| | | 2009 |
| 8 Jun | Julia Goldsworthy | To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent advice on Lyme disease his Department has received from the National Expert
Panel on New and Emerging Infections; and at what date such advice was received; (2) what recent advice on Lyme disease his Department has received from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens; and at what date such advice was received. |
| 4 Jun | Anne Milton | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research into lyme disease his Department plans for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
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| 3 Jun | Mary Scanlon | To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of Lyme’s disease have been recorded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by NHS
board. |
| 12 May | Graham Brady | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued on the treatment of borreliosis. |
| | | 2008 |
| 18 Dec | Hugo Swire | To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will institute a national register of those who have contracted Lyme disease. |
| 16 Dec | Hugo Swire | I recently chaired a seminar on Lyme disease in Westminster Hall, and two things became clear—that diagnoses of people suffering from Lyme
disease are on the increase, and that sufferers are beginning to encounter the same scepticism that people with other chronic fatigue syndromes such as ME have been subject to. Will the Under-Secretary of State for Health, Ann Keen, address that matter? What instructions can she give to GPs to
ensure that they treat more seriously the symptoms of long-term sufferers from Lyme disease? (has video). |
| 16 Dec | Hugo Swire | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines his Department has given to medical practitioners on diagnosis and treatment of Lyme
disease. |
| 16 Dec | Natascha Engel | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to encourage faster and better diagnosis of Lyme disease. |
| 11 Dec | Hugo Swire | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's definition of (a) Lyme's disease, (b) chronic Lyme's disease and (c)
post-Lyme's syndrome is. |
| 11 Dec | Hugo Swire | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to make Lyme's disease a notifiable disease. |
| 17 Nov | John Scott | To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to produce medical guidelines on dealing with tick-borne diseases. |
| 17 Nov | John Scott | To ask the Scottish Executive how reliable diagnostic tests are for Lyme disease and what can be done to improve their efficiency.
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| 17 Nov | John Scott | To ask the Scottish Executive what information is currently available to GPs to assist them in diagnosing tick-borne diseases in
general and Lyme disease in particular. |
| 17 Nov | John Scott | To ask the Scottish Executive what medical research is being carried out in the United Kingdom or Europe to address the problems
of tick-borne diseases and how they affect humans. |
| 20 Oct | Roger Williams | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what
assessment he has made of the increase in mean surface temperatures on the potential for (a) malaria, (b) equine fever, (c) dengue fever, (d) lyme disease, (e) African Horse Sickness, (f) Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, (g) Rift Valley fever and (h) other vector borne diseases to spread to
the UK; and what steps he has taken towards securing vaccines for these diseases. |
| 9 Jan | Hugo Swire | What estimate has been made of the number of people likely to have undiagnosed active Lyme disease. |
| 9 Jan | Hugo Swire | What assessment has been made of the adequacy of blood tests as a tool for diagnosis of late-stage Lyme disease. |
| | | 2007 |
| 13 Sep | Jamie McGrigor | To ask the
Scottish Executive what action it is taking to protect human health, in light of the increasing number of cases of Lyme disease caused by ticks in Scotland. |
| 22 Oct | Lord Greaves | What advice is given to general practitioners and other medical practitioners on the identification and treatment of Lyme disease. |
| 22 Oct | 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 Mar | Vincent Cable | What strategies have been put in place to deal with the increase in the number of people contracting Lyme disease |
| | 2006 |
| 30 Nov | Bernard Jenkin | How many cases of Lyme disease there have been in each strategic health authority area. |
| 30 Nov | Bernard Jenkin | What is the standard clinical practice for diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. |
| 23 Oct | Julia Goldsworthy | Lyme Disease numbers, notification and department policy. |
| 20 Oct | Julia Goldsworthy | How many people with Lyme are not receiving treatment. |
| 29 Jun | Baroness Miller | What other sorts of zoonotic disease besides infectious intestinal disease they consider to be commonly under-ascertained. |
| 5 Jun | Danny Alexander | How much is the Department providing for research into Lyme disease. |
| 9 Feb | Annette Brooke | What recent representations have been received about the treatment of Lyme disease in England. |
| 8 Feb | Annette Brooke | How many specialist consultants in England are involved in the treatment of extreme cases of Lyme disease. |
| | 2005 |
| 14 Dec | David Jones | What assessment has been made of the use of prolonged intravenous ceftriaxone therapy in the treatment of Borellia infection. |
| 10 Mar | Mike Hancock | What recent research he has been commissioned and evaluated on (i) insect-borne diseases and (ii) Lyme disease. |
| 10 Mar | Mike Hancock | What treatment protocols are available to NHS patients suffering from (i) insect-borne diseases and (ii) Lyme disease |
| 21 Feb | Jane Kennedy | Industrial Injuries and Prescribed Diseases |
| | 2004 |
| 15 Dec | 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. |
