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Scheduled Event - 25 Apr 2024, 12:30 p.m. - Add to calendar
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Commons - Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall
General Debate: Health inequalities in liver disease and liver cancer
MP: Navendu Mishra
Commons Chamber
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme - Mon 02 Sep 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) The infected blood scandal is the health service equivalent of the Post Office Horizon disaster, with - Speech Link
2: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) I spoke to Health Ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland before taking this action. - Speech Link
3: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) That health impact special route has been set up because there will be circumstances in which the health - Speech Link


Arms Length Body Publication (Published)
NICE

May. 28 2024

Source Page: Selective internal radiation therapy with QuiremSpheres for treating unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Publication Type: Final draft guidance
Document: Final draft guidance (PDF 168 KB) (webpage)

Found: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND C ARE EXCELLENCE Final draft guidance Selective internal radiation


Arms Length Body Publication (In consultation)
NICE

Oct. 08 2024

Source Page: Fruquintinib for previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer ID6274
Publication Type: Draft guidance
Document: reissued scope PDF 193 KB (webpage)

Found: treated metastatic colorectal cancer Issue Date: October 2024 Page 1 of 5 © National Institute for Health


Deposited Papers
Cabinet Office

Aug. 16 2024

Source Page: I. Government update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, 16 August 2024. 8p. II. Infected Blood Inquiry Response Expert Group final report. 87p. III. Recommendations from Sir Robert Francis to the Government on the proposal for a compensation scheme. IV. Letter dated 15/08/2024 from Nick Thomas-Symonds to the Deposited Papers clerk regarding deposit of the above documents in the House libraries.
Document: Infected_Blood_Inquiry_Response_Expert_Group_Final_Report_2024.pdf (PDF)

Found: Hepatitis C or Hepatitis B - Cirrhosis (liver damage) Serious scarring of the liver caused by long-term


Written Question
Obesity: Children
Thursday 5th September 2024

Asked by: Beccy Cooper (Labour - Worthing West)

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 potential impact of childhood obesity on inequalities in health outcomes between (a) deprived communities and (b) less deprived communities.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) collects data on children aged four to five years old, who would be in reception, and 10 to 11 years old, who would be in year 6. It provides detailed data on childhood obesity by age, sex, deprivation, and ethnicity, as well as geographic analyses.

NCMP data for 2022/23 shows that, for children living in the most deprived areas, obesity prevalence was twice as high compared with those living in the least deprived areas in both reception and year 6.

For children in reception, the data for 2022/23 shows a gap of 6.6% for obesity prevalence between the most and least deprived areas. This is the smallest disparity gap seen since 2014/15, and has been driven by a greater drop in obesity prevalence in the most deprived areas, which is at its lowest level since 2015/16. For children in year 6, the gap in obesity prevalence between the most and least deprived areas in 2022/23 has reduced to 17.1%, but is still much larger than that seen in pre-pandemic years.

A growing number of children living with obesity are developing health conditions, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, bone and joint problems, tooth decay, and type 2 diabetes.

Further health outcomes associated with obesity occur in adulthood. Approximately 80% of adolescents living with obesity will continue to live with excess weight as adults, so it is important to create an environment which helps children maintain a healthy weight.

Where a child lives therefore influences their weight status and health outcomes. There are large and persistent disparities between the most and least deprived communities of England.


Written Question
Pancreatic Cancer: Screening
Tuesday 30th July 2024

Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer in the last 12 months.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

We will improve cancer survival rates by hitting all National Health Service cancer waiting time targets within five years, including for pancreatic cancer. We know that pancreatic cancer is difficult to diagnose due to the non-specific nature of its symptoms. To improve diagnosis and outcomes, NHS England is delivering a range of interventions including implementing non-specific symptom pathways for patients who have symptoms that do not align to a single tumour type, as is often the case with pancreatic cancer. 96 pathways are in place, and more are being introduced. NHS England is also increasing general practice direct access to diagnostic tests, alongside providing a route into pancreatic cancer surveillance for those at inherited high-risk, to identify lesions before they develop into cancer and diagnose cancers sooner.

The most recent Faster Diagnosis Standard performance for upper gastrointestinal cancers, including oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, small bowel cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer and cancers of the biliary system, is 76% against the 75% standard for May 2024.


Arms Length Body Publication (In development)
NICE

Apr. 08 2024

Source Page: Durvalumab with tremelimumab for untreated advanced or unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma [ID2725]
Publication Type: Consultation on suggested remit, draft scope and provisional stakeholder list of consultees and commentators: 2725
Document: Draft matrix post referral PDF 179 KB (webpage)

Found: Company • AstraZeneca (d urvalumab , tremelimumab ) Patient/carer groups • Addenbrookes Liver


Deposited Papers

Dec. 18 2008

Source Page: Table showing number of hospital admissions where ICD10 Code F10, K70 or T51 (regarding alcohol misuse) was either the primary or secondary diganosis for 1997/98, 2001/02, 2005/06 and 2006/07, broken down by NHS trust. 21 p.
Document: DEP2008-3161.xls (Excel)

Found: sectorPlease see footnotes1997/98F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcoholK70: Alcoholic Liver


Deposited Papers

Nov. 27 2007

Source Page: Table showing count of Finished Admission Episodes for Elective or Emergency Alcohol Attributable hospital admissions where alcohol related conditions were mentioned in the Primary or Secondary diagnosis field for the London Local Authority District of Residence for the years 2002/03 to 2005/06. 5 p.
Document: DEP2007-0164.xls (Excel)

Found: the following ICD-10 codes:F10 - Mental and behaviour disorders due to use of alcoholK70 - Alcoholic liver