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Cancelled Operations (Mid-Essex)
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in (a) each of the last five years and (b) each of the last nine months for which figures are available; and what proportion they were of the total number of operations carried out. [36821]
Mr. Hutton: The information requested is in the table.
Note:
Elective admissions are first finished consultant episodes in general and acute specialties.
Source:
Your Guide to the NHS returns, Patient Charter returns, Common Information Core
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NHS Dentists
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children living in the Greater London area are registered with an NHS dentist; and what the figures were in May 1997. [37482]
Ms Blears: The numbers of adults registered with General Dental Services (GDS) dentist as a percentage of the population in Greater London at 30 April 1997 and 31 December 2001 were 48 per cent. and 37 per cent respectively.
The number of children registered with General Dental Services (GDS) dentist as a percentage of the population in Greater London at 30 April 1997 and 31 December 2001 were 49 per cent. on both dates.
The registration rates for 30 April 1997 and 31 December 2001 are not comparable. The registration period for adults was changed from 24 months to 15 months for new registrations in September 1996. For children, registrations used to lapse at the end of the calendar year after attendance at the dentist; since September 1996 the registration period is 15 months. These changes began to affect registration numbers in December 1997.
Some patients who are not registered with a GDS dentist choose to attend occasionally. Patients may attend a dentist in a different area from the area in which they live.
Greater London is the area covered by the health authorities in the London health region.
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists were practising in the NHS in Greater London (a) in May 1997 and (b) at the latest available date. [37483]
Ms Blears: The numbers of General Dental Service (GDS) dentists carrying out the majority of their work in Greater London at 31 March 1997 and 30 September 2001 were 2,877 and 3,190 respectively.
The total number of GDS dentists covers principals on a health authority list, their assistants and vocational dental practitioners.
Also 41 dentists were working in the Personal Dental Service (PDS) in the London HAs at 30 September 2001 who were not working in the GDS. The PDS began in October 1998.
Greater London is the area covered by the HAs in the London Health Region.
Care Homes
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department's statistics on care home beds in England include beds in individual domestic dwellings. [37730]
Jacqui Smith: Statistics published by the Department on care home beds relates to beds in care homes registered with the local registration and inspection units. This will include beds in small homes (less than four beds) registered under the Registered Homes (Amendment) Act 1991.
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Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds in care homes have been lost and how many new beds there have been in care homes in England since May 1997. [37731]
Jacqui Smith: The information requested on the number of care beds closed or created is not available centrally in the form requested.
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, by each health authority in England, the number of (a) beds lost in care homes and (b) care homes that have closed since November 2001. [37990]
Jacqui Smith: The information requested on care beds and homes closures since November 2001 is not available centrally.
Hospital Waiting Times (Mid-Essex)
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were waiting (a) over six months, (b) over nine months, (c) over 12 months, (d) over 15 months and (e) over 18 months for in-patient treatment in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area, for (i) the latest available month, and (ii) the previous month. [38349]
Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table.
| November 2001 | December 2001 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total waiting | 8,787 | 9,228 |
| Of which, number waiting: | ||
| Over 6 months | 2,426 | 2,605 |
| Over 9 months | 1,232 | 1,209 |
| Over 12 months | 452 | 370 |
| Over 15 months | 61 | 58 |
| Over 18 months | 0 | 0 |
Source:
Department of Health form KH07 and Monthly Monitoring
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area are waiting for treatment; and how many people have been waiting 13 weeks or more for out-patient treatment. [38350]
Mr. Hutton: The information is shown in the table.
| Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| September 2001 | December 2001 | |
| Number of GP written referral requests seen | 11,179 | 11,656 |
| Of those GP written referrals seen, the number who waited (in weeks) | ||
| 0 to 3 | 3,248 | 3,295 |
| 4 to 12 | 4,796 | 4,907 |
| 13 to 25 | 2,564 | 2,832 |
| 26 plus | 571 | 622 |
| Patients still waiting | ||
| Over 13 weeks | 2,439 | 2,238 |
| Over 26 weeks | 394 | 456 |
Source:
Department of Health form QM08
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Chlamydia
Mrs. Helen Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) men and (b) women have been diagnosed with chlamydia in each of the last 20 years. [40584]
Yvette Cooper: Genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics provide the best available data on sexually transmitted infections and reported cases of uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection from 1990 are shown in the table. There are no data for chlamydial infection before 1990 as cases were included in the category "non specific urethritis".
| Year | Male cases | Female cases |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 13,507 | 16,677 |
| 1991 | 13,694 | 16,630 |
| 1992 | 13,089 | 15,309 |
| 1993 | 12,168 | 14,053 |
| 1994 | 12,449 | 15,125 |
| 1995 | 12,761 | 16,525 |
| 1996 | 13,970 | 18,551 |
| 1997 | 16,255 | 22,742 |
| 1998 | 18,997 | 25,092 |
| 1999 | 21,858 | 29,378 |
| 2000 | 26,234 | 34,415 |
(20) These data are collected from GUM clinics and do not include cases diagnosed in other health care settings. These are aggregate not patient based data and so they are the number of reported cases not the actual numbers of males and females who have been diagnosed with uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection.
Source:
GUM clinic returns (KC60) PHLS.
Mrs. Helen Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many partners of those diagnosed with chlamydia have been traced in each of the last 20 years. [40585]
Yvette Cooper: The best available data are from genito- urinary medicine (GUM) clinics, which provide data on the number of cases categorised as
"epidemiological treatment of suspected genital chlamydial infection".
| Year | Male cases | Female cases |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,031 | 3,088 |
| 1991 | 3,060 | 3,108 |
| 1992 | 3,374 | 3,205 |
| 1993 | 3,408 | 3,231 |
| 1994 | 4,333 | 3,803 |
| 1995 | 4,984 | 4,047 |
| 1996 | 6,366 | 4,924 |
| 1997 | 7,991 | 6,221 |
| 1998 | 9,041 | 6,880 |
| 1999 | 11,318 | 8,253 |
| 2000 | 14,002 | 10,027 |
(21) These data are collected from GUM clinics and do not include cases diagnosed in other health care settings. These are aggregate not patient-based data and so they are the number of reported cases not the actual numbers of males and females who have been identified as partners. Those cases found to be infected will also be included in the figures for uncomplicated chlamydial infection.
Source:
GUM clinic returns (KC60) PHLS
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