Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the ME Association on the ME/CFS Delivery Plan.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department has engaged with a wide range of stakeholders as part of the development of the cross Government Delivery Plan on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, including the ME Association.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using SNOMED-CT diagnostic codes to determine the number of (a) adults and (b) children living with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
No assessment has been made.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) experiences and (b) outcomes for children living with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
We are developing a cross-Government Delivery Plan on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). As part of the plan, we are working with other Government departments and stakeholders to determine ways to improve experiences and outcomes for all people who have ME/CFS, including children.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have had a limb amputated in the last five years, in each Parliamentary constituency.
Answered by Will Quince
The information is not available in the format requested. However, a count of Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs) where a relevant primary or secondary procedure of limb amputation (arms/legs and separately, arms/legs/hands/feet/fingers/toes/re-amputations) took place, split by English parliamentary constituency of patient for the period 2017/18 to 2021/22 and rounded to the nearest five is attached.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome in (a) Rother Valley constituency and (b) England in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research into the (a) causation and (b) treatment of children with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Answered by Will Quince
The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR is funding four research projects with a specific focus on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in children, with a combined funding value of approximately £1.5 million. Between them, these projects are focussed on characterising ME/CFS in children and developing and identifying potential treatments, rather than elucidating an underlying cause. More broadly, the NIHR has provided approximately £4.4 million for research on ME/CFS since 2011. The NIHR welcomes applications for research into ME/CFS causation and treatment in children.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many aseptic hub sites there arer in England.
Answered by Will Quince
There are five proposed aseptic hubs in England.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the level of (a) production and (b) capacity is of aseptic services in England.
Answered by Will Quince
The production of aseptically compounded medicines for the National Health Service in England is approximately equal between NHS and commercial suppliers. In 2019/20, approximately 4.5 million doses of compounded medicines were prepared in NHS facilities in England. However, information on the total capacity is not held centrally.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report Transforming NHS Pharmacy Aseptic Services in England published in October 2020, what progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of that report.
Answered by Will Quince
NHS England has established the Infusions and Special Medicines Programme to deliver the recommendations of the report. From 2022 to 2025, £75 million has been allocated for the development of National Health Service aseptic compounding hubs, which will increase capacity. These hubs will become fully operational within two to three years.
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of regional differences in access to multidisciplinary support on Parkinson's care.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
No specific assessment has been made.