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Skin Diseases
Mr. Nigel Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) were treated for and (b) died
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from (i) skin cancer and (ii) other skin-related ailments in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [15335]
Mr. Horam:
Information on the number of people treated for skin cancer is not available. Data on deaths certified as due to malignant melanoma of the skin (ICD*172) and other skin cancer (ICD*173), as well as deaths from non-cancerous skin diseases (ICD*680-709), can be found in table 2 of the Office for National Statistics annual publication "Mortality statistics: cause", series DH2, numbers 18 and 19 (for 1991 and 1992) and in tables 3 and 4 of "Mortality statistics: cause" 1993 (revised) and 1994, series DH2, number 21. Copies are available in the Library.
Mrs. Wise:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total funding which each of the research units, funded by his Department, will receive from his Department in 1996-97; and if he will place a copy of each unit's programme of work in the Library and give the start and end dates of each unit's new contract. [15445]
Mr. Malone:
The information requested is in the table.
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Programmes of work will be placed in the Library shortly.
Mr. Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the funding allocated by his Department for research into skin diseases for each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [15270]
Mr. Horam:
The Department of Health policy research programme has provided funding for research on skin cancer only in each of the last five years as follows:
| Years | £000 |
|---|---|
| 1992-93 | 0 |
| 1993-94 | 31 |
| 1994-95 | 84 |
| 1995-96 | 75 |
| 1996-97 | 339 |
| 1997-98(20) | 464 |
(20) Estimate.
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Mental Health
Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of registered mentally handicapped people in community care in each council area in England; and if he will make a statement. [15319]
Mr. Burns: Information is not collected centrally on the number of registered people with learning disabilities--mental handicap--in community care in each council area. The prevalence of severe learning disability in England is estimated as being in the order of three to four per 1,000 members of the general population. The majority live in the community and will receive varying levels of support from the statutory authorities.
Skin Ailments
Mr. Nigel Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the funding allocated for research into psoriasis for each of the last five years for which figures are available, and if he will make a statement. [15269]
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Mr. Horam:
The main agency through which the Government support biomedical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council which receives its grant in aid from the Department of Trade and Industry. In 1995-96, the MRC gave a project grant of £30,000 to Glasgow university for its "Molecular Genetic Analysis of Familial Psoriasis" project.
The MRC is an independent body deciding what research to support on its own expert judgment. The council is always willing to consider soundly based scientific proposals in competition with other applications.
The national health service research and development health technology assessment programme has recently issued a call for proposals for a systematic review of different treatments for severe psoriasis.
Mr. Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by health authority area the number of patients treated for skin ailments in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [15334]
Mr. Horam:
The Department of Health does not collect figures on the numbers of patients treated for a condition or range of conditions. Figures are collected on the number of finished consultant episodes by specific medical condition. These are available from the annual hospital episode statistics published by the Department of Health, copies of which are available in the Library.
Sir Irvine Patnick:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public money was allocated to Sheffield health authority in (a) 1979 and (b) 1996-97. [15340]
Mr. Horam:
The cash limit for Sheffield area health authority in 1979-80 is not directly comparable with that for Sheffield health authority in 1996-97 due to the reorganisation of the national health service. The final
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cash limit for Sheffield area health authority in 1979-80 was £79.177 million. The current cash limit for Sheffield health authority in 1996-97 is £367.130 million.
Mr. Chris Smith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many junior doctors in England are routinely working hours above those set out in the "new deal". [15907]
Mr. Malone:
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 24 January 1996, columns 767-68.
Mr. Morley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much blood from the national transfusion service was sold to the private sector in 1995 and 1996. [15502]
Mr. Horam:
Blood itself is never sold, although a handling charge is made to hospitals, whether private or national health service, to cover the costs of collecting, testing, processing and delivery blood. Information about the amount of blood supplied to the private sector is not available centrally.
Mr. Martyn Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed in NHS hospitals in (i) Clwyd and (ii) Powys in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. [14890]
Mr. Gwilym Jones:
The information is given in the following table. Data for 1990 to 1992 are available only for each former health authority area as a whole while data for later years are shown by individual NHS trusts within the authority boundary. The small number of nursing and midwifery staff employed by North Wales health authority cannot be split into the former Clwyd and Gwynedd authorities. As information for nursing staff working in hospitals is not available separately, total nursing and midwifery staff numbers are given.
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| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Midwifery Staff (21) | |||||||
| Clwyd: | |||||||
| Clwydian Community Care NHS Trust | -- | -- | -- | 1,537 | 1,523 | 1,415 | 1,446 |
| Glan Clwyd Hospital NHS Trust | -- | -- | -- | 870 | 881 | 893 | 932 |
| Wrexham Maelor Hospital NHS Trust | -- | -- | -- | 837 | 861 | 887 | 921 |
| Clwyd Health Authority | 3,174 | 3,270 | 3,347 | 83 | 84 | 65 | -- |
| North Wales Health Authority | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 |
| Powys: | |||||||
| Powys Healthcare NHS Trust | -- | -- | -- | 1,009 | 995 | 914 | 944 |
| Powys Health Authority | 1,059 | 1,084 | 1,044 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Hospital Medical Staff (22) | |||||||
| Clwyd: | |||||||
| Clwydian Community Care NHS Trust | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 44 | 42 | 48 |
| Glan Clwyd Hospital NHS Trust | -- | -- | -- | 150 | 160 | 170 | 165 |
| Wrexham Maelor Hospital NHS Trust | -- | -- | -- | 140 | 141 | 146 | 154 |
| Clwyd Health Authority | 284 | 291 | 306 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Powys: | |||||||
| Powys Healthcare NHS Trust | -- | -- | -- | 32 | 33 | 32 | 37 |
| Powys Health Authority | 32 | 29 | 33 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
(21) Excluding pre-registration learners.
(22) Data for 1996 is provisional.
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