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Personal Social Services
Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors underlay the reduction in the personal social services standard spending assessment for Buckinghamshire county council between 1996-97 and 1997-98. [10681]
Mr. Burns: The use of more recent data in the indicators used to calculate the standard spending assessment was the primary cause of a very small reduction in the funding for personal social services in Buckinghamshire county council between 1996-97 and 1997-98. The revised area cost adjustment formula was the main factor. However, the total combined resources provided for social services in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes increased by £4,748 million from funding provided in 1996-97.
Operations
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled in (a) each district health authority and (b) each region on the day of
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or day after admission to hospital; and how many of those patients were not readmitted within a month, for the second quarter of 1996. [11676]
Mr. Horam: The information will be placed in the Library shortly.
Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) heart bypass operations, (b) hip replacements, (c) knee replacements and (d) cataract operations were carried out by the national health service in the latest year for which figures are available; and what were the equivalent figures in 1979. [11258]
Mr. Horam: The information is as follows:
| Operation | 1979 discharges and deaths | 1994-95 finished consultant episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Coronary artery by-pass operations(13) | n/a | 22,192 |
| Total hip replacement and other arthroplasty of the hip(14) | 29,210 | 62,510 |
| Knee replacement operations(15) | 2,940 | 25,340 |
| Eye lens operations, mainly cataract(16) | 40,370 | 151,785 |
Sources:
1979 Hospital In-Patient Enquiry. 1994-95 Hospital Episode Statistics.
Notes:
1979 (OPCS3R).
(13) Not identifiable.
(14) 810-811.
(15) 812.
(16)170-179.
1994-95 (OPCS4R).
(17) K40-K46.
(18) W37-W39, W46-W48.
(19)W40-W42.
(20) C71-C72, C74-C75.
Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were carried out by the national health service in the latest year for which figures are available; and what was the equivalent figure in 1979. [11261]
Mr. Horam: The number of finished consultant episodes where an operation was performed was 5,110,182 in 1994-95. In 1979 the estimated number of spells on a comparable basis where an operation was performed was 2,458,720.
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Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening
Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women received tests for (a) cancer of the cervix and (b) breast cancer, in the latest year for which figures are available; and what were the equivalent figures in 1979. [11257]
Mr. Horam: A total of 3.9 million women were tested in 1995-96 for cervical cancer. There is no comparable figure for 1979. The number of cervical smears examined by laboratories in 1979 was 2.6 million compared with 4.6 million in 1995-96. The earliest data available on breast cancer screening show that in 1991-92 0.9 million women were screened. In 1995-96 1.0 million women were screened.
NHS Expenditure
Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the figures for expenditure on the national health service for (a) 1978-79, (b) 1996-97 and (c) 1997-98. [11259]
Mr. Horam: The information is as follows:
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 1978-79 | 6,273 |
| 1996-97 (estimated outturn) | 33,179 |
| 1997-98 (plan) | 34,374 |
Patient Statistics
Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated by the national health service in the latest year for which figures are available; and what was the equivalent figure in 1979. [11260]
Mr. Horam: On a comparative basis, there were 6.6 million finished consultant episodes in all hospital specialties in England in the calendar year 1979, compared with 11.2 million in 1995--96.
Manchester Health Authority
Mr. Eastham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the total cost of the consultation process regarding the proposals for the new children's hospital provision for the Manchester area; and from which budget this sum was taken; [11437]
- (2) what has been the additional percentage pay increases awarded to the Manchester health authority management in the current year relative to the average awards made by trusts in the area. [11448]
Mr. Horam: A total of £110,000 was set aside from Manchester health authority's consultation budget, which is less than 4p per head of population.
A pay award to the health authority's managers has yet to be announced, but is expected to be broadly in line with other NHS staff in the city. The pay offers made so far to staff in the Manchester area range from 2 to
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2.75 per cent., including the national pay increase of 2 per cent. from 1 April 1996 with provision for local negotiations for further increases.
Mr. Dobson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the research carried out by his Department, since January 1994, into possible environmental health problems caused by opencast coal operations, indicating (a) the commissioning dates of the investigations, (b) the name of organisations or agencies commissioned to undertake investigations and (c) the expected dates for publication of results; and if he will provide summaries of the investigations undertaken. [11358]
Mr. Horam:
The Departments of Health and of the Environment commissioned a joint research project on the impact of particulate matter from opencast coal sites on public health in August 1996. The research is being undertaken by the University of Newcastle medical school and the work is expected to be complete in late October 1998. This work is still in its early stages. I will write to the hon. Member with details of what it involves.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the possible transfer of Newcastle disease between poultry and other birds and humans; and if he will make a statement. [11552]
Mr. Horam:
The risk of transmission of Newcastle disease to humans is low, even when handling infected birds. There is no risk of human infection from eating poultry meat.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been affected by Newcastle disease in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [11549]
Mr. Horam:
No human cases of Newcastle disease have been reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service communicable disease surveillance centre in the last five years.
Health Service Expenditure
Mr. Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the £12.8 milllion included in his Department's 1996-97 expenditure on the national health service in Wales as a repayment by national health service trusts to his Department. [9959]
Mr. Hague: The £12.8 milllion represents the public expenditure cover necessary to enable the trusts to make repayments which effectively cancel out a liability from previous years.
Meningitis
Mr. John Owen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 12 December, Official Report, column 338, if his Department assesses the cases of meningitis diagnosed on (a) 16 October, (b) 16 November and (c) 28 November to be unrelated. [9870]
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Mr. Gwilym Jones: Evidence which became available on 5 December indicates that the three cases were not unrelated.
Welsh Development Agency
Mr. Ron Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what have been the objectives of the Welsh Development Agency's redundancy policy with particular reference to the restructuring exercise undertaken since 1994. [11202]
Mr. Hague: This is an operational matter for the agency. I have asked the acting chief executive to write to the hon. Member with details. I shall arrange for a copy of the reply to be placed in the Library of the House.
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