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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.
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| 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | |
|---|---|---|
| Northern and Yorkshire regional | ||
| L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified | 1,251 | 1,292 |
| A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy | 0 | 0 |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis | 20 | 32 |
| 183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer | 183 | 139 |
| 183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities | 61 | 54 |
| Trent regional office | ||
| L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified | 1,827 | 1,789 |
| A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy | 0 | 0 |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis | 2 | 9 |
| 183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer | 208 | 214 |
| 183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities | 85 | 115 |
| West Midlands regional office | ||
| L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified | 1,625 | 1,717 |
| A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy | 0 | 0 |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis | 8 | 5 |
| 183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer | 229 | 177 |
| 183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities | 65 | 103 |
| North West regional office | ||
| L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified | 1,737 | 1,918 |
| A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy | 0 | 0 |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis | 8 | 5 |
| 183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer | 169 | 195 |
| 183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities | 163 | 113 |
| Eastern regional office | ||
| L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified | 1,597 | 1,572 |
| A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy | 0 | 0 |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis | 8 | 5 |
| 183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer | 211 | 212 |
| 183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities | 106 | 85 |
| London regional office | ||
| L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified | 1,745 | 1,875 |
| A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy | 1 | 2 |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis | 15 | 9 |
| 183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer | 262 | 331 |
| 183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities | 188 | 96 |
| South East regional office | ||
| L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified | 2,418 | 2,445 |
| A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy | 0 | 0 |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis | 4 | 8 |
| 183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer | 345 | 272 |
| 183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities | 101 | 137 |
| South West regional office | ||
| L97 Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified | 2,430 | 2,389 |
| A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy | 0 | 0 |
| A52.1 Symptomatic neursyphilis | 7 | 17 |
| 183.0 Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer | 358 | 354 |
| 183.2 Varicose veins of lower extremities | 168 | 122 |
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