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Lord Evans of Rainow: I thank the noble Baroness for her question and pay tribute to the work that she does on behalf of us all as the allergy champion in Parliament. In line with the JCVI recommendation, the NHS currently offers a targeted monoclonal antibody programme to a small number of infants at high risk of severe complications from RSV infection. However, there are potential changes to this programme: a...
Alison Thewliss: ...into this space to offer specialist formulas in a quite unregulated way: formulas sit on the supermarket shelf offering solutions to colic and spitting up, for “hungry babies”, and to deal with allergies. The truth is, however, that there is no solution—not one that comes in a tin, anyway. Fussing and crying and disrupted sleep patterns are all extremely normal parts of human...
Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of referral waiting times for allergy tests.
Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that allergy clinics have the (a) resources and (b) capacity to carry out allergy tests on patients with suspected allergies within an appropriate timeframe.
Geraint Davies: ...a situation where The Lancet is saying that 41 of 52 cities breach the 2014 World Health Organisation standards of 10 micrograms per cubic metre for PM2.5, which is unacceptable. Pollution provokes allergies, and something like 21 million people in Britain have allergies. We are in the top three nations in the world for allergies. We have 5.4 million people with asthma. We know that air...
Geraint Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish guidance on fragrance free (a) health centres and (b) hospitals to help support people with (i) allergies and (ii) breathing difficulties.
Sheryll Murray: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that standards on (a) food labelling and allergens and (b) staff training on allergens in restaurants are (i) maintained and (ii) enhanced.
Mark Spencer: ...allergic consumers are able to make safe food choices. The FSA, who has policy responsibility for food safety, is currently considering how to improve the provision of information for people with allergies, and researching different approaches for the provision of written and oral information in the non-prepacked food sector.
Neil O'Brien: ...is available to those who have experienced allergic reactions to mRNA vaccines, the sites are based in complex case clinics which exist in hospitals where patients are referred routinely for allergies. There are currently 56 nominated sites in England with assurance for Nuvaxovid, which consists of 50 hospital hubs and six vaccination centres. A further five sites are currently undergoing...
Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Not Just Skin Deep report by Allergy UK published 22 Nov 2021, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that healthcare professionals have clear guidelines to help diagnose patients with atopic dermatitis.
Claire Coutinho: ...with at least one meal a day and that all food provided, including snacks, must meet school food standards.Food served must also comply with regulations on food preparation, take into account allergies and dietary requirements and take into account any religious or cultural requirements for food. The department’s external evaluation of the 2021 HAF summer programme found that children...
Helen Hayes: ...of a two-year-old has said, looking after them requires us to have eyes in the back of our head. Parental anxiety is understandably particularly high among the parents of children with serious allergies and other medical conditions, and the parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities. The policy also has the potential to make settings less inclusive; when settings...
Margaret Ferrier: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that standards on food labelling and allergens in the UK are maintained following the Government’s proposal to sunset existing EU regulations.
Lord Markham: ...’s priority pathogens. A series of compounds which evade efflux-mediated resistance are in development. Early-stage pre-clinical development has gained support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases through its Preclinical Services team, for studies on pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics and efficacy. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for...
Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Allergy UK's report entitled Not Just Skin Deep: Getting under the skin of eczema, published in November 2022, what steps her Department is taking to improve guidance on diagnosing patients with atopic dermatitis.
Marion Fellows: ...hyperactivity disorder, while the other suffered brain damage at birth and is doubly incontinent. The family have to do frequent food shops tailored to the children’s specific sensory needs and allergies, which has resulted in their bills almost tripling. The mother of these poor boys originally trained as a special educational needs teacher, but she cannot work, as she is a full-time...
Dan Carden: ...last month of his life, and I am still overwhelmed each time I attempt to talk about what he went through.” I turn to the words of one dementia sufferer, who said: “I’d forget that I had an allergy, but my daughter was there to correct me. If alone, I would simply have said I didn’t have an allergy—that could be so dangerous.” The lack of input from the family and friends of...
Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the report entitled Not Just Skin Deep, published by Allergy UK in November 2021, that more than one quarter of atopic dermatitis patients are waiting for longer than a year for a referral to specialist care, what steps she is taking to improve access to specialist dermatological care.
Preet Kaur Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the availability of AstraZeneca and Novovax Covid vaccines for people with severe allergies who cannot receive the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that families with children who suffer from severe allergies to certain medicines can access affordable alternatives; and if she will make a statement.
