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Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what checks are carried out by local authority environmental health officers on pigmeat which is processed and sold in pre-packed form. [107108]
Ms Quin:
I have been asked to reply.
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The processing of pigmeat for human consumption is covered by the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, as amended, which implements Council Directives 77/99/EC and 95/68EC. The Regulations lay down the supervisory checks that local authority environmental health departments are required to carry out. Guidance to enforcement authorities on the approach to inspection is given in the Food Safety Act 1990 Code of Practice No. 17: Enforcement of the Meat Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1994, and on the frequency and nature of these supervisory checks in Code of Practice No. 9: Food Hygiene Inspections.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) intensive and (b) critical care beds there are planned to be for the three years of the Comprehensive Spending Review. [108168]
Mr. Denham:
This year there are 1,591 adult intensive care beds within a total of 2,362 critical care beds, according to fast track management information collected on 17 January 2000. As the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Edgbaston (Ms Stuart) announced on 1 February 2000, Official Report, column 903; this represents an increase of 122 on the number at 31 March 1999. Numbers for 2000-01 and 2001-02 will be determined following the outcome of the thoroughgoing review of critical care services and in the light of local planning.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) critical care and (b) intensive care beds there were in NHS hospitals in each of the last 10 years. [108224]
Mr. Denham:
Information on the average daily number of beds by ward type for each National Health Service trust is published annually in "Bed Availability and Occupancy, England" and is available in the Library. As wards classified as "intensive care" can also contain other types of beds we have introduced a new census focusing specifically on adult intensive care and high- dependency care beds. National and regional information from the first census taken in March 1999 is in the Library. The full results will be published in due course.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of each category of nurse were employed by the NHS in each of the last 10 years. [108223]
Mr. Denham:
The information requested is shown in the tables. Over the past 10 years there have been three methods for collecting this data. Therefore, data for 1989, 1990 to 1994 and 1995 onwards are shown in separate tables and are not directly comparable.
Notes:
1. "Other" are other staff not allocated to a specific occupation code and includes staff employed by SHAs, OSAs and other centrally based services.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
3. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
4. Figures exclude learners and agency staff.
5. A new classification of the non-medical workforce was introduced in 1995. Information based on this classification is not directly comparable with earlier years.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
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Notes:
1. Figures from 1990 to 1994 include learners and bank staff.
2. "Other" are other staff not allocated to a specific occupation code and includes staff employed by SHAs, OSAs and other centrally based services.
3. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
4. Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of component parts.
5. Figures exclude agency staff.
6. 1989 figures collected using different categories of nurses therefore not directly comparable with 1990-1995.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.
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| Number | |
|---|---|
| All nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff | 398,660 |
| General administration | 1,190 |
| General nursing | 110,700 |
| Younger chronic disabled | 1,160 |
| Geriatrics | 23,090 |
| Y.C.D/Geriatrics | 15,740 |
| Paediatrics | 9,670 |
| Gen/Geri/Paed Bank | 4,580 |
| Mental illness | 51,340 |
| Mental handicap | 29,780 |
| Midwifery | 23,170 |
| Maternity | 8,100 |
| Community health | 34,670 |
| School health | 2,790 |
| Centrally based | 3,180 |
| Education | 64,090 |
| Other | 15,400 |
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Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were in training in each of the last 10 years. [108167]
Mr. Denham: Information about numbers of nurses in training is not available for 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92. Data for 1998-99 are unvalidated. Available information for nurses in training is shown in the table:
| Nursing diploma | Degree (7) | Total pre-reg. | Midwifery degree (8) | Diploma | Total pre-reg. | Other (9) | Total pre-reg. N&M | Adjusted pre-reg. total (10) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-93 | 14,883 | 190 | 15,073 | 42 | 206 | 248 | 1,292 | 15,321 | 16,338 |
| 1993-94 | 12,439 | 199 | 12,638 | 92 | 450 | 542 | 1,215 | 13,180 | 14,197 |
| 1994-95 | 10,594 | 255 | 10,849 | 92 | 522 | 614 | 1,044 | 11,463 | 12,480 |
| 1995-96 | 11,495 | 256 | 11,751 | 128 | 485 | 613 | 1,030 | 12,364 | 13,381 |
| 1996-97 | 13,011 | 297 | 13,308 | 161 | 498 | 659 | 993 | 13,967 | 14,984 |
| 1997-98 | 14,429 | 297 | 14,726 | 224 | 572 | 796 | 908 | 15,522 | 16,539 |
| 1998-99(11) | 15,155 | 1,201 | 16,356 | 254 | 611 | 865 | 892 | 17,221 | 17,221 |
(7) The step change in degree commissions in 1998-99 is a result of the transfer of funding from DfEE to DH following Dearing.
(8) Midwifery data for 1992-93 are incomplete. Some degree data missing (possibly 60 places) for 1993-94, 1994-95--possibly 24 places in 1995-96, 1996-97 onwards is complete.
(9) Post-registration students, who are already qualified nurses, undertaking a full-time shortened diploma or degree course or part-time equivalent leading to a second registration as a midwife.
(10) Adjusted to take account of the Dearing report transfer 1,017 places 1992-93 to 1997-98 inclusive.
(11) Unvalidated 1998-99 outturn.
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Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses are planned to be in training for each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review. [108162]
Mr. Denham: We recognise that we need to train more nurses, which is why we committed ourselves to delivering 6,000 new nurse training places during the Comprehensive Spending Review period.
Precise data on the number of places each year are not available. However, the target was based upon delivering 1,000 of the new places in each year, and we are now planning to deliver around 1,600 in the current year.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses who joined the NHS in each of the last 10 years were at some stage previously employed as nurses in the NHS. [108166]
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Mr. Denham:
Information is available which shows that, as a result of the 1999 recruitment campaign, by 31 December 1999 almost 2,600 former nurses and midwives had already returned to work in the NHS and a further 2,400 are preparing to join them.
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