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Free Nursing Care

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) representations and (b) letters he has received from (i) hon. Members and (ii) members of the public regarding the failure of care homes to pass on the NHS free nursing care contribution to residents. [57182]

Jacqui Smith: I have received two representations on this subject, one from an hon. Member and one from an organisation representing the interests of older people.

I have received just over 200 letters from Members of Parliament and 150 letters direct from members of the public about national health service funded nursing care. A large proportion of these, though not all, were about the increases in care home fees following the introduction of NHS funded nursing care.

Care Homes

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact on the care home sector of mergers and acquisitions of care homes in the last five years. [57187]

Jacqui Smith: The Government have made no such assessment.

Parliamentary Questions

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the information his Department collects centrally; and what steps the Department takes to obtain the desired information to answer hon. Members' written parliamentary questions. [42261]

Ms Blears [holding answer 11 May 2002]: The Department collects a wide range of information on health services and personal social services in England to enable it to meet its objectives and responsibilities. A consolidated list is being established of information collected centrally by the Department and can be found on the Department's Information Asset Register on the world-wide web (website address: http://tap.ccta.gov.uk/doh/iar.nsf/ frames2?open). Details of information returns which it is planned routinely to collect from the national health service for 2002–03 is also available on the Department's website (www.doh.gov.uk/ipu/stbop/flowsa.htm).

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The Department will always take reasonable steps to obtain the information needed to answer Members' written parliamentary questions provided that obtaining the information requested would not incur disproportionate cost.

MMR

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GP practices have failed to meet targets for MMR vaccination rates and missed out on target payments. [53294]

Yvette Cooper [holding answer 29 April 2002]: 680 or 8 per cent. of general medical service general practitioner practices are not meeting the childhood immunisation targets. MMR is one of the immunisations in the childhood immunisation programme, the others are diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis, pertussis and haemophilus influenza type B. No data are available for personal medical services (PMS) practices, as PMS works on the basis of local accountability these data are not held centrally.

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Overseas Recruitment

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what targets have been set for the director of international recruitment for health services for the number of foreign recruited nurses working for the NHS. [58033]

Mr. Hutton [holding answer 21 May 2002]: A combination of international recruitment, return to practice, improved retention and increased output from training has meant that the NHS Plan increase of 20,000 more nurses by 2004 has been achieved well in advance of the 2004 target.

A similar approach will be used to ensure achievement of the new targets for increases in the nursing work force.

Foot Infections

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of episodes of care in respect of tissue breakdown infection and/or ulceration of the foot by region in each year since 1997. [58288]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 21 May 2002]: The information requested is shown in the tables.

Finished consultant episodes (FCEs) by main diagnosis in national health service hospitals, England 1996–97 to 1998–99

1996–971997–981998–99
Northern and Yorkshire regional
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified2,5401,0671,083
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy010
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis17822
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer236205196
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 835081
Trent regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,4361,6601,887
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis5109
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer316279236
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 12111069
Anglia and Oxford regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified2,4241,7361,671
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis5710
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer245229216
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 10010280
North Thames regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,6201,5061,754
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy7120
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis395
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer254264230
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 10787117
South Thames regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,7901,6971,719
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy010
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis31210
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer255260303
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 13288100
South and West regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified2,5872,6242,941
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis163533
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer452450464
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 130149157
West Midlands regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,5791,4661,578
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy120
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis292
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer213204234
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 769195
North West regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,4211,5581,752
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis8107
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer188223264
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 141145156
Not known
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified0220
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis000
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer030
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 000

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Finished consultant episodes (FCEs) by main diagnosis in national health service hospitals, England 1999–2000 to 2000–01

1999–2000 2000–01
Northern and Yorkshire regional
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,2511,292
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy00
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis2032
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer183139
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 6154
Trent regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,8271,789
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy00
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis29
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer208214
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 85115
West Midlands regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,6251,717
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy00
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis85
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer229177
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 65103
North West regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,7371,918
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy00
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis85
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer169195
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 163113
Eastern regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,5971,572
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy00
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis85
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer211212
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 10685
London regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified1,7451,875
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy12
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis159
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer262331
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 18896
South East regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified2,4182,445
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy00
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis48
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer345272
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 101137
South West regional office
L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified2,4302,389
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy00
A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis717
183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer358354
183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities 168122


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