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NHS Staff (Assaults)
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many assaults occurred against NHS staff in each of the last five years. [10919]
Mr. Horam: I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 18 December 1995, Official Report, column 948.
NHS Finance
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 1995, Official Report, column 1141, on health authority general allocations, in what way the national weighted capitation formula differs from the York university recommendations. [10921]
Mr. Horam: The national weighted capitation formula does not differ from the recommendations made by York university in its report entitled "A Formula for Distributing NHS Revenues Based on Small Area Use of Hospital Beds".
Consultants
Ms Harman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent female and male consultants there were in England at September 1994. [10751]
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| Number | |
|---|---|
| Male | 12,930 |
| Female | 2,710 |
Suicide
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list his policies to reduce the suicide rate. [10747]
Mr. Bowis: The Government's "The Health of the Nation" strategy set a target of reducing the rate of suicide by 15 per cent. between 1990 and the year 2000. Figures based on estimates provided by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys show that the suicide rate in England fell by around 7 per cent. between 1992 and 1994. A wide range of initiatives are being pursued to this end. The key themes of our suicide prevention work are improving mental health services, increasing public awareness of mental health issues, targeting occupational and demographic groups at particular risk of suicide, and reducing access to means.
Patient Hotels
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the NHS trusts which have opened patient hotels indicating in each case (a) the location, (b) number of beds, (c) average bed occupancy rates, (d) the revenue cost of provision per occupied bed per day, (e) the opening date and (f) and the capital cost and in each case if the funding was (i) from NHS capital, (ii) by the private finance initiative and (iii) from other sources. [11109]
Mr. Horam: This information is not available centrally. It is a matter for local management.
Specialised Services
Mr. Coe: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements he has made to support the purchasing of highly specialised services. [11704]
Mr. Malone: Following an internal review initiated by the chief medical officer into the provision of specialised services within the national health service, I have agreed that a new group be established to advise on the purchasing of specialised services. The new group is to be known as the national specialist commissioning advisory group and I have today placed in the Library the group's terms of reference and a list of its appointed members. The NSCAG will take over work currently carried out by the supra-regional services advisory group.
Long-term Care
Mr. Congdon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will respond to the Health Committee's first report, HC19, on long-term care. [11821]
Mr. Bowis:
We have today published the Government's response to this report, copies of which are in the Library.
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We welcomed the report's recognition of the priority we are attaching to implementation of our guidance on national health service responsibilities for continuing health care. Our response emphasises our commitment to securing, over time, significant improvements in the provision of continuing health care and much greater consistency in these services across the country.
Sir Michael Shersby:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the statutory responsibilities to the social services departments of local authorities in respect of the provision of permanent residential care for those individuals who have exhausted their savings paying for private residential care. [8802]
Mr. Bowis:
Since April 1993 local authorities have had a responsibility to arrange accommodation in residential care and nursing homes for elderly people who, for whatever reason, are assessed as needing such care but are unable to meet the cost.
Elderly people who entered independent sector homes before April 1993 will have preserved rights to the higher rates of income support and are the statutory responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security. If they face eviction from a residential care home, local social service authorities have powers to make alternative arrangements.
Regulations and guidance were issued to local authorities and health authorities in March 1993 detailing their powers to help people who were resident in independent sector residential care and nursing homes on 31 March 1993 and who have preserved rights to the higher levels of income support. Copies of circular LAC(93)6 are available in the Library.
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Mrs. Peacock:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adult intensive care beds were available in each health area in Yorkshire in each of the last 15 years; and what was their occupancy rate. [10326]
Mr. Horam:
Available information on the average daily number of adult intensive care beds, for 1988-89 to 1994-95, is published annually in "Bed availability for England", copies of which are available in the Library. Information on bed occupancy rates is not available centrally.
Mrs. Peacock:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many intensive care beds for children were available in each health area in Yorkshire in each of the last 15 years; and what was their occupancy rate. [10362]
Mr. Horam:
This information is not available centrally. The national health service executive arranged for Sheffield children's hospital to co-ordinate the monitoring of occupancy and demand for beds at 17 paediatric intensive care units in England for the period to 31 March.
Mr. Denham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of deaths of those aged 60 years or above, registered in each week, in each region, since the beginning of November 1995 until the most recent week. [10553]
Mr. Horam:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys' weekly death figures are a best estimate of the number of deaths registered over the whole of England and Wales. A regional analysis is not available for the most recent weeks. The latest available regional data are for the last week of 1995.
The provisional numbers of deaths of those aged 60 years or over, registered in each week, in each health region of residence, from the beginning of November to the end of December 1995, are shown in the table.
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(11) Other includes deaths to non-residents of England and Wales and deaths which have not yet been coded.
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