Written Question
Thursday 11th April 2019
Asked by:
Karen Lee (Labour - Lincoln)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of the hon. Member for Lincoln of 23 January 2019 on the Health Surgery in Bracebridge Heath reference KL6342.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
I replied to the hon. Member’s letter on 1 April 2019.
Written Question
Monday 4th February 2019
Asked by:
Karen Lee (Labour - Lincoln)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when scoping is planned to start for the review of NICE technology appraisal methods set out in the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access.
Answered by Steve Brine
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will begin scoping what will be considered in the review of its technology appraisal methods in the 2019/20 business year.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Jan 2019
World Cancer Day
"Does the hon. Gentleman agree with me on the impact of no longer having nursing bursaries? When I was a nurse, I had a nursing bursary. I could not have trained without that. We really must bring back the bursary. It is all right saying, “We have all these vacancies …..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Jan 2019
World Cancer Day
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I will keep my speech fairly brief. I speak as an ex-nurse who worked in gynaecology outpatient clinics every Tuesday morning and as a mum whose daughter died of breast cancer at just 35. She was not overweight and …..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Jan 2019
Appropriate ME Treatment
"How do I follow that? I congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan) on securing this important debate. Last year I was invited by a group of ME patients in Lincoln to a screening of “Unrest”, Jennifer Brea’s deeply moving and personal documentary. The film really opened …..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Jan 2019
Appropriate ME Treatment
"On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I did actually mention the film “Unrest”, and I am sure that Hansard will bear me out on that. My constituents would never forgive me if I did not point that out...."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Asked by:
Karen Lee (Labour - Lincoln)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of dedicated Clinical Nurse Specialists for patients with secondary breast cancer.
Answered by Steve Brine
The NHS Cancer Programme aims to improve access to cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) for all cancer patients when they need it, including those with secondary breast cancer. Health Education England is also working to expand the number of CNS and develop clear CNS competencies and routes into training.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jan 2019
Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace
"I often get letters from people on zero-hours contracts. They might, for argument’s sake, get up at 5 o’clock in the morning and spend an hour cycling to a job only to find out there is not a day’s work for them. That puts them under such stress and causes …..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 16th January 2019
Asked by:
Karen Lee (Labour - Lincoln)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate patient access to off-patent drugs.
Answered by Steve Brine
Off patent drugs are widely used every day in the National Health Service, and there are no barriers to their use.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"7. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the staffing levels of registered nurses in hospitals. ..."Karen Lee - View Speech
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