Post by Silly Yak on Feb 19, 2011 9:59:57 GMT
Posted by Kicking Frog on 18/2/2011, 11:36:56, in reply to "Re: Prescription Changes"
Andrew Lansley (before he became Health Sectretary) expressed an interest in coeliac disease.(see below, in particular improve the standard of care given to those with coeliac disease).
This being so, I have written to him, asking what he thinks of SECoast prescription cuts to coeliacs & DHers.
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Coeliac Disease
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to improve rates of diagnosis of coeliac disease; what steps she is taking to improve the standard of care given to those with coeliac disease; and how many people have been diagnosed as having coeliac disease in each year since 1997. [18361]
Mr. Byrne: Data on the incidence of coeliac disease is not available centrally though Coeliac UK estimates that the condition affects one per cent. of the United Kingdom population.
It is the role of primary care trusts (PCTs) in partnership with local stakeholders to decide what services to provide for their populations, including those with coeliac disease. They are best placed to understand local health care needs and commission appropriate services to meet them.
Strategic health authorities and PCTs have all received the national service framework (NSF) for long-term conditions. While the NSF is principally concerned with improving health and social care services for people with a long-term neurological condition, it will address issues common to all people with a long-term condition to improve their quality of life and promote independence.
20 Oct 2005 : Column 1156W
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www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo051020/text/51020w14.htm
Andrew Lansley (before he became Health Sectretary) expressed an interest in coeliac disease.(see below, in particular improve the standard of care given to those with coeliac disease).
This being so, I have written to him, asking what he thinks of SECoast prescription cuts to coeliacs & DHers.
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Coeliac Disease
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to improve rates of diagnosis of coeliac disease; what steps she is taking to improve the standard of care given to those with coeliac disease; and how many people have been diagnosed as having coeliac disease in each year since 1997. [18361]
Mr. Byrne: Data on the incidence of coeliac disease is not available centrally though Coeliac UK estimates that the condition affects one per cent. of the United Kingdom population.
It is the role of primary care trusts (PCTs) in partnership with local stakeholders to decide what services to provide for their populations, including those with coeliac disease. They are best placed to understand local health care needs and commission appropriate services to meet them.
Strategic health authorities and PCTs have all received the national service framework (NSF) for long-term conditions. While the NSF is principally concerned with improving health and social care services for people with a long-term neurological condition, it will address issues common to all people with a long-term condition to improve their quality of life and promote independence.
20 Oct 2005 : Column 1156W
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www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo051020/text/51020w14.htm