Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 28 Mar 2017
Preventing Avoidable Sight Loss
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Gillan. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Nusrat Ghani) for securing this important debate; there have already been useful contributions. I want to make a short speech. I declare an interest: before I was a Member of …..."Tania Mathias - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"12. Which hospitals providing congenital heart disease services do not meet the standard for the co-location of paediatric services; and what plans his Department has to stop providing congenital heart disease surgery at those hospitals. ..."Tania Mathias - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"Mr Speaker, you are absolutely correct in your comment.
Does the Minister agree that the standards review found that not all clinicians are in agreement about how essential the co-location of paediatric services is, bearing in mind that a child being treated right now at the Royal Brompton will have …..."Tania Mathias - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"My constituent, Nicola Johnson, has had primary breast cancer. The secondary was discovered at 10 months. Will the Minister meet me and Nicola, because she falls within the six-month to 12-month period? She is eligible for neither pertuzumab nor trastuzumab emtansine...."Tania Mathias - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 19th January 2017
Asked by:
Tania Mathias (Conservative - Twickenham)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the evidence indicating the clinical benefits of the co-location of children's services with children congenital heart disease services that supported its inclusion in the final standards for congenital heart disease contained in the New Congenital Heart Disease Review: Final Report.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The new congenital heart disease (CHD) standards were approved by the NHS England Board in July 2015. The paper which NHS England’s CHD review team submitted to the Board at that time set out that:
“We found no published evidence on the effects of proximity of other services so the proposed standards are based on expert opinion. Our clinical advisers strongly advocated co-location with other paediatric services, though they recognised that not everyone agrees. They considered that while responsiveness was one important factor, it was not the only thing that mattered. Delivering these services effectively requires the input of the wider paediatric multidisciplinary team, and the interaction between these teams on a daily basis, when co-located, is considered to be of significant benefit to patients.”
The full paper can be found on NHS England’s website at:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Item-4-CHD-Report.pdf
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Jan 2017
Defibrillators in Public Areas
"I commend the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) for her excellent and thorough speech. I want to make only a few points. I absolutely agree that this is such a vital matter that it is for the Government to take some initiative. Although charities—including, as I have …..."Tania Mathias - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jan 2017
NHS and Social Care Funding
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jan 2017
NHS and Social Care Funding
"I entirely agree with what my right hon. Friend is saying about the increased resources, but does he not agree with me that we now need more resources for integrated health and social care and that this is the time to stop using the NHS as a political football and …..."Tania Mathias - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 9th January 2017
Asked by:
Tania Mathias (Conservative - Twickenham)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many extra publicly accessible defibrillators and associated training programmes have been provided as a result of the £1 million investment announced in Budget 2015.
Answered by David Mowat
The £1 million programme, announced in the budget in 2015, to increase the availability and accessibility of public access defibrillators and numbers trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) made 700 more publicly accessible defibrillators in communities across England. A breakdown of awards made is below:
Package | Awards | Units |
Defibrillator, CPR kit and cabinet | 486 | 641 |
Defibrillator and CPR kit | 10 | 21 |
Cabinet only | 29 | 38 |
Total | 525 | 700 |
In the March 2016 budget, a further £1 million was made available to make public access defibrillators and CPR training more widely available in communities across England. A grant has been made to the British Heart Foundation to disburse the funding and it is currently accepting applications.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"The STP for south-west London includes mental health crisis needs, but there is a current crisis of lack of in-patient facilities for mental health patients. Will the Minister look into extra immediate funding to increase the number of in-patient mental health beds?..."Tania Mathias - View Speech
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