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HEALTH
Emergency Beds
Mr. David Nicholson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the availability of emergency beds in NHS hospitals during (a) the current winter and (b) the winter of 1995-96; and what measures he is taking, or has taken, to ensure availability when required. [18458]
Mr. Horam: In the national health service, use of beds is not necessarily limited to either emergency or elective patients and therefore the number of "emergency beds" is not recorded centrally.
The most recent information on acute bed availability can be found in "Bed Availability for England 1995-96", copies of which can be found in the Library.
Admissions
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) medical emergency admissions and (b) elective surgical admissions there were for each month since April 1995. [18608]
Mr. Horam: Information for 1995-96 will be available later this year.
Mr. Hunter:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS elective admissions have been cancelled because of emergency demand for NHS hospital facilities in the last 12 months; and how many private patient admissions to NHS pay beds have been cancelled in the same period for the same reason. [18611]
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Mr. Horam:
The information requested is not available centrally.
Mr. Chris Smith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients had their operations cancelled and were not re-admitted within 30 days for each month since April 1995. [18607]
Mr. Horam:
The information available is provided in quarterly returns which are available in the Library.
Mr. Smith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS theatre sessions were cancelled in each month since April 1995. [18606]
Mr. Horam:
The information requested is not available centrally.
Mr. Chris Smith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors ceased practice in each of the last five years. [18605]
Mr. Malone:
The information requested is not held centrally.
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of terminally ill patients with cancer in acute hospital beds in the latest period for which figures are available. [18730]
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of private hospitals provide full accident and emergency services. [18713]
Mr. Horam:
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women aged 50 years have had breast screening, broken down by (a) district health authority and (b) regional health authority. [18731]
Mr. Horam:
The information requested is not available centrally.
Mr. Boateng:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department was first notified of the outbreak of cryptosporidium in the area of Thames Water; and by whom. [18908]
Mr. Horam:
The local consultant in communicable disease control for Brent and Harrow health authority informed officials of an increase in the number of reported cases of cryptosporidiosis in the area on the afternoon of Friday 28 February. Later the same afternoon, the regional epidemiologist reported an outbreak of the infection in West Hertfordshire.
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Mr. Simon Hughes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women are waiting for (a) a hysterectomy operation, (b) a mastectomy operation and (c) a hip replacement operation in each health authority area; and how many have been waiting longer than (i) three, (ii) six, (iii) nine and (iv) 12 months. [18788]
Mr. Horam:
The information requested is not available. Information collected centrally is at specialty level and does not distinguish between male and female patients.
Mr. Jim Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations the Government have received regarding the effects of the provisions of the Finance Bill on people with mental health problems living within the community; and if he will make a statement on those effects. [18370]
Mr. Burns:
The Government receive numerous representations from a wide range of interested parties on the provisions of the Finance Bill. Improving the care of mentally ill people is a high priority for the Government and considerable resources have been spent in recent years in pursuit of this aim. We recently announced the allocation of an extra £50 million to help health and local authorities improve further the quality and range of services they provide to mentally ill people.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the medicines currently available that are not licensed for human administration. [18593]
Mr. Malone:
The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Unlicensed medicines may be manufactured or imported for supply to the order of a doctor or dentist for their individual patients.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what medicines currently given to children are administered by a route, in a formulation or in a dosage which has not been approved by the Medicines Control Agency. [18594]
Mr. Malone:
When medicines are administered to children by a route, in a formulation or in a dosage which has not been approved for that age group by the Medicines Control Agency, this occurs outside the terms and conditions of the medicinal product licence and is the responsibility of the prescribing physician. Such usage is not reported to the Medicines Control Agency.
Mr. Bermingham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the powers and responsibilities of the patients council at Broadmoor; and if he will make a statement. [18691]
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Mr. Burns:
I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health gave the hon. Member for Stockport (Ms Coffey) on 3 March 1997, Official Report, column 451.
Mr. Bermingham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has to improve staff morale at Broadmoor hospital; and if he will make a statement.[18692]
Mr. Burns:
Staffing issues at Broadmoor hospital are a matter for the hospital authority. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of Broadmoor hospital, Mrs. Sheila Drew-Smith.
Mr. Alfred Morris:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will establish funding provision for recombinant factor 8 on an equivalent basis to that provided in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [18720]
Mr. Horam:
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) on 23 July 1996, Official Report, columns 216-17.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 17 February, for what reasons the vaccination of poultry against Newcastle disease is normally prohibited in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. [17242]
Mr. Ancram
[holding answer 24 February 1997]: Vaccination against Newcastle disease has been prohibited in Northern Ireland until recently because the Province's status as a non-vaccinating area has permitted the prohibition of poultry--other than eggs and day-old chicks--from vaccinating countries. That has helped to prevent the introduction of other poultry diseases from which Northern Ireland has been free. Vaccination also makes it technically difficult to detect and diagnose Newcastle disease if it does occur.
Mr. Mallon:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he plans to take to protect the continuing services of (a) youth clubs, (b) pre-school playgroups, (c) organisations working with the elderly, (d) environmental groups, (e) disabled organisations and (f) other voluntary or community groups, affected by the reduction in the number of ACE employees. [17706]
Mr. Ancram:
Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Training and Employment Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Ian Walters. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from Ian Walters to Mr. Seamus Mallon, dated 5 March 1997:
(2) what plans he has to investigate allegations of (a) child abuse, (b) access to pornographic materials and (c) sexual assault in Broadmoor hospital. [18693]
(Staff Reductions)
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