Lyme related Parliamentary Questions

		2008
9 January	Hugo Swire	What estimate has been made of the number of people likely to have undiagnosed active Lyme disease.
9 January	Hugo Swire	What assessment has been made of the adequacy of blood tests as a tool for diagnosis of late-stage Lyme disease.
		2007
22 October	Lord Greaves	What advice is given to general practitioners and other medical practitioners on the identification and treatment of Lyme disease.
22 October	Lord Greaves	Whether Lyme disease and any other tick-borne diseases in humans are increasing in number; whether infected ticks are spreading; and, if so, what are the reasons for this.
13 March	Vincent Cable	What strategies have been put in place to deal with the increase in the number of people contracting Lyme disease
		2006
30 November	Bernard Jenkin	How many cases of Lyme disease there have been in each strategic health authority area.
30 November	Bernard Jenkin	What is the standard clinical practice for diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.
23 October	Julia Goldsworthy	Lyme Disease numbers, notification and department policy.
20 October	Julia Goldsworthy	How many people with Lyme are not receiving treatment.
29 June	Baroness Miller	What other sorts of zoonotic disease besides infectious intestinal disease they consider to be commonly under-ascertained.
5 June	Danny Alexander	How much is the Department providing for research into Lyme disease.
9 February	Annette Brooke	What recent representations have been received about the treatment of Lyme disease in England.
8 February	Annette Brooke	How many specialist consultants in England are involved in the treatment of extreme cases of Lyme disease.
		2005
14 December	David Jones	What assessment has been made of the use of prolonged intravenous ceftriaxone therapy in the treatment of Borellia infection.
10 March	Mike Hancock	What recent research he has been commissioned and evaluated on (i) insect-borne diseases and (ii) Lyme disease.
10 March	Mike Hancock	What treatment protocols are available to NHS patients suffering from (i) insect-borne diseases and (ii) Lyme disease
21 February	Jane Kennedy	Industrial Injuries and Prescribed Diseases
		2004
15 December	Andrew Lansley	(1) What research into Lyme disease and its treatment and what steps he are being taken to raise awareness of Lyme disease among healthcare professionals.

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