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Oral Contraceptive Pills
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many oral contraceptive pills were dispensed to teenage girls in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) region. [42328]
Yvette Cooper [holding answer 11 March 2002]: The information requested is not collected by the Department. Data on general practitioners prescriptions are not broken down by age.
Information about the number of first contacts with girls age under 16, and between 16 and 19 years of age at family planning clinics, where the primary method of birth control was the oral contraceptive, is given below. The figures for England are published in "NHS Contraceptive Services, England: 2000–01", a copy of which is available in the Library.
Because regional health authority boundaries changed in April 1998, the information is presented in two tables, one for the pre-1998 boundaries and one for the boundaries introduced in 1998.
- First contacts with teenage girls at family planning clinics where the primary method of birth control was the oral contraceptive.
| Age under 16 | Age 16–19 | |
|---|---|---|
| England | 22,968 | 110,115 |
| Regions 1996–97 | ||
| Northern and Yorkshire | 3,979 | 14,372 |
| Trent | 2,464 | 9,070 |
| Anglia and Oxford | 1,787 | 9,968 |
| North Thames | 2,528 | 15,826 |
| South Thames | 3,081 | 16,265 |
| South and West | 2,912 | 14,876 |
| West Midlands | 2,706 | 13,169 |
| North West | 3,511 | 16,569 |
| 1997–98 | ||
| England | 22,675 | 115,879 |
| Regions 1996–97 | ||
| Northern and Yorkshire | 3,788 | 16,861 |
| Trent | 2,421 | 9,086 |
| Anglia and Oxford | 1,712 | 9,776 |
| North Thames | 2,431 | 17,087 |
| South Thames | 3,506 | 17,037 |
| South and West | 2,864 | 15,186 |
| West Midlands | 2,475 | 13,217 |
| North West | 3,478 | 17,647 |
Source:
Department of Health Statistics Division SD2B, form KT31
Source:
Department of Health Statistics Division SD2B, form KT31
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Hearing Aids
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how long the average wait has been to receive an NHS hearing aid in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement; [48573]
- (2) how old the average recipient of an NHS hearing aid has been in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement; [48574]
(3) how many people have been on a waiting list to receive an NHS hearing aid in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [48572]
Jacqui Smith: The information requested is not available centrally. However according to the Institute of Hearing Research, the mean age of adults supplied with hearing aids as part of the modernising hearing aid services project is 71 (with a median age of 74). The Department is working in partnership with the Royal National Institute for Deaf People to modernise hearing aid services. The project includes provision of digital hearing aids as part of a modernised service designed to meet the needs of people with hearing impairments. Over £30 million has been invested to support the modernisation project.
Mount Vernon Hospital
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors and nurses have worked in each service provided at Mount Vernon hospital in each of the last 10 years; and how many doctor and nurse vacancies there have been in each service provided in each of the last 10 years. [48907]
Mr. Hutton: The information requested will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what services are provided at Mount Vernon hospital; how many patients were treated as (a) out- patients and (b) in-patients in each of the last five years,
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broken down by service area; whether each of the services will continue to be provided in the next five years; and if he will make a statement. [48910]
Mr. Hutton: Hillingdon Hospital National Health Service Trust provides the following services on the Mount Vernon site: general medical and surgical out- patient care (including orthopaedics and urology), endoscopy day care and in-patient general surgery, urology, orthopaedics, rehabilitation and continuing care.
West Hertfordshire Hospitals National Health Service Trust provides specialist services on site such as cancer services and burns and plastics. They also provide pharmacy, medical physics and haematology services.
The future of cancer services at Mount Vernon is currently under review. The long term review of the Mount Vernon cancer network and centre is scheduled to be published in June 2002. A review of burns and plastics services has already been undertaken and these services are due to move to the Northwick Park site by 2004.
Information is not collected centrally with regard to the number of patients treated as in-patients and out-patients in each of the last five years, broken down by service area. The data are collected annually at NHS trust level, rather than by individual hospital site. NHS trusts provide health care but may provide it at more than one hospital site.
Smoking Czar
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 5 March 2002, Official Report, column 276W, when (a) he and (b) his Ministers last met Nikki Griffiths of his Tobacco Policy Team. [53068]
Yvette Cooper: No meetings have taken place between Nikki Griffiths, alliance network co-ordinator, and either my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health or any of his ministerial colleagues.
Renal Transplant Services
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the relative benefits of transferring renal services from St. George's to St. Helier hospitals. [54280]
Mr. Hutton: 10 criteria were considered as part of the assessment of the relative benefits of centralising transplantation services at Epsom and St. Helier national health service trust, St. George's healthcare national health service trust or Guy's and St. Thomas' national health service trust. These criteria included access; clinical quality; standard of facilities; staff recruitment and retention; strategic fit; education, training and research; clinical links; resource effectiveness and affordability; achievability; methods for patient and carer involvement. These criteria were agreed by clinical and managerial staff of Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth health authority, Brighton and Sussex university hospitals national healthcare service trust, St. George's healthcare national healthcare service trust, Epsom and St. Helier national healthcare service trust, their kidney patient associations and Merton and Sutton community health council.
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Proposals to centralise services at St. George's hospital are currently subject to a three month public consultation which concludes on 25 June 2002.
NHS Appointments (Non-attendance)
Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will rank in order of non-attendance the level of failed appointments in each health authority for each hospital in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [55789]
Mr. Hutton: Data on the number of failed appointments due to non-attendance are not available at health authority or hospital level.
Data ranked by the level of failed appointments due to non-attendance in national health service trusts during 2000–01 have been placed in the Library.
NHS Dentistry
Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to increase the number of dentists taking NHS patients in the Boston and Skegness constituency. [56148]
Yvette Cooper: All health authorities in England have in place dentistry action plans to ensure that everyone in their local area can access NHS dentistry if they want it, within a reasonable time and distance. These plans identify shortfalls in service provision and ways of tackling user demand.
Based on information held by NHS Direct, one practice in both Boston and Skegness are accepting NHS patients. Action is being taken to improve this situation. Lincolnshire is one of the third wave personal dental service pilots. The pilot will see the development of a dental access centre at six sites across the county, including Boston and Skegness, through a combination of new buildings and conversion of existing community dental services. £877,000 capital and £340,000 revenue were allocated to the pilot in 2000–01 with a further £270,000 capital and £91,000 revenue in 2001–02.
In addition, Lincolnshire has received dental care development funding amounting to £95,000 in 2000–01 and £185,000 in 2001–02 for expansion and modernisation of practices in areas of poor access which are already offering significant NHS commitment and are prepared to increase numbers of NHS patients. A further allocation of £407,000 has been made from the dental modernisation fund to modernise premises and upgrade equipment and from the dental practice. £17,000 has been allocated from the dental practice grant to set up quality assurance systems in each dental practice.
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