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Written Question
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Thursday 9th December 2021

Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)

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 provide post-vaccination quantitative antibody testing for immunocompromised patients.

Answered by Maggie Throup

National Health Service clinicians can arrange antibody testing based on their assessment of clinical need. There are currently no plans to implement targeted quantitative antibody testing for immunocompromised patients post-vaccination.

Those with a cancer diagnosis may be able to access free antibody tests through the National Cancer COVID Survey which aims to assess levels of protection conferred by antibodies following vaccination/infection in cancer patients.  The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation continues to review emerging scientific evidence on the use of vaccines in those who are immunocompromised and will update its advice as necessary.

Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 7th December 2021

Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 12 August 2021, case no. MP70336, departmental reference PO-1342263, on covid-19 vaccinations for immunocompromised patients.

Answered by Edward Argar

We replied to the Rt hon. Member on 3 December 2021.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

"I have served under your chairmanship for many years, Sir Roger, and it is a pleasure to do so again today. Many of us in this room are parents, grandparents or godparents to children. What is so amazing about the petition we are debating is how quickly over 100,000 people …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

"Part of this debate is about the fact that we do not really know how many people have this condition. I have referred to the misdiagnoses that we have seen—we can google them. People have had amputations in other countries because they thought this condition was cancerous, and the amputation …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

"I just want to pick the hon. Lady up on something. If I am wrong, perhaps the record will be corrected, but I think that all the funding—all of it—comes from fundraising by FOP Friends. That is a very important point...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

"I appreciate that this is a devolved matter, but in many cases these children do not have two years. The hon. Lady has seen some of the photographs, so she knows the condition that will deteriorate further with these life-threatening diseases while the consultation goes on for two years. As …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

"The hon. Lady has touched on an enormously important point that I did not mention in my comments. Lots of people think this is all about trauma—that it is all about bruising or impact—but for a lot of people with this terrible condition, there is no logic. There is no …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

"I think it is important that I correct the Minister’s point. There is no evidence at all that this is hereditary. The gene is affected at conception. That has been researched, and we know that gene testing can happen. For the record, can we please make clear that this is …..."
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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

"The Minister has taken the words right out of my mouth. Will she and specialist civil servants in her Department meet the campaigners? Not a huge group—just a few people to come together to work out how they can get access and make a successful bid so that the children …..."
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