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Mental Health Services
Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the assessments by NHS executive regional offices of individual area health authorities' performance in the provision of child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement. [8521]
Mr. Burns: At this stage there are no plans to publish information relating to the performance by health authorities on child and adolescent mental health services.
Child Prostitution
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to encourage health authorities to address the health risks arising from child prostitution. [8429]
Mr. Burns: Local authority social services have a duty to make inquiries where they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child in their area is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm, and this would include information suggesting that a child may need protection from child prostitution. Following the introduction of mandatory children's services plans, the Department of Health is taking forward work to strengthen co-operation between social services and health and education and to encourage user participation in the planning process.
"The Patient's Charter: Services for Children and Young People" details children's rights and expectations of the standards of service the national health service is aiming to achieve. Multidisciplinary teams in young offenders institutions provide a range of preventive health services relating to sexual health, HIV, hepatitis and safe sex. These teams, together where necessary with NHS specialists and outside agencies, also provide a range of counselling relevant to those most vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation on release.
Sheffield Health Authority (Funding)
Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list (a) the total funding available for Sheffield health authority and (b) the increase in funding that has been allocated to Sheffield health authority for 1997-98; if he will express this in percentage terms above inflation; if this funding can be used for the city's hospital trusts; and if he will make a statement. [8298]
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Mr. Horam: In 1997-98 Sheffield health authority will receive an integrated allocation of £270.5 million, a cash increase of £9 million--3.45 per cent.--which represents a real terms growth of £3.7 million--1.42 per cent.
In 1997-98 Sheffield health authority will receive a general allocation of £257.2 million, a cash increase of £8.4 million--3.38 per cent.--which represents a real terms growth of £3.4 million--1.35 per cent.
This is indeed funding which can be used for Sheffield's hospital trusts. It is for individual health authorities to decide the level and type of services purchased, in partnership with general practitioners locally.
Mr. Chris Smith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to ensure that there is no conflict of interest between the duties of the new head of the private finance initiative and his responsibilities as a senior executive of Tarmac plc. [8431]
Mr. Horam:
There is no possibility of a conflict of interest arising from the appointment of Mr. Robert Osborne as head of the private finance unit of the national health service executive. Approval of business cases for private finance initiative schemes is not part of Mr. Osborne's responsibilities. Nor will he have any advisory role in schemes in which Tarmac has an interest.
Mr. Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what terms he approved the provision of a vehicle to Mr. John Greetham in his role as chair of the Yorkshire and North regional NHS executive; and how many other regional executive chairs receive a similar benefit. [8607]
Mr. Malone:
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for York (Mr. Bayley) on 24 June at column 22.
Miss Lestor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what Government funding has been made available to the overseas adoption helpline in each year since 1992; what Government funding is planned for 1998 to 2000; and if he will make a statement. [8520]
Mr. Burns:
Financial support for the overseas adoption helpline since 1992 is as follows:
There are currently no plans to provide further funding after 31 March 1997.
1992-93: £80,834
1993-94: £96,000
1994-95: £96,000
1995-96: £96,000
1996-97: £50,000
Computer Software
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the contract to supply computer software to the Chelsea and Westminster hospital was put out to tender. [8432]
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Mr. Horam: The Riverside acute unit, now known as the Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS trust, issued the invitation to tender in December 1993 in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Renal Dialysis Machines
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many renal dialysis machines there are per health authority; and how many renal patients on dialysis there are in each health authority. [8500]
Mr. Horam: The information is not available centrally in the form requested. However, the number of haemodialysis stations in hospitals in each national health service region for 1993 is contained in the "National Review of Renal Services Part ll; Evidence for the Review". The number of renal patients on dialysis in each NHS region in 1993, by renal unit, is shown in the same document. Copies of the report are available in the Library.
Ambulance Services
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the size of the ambulance fleet by ambulance service in each of the last five years. [8504]
Mr. Horam: The information requested is not collected centrally. However, the second report of the Health Committee in Session 1994-95, copies of which are in the Library, contains some information on numbers of emergency ambulances.
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on new ambulances by ambulance trust in each of the last five years. [8487]
Mr. Horam: This information is not available centrally.
Intensive Care Provision
Mr. Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) intensive care units, (b) intensive care beds, (c) paediatric intensive units and (d) paediatric intensive care beds there are by district health authority area. [8499]
Mr. Horam: Information on the provision of adult intensive care provision is not collected in the form requested. Information on the average daily number of available beds by broad ward classification for each national health service trust is published annually in "Bed Availability for England", copies of which are available in the Library.
Information on the number of paediatric intensive care units and beds is not routinely collected at present. However a survey of paediatric intensive care provision was undertaken earlier this year and the results published in a report on 29 May. This report by the chief executive of the national health service executive is entitled, "Paediatric Intensive Care" and is available in the Library.
Pay Beds
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pay beds there were by NHS executive region in each of the last five years. [8503]
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Mr. Horam: Pay beds have not been centrally authorised since 31 March 1991 and the Department has not collected information on pay bed numbers since then.
General Practitioners
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner practices there are in each district health authority area. [8497]
Mr. Malone: The available information will be placed in the Library.
NHS Trusts (Wartime Huts)
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts are using wartime huts for patient accommodation. [8501]
Mr. Horam: The information requested is not available centrally.
Speech Therapists
Ms Jowell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many speech therapists per 100,000 population are currently provided for children in (a) Southwark, (b) Birmingham, (c) Manchester, (d) Kingston, (e) Lewisham and (f) England. [8473]
Mr. Burns: The information is not available centrally in the form requested.
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