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E-mail Addresses

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what e-mail address members of the public may contact (a) him and (b) each of the Ministers in his Department; and for each e-mail address if he will state (i) the date it became active and (ii) the number of e-mails received in each month since activation. [97442]

Ms Blears: Members of the public can contact Ministers at the Department of Health through the email address on the website at dhmail@ doh.gsi.gov.uk. This site was introduced in October 1999 and the numbers of emails received are as follows.

1999

October 320

November 371

December 294

Total 985

2000

January 487

February 490

March 592

April 868

May 648

June 679

July 777

August 755

September 647

October 977

November 1,035

December 804

Total 8,759

2001

January 1,391

February 1,289

March 1,618

April 1,517

May 1,651

June 1,460

July 1,653

August 1,716

September 1,563

October 2,204

November 2,210

December 1,616

Total 19,888

2002

January 2,494

February 2,406

March 2,312

April 2,425

May 2,148

June 1,829

July 2,804

August 2,313

September 2,224

October 2,801

November 2,612

December 1,768

Total 28,136

2003

January 3,003


1999
October	320
November	371
December	294
Total	985
2000
January	487
February	490
March	592
April	868
May	648
June	679
July	777
August	755
September	647
October	977
November	1,035
December	804
Total	8,759
2001
January	1,391
February	1,289
March	1,618
April	1,517
May	1,651
June	1,460
July	1,653
August	1,716
September	1,563
October	2,204
November	2,210
December	1,616
Total	19,888
2002
January	2,494
February	2,406
March	2,312
April	2,425
May	2,148
June	1,829
July	2,804
August	2,313
September	2,224
October	2,801
November	2,612
December	1,768
Total	28,136
2003
January	3,003

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Electronic Yellow Card Scheme

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adverse drug reactions were reported by nurses to the electronic yellow card scheme in January 2003. [97138]

Ms Blears: In January 2003, the Medicines Control Agency and the Committee on Safety of Medicines received two reports of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) submitted by nurses using the electronic yellow card, out of a total of 24 electronic reports of suspected ADRs from all health professionals during this time.

Foundation Hospitals

Ms Drown: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information foundation hospitals will cease to need to provide to their strategic health authority, his Department and other regulatory bodies. [99032]

Mr. Hutton: Paragraphs 3.22 and 3.23 of "A Guide to NHS Foundation Trusts" set out our proposals for the provision of financial and statistical information by national health service foundation trusts. Forthcoming legislation will set out the process for defining information requirements for NHS foundation trusts.

Ms Drown: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether foundation trusts can choose not to have modern matrons. [99033]

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to ensure that foundation hospitals cannot disestablish modern matron posts. [98592]

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether foundation hospitals will have the right to remove modern matron posts. [98710]

Mr. Hutton: National health service foundation trusts will have freedom to put in place the staffing and management structures that ensure the necessary mix of skills to provide the best standard of care to patients.

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Modern matron posts have been a very successful innovation and I would expect foundation trusts to take this into account.

Gender Reassignment Surgery

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent information he has collated on waiting lists for gender reassignment surgery; [93435]

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(3) if he will list the locations of providers of gender reassignment surgery that have done NHS commissioned work in each of the last five years; and how many FTE staff, broken down by category, worked at each facility in each year. [93436]

Mr. Hutton: Gender reassignment surgery consists of a series of different surgical procedures, for example, female to male gender reassignment may require a mastectomy and a hysterectomy and a series of operations to construct a phallus. The Department collects Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) from national health service trusts on operations specifically for sexual transformation, but those procedures such as mastectomies or hysterectomies are collected separately and it is not possible to identify if these were carried out as part of a gender reassignment operation. Details of the NHS trusts who have undertaken any operations for sexual transformation in the past five years are listed in the table.

The HES data shows that 89 operations were undertaken for male to female gender reassignment surgery in 2001–02. No operations for female to male gender reassignment were recorded during this period.

Information on the numbers of psychiatric assessments undertaken for gender dysphoria are currently not collected centrally. The mental health minimum dataset will collect data for the first time on psychiatric assessments from April 2003.

Information on waiting lists and the number of full time equivalent staff and sessions per week devoted to treating patients with gender dysphoria and those working in gender dysphoria clinics is not collected centrally.

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Trusts that undertake gender reassignment operations 1997–98 to 2001–02

1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

The Freeman Group of Hospitals NHS Trust ⁽²⁶⁾— — — — —

The Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust ⁽²⁶⁾— — — — —

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust — ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

United Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust ⁽²⁶⁾— — — — —

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust — ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

North Manchester Healthcare NHS — — — ⁽²⁶⁾— —

Central Manchester and Manchester University NHS Trust — — — — ⁽²⁶⁾—

Leicester General Hospital NHS ⁽²⁶⁾— — — — —

University Hospitals of Leicestershire NHS Trust — — — ⁽²⁶⁾— —

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust — — — — ⁽²⁶⁾—

The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS — ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

University College London Hospital NHS Trust ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

East Somerset NHS Trust — — ⁽²⁶⁾— — —

The United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust — ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust — — — — ⁽²⁶⁾—

Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS — ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— — —

Addenbrooke's NHS Trust ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— — ⁽²⁶⁾—

Brighton Health Care NHS Trust — — ⁽²⁶⁾— — —

Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust — ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— —

Pilgrim Health NHS Trust ⁽²⁶⁾— — — — —

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS — ⁽²⁶⁾— — ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾—

Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS — — — ⁽²⁶⁾— —

Mid Sussex NHS Trust ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— — — —

Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospital NHS Trust ⁽²⁶⁾— ⁽²⁶⁾— — — —

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust — ⁽²⁶⁾— — — —

Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust — — ⁽²⁶⁾— — ⁽²⁶⁾—

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust — — ⁽²⁶⁾— — —

	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
The Freeman Group of Hospitals NHS Trust	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—	—	—
The Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—	—	—
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
United Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—	—	—
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
North Manchester Healthcare NHS	—	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—
Central Manchester and Manchester University NHS Trust	—	—	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—
Leicester General Hospital NHS	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—	—	—
University Hospitals of Leicestershire NHS Trust	—	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust	—	—	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—
The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
University College London Hospital NHS Trust	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
East Somerset NHS Trust	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—
The United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—
Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—
Addenbrooke's NHS Trust	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—
Brighton Health Care NHS Trust	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—
Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—
Pilgrim Health NHS Trust	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—	—	—
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS	—	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—
Mid Sussex NHS Trust	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—	—
Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospital NHS Trust	⁽²⁶⁾—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—	—
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—	—
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust	—	—	⁽²⁶⁾—	—	—

⁽²⁶⁾ Denotes a trust who have at least one recorded case for the given year.

Note:

A null value has been given where there has either been no cases for the given year or the trust did not exist.

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