{"value":{"id":1243370,"askingMemberId":4398,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-10-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-10-16T00:00:00","uin":"103546","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the (a) diagnosis and treatment of and (b) support available for patients with heart valve disease.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4380,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-10-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Primary and secondary care have remained open throughout the pandemic and patients have been encouraged to access these services.</p><p>Since 29 April NHS England has prioritised the reintroduction of non COVID-19 services with the aim of recovering as much performance as possible before winter. To aid this, new COVID-19 secure hubs for surgery and diagnostics have been established.</p><p>Further planning is underway to ensure critical services, such as cardiac surgery, are maintained during any future waves.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Heart Diseases: Coronavirus","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1243370","method":"GET"}]}