 1,217 | 11 | 1,284 |
| North Central London HA | 65 | 881 | 6 | 952 |
| North East London HA | 57 | 989 | 1 | 1,047 |
| South East London HA | 70 | 1,023 | 2 | 1,095 |
| South West London HA | 105 | 876 | 2 | 983 |
| Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA | 227 | 1,661 | 7 | 1,895 |
| County Durham and Tees Valley HA | 257 | 1,084 | 2 | 1,343 |
| North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA | 144 | 992 | 2 | 1,138 |
| West Yorkshire HA | 229 | 1,584 | 2 | 1,815 |
| Cumbria and Lancashire HA | 254 | 2,474 | — | 2,728 |
| Greater Manchester HA | 271 | 3,093 | 1 | 3,365 |
| Cheshire and Merseyside HA | 363 | 3,672 | 6 | 4,041 |
| Thames Valley HA | 69 | 1,020 | — | 1,089 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA | 104 | 1,271 | — | 1,375 |
| Kent and Medway HA | 117 | 862 | — | 979 |
| Surrey and Sussex HA | 160 | 1,699 | 5 | 1,864 |
| Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA | 149 | 1,459 | — | 1,608 |
| South West Peninsula HA | 127 | 1,079 | — | 1,206 |
| Dorset and Somerset HA | 78 | 997 | 1 | 1,076 |
| South Yorkshire HA | 153 | 887 | — | 1,040 |
| Trent HA | 198 | 2,172 | — | 2,370 |
| Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA | 97 | 779 | — | 876 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire HA | 158 | 1,119 | — | 1,277 |
| Birmingham and The Black Country HA | 172 | 2,352 | 3 | 2,527 |
| Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire HA | 171 | 1,537 | 2 | 1,710 |
| Scotland | 2 | 22 | — | 24 |
| England—not otherwise specified | 3 | 363 | 5 | 371 |
| Wales | 17 | 101 | — | 118 |
| Foreign | 6 | 43 | 1 | 50 |
| Unknown | 49 | 658 | 607 | 1,314 |
| Northern Ireland | — | 18 | — | 18 |
| Total | 4,249 | 40,282 | 712 | 45,243 |
| F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol K70: Alcoholic liver disease T51: Toxic effect of alcohol Source: NHS Hospitals, England 1996–97 | ||||
| (40) Alcohol related diseases defined as following International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) codes recorded in primary diagnosis: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions to hospital via accident and emergency departments who had an alcohol-related diagnosis were (a) aged 18 years and over and (b) aged under 18 years, broken down by health authority area in each year between 1987 and 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions to hospital via accident and emergency departments who had an alcohol-related diagnosis were (a) aged 18 years and over and (b) aged under 18 years, broken down by health authority area in each year between 1987 and 1997.
| Counts of finished admission episodes where there was a primary diagnosis code for selected alcohol related diseases and admission methods, 1996–97(41) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic health authority of residence | Aged under 18 | Aged 18 and over | Age not known | Total |
| Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA | 102 | 352 | 14 | 468 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA | 135 | 350 | 1 | 486 |
| Essex HA | 65 | 438 | — | 503 |
| North West London HA | 54 | 751 | 10 | 815 |
| North Central London HA | 65 | 595 | 5 | 665 |
| North East London HA | 56 | 693 | 1 | 750 |
| South East London HA | 67 | 643 | 2 | 712 |
| South West London HA | 99 | 469 | — | 568 |
| Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA | 217 | 737 | 6 | 960 |
| County Durham and Tees Valley HA | 238 | 446 | 2 | 686 |
| North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA | 141 | 506 | 2 | 649 |
| West Yorkshire HA | 222 | 796 | 2 | 1,020 |
| Cumbria and Lancashire HA | 220 | 1,278 | — | 1,498 |
| Greater Manchester HA | 259 | 1,232 | 1 | 1,492 |
| Cheshire and Merseyside HA | 352 | 1,654 | 6 | 2,012 |
| Thames Valley HA | 59 | 484 | — | 543 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA | 91 | 584 | — | 675 |
| Kent and Medway HA | 95 | 365 | — | 460 |
| Surrey and Sussex HA | 145 | 791 | 3 | 939 |
| Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA | 111 | 471 | — | 582 |
| South West Peninsula HA | 109 | 407 | — | 516 |
| Dorset and Somerset HA | 67 | 507 | 1 | 575 |
| South Yorkshire HA | 150 | 424 | — | 574 |
| Trent HA | 186 | 778 | — | 964 |
| Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA | 89 | 243 | — | 332 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire HA | 137 | 405 | — | 542 |
| Birmingham and The Black Country HA | 162 | 932 | 3 | 1,097 |
| Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire HA | 158 | 837 | 1 | 996 |
| Scotland | 2 | 17 | — | 19 |
| England—not otherwise specified | 3 | 234 | 5 | 242 |
| Wales | 15 | 35 | — | 50 |
| Foreign | 6 | 28 | 1 | 35 |
| Unknown | 43 | 376 | 545 | 964 |
| Northern Ireland | — | 5 | — | 5 |
| Total | 3,920 | 18,863 | 611 | 23,394 |
| Emergency (via accident and emergency (A&E) services including the casualty department of the provider) Emergency (other means, including patients who arrive via A&E department of another healthcare provider) Source: NHS Hospitals, England 1996–97 | ||||
| (41) Alcohol related diseases defined as following International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10) codes recorded in primary diagnosis: F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol K70: Alcoholic liver disease T51: Toxic effect of alcohol | ||||
| (42) Selected Methods of Admission: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the more robust estimates for the prevalence of hepatitis C in England mentioned in the recent Health Protection Agency report will be available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the more robust estimates for the prevalence of hepatitis C in England mentioned in the recent Health Protection Agency report will be available.