To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.


View sample alert

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Written Question
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services
Wednesday 13th December 2023

Asked by: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the possibility and potential of implementing routine assessments into the prevalence and geographic and socioeconomic disparities of people with (1) Crohn’s disease, and (2) ulcerative colitis to inform healthcare investment and planning decisions.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Information is already collected on a range of bowel conditions, including Hospital Episode Statistics, through the Model Health System, and data from the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. These support clinicians and commissioners plan and prioritise care for people with bowel conditions, considering health disparities and patient needs.


Written Question
Health Services
Wednesday 15th May 2024

Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of progress in the development of a clinical analytical service for specialised commissioning.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Commissioners of Specialised Services have access to the analysis of clinical data via their regional business intelligence teams, or the nationally commissioned Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) service provision.

Routine reporting can be accessed via the National Commissioning Data Repository, and more focused analytics can be performed across commissioning and clinical datasets collected by NHS England. NHS England has developed 181 Specialised Services Quality Dashboards alongside service specifications, which provide additional data to monitor the quality of services and maintain clinical registries ranging from bowel cancer to pulmonary hypertension. The full list is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/clinical-audits-and-registries


Select Committee
Department of Health and Social Care
IMH0102 - Men's health

Written Evidence Jan. 24 2024

Inquiry: Men's health
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: Uptake of bowel cancer screening is lower in men than women – which is offered to everyone aged 60


Deposited Papers

Jul. 19 2010

Source Page: Guidance on commissioning cancer services: improving outcomes in gynaecological cancers. The manual. Incl. appendices. 85 p.
Document: DEP2010-1494.pdf (PDF)

Found: Guidance on commissioning cancer services: improving outcomes in gynaecological cancers.


Commons Chamber
Brain Tumours
1st reading - Wed 18 Oct 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) People with breast, bowel and lung cancers have had the hope of research, clinical trials and funding - Speech Link


Deposited Papers

Jan. 19 2009

Source Page: Cancer commissioning guidance. 159 p.
Document: DEP2009-0144.pdf (PDF)

Found: Cancer commissioning guidance. 159 p.


Scottish Cross Party Group Publication (Annual return / report)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cancer
Document: Annual Return 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: Charity Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre Bladder Cancer Scotland Blood Cancer UK BMA Scotland


Closed Petition closed 22nd November 2023

Fund bowel cancer screening from the age of 40 - Final Signatures: 587

The NHS is expanding its bowel cancer screening programme to people aged 50 and over. We want the Government to fund this to start at 40. Too many people under 50 are being given terminal cancer diagnoses. If screening was offered earlier more cases could be caught earlier, saving more people.

Found: Too many clinicians don't test for cancer in people under the age of screening.


Deposited Papers

Dec. 09 2008

Source Page: Cancer Reform Strategy: maintaining momentum, building for the future - first annual report. 67 p.
Document: DEP2008-3019.pdf (PDF)

Found: Cancer Reform Strategy: maintaining momentum, building for the future - first annual report. 67 p.


Deposited Papers

Jul. 26 2010

Source Page: "Once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in prevention of colorectal cancer: a multicentre randomised controlled trial". Lancet article published online 28 April, 2010. 10 p.
Document: DEP2010-1560.pdf (PDF)

Found: "Once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy screening in prevention of colorectal cancer: a multicentre randomised