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Consultant Clinics
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average annual number of consultant clinics held in (a) fundholding practices and (b) non-fundholding practices. [15036]
Mr. Malone: This information is not available centrally.
Hospices
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the total number of hospices and Macmillan services in each region; and what information she has on the number of hospices in each European country. [15083]
Mr. Sackville: The available information is shown in the tables.
Table 1: In-patient palliative care units and Macmillan
services by
region, England (January 1995)
|In-patient|Macmillan
Region |units |Services
--------------------------------------------------------
Anglia and Oxford |20 |61
Northern and Yorkshire |26 |83
North Thames |19 |79
South Thames |25 |54
North West |27 |86
South and West |27 |61
West Midlands |11 |52
Trent |10 |57
Total |165 |533
Sources:
St. Christopher's Hospice Information Service and
Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund (for Macmillan services).
Table 2: Palliative Care Services (Including
Day and Home Care)
by European Country (October 1994)
(NB. These figures are approximate)
|Palliative Care
Country |Services
------------------------------------------------
Austria |4
Belgium |20
Bulgaria |1
Croatia |1
Cyprus |1
Czech Republic |7
Denmark |1
Finland |4
France |32
Germany |35
Gibraltar |1
Greece |2
Hungary |2
Iceland |1
Italy |169
Lithuania |1
Luxembourg |1
Malta |1
Netherlands |5
Norway |4
Poland |30
Portugal |2
Romania |3
Russia |12
Spain |60
Sweden |10
Switzerland |7
Total |417
Source:
St. Christopher's Hospice Information Service.
Performance-related Pay (Nurses)
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates she has made of the costs of introducing
performance-related pay for nurses. [14991]
Mr. Malone: The Government are proposing local pay for nurses which does not mean individual performance-related pay. Local pay provides the opportunity to reward the contributions which staff make to the provision of high-quality, cost-effective patient services. Arrangements for calculating local pay are a matter for individual trusts or other employers.
Efficiency Savings
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what total NHS efficiency savings, in real terms, are expected in each of the next five years. [14992]
Mr. Sackville: Hospital and community health services are expected to improve their efficiency by at least 3 per cent. in 1995 96, equivalent to an extra £600 million for patient care. No decision has been taken on the efficiency target for 1996 97 or any subsequent years.
Cardiac Bypass Operations
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cardiac bypass operations were done in each of the last five years; what projections she has on the likely numbers of these operations in each of the next five years. [14993]
Mr. Sackville: The number of cardiac bypass operations is as follows:
1988 89: 10,203
1989 90: 11,402
1990 91: 13,195
1991 92: 14,850
1992 93: 17,119
It is for each district to make an assessment of future demand.
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Casualty Departments
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patient episodes there were in casualty departments in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [15001]
Mr. Sackville: This information is available in Department of Health statistical bulletin 12/94, copies of which are available in the Library.
London Chest Hospital
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has in relation to the London Chest hospital. [15002]
Mr. Malone: Ministers await the outcome of public consultation conducted by East London and The City health authority.
Ministerial Visits
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fundholding and non-fundholding practices she and her Ministers have visited in the last year. [15004]
Contracting Costs
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department has done on the comparative administrative costs of contracting on a cost per case basis and for block contracts; and what are the findings. [15008]
Mr. Malone: None. Health authorities and fundholding general practitioners are responsible for selecting the most appropriate type of contract to suit their patients' needs, taking account of value for money and the characteristics of the service being purchased.
Dental Services
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists who have not given notice to leave the dental list have given written notice to each family health service authority to de-register some or all of their continuing care arrangements for adult patients in each month since July 1992; and how many patients have been de-registered by family health service authority and in total.
Mr. Malone [holding answer 13 March 1995]: Information about the numbers of patients de-registered will be placed in the Library. At the latest date for which figures are available, there were 20, 712,569 adult patients registered with national health service dentists, an increase of 0.6 per cent. on July 1992.
Mrs. Beckett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many family health service authorities have referred patients who have been unable to obtain treatment from a general dental practitioner to (a) the community dental service, (b) the hospital dental service and (c) a salaried dentist in each month since July 1992.
Mr. Malone [holding answer 13 March 1995]: The available information is shown in the tables.
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Table 1: General Dental Service:
number of Family Health
Services Authorities who referred
patients to the Community
Dental Service, Hospital Dental
Service or a Salaried Dentist in
each month from July 1992 to July
1994
England
|Number of
Month |FHSAs
-------------------------------------
1992
July |42
August |35
September |30
October |33
November |34
1993
December/January |36
February |33
March |30
April |31
May |32
June |30
July |34
August |30
September |31
October |33
November |30
1994
December/January |38
February |34
March |37
April |33
May |35
June |33
July |38
1. The Christmas period totals cover
the months of December and January.
Table 2: General Dental Service: number of Family
Health
Services Authorities who referred patients to the
Community
Dental Service, Hospital Dental Service or a
Salaried Dentist in
each month from August 1994 to February 1995
England
Number of FHSAs
referring patients
to
|Salaried
Month |dentists|CDS |HDS
-----------------------------------------------------
1994
August |15 |14 |4
September |12 |20 |7
October |12 |16 |4
November |12 |15 |4
1995
December/January |12 |20 |6
February |12 |25 |5
1. The Christmas period totals cover the months of
December and January.
2. Information is only available from August 1994.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Middle East
Sir Ivan Lawrence: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Britain's role in facilitating progress in the middle east peace process.
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Mr. Douglas Hogg: My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's visit to Israel, the occupied territories and Jordan demonstrated our strong support for the peace process and the strength of our bilateral relations. The Prime Minister announced an additional £7 million of aid for the Palestinians, bringing our total package to £82 million over three years.
Wartime Intelligence Material
Mr. Allason: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will declassify the wartime decrypts designated (a) ZGA, German naval attache s in Tokyo, (b) ISOS, Alwehr traffic, and (c) ISK, Alwehr machine cipher traffic, and release them to the Public Record Office.
Mr. Hurd: Following the release of the Dir/C archive in 1993 and 1994, GCHQ is continuing to review wartime intelligence material issued by the Government code and cypher school. This includes the material referred to by my hon. Friend which will be reviewed in turn for possible release. One of these reports, on communications between Berlin and the naval attache in Tokyo, is already in the Public Record Office as Z/P/ZG/248 in ADM223/4.
China (HIV-AIDS)
Miss Lestor: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has had from organisations and individuals concerned with HIV and AIDS about the Chinese Government's refusal to allow people with HIV and AIDS entry into China, with particular reference to the fourth world conference of women in Beijing.
Mr. Baldry: We have had some queries from non-governmental organisations who are concerned with AIDS asking whether people with HIV or AIDS will be able to enter China to attend the UN fourth world conference on women in September. We have raised this with the Chinese who have stated that their existing HIV-related entry restrictions will continue to apply. We are considering with our EU partners what further action to take.
Visa Applications
Mrs. Wise: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current waiting time for interview for applications for settlement visas in (a) Bombay and (b) Islamabad.
Mr. Baldry: Waiting times to first interview for applicants in settlement queues in Bombay and Islamabad as at 31 December 1994.
Months
|Bombay |Islamabad
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Queue 1:
Persons with a claim to the right of
abode, dependent relatives over 70
years old, special, compassionate
cases. |- |3
Queue 2:
Spouses and children under 18
years. |3 |3
Queue 3:
Fiance (e) s and others applying for
the first time for settlement. |3 |6
Queue 4:
Re-applicants. |5 |9
Sierra Leone
Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British passport holders remain in Sierra Leone; and what advice they have been given about their continued presence.
Mr. Baldry: Some 800 British passport holders remain in Sierra Leone. Of these, approximately, 350 have the right of abode in the United Kingdom.
Since 26 January the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has been advising dependants and those with no pressing reason to stay in Sierra Leone to leave.
Diplomatic Relations
Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries whose existence Her Majesty's Government officially recognise.
Mr. Baldry: The countries whose existence we officially recognise are as follows:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
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Cape VerdeCentral African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Irish Republic
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Korea
Korea (North)
Kuwait
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
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