Health

written question – answered on 27 March 2007.

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  • Cancer: Irish Community

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to reduce the (a) incidence of and (b) mortality from cancers in the Irish community in England.

  • Community Hospitals: Cumbria

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has made to Cumbria Primary Care Trust prior to its announcement that no community hospitals within Cumbria will close.

  • Dental Health: Children (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by her Department in the last five years on providing information to parents on preventing tooth decay in children.

  • Dental Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment she has made on the level of access to NHS dentistry in (a) Portsmouth, (b) Hampshire and (c) England; and if she will make a...

  • Dental Services: Manpower

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she plans to take to review dental manpower in England; and what mechanisms she plans to put in place to satisfy dental manpower needs over the...

  • Dentistry

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what forecasts were made for revenue from patient charges for NHS dental treatment in 2006-07; and what her most recent forecast is.

  • Dentistry: Training

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental schools provide training for dentists in England; and how many places were offered by each dental school in each year since 1990.

  • Diabetes: Screening

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what restrictions there are upon the (a) availability, (b) type and (c) numbers of home blood testing strips for people diagnosed with diabetes.

  • Food: Labelling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she plans to discuss with manufacturers of confectionery and fizzy drinks the potential for warnings on packaging informing the consumer of the...

  • Health Services: Neurology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment she has made of access to (a) physiotherapy, (b) respiratory support, (c) orthotics and (d) other NHS services for people with...

  • Hospitals: Waiting Lists

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in Westminster Primary Care Trust waited for (a) 18 months and over, (b) 12 months and over and (c) six months and over for...

  • Influenza

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doses of which antivirals have been contributed by the UK to the WHO stockpile maintained in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak.

  • Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding the Department of Health provided to (a) the mental health charity Combat Stress and (b) Hollybush House in each year between 2001...

  • Mental Health Services: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long (a) children and (b) looked-after children waited to gain access to mental health services on average in each of the last five years.

  • NHS Treatment Centres: Private Sector

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many procedures have been performed by each independent sector treatment centre since October 2003.

  • NHS: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact of payment by results on the financial position of hospital trusts (a) in England and (b) in North Yorkshire;...

  • NHS: India (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to outsource a proportion of the NHS's accounting and finance jobs to India; and if she will make a statement.

  • North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget was of North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust in each of the last five years.

  • Nurses: Cumbria

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies for nurses there are in the NHS in Cumbria.

  • Palliative Care

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by her Department on palliative care services in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by health...

  • Prostate Cancer

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number was of people on waiting lists for (a) radiotherapy, (b) chemotherapy and (c) other treatments for prostate cancer in the...

  • Prostate Cancer: Ethnic Groups

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to ensure that men with prostate cancer receive equal treatment regardless of ethnic background.

  • Thyroid Gland: Fluoride

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between fluoridisation and thyroid disorders.

  • Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust: Ophthalmology (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) occupied consultant posts and (b) locums there are in the opthalmology units of the (i) Alexandra and Princess of Wales, (ii) Worcester...