Health

written question – answered on 13 December 2004.

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  • Alcohol-related Illness

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the NHS of treating medical conditions deemed to be linked to the use of alcohol was in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

  • Ambulance Services (Gloucestershire)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what improvements in ambulance services in Gloucestershire have taken place since 1997.

  • Atypical Anti-psychotic Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the increase in prescribing of atypical anti-psychotic drugs as a proportion of anti-psychotics since the publication of the National Institute...

  • Barnet Chase Farm Hospital Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the Barnet Chase Farm Hospital Trust communications strategy.

  • Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on (a) the financial situation of and (b) the future prospects for Bedfordshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust.

  • Cancer Care

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will adjust cancer targets to indicate quality of life and managed death indicators.

  • Carers (Pendle)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many carers there are in Pendle.

  • Cheltenham General Hospital

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money has been invested in paediatric services at the Cheltenham General Hospital since 1997.

  • Cheltenham General Hospital

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional ambulance services will be available to transport child patients to the Gloucester Royal Hospital if proposals to transfer dedicated...

  • Cheltenham General Hospital

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have been treated at the Battledown Ward of Cheltenham General Hospital in each year since 1997.

  • Childhood Anaemia

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to encourage the iron intake of children to prevent childhood anaemia; and what assessment he has made of the...

  • Childhood Spinal Deformity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made on the review of services for children with scoliosis and spinal deformity; when he expects this work to be completed; and how...

  • Communication Masts (Health Effects)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has commissioned on the cumulative effects of multiple mobile phone/Tetra masts on the health of people living nearby.

  • Departmental Costs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on energy costs incurred by his Department in each of the last two years.

  • Dermatology Treatment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) maximum time was that a patient waited for a first dermatology outpatient appointment in the last year for which figures are...

  • Diabetes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS organisations in implementing the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance technology...

  • Diabetes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people inject Insulin daily for the treatment of their diabetes; and what proportion of these people inject animal insulin.

  • Diabetes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of primary care general practices have a diabetes clinic attached to them.

  • Diabetes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diabetes datasets defining minimum standards have NHS Information Standards Board approval.

  • Digital Hearing Aids

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Coventry are on waiting lists for digital hearing aids.

  • Draft Mental Health Bill

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish the code of practice to accompany the draft Mental Health Bill.

  • Employment Advisers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the cost of the commitment to provide access to an employment adviser for everyone with severe mental health problems made...

  • Employment Advisers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of (a) the availability of employment advice and Individual Placement Support to people with severe mental health problems,...

  • Employment Terms and Conditions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what initiatives are being assessed by the Government to achieve the aim of improving the quality of jobs by reducing monotony, increasing job control...

  • Expert Patients Programme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) how many primary care trusts had completed all four pilot stage courses under the Expert Patients Programme on (a) 1 April and (b) 1 December; (2)...

  • Eye Tests

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many senior citizens in Bolton, North-East have access to free eye tests.

  • Fireworks

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many firework-related callouts to the ambulance service there were in England in (a) 2004 and (b) 2003.

  • Fluoride

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department provides to the British Fluoridation Society; and whether the society receives funding on a regular basis.

  • Food Labelling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on his policy objectives for further discussion in the EU regarding legislation on (a) food supplements, (b) nutrition...

  • Food Supplements

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the meetings with manufacturers, retailers and consumers of food supplements recently arranged by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this was paid to outside...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Moorfield Eye Hospital NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this was paid to outside...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Papworth Hospital NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this was paid to outside consultants;...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust (now Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) spent on preparing its application for...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) how much the Addenbrooke's NHS Trust (now Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) spent on preparing its application for foundation...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) how much the City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid to...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) how much the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospital Services NHS Trust (now Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) spent on preparing its application for...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid to...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Guy's and St. Thomas's NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid to...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Peterborough Hospital NHS Trust spent on changing its name to Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospital Services NHS Trust (now Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) spent on changing its name from Southern...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) how much the University College London Hospitals NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) how much the Stockport NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid to outside...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (1) how much the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Royal Marsden NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid to outside...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid to...

  • Foundation Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust spent on preparing its application for foundation status; how much of this expenditure was paid to...

  • Funding

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on heart disease and cancer care in Bolton, North-East in each of the last five years.

  • General Social Care Council

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what performance standard has been set for processing an application by the General Social Care Council; how long it has taken on average in the last...

  • Genito-Urinary Medicine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been referred to genito-urinary medicine clinics in each year since 1997; and what proportion were given an appointment within 48 hours.

  • GP Surgeries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding has been made available in each primary care trust area for upgrading or rebuilding general practitioner surgeries.

  • Greater Manchester Surgical Unit, Trafford

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the business case was presented for the Greater Manchester Surgical Unit, Trafford to (a) the board of the relevant strategic health authority...

  • Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been made available for health services in Liverpool in each year since 1997.

  • Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were in the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital's Trust in each year since its formation.

  • Health White Paper

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has evaluated on the introduction of a national campaign on sexual health as set out in the White Paper, Choosing Health, Cm 6374,...

  • Hospital Infections

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital trusts in England recorded a reduction in hospital infections between 2003 and 2004.

  • Hospital Infections

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the MRSA cases reported in 2003–04 at Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Hospital Trust resulted in (a) death, (b) loss of physical...

  • Independent Treatment Centres

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many independent sector treatment centres have contacts with the NHS; and what assessment he has made of their impact on (a) patient care and...

  • Influenza Vaccinations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have received free influenza vaccinations in Bolton, North-East in 2004.

  • Insulin

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to give Synthetic Insulin Tolerance Syndrome drug protection under orphan drug status; and if he will take steps to ensure there are...

  • Insulin

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will request the Committee on the Safety of Medicine to review its data on the application of insulin treatment for diabetic patients; and if...

  • Locum Doctors (North Yorkshire)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the use of locum doctors under the new out-of-hours arrangements for general practitioners in North Yorkshire.

  • Mental Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of whether small businesses will be the subject of vexatious litigation arising from the proposal to challenge discrimination...

  • Mental Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many MIND facilities in England have had their public funding reduced for 2004–05.

  • Mental Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many graduate mental health workers (a) were employed in 2004 and (b) need to be recruited in 2005–06 to meet Government targets.

  • Milk Token Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to include goats milk in the infant token scheme.

  • Mumps

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice he has issued about the efficacy of the MMR vaccination for preventing mumps after 10 years from the date of vaccination.

  • Mumps

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have contracted mumps in each of the last five years; and how many were minors.

  • National Programme for IT

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the introduction of the National Programme for IT computer system into the NHS; (2) what the estimated cost is of...

  • NHS Cleaners

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cleaners, as distinct from other ancillary staff, are employed by (a) the NHS and (b) private contractors providing services to the NHS.

  • NHS Expenditure

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure is planned for the NHS in each financial year from 2005–06 to 2007–08.

  • NHS Staff

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in Bolton, North-East in each of the last seven years.

  • Nursing Bursaries

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will break down by age recipients of NHS bursaries for nurse training in each year since 2000.

  • Patient Counselling/Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made in using patients diagnosed with particular conditions as a bank of advice and counselling for those recently diagnosed with...

  • Patient Counselling/Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding the informed patient project will receive in each year until 2009–10; and if he will make a statement.

  • Pregnancy Advisory Service

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public money was made available to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service for its work in each of the last three years.

  • Premature Death

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will define the meaning of premature death when used for the purposes of policy making in his Department.

  • Primary Care

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of primary care premises are over 30 years old.

  • Primary Care

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Department will be able to assess expenditure in individual cases for each primary care trust.

  • Primary Care

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what public scrutiny takes place of the spending of primary care trusts top-sliced for private operations; (2) what percentage of primary care...

  • Programme Budget Project Group

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the report of the programme budget project group will be published.

  • Psychotherapy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision for psychotherapy is available under the national health service in England.

  • Public Bodies

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed by (a) the Human Tissue Authority and (b) the Commission for Public and Patient Involvement in Health; what the running cost...

  • Royal Free Hospital

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the reconfiguration of maternity services at the Royal Free Hospital.

  • Schizophrenia

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions have taken place between the National Institute for Mental Health England and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)...

  • School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme; and if he will make a statement; (2) what assessment he has made of the...

  • Social Workers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of social workers had registered with the General Social Care Council by 1 December.

  • Sunbeds

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to warn people of the danger of excessive use of sunbeds.

  • Wandsworth Primary Care Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what budget was granted to Wandsworth Primary Care Trust in each of the last three years.

  • Working Time Directive (Junior Doctors)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what implications the European Working Time Directive will have for the working patterns of junior doctors in the UK.