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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the annual cost to the National Health Service of screening all men above the age of 30 years for prostate cancer; if he will list the cost to the National Health Service of (a) a PSA blood test,...

Asked by
Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 December 1998
Reference
322 c621W; 64341;64337;64342
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on population screening of men for prostate cancer.

Asked by
Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 December 1998
Reference
64339; 322 c621W
House
House of Commons

That this House warmly congratulates scientists at the Cancer Research Campaign on their pioneering research and development of a new test for cervical cancer; believes the new test could end the high error rate of current tests and offer a safer future for women's health; welcomes the positive response of...

Primary sponsor
Joan Ruddock (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
8 December 1998
Reference
90
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the cost of screening all rising fives for dyslexia. - Includes ref to Education Act 1996 and Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs.

Asked by
Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 1998
Reference
321 c63W; 60953
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of hydrolysed DNA assay testing for the early detection of cervical cancer in tandem with the present smear test.

Asked by
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 November 1998
Reference
321 c73W; 61530
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much extra funding has been made available to area health authorities for the provision of mammograms for women over 65 years of age. - Inc figs.

Asked by
Ann Winterton (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 November 1998
Reference
319 c697W; 59655
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Committee of Public Accounts
Notes
Received 07.12.98; Received 07.11.98
Date
18 November 1998
Reference
HC 757 1997/98
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the interim results of the pilot studies on extension of the breast screening programme. - Inc ref to British Medical Journal, Volume 317, page 388, (in Library).

Asked by
Paul Flynn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 November 1998
Reference
319 c697W; 59713
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what screening tests are currently available for new-variant CJD; what efforts his Department is making to develop a test for new-variant CJD. - Inc ref to Medical Research Council's Website at http://www.mrc.ac.uk/tse_tb2.htm.

Asked by
Alan Duncan (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 November 1998
Reference
319 c442-3W; 59985;59984
House
House of Commons
To ask the Prime Minister, If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11th November. (Question not printed).
Asked by
David Stewart (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1998
Reference
319 c365; 57834
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on a targeted, selective screening programme for diabetes so that we can deal more efficiently in future with a disease that kills, maims and blinds.
Asked by
David Stewart (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1998
Reference
319 c365
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Tony Blair (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 November 1998
Reference
319 c365
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Tony Blair (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
11 November 1998
Reference
319 c365
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, If he will comment on the value for money of the breast screening programme. - Inc figs. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by
Teresa Gorman (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 1998
Reference
57375; 319 c173W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 19th October, Official Report, column 975-6, for what reasons health authorities in England are unable to report average time taken for patients to receive results of cervical smear tests: and how methods of data collection on waiting...

Asked by
Phyllis Starkey (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 1998
Reference
319 c178W; 57869
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to inform those patients found to be infected with new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease as a result of screening; and what plans his Department has to screen tissue specimens and individuals for signs of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease;

Asked by
Alan Duncan (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 November 1998
Reference
318 c535-6W; 56997;56998;56999
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans his Department has to promote the early screening programme for cervical cancer. - Inc fig and ref to Cm 3841.

Asked by
Martyn Jones (Labour)
Answering body
Welsh Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 November 1998
Reference
318 c329W; 56410
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Health and Safety Executive; Department of Health; Health Education Authority
Type
Deposited papers
Date
2 November 1998
Reference
Dep 98/1110 [26415]
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has evaluated into (a) comparative rates of screening detection and (b) treatment regimes for breast cancer in (i) France, (ii) Germany, (iii) the USA and (iv) the United Kingdom. - Includes ref to "Guidance on Improving Outcomes in...

Asked by
Ian Gibson (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 October 1998
Reference
318 c195-6W;318 c195W; 56040
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets are in place for the maximum period between performance of a radiogram and discussion of the result with the patient affected.

Asked by
Tim Collins (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 October 1998
Reference
318 c70W; 56476
House
House of Commons