Health

written question – answered on 8 January 2007.

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  • Alcohol-related Conditions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adults were admitted into accident and emergency departments in Greater London because of alcohol-related problems in each year since 2003.

  • Branded Generic Medicines

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment her Department has made of the potential for savings to the NHS from the purchase of branded generic goods; and if she will make a...

  • Capital Resource Funds Allocation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any of the capital resource fund allocated in the 2006-07 financial year for investment in health has since been designated to the Department for...

  • Cholesterol Levels

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence her Department has assessed on the level of risk posed by elevated levels of low density lipopropein cholesterol in coronary heart disease...

  • Commission for Patient and Public Involvement

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the performance of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health in engaging hard to reach groups and those...

  • Community Hospitals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the role of English district general hospitals that serve Welsh patients has been in the consultation process on the possible closure of community...

  • Contact Lenses: Sales

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provisions are in place to prevent the sale of contact lenses over the internet without a prescription.

  • Correspondence

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2006, Official Report, column 440W, on correspondence, what progress has been made by the chief executive of NHS...

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will assess the accuracy of the calculations of units of dental activity for dentists working on the new dental contracts; and if she will make a...

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) guidance and (b) instructions were given by her Department to the Dental Practice Board during the formation of the new system of dental...

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the proportion of dentists who are likely to meet the targets set for them under the new contractual arrangements; if she...

  • Dyspraxia

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what policies her Department is developing to deal with dyspraxia; and if she will make a statement.

  • Gershon Review

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much in efficiency savings has been made in her Department and its associated public bodies as a result of the Gershon Review; and if she will make a...

  • Hand Sanitisation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department has taken to ensure that all hospitals provide an alcohol-free means of hand sanitisation for visitors.

  • Infectious Diseases

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons expenditure on infectious disease fell between 2004-05 and 2005-06 as recorded in the NHS's resource accounts.

  • Local Involvement Networks

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the statutory basis is for the establishment of early adopter local involvement networks as set out in her Department's response to the consultation...

  • Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she has given officials at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on attendance at (a) UK and (b) international...

  • Ministerial Visits

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health which Ministers in her Department have visited Nottinghamshire in the last 12 months; and where they visited in Nottinghamshire.

  • NHS Buildings

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her policy is on construction of new NHS buildings on hospital sites that have been earmarked for closure or downgrading; what plans there are for a...

  • NHS Trusts: Financial Deficits

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trusts in deficit have had their deficit converted to public dividend capital; what the criteria are for converting deficits to public dividend...

  • NHS Trusts: Prompt Payment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the promptness of payments to suppliers by NHS trusts; what mechanisms are in place to monitor their performance in this...

  • North Bristol Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the letter of 15 December from the right hon. the Lord Warner to the hon. Member for Northavon, if she will set out in full the reasons why...

  • Patient Forums

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of patient forum members at the beginning of 2006; and what her most recent estimate is.

  • Private Finance Initiative Projects

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by her Department on private finance initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months.

  • Prostate Cancer

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on the prostate cancer awareness campaign pilot announced in 2005; and when she expects to make a decision on the national...

  • Public Involvement

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the model contract on the role for local involvement networks and their relationships with local authorities will be set out.

  • Severalls Hospital

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects the sale of Severalls Hospital in Colchester to be completed; and if she will make a statement.

  • Sexual Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sexual health leads as recommended in the 2001 National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV are employed in primary care trusts and strategic...

  • Sexual Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Government plan to make an assessment of the effectiveness of its sexual health campaign Condom Essential Wear in reducing sexual transmitted...

  • Sexual Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she plans to publish her Department's response to the Independent Advisory Group report on sexual health published on 14 December 2006.

  • Statins

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what evidence her Department has assessed on the effectiveness of statins in reducing the five-year incidence of (a) major coronary events and (b)...

  • Waiting Times

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting list time was for (a) all hospital patients and (b) cancer patients on (i) 2nd May 1997 and (ii) the most recent date for which...