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Population Statistics
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total number and percentage of the population of (a) men aged 65 years or over and (b) women aged 60 years or over in the years 2017 to 2040. [12168]
Mr. Horam: The latest available information using the mid-1992--based national population projections is shown in the table. Mid-1994-based projections will be available shortly. Summary figures will be published in Office of Population Censuses and Surveys monitor in February.
| Men aged 65 and over | Women aged 60 and over | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Thousands | As percentage of total male population | Thousands | As percentage of total female population |
| 2017 | 4,568 | 16.7 | 7,276 | 26.3 |
| 2018 | 4,635 | 16.9 | 7,370 | 26.6 |
| 2019 | 4,701 | 17.1 | 7,470 | 26.9 |
| 2020 | 4,759 | 17.3 | 7,575 | 27.3 |
| 2021 | 4,824 | 17.5 | 7,694 | 27.7 |
| 2022 | 4,897 | 17.8 | 7,822 | 28.1 |
| 2023 | 4,977 | 18.1 | 7,957 | 28.6 |
| 2024 | 5,061 | 18.3 | 8,097 | 29.0 |
| 2025 | 5,152 | 18.7 | 8,235 | 29.5 |
| 2026 | 5,256 | 19.0 | 8,362 | 30.0 |
| 2027 | 5,366 | 19.4 | 8,478 | 30.4 |
| 2028 | 5,480 | 19.9 | 8,579 | 30.7 |
| 2029 | 5,599 | 20.3 | 8,675 | 31.1 |
| 2030 | 5,713 | 20.7 | 8,752 | 31.4 |
| 2031 | 5,816 | 21.1 | 8,830 | 31.7 |
| 2032 | 5,907 | 21.5 | 8,885 | 31.9 |
| 2033 | 5,983 | 21.8 | 8,917 | 32.0 |
| 2034 | 6,054 | 22.1 | 8,926 | 32.1 |
| 2035 | 6,110 | 22.3 | 8,921 | 32.1 |
| 2036 | 6,164 | 22.6 | 8,902 | 32.1 |
| 2037 | 6,199 | 22.7 | 8,868 | 32.0 |
| 2038 | 6,211 | 22.8 | 8,836 | 32.0 |
| 2039 | 6,199 | 22.8 | 8,824 | 32.0 |
| 2040 | 6,176 | 22.8 | 8,820 | 32.0 |
Hospices
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the separate dedicated registration of (a) adult and (b) children's hospices. [12391]
Mr. Horam:
None at present.
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Mr. Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what factors underlay his decision to end the separate central funding of children's hospices from 1994-95; and what consultations his Department undertook with (a) children's hospices and (b) local health authorities prior to that decision; [12393]
(3) if it is his policy that children's hospices should be eligible for matching funding from the NHS. [12394]
Mr. Bowis:
There was never separate central funding for children's hospices. The target of 50:50 funding was a national target and did not apply to individual hospices. It was never applied to children's hospices. From 1994-95, funding for specialist palliative care has been built into health authorities' general allocations. This was announced in the NHS executive letter EL(93)14 issued in February 1993, copies of which are available in the Library. Services for children with life-threatening illnesses are now eligible for funding and health authority commissioners can negotiate with children's hospices for the services that they wish to purchase in the same way as they do for adult hospices.
Mr. Cunnigham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were cared for in each of the last three years in children's hospices in the United Kingdom. [12392]
Mr. Bowis:
This information is not available centrally.
Ms Harman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospice beds there were in each of the last five years. [12716]
(2) what discussions he has had with local health authorities in respect of the target of 50:50 funding for children's hospices from health authority purchasers; [12390]
| Year | Number of beds |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 2,171 |
| 1992 | 2,321 |
| 1993 | 2,409 |
| 1994 | 2,521 |
| 1995 | 2,587 |
Source:
St. Christopher's Hospice Information Service.
Deregulation (Still Birth Death Registration) Order 1996
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what cost-benefit analysis has been made of the saving to (a) business and (b) public funds accruing from the Deregulation (Still Birth and Death Registration) Order 1996. [12259]
Mr. Horam:
I am advised by the Registrar General that he does not anticipate that there will be a large take-up of the proposed facility for the making of declarations of death and still birth before any registrar in England and Wales. There is likely to be no impact on business. Local authorities may incur some small additional expenditure in postage and telephone costs.
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Mr. Tony Lloyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines his Department issues in respect of regulating the dispensing of methadone into child-proof bottles. [12290]
Mr. Malone:
None. However, the council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has, since 1991, recommended that all dispensed preparations of methadone mixture should be supplied in containers with child-resistant closures. From 1 January 1995, it has been a professional requirement that all liquid medicines dispensed by pharmacists are dispensed in child-resistant containers.
Mrs. Helen Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 16 January, Official Report, column 549, on what date he invited the Sheffield children's hospital to co-ordinate the monitoring of the occupancy of intensive care paediatric beds; on what date the hospital agreed to co-ordinate the monitoring; and if the decision was taken by the trust. [12319]
Mr. Bowis:
We asked the chief executive of Sheffield children's hospital national health service trust to help us arrange this exercise on 20 December 1995 and he agreed immediately. I am most grateful for the trust's co-operation.
Mrs. Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 16 January, Official Report, column 549, on what date the Sheffield children's hospital commenced the monitoring of the occupancy of intensive care paediatric beds; what resources are to be put into the monitoring exercise; and at what intervals each hospital asked for an information update. [12321]
Mr. Bowis:
On 23 January. An administrator has been appointed to collect and analyse daily returns from the paediatric intensive care units.
Mrs. Jackson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis Ministers judged the adequacy of intensive care paediatric beds before their monitoring by Sheffield Children's hospital. [12322]
Mr. Bowis:
It is for health authorities to assess the health needs of their resident populations and contract for the services necessary to meet their needs. The arrangements we have made for Sheffield children's hospital to undertake a national survey of occupancy and demand for paediatric intensive care beds will assist them with this task.
Mr. Jim Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on services to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families; and if he will publish the results of those studies. [12389]
Mr. Bowis:
In February 1992, we announced that £1 million would be provided each year for five years to pilot new services in England for children with
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life-threatening conditions and their families. A number of projects have been commissioned, spread evenly across England, which have included both statutory and voluntary initiatives. These projects cover hospital-based services, community home nursing services, voluntary respite and sitting services, counselling and psychological support.
This initiative still has a year to run, but in June 1994 an interim report was prepared jointly by the Association for Children with Life-threatening or Terminal Conditions and their Families--ACT--and the Department of Health. Copies of this report can be obtained from ACT.
Mr. Milburn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 23 January, Official Report, columns 161-62, on NHS staff, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the figures. [12775]
Mr. Malone:
Provisional expenditure, by region is shown in the table.
| Managerial expenditure | Administrative and clerical expenditure | Nursing and midwifery expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern and Yorkshire Region | 100,963 | 199,367 | 856,849 |
| Trent Region | 59,387 | 139,380 | 598,343 |
| Anglian and Oxford Region | 70,363 | 148,005 | 586,048 |
| North Thames Region | 122,388 | 285,923 | 974,093 |
| South Thames Region | 112,835 | 243,981 | 843,465 |
| South and West Region | 91,730 | 183,010 | 808,721 |
| West Midlands Region | 70,588 | 166,298 | 624,969 |
| North West Region | 93,474 | 212,515 | 885,259 |
| Special Health Authorities | 1,633 | 3,650 | 6,268 |
| Total England | 723,361 | 1,582,129 | 6,184,015 |
Sources:
1. The annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities of the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.
2. The annual financial returns of NHS trusts.
Notes:
1. The figures are provisional.
2. Salaries and wages costs incurred by family health services authorities and the special hospital service authority (HQ London, Broadmoor, Ashworth and Rampton hospitals) and the UK transplant support services are excluded as corresponding costs are not identified on the same basis.
3. Managerial staff consists of general and senior managers for health authorities and executive board members and senior managers for NHS trusts.
4. The figures are based upon gross costs including employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions.
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