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Mortality Rate

David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths have occurred in the Midlothian constituency since 1990. [27189]

Mr. Foulkes: I have been asked to reply. The information requested is not available in relation to the Midlothian parliamentary constituency. However, the number of deaths in the Midlothian local authority area (Midlothian District Council before 1 April 1996 and Midlothian Council since then) is as follows:

MalesFemalesPersons
1990408416824
1991390459849
1992402378780
1993437424861
1994370407777
1995417441858
1996406448854
1997405414819
1998456417873
1999393434827
2000423422845

If my hon. Friend requires further statistical information on this matter, he may wish to approach the General Register Office for Scotland.

Visual Impairment

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what response he has sent to the recent submission by the Improving Lives Coalition on priorities in health and social care for blind and partially sighted people. [40893]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 7 March 2002]: A major conclusion of Improving Lives was that large numbers of people who are eligible for registration as blind or partially sighted are not registered. We recognise this problem and the Department has set up a group to investigate ways to improve the way we notify and register sight loss. This group includes representatives of several members of the Improving Lives Coalition.

We have also awarded the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) and the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA) jointly a project grant to develop visual care standards based on Improving Lives.

Capacity

Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding has been made available to each local health authority to increase capacity for the treatment of patients. [40492]

Mr. Hutton [holding answer 7 March 2002]: In 2002–03 £425 million has been earmarked to expand acute capacity, increase activity levels and reduce waiting. This is in addition to funding from general allocations which can be spent to deliver waiting times by agreement

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between primary care trusts (PCTs), health authorities (HAs) and NHS trusts and their partners locally. The earmarked funding will be used to:


In addition, capital funding of £179 million in 2001–02 and £329 million in 2002–03 for increasing activity and providing diagnostic and treatment centres was issued as part of general capital allocations. PCTs, HAs and NHS trusts and their local partners agree how the general capital allocation is spent.

The heath authority total allocations and earmarked funding for capacity are given in the table.

2002–03 HA total allocations and earmarked funding for capacity
£000

Health authority Total allocationEarmarked funding for capacity
Bradford414,7374,306
Calderdale and Kirklees480,6874,986
County Durham540,5265,649
East Riding474,9774,816
Gateshead and South Tyneside332,4633,391
Leeds6,285536,285
Newcastle and North Tyneside436,7904,393
North Cumbria261,6652,676
North Yorkshire566,7815,931
Northumberland257,2982,626
Sunderland268,2282,702
Tees485,7725,041
Wakefield277,8102,848
Barnsley207,2572,155
Doncaster259,7262,634
Leicestershire682,7487,262
Lincolnshire519,9575,378
North Derbyshire300,0133,056
North Nottinghamshire313,5433,226
Nottingham519,1385,408
Rotherham210,5332,147
Sheffield477,1044,777
South Derbyshire448,5424,724
South Humber258,9932,591
Bedfordshire414,9264,484
Cambridgeshire525,5295,529
Hertfordshire802,6498,241
Norfolk611,6156,346
North Essex668,0527,002
South Essex554,3085,876
Suffolk519,3525,352
Barking and Havering333,8973,421
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey725,0557,604
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich635,1096,180
Brent and Harrow432,5994,293
Camden and Islington477,9104,584
Croydon274,2472,881
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow676,0386,890
East London and the City702,9867,391
Hillingdon203,3172,063
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster436,1684,787
Kingston and Richmond284,5062,939
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham829,5528,099
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth563,1255,655
Redbridge and Waltham Forest399,5423,951
Berkshire588,5726,340
Buckinghamshire493,9595,264
East Kent521,2925,226
East Surrey324,7193,217
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove666,7216,724
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire561,4295,692
North and Mid Hampshire381,6853,969
Northamptonshire429,5444,450
Oxfordshire445,4584,713
Southampton and South West Hampshire432,1744,475
West Kent744,1087,606
West Surrey485,8774,835
West Sussex618,8296,302
Avon774,5017,987
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly416,1974,213
Dorset582,1865,874
Gloucestershire432,3614,352
North and East Devon393,3344,019
Somerset379,3613,916
South and West Devon499,7685,045
Wiltshire453,6984,671
Birmingham900,0629,196
Coventry267,7452,773
Dudley241,7212,491
Herefordshire130,6571,347
North Staffordshire403,3224,154
Sandwell268,7942,757
Shropshire326,9453,416
Solihull158,2201,629
South Staffordshire421,8144,406
Walsall217,0422,256
Warwickshire381,9723,909
Wolverhampton212,6842,193
Worcestershire393,0564,073
Bury and Rochdale332,1273,413
East Lancashire461,1324,700
Liverpool453,9134,497
Manchester461,8454,593
Morecambe Bay268,3692,644
North Cheshire261,5502,614
North West Lancashire424,1294,276
Salford and Trafford407,1594,076
Sefton254,9612,481
South Cheshire531,9135,382
South Lancashire247,2052,509
St. Helen's and Knowsley310,5473,171
Stockport231,1702,390
West Pennine392,4304,075
Wigan and Bolton494,1705,193
Wirral297,1212,920
Total England41,468,469425,000

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Ministerial Design Champion

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings the Ministerial Design Champion for his Department has attended in her capacity as Design Champion in the last month; and if he will make a statement. [41962]

Ms Blears: My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath) has recently replaced my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health (Yvette Cooper) as the Ministerial Design Champion for the Department of Health. He attended the last Ministerial Design Champion meeting on 17 January 2002 chaired by Lord Falconer and will be attending the next meeting on 22 May 2002.

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In his capacity as Ministerial Design Champion, Lord Hunt will:


Mixed Sex Wards

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mixed sex wards there are at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford. [41920]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 11 March 2002]: Patients at Broomfield Hospital, part of Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, are treated on wards that are divided into single-sex bays containing four or six beds. All wards have separate toilet and bathroom facilities for male and female patients.

As part of the plans for the development of Broomfield Hospital, the Trust is planning to have single gender wards.

The Trust is aware of the need to maintain the privacy and dignity of patients at all times and places great emphasis on the need to segregate male and female patients.


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