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Insulin Pens
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diabetics registered in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire have received prescribed pen needles; and if he will make a statement. [123794]
Mr. Denham: Insulin pen needles and certain reusable insulin pens were added to the Drug Tariff with effect from March 2000. Figures are not yet available as to how many pen needles have been prescribed since March 1.
Cochlear Implants
Mr. Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the number of cochlear implants for children which have been undertaken in each health authority area for each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [123657]
Mr. Hutton: The tables show the number of procedures performed on under 16-year-olds who received cochlear implants, treated in National Health Service hospitals in England. This is shown by health authority of residence for the financial years 1996-97 to 1998-99 and district health authority of residence for 1994-95 to 1995-96.
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| Health Authority | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QA9 Cambridge and Huntingdon | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| QAE East Kent | -- | (7)-- | -- |
| QAH Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham | (7)-- | 6 | 11 |
| QAT Camden and Islington | 20 | 23 | 30 |
| QC3 Manchester | 18 | 11 | 18 |
| QCE Oxfordshire | -- | (7)-- | (7)-- |
| QCP Nottingham | 37 | 37 | 39 |
| QCR Sheffield | -- | -- | (7)-- |
| QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire | 11 | 8 | 13 |
| QD6 South and West Devon | (7)-- | -- | (7)-- |
| QD8 Avon | (7)-- | -- | (7)-- |
| QD9 Birmingham | 20 | 15 | 16 |
| QDD Bradford | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| QDP Tees | 5 | 8 | (7)-- |
| Total | 126 | 123 | 154 |
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| District Health Authority | 1994-95 | 1995-96 |
|---|---|---|
| A32 Tees | 5 | 5 |
| B31 Bradford | (7)-- | 5 |
| C08 Nottingham | 13 | 33 |
| D01 Cambridge | 7 | 6 |
| F37 Camden and Islington | (7)-- | 24 |
| G26 South East London | -- | (7)-- |
| QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire | 7 | 8 |
| L36 Plymouth and Torbay | -- | (7)-- |
| M25 South Birmingham | 11 | 18 |
| P26 Manchester | 12 | 15 |
| Total | 55 | 114 |
(7) For reasons of confidentiality, figures below 5 have been suppressed.
OPCS4 codes D24.1-D24.2 have been used.
Totals do not include suppressed figures.
Data in this table are unadjusted for shortfalls in collection (i.e. they are ungrossed).
Source:
Hospitals Episodes Statistics.
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Mr. Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children are waiting for cochlear implants in each health authority area; how many have been waiting for more than a year; and if he will make a statement. [123658]
Mr. Hutton: This information on the number of children waiting for a cochlear implant is not available. Information on the waiting times for cochlear implants for children, based on Hospital Episode Statistics, is shown in the table.
(8) For reasons of confidentiality, figures below 5 have been suppressed.
Notes:
OPCS4 codes D24.1-D24.2 have been used.
Totals do not include suppressed figures.
Data in this table are unadjusted for shortfalls in collection (i.e. they are ungrossed).
Waiting time statistics from HES are not the same as the published waiting list statistics. HES provides counts and waiting times for all patients admitted to hospital within a given period whereas the published waiting list statistics count those waiting for treatment at a given point in time and how long they have been on the waiting list. Also, HES calculates the waiting time as the difference between the admission and decision to admit dates. Unlike published waiting list statistics, this is not adjusted for self-deferrals or period of medical/social suspension.
Source:
Hospitals Episodes Statistics.
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Waiting Lists
Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to collect statistics on the reason why individuals leave (a) inpatient waiting lists and (b) outpatient waiting lists, separately identifying those who opted for private sector provisions. [123720]
Mr. Denham: We have no plans to do so.
Beta-interferon
Mr. Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of the Provisional Finding of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in respect of beta-interferon at the same time it is made available to those parties who submitted evidence to the Institute. [123912]
Mr. Denham: The National Institute for Clinical Excellence's guidance on beta-interferon will be placed in the Library once it has been finalised by NICE. Consultation on the draft findings will, as with all NICE's appraisals, be on a confidential basis. I understand that NICE is planning to disseminate its guidance to the National Health Service during August 2000.
NHS Messaging Services
Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS has spent on its messaging services on NHS net through BT Syntegra. [124089]
Ms Stuart: A total of £7.1 million has been spent on messaging services on National Health Service net through British Telecommunications Syntegra in the period 1995 to 2000.
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Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the savings to the NHS over (a) one year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years through introducing a messaging service based upon a SMPT Internet Mail system. [124092]
Ms Stuart: None; an SMTP (Internet) mail messaging service is already available on NHSnet.
Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost to the NHS of the recent I Love You virus; and what measures he is taking to ensure that future breaches of NHS messaging services are minimised. [124093]
Ms Stuart: The measures taken by the National Health Service net contractors were at no charge to the NHS. Any costs at NHS trust and health authorities would be largely in the time of personnel as a part of their normal duties to manage local e-mail services and have not been identified separately.
NHSnet provides controls for network access between organisations, including transfer of e-mails between NHSnet and external systems that are passed through a secure gateway between NHSnet and the internet. Management of the gateway is the responsibility of the NHSnet service providers under the supervision of the NHS Information Authority. The NHS Information Authority maintains close liaison with the service providers and users of NHSnet services to ensure that information about virus attacks and appropriate countermeasures are disseminated rapidly.
The management teams remain vigilant and will deal with future threats in the same professional manner in which the "I LOVE YOU" incident was handled.
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