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Residential Care (Bedfordshire)
Mr. Sayeed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the compliance with the relevant registration standards of (a) nursing homes and (b) residential homes within mid-Bedfordshire. [80481]
Mr. Hutton: None. Residential care homes within the whole of Bedfordshire are registered and inspected by the Registration and Inspection Unit of Bedfordshire County Council. The registration and inspection of nursing homes within Bedfordshire is the responsibility of Bedfordshire Health Authority. Residential care homes and nursing homes are subject to the Registered Homes Act 1984.
Multiple Sclerosis
Audrey Wise: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will recommend to health purchasers that the new provisions for pooled budgets and lead commissioning be implemented in the case of multiple sclerosis patients. [80596]
Mr. Hutton:
There is no restriction on the client groups that can benefit from the new provisions. It is for health and local government partners to agree how best to
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provide services to meet the needs of people in their area. The new provisions give authorities the flexibility to do this and the opportunity to consider innovative new arrangements. Directing authorities, in the first instance, on how to use the flexibilities would run counter to this. However, as the flexibilities start to bed down and lessons are learnt we will wish to spread good practice.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total cost to the NHS in each of the past five years of methadone prescriptions; and from which companies they were purchased. [80600]
Mr. Denham
[holding answer 15 April 1999]: The net ingredient cost of prescription items dispensed in the community in England from 1993 to 1997 for methadone hydrochloride is shown in the table.
| Year | £000 |
|---|---|
| England | |
| 1993 | 6,803.6 |
| 1994 | 7,993.9 |
| 1995 | 9,086.9 |
| 1996 | 9,912.1 |
| 1997 | 10,668.2 |
Notes:
1. The figures cover all prescriptions dispensed by community pharmacists, appliance contractors and dispensing doctors and prescriptions submitted by prescribing doctors for items personally administered.
2. The net ingredient cost (NIC) is the basic cost of a drug and does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charge income.
3. Methadone hydrochloride is contained in the following British National Formulary sections: BNF 3.9.1--Cough suppressants; BNF 4.7.2--Opioid analgesics; BNF 4.10--Drugs used in substance dependence.
NHS Trusts
Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list those people appointed chairman or non-executive director of an NHS trust or health authority since 1 May 1997 who are the spouse or partner of an elected local councillor, stating the party affiliation of the councillor in each case; [80931]
- (2) if he will list those people appointed chairman or non-executive director of NHS trusts or health authorities since 1 May 1997 who are the spouse or partner of an hon. Member stating the party affiliation of the hon. Member in each case. [80932]
Mr. Denham:
No spouses or partners of hon. Members have been appointed as non-executive directors of National Health Service trusts or health authorities since the Government took office. Information on any such relationships between non-executive directors and elected local councillors is not collected by the Department.
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Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 12 March 1999, Official Report, columns 415-18, if he will list the women's organisations which have been invited to send representatives to the Listening to Women roadshows at (a) Newcastle, (b) Reading, (c) Leeds and (d) Nottingham. [80898]
Ms Jowell:
In addition to organisations, we are publicising the event to individual women not involved in public life. To this end we have invited women who had previously contacted the Women's Unit; published articles in the local press, with an open invitation for local women to attend; publicised the event on local radio; asked local job centres to issue invitations to female jobseekers in the area; and been in liaison with the Commission for Racial Equality for them to suggest interested women.
To date the following organisations have been invited to send representatives to the Listening to Women meeting in Newcastle on 19 April 1999:
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To date the following organisations have been invited to send representatives to the Listening to Women meeting in Reading on Friday 21 May 1999:
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The invitations to the Leeds and Nottingham meetings will be issued shortly.
1. Fair Play North East Ltd.
2. Northern Region Youth and Community Unit
3. Young Women's Group
4. Rosehill Young Women's Project
5. South Tyneside Multi Cultural Project
6. Muslim Women's Association
7. Breast Care and Mastectomy Group
8. Sahali
9. Roshni Women's Centre
10. Age Concern
11. Apnar Ghar
12. Working for Women
13. Women of the North
14. South Bank Women's Centre
15. Newcastle Literacy Collaborative
16. Them Wifies
17. Tyneside Women's Health Project
18. Newcastle upon Tyne Guide Association
19. The Star Centre Ltd.
20. Newcastle Youth Women's Project
21. East End Women's Activity Group
22. West Newcastle Women
23. Scotswood Community Project. Women's Group
24. Elswick Girls Project
25. TWAFA
26. Pre-School Play Group Association
27. East End Parent and Toddler Forum
28. WAG
29. Chopwell Community Centre
30. Felling Community Centre
31. Gateshead Young Women's Outreach Project
32. Interface Project
33. Leam Lane Community Centre
34. Lobley Hill Youth and Community Centre
35. Streets Ahead
36. Community Education Officer
37. Local Initiatives Team
38. Alnwick Voluntary Action
39. Chester-le-Street Volunteer Bureau
40. Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service
41. Sunderland Council for Voluntary Service
42. Tynedale Voluntary Action
43. Acomb Crescent
44. Northumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust
45. Northumbria Probation Service
46. Ringtons Ltd.
47. Regency Care Homes Ltd.
48. South Tyneside College
49. TSL Group (Staff Pension Scheme)
50. Tynedale District Council.
1. Reading Women's Information Centre
2. In Touch Helpline
3. Women's Open House
4. JSJS Black Women's Group
5. East Reading Adventure Playground "Strictly Girls"
6. Reading Muslim Women's Association
7. Electrical Association for Women
8. Girls Friendly Society
9. Reading Women's Education Project
10. Reading Women's Gas Federation
11. Sonning Common Women's Group
12. West Indian Women's Circle
13. Black Women's Group
14. Disabled Housing Trust
15. MIND Drop in Centre
16. Earley Women's Institute
17. Soroptimist International
18. British Federation of University Women
19. Berkshire Women's Aid
20. Abbey Women's Clinic
21. Domestic Violence Forum
22. Bulmershe College Women's Group
23. Kennet Valley Free Church Women's Council
24. National Register of Women
25. Reading Cav. Heights Townswomen's Guild
26. Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes
27. Reading University Women's group
28. Life Pregnancy Care Centre
29. Churches in Reading Women's Centre
30. Padworth W.I.
31. Caversham W.I.
32. Maiden Erlegh W.I.
33. National Register of Women
34. Sahara Asian Women's Project
35. Racal-Mobilcal Ltd.
36. Honeywell Control Systems Ltd.
37. Yellow Pages
38. Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd.
39. De La Rue Plc
40. Reading College and School of Art and Design
41. University of Reading
42. Gyosei International College.
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