John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what studies he has commissioned on access and eligibility criteria used by primary care trusts for NHS chiropody provision; and what the results were; (2) what steps are being taken to harmonise access and eligibility criteria for chiropody services across (a) primary care trusts and (b) regions; (3) what extent access and eligibility criteria...
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average vacancy rate is for midwives in the NHS, broken down by region; what proportion of midwife vacancies have remained vacant for more than three months in (a) England and (b) each region in the last year for which figures are available; which 10 regions of England have the highest vacancy rates; and what these rates are; (2) what...
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to his answer of 27 October 2003, Official Report, column 99W, on stroke, how the stroke units that do not have rehabilitation stroke beds seek to rehabilitate their patients; (2) pursuant to his answers of 27 October 2003, Official Report, column 99W and 23 October 2003, Official Report, column 736W, on strokes, whether he intends that...
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of specialised stroke units are (a) acute care units, (b) rehabilitation stroke units and (c) both acute care and rehabilitation stroke units.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) began studying as a midwife and (b) completed their studies as a midwife, broken down by region, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what proportion of those successfully completing their studies went on (i) to register and (ii) to practise as a midwife in the NHS.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what targets he has set relating to (a) the recruitment of midwives into the NHS and (b) the overall numbers of midwives employed within the NHS; (2) how many midwives worked in the national health service, expressed as (a) a headcount and (b) whole time equivalent, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make an assessment of staffing levels in NHS maternity units, with particular reference to the number of midwives.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the number of places available for those wishing to study to become a midwife.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the level of financial support available for those wishing to study to become a midwife.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of stroke patients he estimates will be able to be treated in specialist stroke units for the majority of their hospital stay from April 2004.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate the Government have made of the number of people whose sight will be affected following the Government's decision to delay implementation of NICE's guidelines to make photo-dynamic therapy available to those suffering from age-related macular degeneration.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of community health councils will be fully operational on 1 November; and if he will list those that will no longer be operational on that date.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the staffing level of community health councils was on (a) 1 January, (b) 1 April and (c) 1 July.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 17 September 2003, Official Report, column 843W, on community health councils, what the staffing levels on 1 November will be as a proportion of the full-time staffing strength before the decision to abolish the councils was taken.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage he estimates of the specialist stroke units in operation by April 2004 will be fully operational and staffed.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance the NHS has issued to ensure that clinicians are fully informed in how to deal with patients presenting with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made in meeting the National Service Framework for Older People target of having an additional 5,000 intermediate care beds and 1,700 non-residential intermediate care places in place by March 2004 compared with the 1999–2000 baseline.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what efforts are being made to monitor the satisfaction of prostate cancer patients with their NHS treatment; and what the findings are.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) urologists, (b) pathologists, (c) radiologists and (d) prostate cancer nurses have been working in the NHS on prostate cancer cases in each of the last five years.
John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many stroke patients are treated in specialist stroke units; and how many he estimates will be treated in such units by April 2004; (2) how many of the anticipated specialist stroke units in place by April 2004 he estimates will be (a) acute, (b) rehabilitation and (c) both acute and rehabilitation; and what percentage each will represent of...