Health

written question – answered on 23 November 2010.

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  • Air Pollution: Biomass

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the effects on (a) mortality and (b) morbidity of air quality pollutants emitted by biomass plants in the UK.

  • Autism: Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanism he plans to put in place to ensure adequate healthcare support for people with autism when they enter adulthood.

  • Benzodiazepines and Tranquillisers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) in-patients and (b) prisoners received prescriptions for (i) benzodiazepine and (ii) Z drug tranquilisers in each of the last three years.

  • Care Homes: Fees and Charges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he issues guidance to NHS organisations on requests made by (a) care homes and (b) primary care trusts to the relatives of patients on top-up...

  • Care Homes: Fees and Charges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost per resident per week of residential care in local authority-owned care homes in (a) Hampshire and (b) Southampton in the...

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of regional variations in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  • Cumberland Infirmary: Costs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the capital cost of the Cumberland Infirmary, Cumbria.

  • Departmental Food

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has guidelines on ensuring that food used for his Department's official functions is of domestic origin.

  • Departmental Press: Subscriptions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible usbspent on press cuttings services in each of the...

  • Drugs: Misuse

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the delivery of drug treatment services under his proposals for a public health service.

  • Drugs: Misuse

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local investment in drug treatment services is maintained.

  • Drugs: Misuse

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding was allocated to the pooled treatment budget for the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse in (a) each of the last five years...

  • Food Standards Agency: Local Government

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of local authorities provided data to the Food Standards Agency for its survey on (a) imported foods return and (b) melamine testing results.

  • General Practitioners: Lancashire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were seen by out-of-hours services in (a) Lancashire and (b) Rossendale and Darwen constituency in each of the last five years.

  • Health: Males

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to assist GP consortia in commissioning health services to address poor health among men.

  • Health: Males

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps on public health he plans to take to reduce the mortality rate among men.

  • Hemofil T: Clinical Trials

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of patients on the Hemofil T trial was classified as (a) mild, (b) moderate and (c) severe haemophiliac.

  • HIV Infection: Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has for HIV and sexual health services under his proposals for a public health service; (2) what assessment he has made of the likely...

  • Medical Treatments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what processes will be put in place to ensure the Advisory Group for National Specialised Services will take account of new innovations in medical technology.

  • Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that mental health trusts are subject to the same financial penalties and governance measures for emergency readmissions...

  • Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of mental health in-patients (a) are in single-sex wards and (b) have access to segregated toilet or bathing facilities.

  • Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the availability of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme to people with severe depression or anxiety;...

  • Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to enable people using mental health services to choose their provider; and if he will make a statement.

  • Midwives: Recruitment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to announce his Department's plans to increase levels of midwife recruitment and retention.

  • Multiple Sclerosis (3 annotations)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of the merits of making available treatment for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency throughout the...

  • Multiple Sclerosis

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of treatment for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency for patients with multiple sclerosis;...

  • Multiple Sclerosis

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health which drugs were available in NHS facilities for the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis in each of the last 10 years; and how much was spent on...

  • NHS Trusts: Private Finance Initiative

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many rebates were granted to each NHS trust by Private Finance Initiative contractors under the terms of their contracts in each of the last five...

  • NHS: Negligence

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many compensation payments for clinical malpractice in each specialism including general practice were made by each primary care trust in each...

  • Nurses: Manpower

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to maintain the number of nursing staff.

  • Prescription Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's cost per QALY threshold is when appraising drugs likely to be prescribed to fewer than...

  • Radiotherapy

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he expects the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group to publish its report on Radiosurgery; (2) when he expects the National Institute of...

  • Social Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to assess the effectiveness of local arrangements to promote joint working between health and social care arising from the funding...

  • Sodium Thiopental: Exports

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reasons are for the difference between the requirements of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in respect of the proposed...

  • Spinal Injuries: Surgery

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many spinal procedures involving (a) discetomy, (b) decompression, (c) fusion, (d) total disc replacement, (e) endoscopic transforaminal surgery...

  • Surgery

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of those operations cancelled for elective admissions since 1 April 2010 had been carried out on the latest date for which...

  • Tobacco: Crime

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated of the effects of the availability of illicit tobacco products on the...