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Debate between David Tredinnick and Jane Ellison

Tuesday 5th July 2016 Commons Chamber

[David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con)]

Is my hon. Friend aware that there is strong evidence that herbal medicine can help treat conditions currently treated by antibiotics, but there is a desperate need for more research? Is she also aware that homeopathic medicine can do the same, particularly with upper respiratory tract infections, and that homeopathic treatments are now the second largest medical system in the world, according to the World Health Organisation?

[Jane Ellison]

The Government are always interested in anything that can be proven to be cost-effective and efficacious.

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Debate between David Tredinnick and Jane Ellison

Tuesday 22nd March 2016 Commons Chamber

[David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con)]

T7. Is my right hon. Friend aware of the agreement struck by President Obama and Prime Minister Modi of India to collaborate on the research and development of traditional medicines for preventive and palliative cancer care? Should we not be aiming for a similar agreement, bearing in mind antimicrobial resistance?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jane Ellison)]

It is worth saying that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence does not recommend homeopathy to treat any health condition. My hon. Friend mentioned antimicrobial resistance, and an increasing number of studies from around the world show that resistance to common treatments is growing, which serves to underline the importance of the responsible stewardship of all drugs and medicines and why the international efforts on AMR, in which the UK is at the forefront, are so important.

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Debate between David Tredinnick and Jane Ellison

Tuesday 9th February 2016 Commons Chamber

[David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con)]

T8. Comparative research has shown that proton therapy is as effective as radiotherapy for certain cancers, but has fewer side effects. Do Her Majesty’s Government accept the use of comparative evidence in deciding the availability on the NHS of emerging treatments such as proton therapy?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jane Ellison)]

I will reflect on the wider point my hon. Friend makes, but the House will be keen to know that we are investing in building two proton beam therapy facilities at the Christie in Manchester and University College London hospitals. Work has already started on that £250 million project, and the first facility is due to become operational in 2018.

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Debate between David Tredinnick and Jane Ellison

Tuesday 25th February 2014 Commons Chamber

[David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con)]

I congratulate right hon. Friends on setting up the herbal working group to improve regulation of herbal medicine and its practitioners. Is the Minister aware that there is a problem of supply, in that most people have to pay for their herbal medicine and it is not necessarily available from clinical commissioning groups? Will she issue guidance? Perhaps we should have a mapping exercise in order to understand where the demand is in this country.

[Jane Ellison]

As I have just said, there is guidance for CCGs on how to operate in the area of alternative and complementary therapies and we have no current plans to add to that guidance.

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Debate between David Tredinnick and Jane Ellison

Tuesday 8th February 2011 Commons Chamber

[Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con)]

3. What progress he has made in reforming the tripartite system of financial regulation.

[David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con)]

10. What progress he has made in reforming the tripartite system of financial regulation.