Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Steve Brine and Derek Thomas

Tuesday 24th July 2018 Commons Chamber

[Steve Brine]

Vaping and e-cigarettes were part of the Stoptober campaign that we ran last October through Public Health England. I am often criticised for not promoting vaping enough, and I am sometimes criticised for promoting it too much, which possibly gives me a steer. The advice is clear that the best thing to do, whether someone is pregnant or otherwise, is not to smoke.

[Derek Thomas (St Ives) (Con)]

12. What steps his Department is taking to support families and patients affected by mistakes made in the healthcare system.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Steve Brine and Derek Thomas

Tuesday 19th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Steve Brine]

NICE has recommended the drug Translarna for use in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy; it is now routinely available on the NHS. It is a disease that I grew up with—the friends that I grew up with did not, and I did, and this is a timely reminder of how terrible this disease can be. I would be really pleased, therefore, to meet the hon. Lady and the charity that she mentioned.

[Derek Thomas (St Ives) (Con)]

Is the Minister aware of the recent NICE draft review regarding treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms? Some 1,500 to 2,000 lives are saved yearly by NHS AAA screening. If the draft recommendations are adopted, a patient is likely to have an aneurysm erupt before treatment and 80% of patients are then likely to die. Will the Minister look carefully at this issue to avoid this unintended consequence?

[Steve Brine]

I am not the all-seeing eye, so all I can say is yes, I will look very carefully at the issue that my hon. Friend raises.