Health

written question – answered on 9 February 2005.

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  • Alcohol

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent advertising the dangers of excessive alcohol in each of the last seven years.

  • Ambulance Services (Lancashire)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long on average people waited for ambulances responding to 999 calls in Chorley in the last year for which figures are available; and how many times...

  • Burns Treatment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to enhance specialist burns treatment facilities in the south-east region; and if he will make a statement.

  • Cancer Research/Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by his Department on cancer research in each of the last seven years.

  • Cancer Research/Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how the additional cancer funding announced on 30 September 2003 has been spent; (2) what steps his Department is taking to address shortfalls...

  • Care Homes (Derbyshire)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) care homes and (b) care home places were available in West Derbyshire in each of the last seven years run by (i) Derbyshire county council...

  • Cataract Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on steps taken to reduce cataract treatment waiting lists.

  • Childhood Cancer

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of links between levels of chemicals revealed in the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory and levels of...

  • Congestion Charge

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on congestion (a) charges and (b) penalty charge notices by the Department since the commencement of the congestion charging scheme.

  • Criminal Offences

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department in the (a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04 session, broken...

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists within the London borough of Wandsworth (a) only treat patients under the NHS, (b) treat patients under the NHS and also privately and...

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the differences are between the 2003 Keeping in Touch scheme for dentists and the Returning to Dentistry campaign launched in 2004.

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health for how long the Returning to Dentistry campaign ran; how many calls it received; and what the total budget was, broken down by (a) advertising and (b)...

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with primary care trusts prior to launching the Returning to Dentistry campaign; and what feedback has been...

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what forecast figures his Department has for (a) adults and (b) children registering with an NHS dentist in 2005.

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent dentists have been recruited back to the NHS through the keeping in touch scheme.

  • Experimental Crops

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely impact of draft guidelines published by the United States Food and Drug Administration regarding the regulation...

  • Health Care Trusts (Devon)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the trusts operating in Devon in (a) mental health care, (b) general health care, (c) elderly care and (d) special care; which of them...

  • Hospital Chaplaincy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding has been made available for the hospital chaplaincy service for the Sikh faith.

  • Infertility Treatment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he expects one cycle of IVF to be available on the NHS to those who meet the clinical criteria by April in (a) Gloucestershire and (b)...

  • Inspectorates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the expenditure of the (a) Social Services Inspectorate and (b) Commission for Social Care Inspection was in each year since its establishment; and...

  • Milk Tokens

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many eligible households (a) had and (b) had not had their milk tokens issued to them by the last day of each month for which his Department has...

  • Mobile Diagnostic Centres

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has received requests from his counterparts in (a) the National Assembly for Wales and (b) the Scottish Parliament to discuss the...

  • Mobile Phones

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he takes to ensure the widespread distribution of guidance his Department publishes on the use of mobile telephones; (2) what plans he...

  • Mrsa

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the needfor the NHS to set aside contingency funds in case of future civil litigation from patients who have...

  • Mrsa

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health which strains of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acute trusts are required to report; and if he will make a statement.

  • NHS Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the annual increase in the NHS budget needed to meet the higher costs associated with (a) an ageing population and (b) improved...

  • NHS It

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practices in each cluster area have been supplied with new computer systems under the terms of the National Programme for NHS IT.

  • NHS It

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital trusts in each cluster area have been supplied with picture archiving and communications systems.

  • Portsmouth Hospitals Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will delay any contractual commitment by Portsmouth hospitals trust to rebuild Queen Alexandra hospital, Cosham by way of a private finance...

  • Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board was established; what its annual budget is in 2004–05; how many staff it employs; and how...

  • Prescription Charges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the income to be received by his Department from pre-payment certificates for prescription charges in real terms in (a) 2005–06,...

  • Small/Medium-sized Enterprises

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many research and development procurement opportunities were disseminated by the Department to small and medium-sized enterprises registered through...

  • Smoking-related Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating people with smoking-related diseases; and if he will make a statement.

  • Departmental Spending

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Department spent on (a) stationery and (b) office supplies in each year since 1997.

  • Strategic Health Authorities

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total administrative cost of strategic health authorities was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a...

  • Unallocated Spending

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of unallocated departmental spending in (a) 2005–06, (b) 2006–07, and (c) 2007–08; and if he will make a...

  • Waiting Lists/Times

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients (a) in total and (b) per 1,000 of population are on in-patient waiting lists in (i) the Guildford and Waverley primary care trust area,...

  • Waiting Lists/Times

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited for out-patient treatment for longer than 13 weeks in each year since 1997 in Worcestershire; and if he will make a statement.

  • Departmental Policies (Warrington, South)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what capital projects, detailed by type and cost, have been undertaken at Warrington hospital in each of the last seven years; (2) if he will set...