Written Question
Monday 11th July 2016
Asked by:
Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many clinical commissioning group areas specialist services are provided for people diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The vast majority of services for people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) are the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups. The Department does not hold information about the configuration of local services. However, we understand that there a number of clinics that specialise in the treatment of CFS/ME around the country.
The ME Association has published a list of these services, available at:
www.meassociation.org.uk/nhs-specialist-services-throughout-the-uk
Written Question
Monday 11th July 2016
Asked by:
Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many neurology consultants employed by the NHS specialise in the treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The number of neurology consultants employed by the National Health Service who specialise in the treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis is not collected centrally.
Written Question
Thursday 7th July 2016
Asked by:
Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department is taking into account to decide whether (a) consultant-led and (b) midwife-led maternity services should be withdrawn at West Cumberland Hospital.
Answered by Ben Gummer
Decisions on maternity services at West Cumberland Hospital are matters for the local National Health Service.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
NHS Spending
"I share the right hon. Gentleman’s concerns about—with your permission, Mr Speaker—the lie on the side of the bus. As Secretary of State for Health, will he now, on behalf of the whole country, and particularly on behalf of people who were deceived and let down by that claim, take …..."Jamie Reed - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
NHS Spending
"On the point my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow West (Mr Thomas) has just made about having an assessment if we do end up, essentially, forcibly repatriating EU citizens in the United Kingdom, there will of course be a flip side: something like 3 million British expats in the …..."Jamie Reed - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
NHS Spending
"Two of the prominent leave campaigners who endorsed the £350 million figure are now running to be leader of the Conservative party and our future Prime Minister. Does my right hon. Friend agree that those two people should be brought to this House and made to explain to the country …..."Jamie Reed - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
NHS Spending
"Before I begin, may I apologise to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and the House authorities for posting a picture of this Chamber on the popular social media and networking site Twitter? Its purpose—it has now been removed—was purely to demonstrate that, at the point of taking the picture, only two …..."Jamie Reed - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
NHS Spending
"That is greatly appreciated, Madam Deputy Speaker.
Despite the dedicated and incredible efforts of local NHS staff in my constituency, I see health inequalities on a daily basis, and many of my constituents experience profound access challenges to health services in my constituency and elsewhere across Cumbria, caused in part …..."Jamie Reed - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2016
NHS Spending
"As I was saying, the removal of those consultant-led maternity services would actively undermine the principle of a truly national health service, and will never be accepted by me or by my community. I am therefore deeply concerned by a recent report, based on a leaked e-mail, which suggests that …..."Jamie Reed - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 6th July 2016
Asked by:
Jamie Reed (Labour - Copeland)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has visited the maternity department at the West Cumberland Hospital.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Secretary of State for Health and his Ministerial team have not undertaken any visits in an official capacity to the maternity department at the West Cumberland Hospital.
I am currently planning to visit the North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust in the coming months.