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Thursday 8th May 2014

Asked by: Jim Dobbin (Labour (Co-op) - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on allowing doctors and nurses who have a conscientious objection to supplying contraceptive drugs or devices which act after fertilisation to receive diplomas in sexual and reproductive health.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare are responsible for decisions on the syllabus of their Diploma, the requirements for entry to the Diploma course, and the award of a Diploma qualification.

The Department understands that their guidelines on the syllabus and on possible conscientious objection have not changed.

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Tuesday 6th May 2014

Asked by: Jim Dobbin (Labour (Co-op) - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2013, Official Report, column 1667W, on drugs: poisoning, how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) children were admitted to hospital for drug poisoning, showing ICD10 codes T36-T50 separately at a four character level in 2013.

Answered by Jane Ellison

The information requested has been placed in the Library. It provides a count of the number of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of T36-T50 for male and female adults and children for the year 2012-13. Explanatory footnotes have also been provided.

It should be noted that this is not a count of patients as the same patient may have been admitted more than once in a year.

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Tuesday 6th May 2014

Asked by: Jim Dobbin (Labour (Co-op) - Heywood and Middleton)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of potential correlation between relative deprivation and the prescribing rates of benzodiazepines at GP practices.

Answered by Norman Lamb

The Department has undertaken no such assessment.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Mar 2014
Mitochondrial Transfer (Three-Parent Children)

"The head of the United States Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on this matter, Evan Snyder, has said that there are not enough clinical data to suggest that mitochondrial transfer is safe. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the present UK regulator and the UK Government should be cautious …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2013
Hepatitis C (Haemophiliacs)

"Order. I intend to call the shadow Minister at 20 minutes to 11 and five or six hon. Members want to speak, so I ask them to watch the length of their speeches before I have to impose limits...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2013
Hepatitis C (Haemophiliacs)

"We have two speakers left and approximately 15 minutes for them both...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 29 Oct 2013
Hepatitis C (Haemophiliacs)

"I thank all hon. Members who have taken part for their time discipline in this extremely important debate...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2012
Veterans (Mental Health)

"Order. May I remind the hon. Gentleman that we are talking about the mental health of veterans? The scope is getting a bit too wide...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2012
Veterans (Mental Health)

"Order. I intend to call the shadow Minister at 3.40 pm...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2012
Veterans (Mental Health)

"No, I did not think that you were...."
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