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That this House supports Breast Cancer Care and the Royal College of Nursing's Time to Care report and campaign to improve access to breast care nurses for people affected by breast cancer; agrees that breast care nurses represent best practice in cancer care and provide an invaluable service; is concerned...

Primary sponsor

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

14 December 2004

Reference

390

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS will offer genetic testing of the complete BRCA2 gene instead of the current test.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 2004

Reference

418 c1025W;418 c1041W; 156897

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) Government and (b) non-Government spending on (i) all cancer research and (ii) breast cancer research in 2003-04; what proportion of the above is for cancer prevention; and if he will make a statement. - Inc...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 January 2004

For answer on

6 February 2004

Answered on

6 February 2004

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of (a) Government and (b) non-Government spending on (i) all cancer research and (ii) breast cancer research in 2003-04; what proportion of the above is for cancer prevention; and if he will make a statement. [152513] Miss Melanie Johnson: In the NHS Cancer Plan, the government stated its commitment to increasing funds for cancer research so as to play a full part alongside its funding partners. We said that, by 2003, we would be investing an additional £20 million each year in the infrastructure for cancer research and an extra £4 million on prostate cancer research. This new funding would mean that, for the first time, Government (through the Department, the Higher Education Funding Council and the research councils) would match the current investment of the voluntary sector. In June 2002, we confirmed to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that Government investment in cancer research had already reached the level of the charities. Nevertheless, we remain committed to investing the extra £24 million, as described in the Cancer Plan. The International Cancer Research Portfolio database at www.cancerportfolio.org contains details of projects supported by cancer research funding organisations in the United Kingdom and the United States. Data submitted by the National Cancer Research Institute includes the research portfolios of the 15 largest Government and charitable funders of cancer research in the UK where the research was active on 1 January 2003. The database can be searched by type of cancer, area of research (including prevention), and funding organisation.

Date

6 February 2004

Reference

417 c1123-4W; 152513

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will amend the Cancer Patient Information Strategy to ensure that information on (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment is available for all people affected by (i) breast cancer and (ii) cancer in general who want it.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2003

Reference

137454; 413 c575-6W

House

House of Commons

BREAST CANCER IN THE OVER 50'S

That this House supports Breast Cancer's 80 over 50 breast awareness campaign; notes that 80 per cent. of breast cancer cases occur in women over the age of 50; notes that research undertaken by Breast Cancer Care and Boots the Chemist shows that older women have a low awareness of...

Primary sponsor

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

8 September 2003

Reference

1639

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to prevent discrimination in the treatment of older people with breast cancer.

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 July 2003

Reference

124372; 408 c1001W;408 c999W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research projects focusing on (a) the link between physical activity and the development of breast cancer, (b) diet and the development of breast cancer and (c) breast cancer prevention his Department is funding; and if he will make a statement. -...

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 December 2002

For answer on

13 January 2003

Answered on

13 January 2003

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research projects focusing on (a) the link between physical activity and the development of breast cancer, (b) diet and the development of breast cancer and (c) breast cancer prevention his Department is funding; and if he will make a statement. [88716] Ms Blears: The Medical Research Council (MRC), which receives its funding from the Department of Trade and Industry via the Office of Science and Technology, is the main agency through which the Government supports research on the causes and treatments of disease, including all types of cancer. The Department of Health contributes to the strategies and priorities of the MRC by meeting the national health service costs of the MRC's research (and of charity funded research). The Department also directly funds research to support policy development in health and social care, and to support effective practice in the NHS. In terms of directly funded research, the Department's main focus is on interventions to promote healthy living, including diet and physical exercise, and on research on breast cancer screening. For example, the Department is funding research projects with the following titles: A health impact assessment of agricultural policy, using the impact on fruit and vegetable consumption as a case study; Reducing inequalities in health and diet: the impact of a food retail development--a pilot study; Field co-ordination in health promotion linked to the Cochrane Collaboration. The Department also funds a programme of work at the cancer screening evaluation unit, which evaluates the effectiveness of screening. Part of this programme includes work on breast cancer screening. There are plans for an observational individual-based study of the efficacy of the breast screening programme. The Department provides joint funding for the age trial, on the effect on breast cancer mortality of annual screening from age 40. Over 75 per cent. of the Department's total expenditure on all health research, including on cancer, is devolved to NHS organisations and details are not routinely collected centrally. Summary information about this research is available on the national research register, which is on the web at www.doh.gov.uk/ research. The Department is a member of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI). The recent NCRI report "Strategic Analysis 2002" analysed most of the directly funded research of Government and charity funders. The analyses revealed relatively low sums spent on cancer prevention, which has prompted the NCRI to set up a strategic planning group to look at this area to see what further research may be possible and what extra resources might be needed to bring this about. The Department will be working in partnership with its Government and charity cancer research funding partners to take this work forward.

Date

13 January 2003

Reference

88716; 397 c484-5W;397 c482-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide a specialist breast cancer centre of excellence in the North West. - (Holding answer 11 March 2002).

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 April 2002

Reference

383 c1175W; 41940

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is being made to ensure that there are sufficient specialist breast cancer consultants, surgeons and nurses in the North West in the next 10 years. - (Holding answer issued on Monday 11 March).

Asked by

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 March 2002

Reference

382 c928W;382 c922W; 41939

House

House of Commons

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