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Hospital Sports Sites
Mr. Nigel Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital sports sites have been granted planning permission since 1 May 1997. [88495]
Mr. Denham: The information requested is not available centrally.
Dental Services
Mr. Sayeed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with the General Dental Council regarding their jurisdiction in assessing whether a dentist meets minimum standards of practice; [90414]
- (2) what plans he has to review the statutory responsibilities of the General Dental Council in respect of the professional conduct of dentists. [90415]
Mr. Denham: The General Dental Council has proposed that it is empowered to test and identify dentists who demonstrate a consistently poor standard of performance (but are not suspected of serious professional misconduct). We have welcomed these proposals and intend to use Section 60 of the Health Act 1999 to make the necessary amendments to the Dentists Act 1984.
Mr. Sayeed: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has made to the General Dental Council in respect of the adequacy of its procedures for dealing with serious professional misconduct. [90842]
Mr. Denham: We have full confidence in the General Dental Council's handling of serious professional misconduct cases, but it has let us know that hearing these cases is making heavy demands of the six lay members on the Council. Accordingly we will shortly be acting on the Council's proposal that its lay membership be increased to 12.
NHS Site Sales
Mr. Fearn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the sites owned by the National Health Service which the NHS Executive is seeking planning permission for housing developments and the current status of each application. [90742]
Mr. Denham:
A list of sites owned by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for which planning permission for housing development is being sought is given in the table. The list includes the current status of each application.
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| Region | Current status of planning applications |
|---|---|
| Eastern | |
| Hill End Hospital | (13)-- |
| Runwell Hospital, Wickford | (13)-- |
| Colchester sites | (13)-- |
| Heath Hospital, Tendring | (13)-- |
| Goston Manor, Watford | (13)-- |
| Cassell Hospital, Richmond | (13)-- |
| Queens Hospital, Croydon | (14)-- |
| Bexley Hospital, Bexley | (13)-- |
| Napsbury Hospital, Herts | (15)-- |
| South East | |
| Lord Mayor Treloar, Alton | (13)-- |
| Land at Graylingwell, Chichester | (13)-- |
| Land at Haywards Heath | (13)-- |
| Land at Southlands, Worthing | (13)-- |
| Milford Hospital, Milford | (13)-- |
| Mabledon Hospital, Dartford | (13)-- |
| South West | |
| Pewsey Hospital, Pewsey | (13)-- |
| Part Exminster Hospital, Exminster | (13)-- |
| St. Anne's, Bournemouth | (14)-- |
| St. Leonard's Hospital, Ringwood | (13)-- |
| Henham Hall Hospital, Avon | (15)-- |
| St. Margarets Hospital, Swindon | (13)-- |
| PEOH, Exeter | (13)-- |
| West Midlands | |
| Stollington, Staffordshire | (13)-- |
| Chelmsley Hospital, Marston Green | (13)-- |
| North West | |
| Florence Nightingale Hospital, Bury | (13)-- |
| Lancaster Moor Hospital, Lancaster | (13)-- |
| Whittingham Hospital, Preston | (15)-- |
| Trent | |
| Manor/Kingsway, S. Derby | (13)-- |
| Rauceby Hospital, Rauceby | (13)-- |
| Northern and Yorkshire | |
| Newton Aycliffe Hospital | (13)-- |
| Northowram Hospital, Northowram | (13)-- |
| Seacroft Hospital, Leeds | (13)-- |
| Middleston Hospital | (13)-- |
| Rawcliffe Hall Hospital | (13)-- |
| St. George's Hospital, Morpeth | (13)-- |
| St. Mary's Hospital, Stannington | (13)-- |
| Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope | (13)-- |
(13) A planning application has been made, and determination by the local planning authority is awaited.
(14) The local planning authority has resolved to approve the application subject to conditions including Section 106 planning obligations which are now being negotiated.
(15) The planning application is subject of an appeal, the outcome of which is awaited.
Pen Needles
Mr. Paul Marsden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about the availability on the NHS of pen needles for children with diabetes. [90811]
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Mr. Denham:
We have consulted on proposals which would allow insulin pen needles to be prescribed by general practitioners on the National Health Service for both adults and children. We have received representations from most of the organisations consulted. We are considering them, and are seeking clarification on certain points before we make our final decisions.
Mr. Paul Marsden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each OECD country the number of clinical and medical oncologists per 100,000 population; and if he will make a statement. [90804]
Mr. Denham:
The information requested is not available centrally.
Mr. Paul Marsden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of clinical and medical oncologists per 100,000 population for each health authority in England. [90803]
Mr. Denham:
The latest available information is shown in the table.
Notes:
1. Figures rounded to nearest 10
2. '0' denotes 5 or less
3. Population per 100,000 calculated on unrounded figures
4. Population per 100,000 figures based on 1998 projections
5. Some doctors work in more than one health authority, but are only recorded once in the England total--hence the England figure is smaller than the total of health authority figures
Sources:
Department of Health HCHS Medical and Dental Workforce Census;
Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates.
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