Every parliamentary written question tabled by Clive Jones this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What plans his Department has to encourage earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer in the Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire Integrated Care Board region.
The Health Mission sets the objective of building a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of that work, and in response to Lord Darzi’s report, we have launched an extensive programme of engagement to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to reform ...
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing (a) free and (b) reduced-price sanitary products for women with PCOS and similar conditions.
There are no current plans to carry out an assessment of the potential merits of providing free or reduced-price sanitary products for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and other gynaecological conditions. The Government is committed to prioriti...
What assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the proportion of bowel cancers diagnosed at each stage in the last five years.
The Health Mission sets the objective of building a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of that work, and in response to Lord Darzi’s report, we have launched an extensive programme of engagement to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to reform ...
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that there are sufficient breast cancer clinical nurse specialists.
We are committed to training the staff we need, including clinical nurse specialists, to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places, including th...
If he will make it his policy to ensure that people diagnosed with (a) triple negative breast cancer and (b) the BRCA gene mutation are offered genetic counselling.
Genomic testing in the National Health Service in England is provided through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service and delivered by a national genomic testing network of seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs. Individuals should discuss with their healthcare profe...
If he will make it his policy to test people diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer for the BRCA gene mutation.
Genomic testing in the National Health Service in England is provided through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service, and delivered by a national genomic testing network of seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLHs). The NHS GLHs deliver testing as directed by th...
If he will make it his policy to ensure that people with triple negative breast cancer have access to a clinical nurse specialist at the point of diagnosis.
We are committed to training the staff we need, including clinical nurse specialists, to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places, including th...
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to hospices in Wokingham.
The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting, and hospices will have a big role to play in that shift.Whilst ...
Whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of hospice funding on people's experience of death and dying in Wokingham.
We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. The Government is determined to shift more healthcare out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families ...
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the funding model for charitable hospices as part of his 10-year plan for health and care.
We have committed to develop a 10-Year Health Plan to deliver an NHS fit for the future, by driving three shifts in the way health care is delivered, specifically: moving healthcare from hospital to the community; from analogue to digital; and from sickne...
What steps he is taking to tackle the redevelopment of the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
We are reviewing the New Hospital Programme (NHP) in order to put it on a sustainable footing, which will include a realistic timetable for delivery and clarity on the funding required. As set out in the Terms of Reference for the review, the new hospital...
What discussions he has had with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on improving access to ADHD medication in Wokingham.
The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information is not collected on a local level.The Department has been working hard with industry and NHS England to ...
If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a a long-term cancer strategy.
Lord Darzi’s report has set out the scale of the challenges we face in fixing the National Health Service, and the need to improve cancer waiting time performance and cancer survival. In particular, he has highlighted the need to improve the number of pat...
Whether funding is available to help with building repairs for Grade II listed hospitals.
Currently, there are no national programmes providing funding specifically to Grade II listed hospitals and the Department does not keep records of which hospitals or buildings on hospital sites fit this criterion.It is the legal responsibility of Nationa...
If he will make it his policy to change the the entitlement to Nursery Milk Scheme from ending at age five to the end of the academic year.
The Nursery Milk Scheme allows early years childcare settings, such as childminders and nurseries, to reclaim the cost of providing one-third of a pint of milk to children under five years old, who attend their childcare setting for at least two hours per...
What steps he is taking to ensure that funding for the Nursery Milk Scheme reflects the retail cost of milk.
The Nursery Milk Scheme allows early years childcare settings registered with the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills to reclaim the cost of providing one-third of a pint of milk to children in their care, who are under the a...