Results 1-20 of 2,059 for speaker:John Baron
- Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)
John Baron: According to the Select Committee on Health and other bodies outside this place, inequalities in cancer outcomes have widened in the past 10 years. Will the Health Secretary try to explain why that is the case?
- Business, Innovation and Skills: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (12 Nov 2009)
John Baron: What recent progress his Department has made in assisting small and medium-sized businesses to secure finance.
- Business, Innovation and Skills: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (12 Nov 2009)
John Baron: I have to beg to disagree with the Minister. Many companies in my constituency and the most recent credit crunch survey by the Federation of Small Businesses have confirmed that in too many cases, the cost of credit is actually increasing, whatever the Government say. What are they going to do about that? Which of the Minister's schemes is actually going to ensure that the cost of credit is...
- Written Answers — Health: Drugs: Licensing (12 Nov 2009)
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what interventions (a) have been assessed and (b) are being assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) through its (i) single technology appraisal and (ii) multiple technology appraisal process; and on what date (A) each such intervention was referred to NICE (B) NICE (1) commenced and (2) completed its appraisal of...
- Written Answers — Health: NHS: Private Sector (12 Nov 2009)
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS providers which had not provided assurance to the NHS Chief Executive by 30 September 2009 that the NHS guidance of 23 March 2009 on NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private care was being followed, as requested in the NHS Chief Executive's letter of 30 July 2009, gateway reference 12199; if he...
- Written Answers — Health: Medical Treatments (11 Nov 2009)
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received on the operation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's supplementary advice on appraising treatments which may extend life, at the end of life, since 17 December 2008; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Health: Medical Treatments (11 Nov 2009)
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health to what medicines which (a) have been appraised and (b) are under appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's supplementary advice on appraising treatments which may extend life, at the end of life, adopted on 17 December 2008, has been applied; what estimate he has made of the total annual eligible patient population for...
- Written Answers — Health: Cancer (5 Nov 2009)
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the full response of his Department to the report by the Rarer Cancers Forum entitled Off limits, published on 14 August 2009; what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations of the report; what steps he is taking to assist NHS organisations in making decisions on the...
- Written Answers — Health: Cancer: Death (5 Nov 2009)
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts (a) failed, (b) under-achieved and (c) achieved the Care Quality Commission's target reduction rate for cancer mortality in those aged under 75 years in 2008-09; and what definition the Care Quality Commission uses of (i) failure and (ii) under-achievement in this regard.
- Written Answers — Health: Cancer: Drugs (5 Nov 2009)
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made by the NHS in implementing collaborative commissioning processes, as recommended by his Department's National Cancer Director in his November 2008 report on Improving access to medicines for NHS patients; what steps he is taking to share the example of the North East cancer drugs group with other geographical areas in the...