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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 26th January, 1st March and 5th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss P. Mills; when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 7th...

Asked by

Gerald Kaufman (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2001

Reference

368 c403-4W; 160954;160956;160960

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 1st February, 1st March and 5th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Battersby; when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 2nd...

Asked by

Gerald Kaufman (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2001

Reference

368 c404W; 160959;160957;160958;160961

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will provide an answer to the question from the honourable Member for the Vale of York concerning the price of inspection for small and medium-sized abattoirs, ref. 160645.

Asked by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2001

Reference

368 c406-7W;368 c406W; 161110

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department have signed waivers to work voluntarily more than 48 hours a week; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

160885; 368 c366-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to (a) Plymouth Sutton constituency and (b) Plymouth, Devonport constituency and (c) South West Devon constituency, the effects on (i) the South West Devon Health Authority area and (ii)...

Asked by

Linda Gilroy (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 April 2001

For answer on

10 May 2001

Answered on

10 May 2001

Mrs. Gilroy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to (a) Plymouth, Sutton constituency and (b) Plymouth, Devonport constituency and (c) South- West Devon constituency, the effects on (i) the South-West Devon health authority area and (ii) Plymouth unitary authority area of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [158033] Ms Stuart: Detailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health--Government Expenditure Plans 2001/02-2003/04 and Main Estimates 2001-02" is available in the Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/ dhreport. The impact of policies are not examined by constituency, and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis. My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by South and West Devon health authority and Plymouth social services authority. Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for South and West Devon health authority are set out in the table. Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Increase £ million (cash) 117.3 £ million (real terms) 55.2 Percentage (cash) 30.12 Percentage (real terms) 16.52 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Increases for 1999-2000 onwards are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only. South and West Devon health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £1.181 million for accident and emergency modernisation in 2000-01; £221,000, £265,000, £376,000 and £237,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer out-patients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; South and West Devon health authority has also received £980,000 for investment in cancer equipment; £2.065 million and £5.026 million to reduce waiting lists and times in 2000-01 and 2001-02 respectively; £1.714 million to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £2.691 million to deal with winter pressures in 2000-01. £206,000 of this went to Plymouth social services; £1.813 million and £451,000 for developing intermediate care services in 2000-01 and 2001-02 respectively; £933,000 and £1.2 million for heart disease services in 2000-01 and 2001-02 respectively; £95,000 invested into dentistry in 2000/01 In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from the new £101 million major hospital development that is being developed at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. Plymouth local authority came into existence on 1 April 1998. Its personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 is £45.960 million. In addition to its SSA, Plymouth has received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Special Transitional 1,729 -- -- -- Grant{1} Partnership Grant{2} -- 1,256 1,077 | 1,471 Prevention Grant{2} -- 99 149 | Carers Grant{3} -- 99 256 357 Children's Grant{3} -- 439 696 1,679 MH Core Grant 249 433 505 {4}622 Training Support Grant 152 235 248 {4}225 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99. {2} The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant. {3} The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000. {4} Indicative allocation.

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

368 c357-9W; 158033

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported food poisoning cases there were in England and Wales during the last 12 months. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

160271; 368 c361W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meat inspectors have been employed in inspecting (a) domestic abattoirs and (b) meat entering the UK in each of the last 10 years. - Inc table. (Holding answer 23 March 2001).

Asked by

Chris Ruane (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 March 2001

For answer on

10 May 2001

Answered on

10 May 2001

Mr. Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many meat inspectors have been employed in inspecting (a) domestic abattoirs and (b) meat entering the UK in each of the last 10 years. [155290] Ms Stuart: [holding answer sent 23 March 2001]: I am advised on food safety issues by the Food Standards Agency. The Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) was established in 1995 when it took over meat inspection duties in licensed fresh meat premises in Great Britain from some 300 local authorities. The number of meat inspectors employed by the local authorities prior to 1 April 1995 is not known. In licensed abattoirs, Meat Hygiene Inspectors (MHIs) are present throughout processing and are responsible for the post mortem inspection of carcases and offal. The average number of MHIs employed by the MHS in licensed abattoirs in Great Britain in each of the last six years is shown in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Average number of MHIs 1995-96 960 1996-97 1,084 1997-98 1,173 1998-99 1,267 1999-2000 1,205 2000-01 1,174 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The increase in numbers is as a result of extra inspection work associated with the enforcement of BSE controls in licensed abattoirs.

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

368 c359W; 155290

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the total cost incurred by the Walsgrave NHS Trust since the suspension of Mr Barros D'Sa on account of that suspension, including the suspended surgeon's salary, disciplinary hearings and related procedures and legal and court costs. - Inc figure....

Asked by

Geoffrey Robinson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

368 c363W; 159610

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the price of inspection for small and medium-sized abattoirs. - (Holding answer 9 May 2001).

Asked by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

368 c366W; 160645

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress to date on the Information for Health initiative. - Inc figures, table and ref to "Building the Information Core: Implementing the NHS Plan" (www.doh.gov.uk/nhsexipu/strategy/update/).

Asked by

Mark Todd (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 April 2001

For answer on

10 May 2001

Answered on

10 May 2001

Mr. Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress to date on the Information for Health initiative. [158572] Ms Stuart: Information for Health focuses on the best use of information and Information Technology in improving health and health care and in supporting the delivery of patient centred care and services. It is also a partnership approach involving key stakeholders such as front line clinicians, professional and representative bodies and IT suppliers. By being inclusive, considerable approval and support has been gained for the strategy across the National Health Service. The strategy was launched in September 1998 and it has had to flex to take into account major new initiatives flowing from the NHS plan and the e-Government agenda. These requirements are now fully reflected. There are clear and defined national targets to ensure the implementation of a national information and IT infrastructure. Record levels of funding have been committed for investment in IT over a three-year period. Local plans produced in all health communities are monitored and analysed to ensure that investments will meet the target deliverables. Each local community consists of a host health authority, its constituent NHS trusts, general practitioners, other primary care contractors, local authority social services and voluntary sector organisations. All local plans produced last year were published on the Department's internet site. The document "Building the Information Core: Implementing the NHS Plan" (www.doh.gov.uk/ nhsexipu/strategy/update/) contains details of key targets to be achieved over the next four years, in order to meet the commitments contained in the NHS plan in relation to information systems. Other related targets around national service priorities will emerge in due course. Collectively they give the immediate Information Management and Technology priorities which Local Implementation Strategy (LIS) communities need to address to provide the NHS-wide core applications and services. These fundamental targets are listed in the table at the end of this note. The targets stretch to 2005 but progress on intermediate milestones has been strong. All GPs will be connected to NHSnet by March 2001 which will speed up and improve communications for test results, appointment booking and other patient centred information flows. NHS Direct services now cover the whole population of England. In addition to local implementation major development programmes are in place across the NHS. The National Booked Admission Programme pilots have now been running for 12 months and the Electronic Record Development and Implementation Programme (ERDIP) will provide essential lessons for national implementation of electronic patient and health records. Progress so far has been strong and we will maintain the effort to ensure that we fully realise the opportunities now unfolding to support a patient focused and modern NHS. Key Information Management and Technology targets _________________________________________________________________________________________________. National percentages by date Targets 31 March 2001 31 March 2002 31 March 2003 31 March 2004 31 March 2005 IMT01--Desk top access to 25 100 -- -- -- basic e-mail, browsing and directory services for all clinical and support staff in NHS trusts IMT02--Provide remaining -- -- 100 -- -- NHS staff with access to the above IMT03--Submit Address Books 100 -- -- -- -- and produce interim centrally managed NHS Address Book IMT04--Access to X500 -- 100 -- -- -- conformant NHS Address Book directory for all connected staff IMT05--GP Practices to be 98 100 -- -- -- computerised IMT06--GP Practices with 95 100 -- -- -- NHSnet Connection IMT07--GP Practices with 90 100 -- -- -- local area networks connected to NHSnet eg desktop access IMT08--Online public 100 -- -- -- -- information on availability of NHS services IMT09--Acute electronic 10 35 -- 75 100 patient record (EPR) level 3 IMT10--Integrated primary -- -- 25 50 100 and community EPR IMT11--Emergency care -- -- -- -- 100 electronic health record IMT12--All bookings from -- -- -- -- 100 GPs to out-patients or from out-patients to day-case or in-patients to be made electronically IMT13--Electronic transfer -- 60 -- -- -- of all haematology and microbiology test results IMT14--Electronic transfer -- -- 100 -- -- of all radiology reports and discharge summaries between hospital and GPs IMT15--All NHS pathology 100 -- -- -- -- laboratories to be connected to NHSnet IMT16--All pathology -- 100 -- -- -- results sent to GPs to contain NHS number IMT17--All electronic -- -- 100 -- -- communications about patients to include their NHS number verified by NHS numbers strategic tracing service IMT18--Online access to 100 -- -- -- -- national codes for GPs and consultants IMT19--National NHS payroll -- -- -- 100 -- and integrated human resources system IMT20--All out-patient data -- 100 -- -- -- set to be transmitted through NHSwide clearing service IMT21--LIS update 100 -- -- -- -- IMT22--Integration of -- 100 -- -- -- information strategies to support National Service Framework topics into LIS development within six months of the publication of the relevant strategy IMT23--Application of -- 100 -- -- -- working in partnership toolkit IMT24--Production of local 100 -- -- -- -- education, training and development strategies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The final analysis of the quantitative targets and qualitative scoring of all LIS against 10 critical progress markers will be completed by mid June 2001.

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

158572; 368 c359-62W;368 c359-61W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 14th February, 15th March and 19th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs S. McHugh.

Asked by

Gerald Kaufman (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

368 c367W; 160955

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the letters to him dated 6th March and 5th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Reverend Canon Professor R. Preston.

Asked by

Gerald Kaufman (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

368 c367W; 160953

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual drugs bill for asthma was in each of the last five years. - Includes table.

Asked by

David Crausby (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 April 2001

For answer on

9 May 2001

Answered on

9 May 2001

Mr. Crausby: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the annual drugs bill for asthma was in each of the last five years. [160135] Ms Stuart: The information requested is not available centrally. The costs of national health service prescription items for drugs used in the management of asthma and dispensed in the community in England from 1995 to 2000 (January to September) are shown in the table. Information on prescriptions dispensed in NHS hospitals is not available. Number of prescription items and the associated net ingredient cost of drugs dispensed in the community for the management of asthma, 1995 to 1999, and 2000 (January to September), England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Prescription items (Thousand) Net ingredient cost (£000) 1995 33,936 410,899 1996 34,500 438,266 1997 35,512 466,229 1998 36,468 498,037 1999 36,639 519,755 2000{1} 27,044 388,215 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} January to September Notes: 1. The prescription information is from the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system and is based on a full analysis of all prescriptions dispensed in the community, i.e. by community pharmacists and appliance contractors, dispensing doctors and prescriptions submitted by prescribing doctors for items personally administered in England. Also included are prescriptions written in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man but dispensed in England. The data do not cover drugs dispensed in hospital or private prescriptions. 2. The net ingredient cost is the basic cost of a drug. This cost does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income.

Date

9 May 2001

Reference

368 c201W;368 c201-2W; 160135

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on meat inspection charges in smaller abattoirs. - (Holding answer 26 February 2001).

Asked by

Christopher Gill (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 May 2001

Reference

368 c198W; 150872

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abattoirs there were in the North West in each of the years from 1997 to date. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Nigel Evans (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 May 2001

Reference

368 c200W; 160079

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for patients at the Accident and Emergency Unit at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham. - Includes fact that information not collected centrally.

Asked by

Peter Viggers (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c157-8W; 160003

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to promote public awareness of the facilities available at the Accident Treatment Centre at the Royal Hospital, Haslar.

Asked by

Peter Viggers (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

160004; 368 c158W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times were for a first appointment with a consultant at Eastbourne District General Hospital in (a) May 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available; what the average wait was at Eastbourne District General...

Asked by

Nigel Waterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c147W; 159191;160131

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what objectives he is pursuing in relation to the market in food supplements through the Council of Europe and meetings of its public health committee.

Asked by

Brian Iddon (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c146W; 159179

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of sending (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants to health conferences in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas in each of the last five years. - Dept does not collect the information in form requested and would incur...

Asked by

Liam Fox (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c155W; 160328

House

House of Commons

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