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Food Products (Health Claims)
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer to question ref. 130174, on health claims about food products, what estimate he has made of the cost to a manufacturer of making such an application. [132418]
Miss Melanie Johnson: No such estimate has yet been made. The Food Standards Agency is currently consulting on the proposed regulation on nutrition and health claims, and preparing an assessment of the potential impact, including application costs, on industry. The consultation package specifically requests information from manufacturers to inform that assessment.
Good Friday Agreement
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures have been taken in the last 12 months to promote co-operation in health matters through the east-west dimension of the Good Friday Agreement. [131947]
Mr. Leslie: I have been asked to reply.
Strand Three of the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement identified health as one of the possible issues for discussion within the British-Irish Council. Work focusing on telemedicine and e-health is being taken forward by the Isle of Man. A working group has met seven times since February 2001 and members have visited a number of telemedicine applications either being piloted or in everyday use. This work has been particularly useful to those administrations with the challenge of delivering health and social care in rural and remote communities.
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GPs/Dentists
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many practising NHS (a) dentists and (b) general practitioners there were in Southend West in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2002. [130956]
Dr. Ladyman: Figures for general dental services (GDS) dentists by primary care trust (PCT) were not collected prior to 2002. The number of GDS dentists in Southend on Sea PCT at 31 December 2002 was 54. This figure includes principals, assistants and vocational dental practitioners. Figures for hospital and community health services dental staff are shown in the table.
| 1997 | 2002 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Southend Community Care NHS trust | RDK | 8 | (13)— |
| Southend Healthcare NHS trust | RAJ | 11 | 11 |
(13) Not available.
Source:
Department of Health Medical and Dental Workforce Census
Information on numbers of general practitioners by PCT have been collected centrally since 1999. Figures for 1999 and 2002 are shown in table 2.
| Southend on Sea PCG 4KH89 | Southend on Sea PCT 5AK | |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ||
| All Practitioners(14) | 85 | (16)— |
| of which: | ||
| Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents (UPEs)(15) | 84 | (16)— |
| March 2002 | ||
| All Practitioners | (16)— | 85 |
| of which: | ||
| Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents (UPEs) | (16)— | 83 |
(14) All Practitioners include UPEs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (para 52 SFA), PMS Other, GP Retainers and Flexible Career Scheme GPs
(15) UPEs include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried GPs.
(16) Not available.
Note:
Data as at 1 October 1999, 31 March 2002
Source:
Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics
Health Services (Battersea)
Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the impact on the Battersea constituency of his Department's health policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [123709]
Mr. Hutton: Detailed information on the impact of departmental policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health—Government Expenditure Plans 2003/2004" is available in the Library and on the Department's website.
The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
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My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Wandsworth Primary Care Trust (PCT), St. George's Healthcare National Health Service Trust and the former Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority (HA).
| Allocation | Cash increase | Real terms increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | £000 | £000 | Percentage | £000 | Percentage |
| 1997–98 | 309,318 | 10,104 | 3.38 | 4,039 | 1.35 |
| 1998–99 | 322,343 | 12,806 | 4.14 | 4,179 | 1.35 |
| 1999–2000(17) | 422,995 | 25,270 | 6.35 | 14,953 | 3.76 |
| 2000–01 | 455,914 | 35,177 | 8.36 | 24,058 | 5.72 |
| 2001–02 | 498,646 | 42,445 | 9.30 | 30,283 | 6.64 |
| 2002–03 | 563,125 | 49,830 | 9.80 | 36,215 | 7.12 |
(17) Figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are not comparable to the later figures, as these are for Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) only.
Note:
From 1999–2000 allocations have included HCHS, QMS cash limited and prescribing components (2002–03 saw the addition of HIV/Aids and QMS non cash limited components).
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA and the NHS trusts within it have also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes:
- £6.6 million for accident and emergency modernisation in 2000–01.
Nationally, in 2000–01 recurrent investment of £50 million was available for the improvement of cancer services. For 2001–02, an additional £255 million is available nationally for cancer care. Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA has received £300,000 for the investment of cancer equipment. This has already been delivered and is now in use.
£4.5 million, £453,000 and £406,000 to reduce waiting lists and times in 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 respectively.
£2.25 million to expand critical care services in 2000–01.
£3.3 million and £2.9 million to deal with winter pressures in 1998–99 and 2000–01.
£228,000 for heart disease services in 2000–01.
£35,000 invested into dentistry in 2000–01.
- £470,000 for mental health.
£376,000 for coronary heart disease.
£477,000 for cancer.
£348,000 for information management and technology.
£523,000 for primary care.
£2.7 million for capacity.
| Month end | Totalwaiting list | Patients waiting over nine months | Patients waiting over12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | 7,185 | 777 | 311 |
| May 2003 | 6,623 | 329 | 0 |
Source:
Department of Health form KH07.
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| GP written referrals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients seen | Patients still waiting | |||||
| Quarter | Total | Percentage seen within 13 weeks | More than 13 weeks | More than 26 weeks | ||
| Q4 1996–97 | 15,508 | 89 | 931 | 602 | ||
| Q4 2002–03 | 12,599 | 72 | 757 | 5 | ||
Source:
Department of Health form QM08
Information regarding staffing within Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth has been placed in the Library.
Hospitals (Leicestershire)
Mr. Dorrell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated in Leicestershire hospitals in each year since 1997–98. [127271]
Dr. Ladyman: The tables show the number of out-patients and in-patients treated in Leicestershire hospitals since 1997–98.
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| Name | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester General Hospital | 45,618 | 48,967 | 50,993 | ||
| Leicester Royal Infirmary | 103,127 | 111,319 | 113,818 | ||
| Glenfield Hospital | 22,101 | 25,723 | 27,469 | ||
| Leicestershire Mental Health Service | 2,253 | 4,207 | |||
| Fosse Health; Leicestershire Community | 9,482 | 9,392 | |||
| Leicestershire and Rutland Health Care | 14,427 | 7,810 | 9,607 | ||
| University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | 180,940 | 198,878 | |||
| Total (Leicestershire HA) | 182,581 | 199,608 | 206,707 | 188,750 | 208,485 |
Notes:
Admissions Grossing:
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed)
Trust Mergers:
On 1 April 1999, Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust was formed from a merger of Fosse Health NHS Trust (which provided community health services) and Leicestershire Mental Health Services NHS Trust.
On 1 April 2000, University Hospitals of Leicester was formed through a merger of the three acute hospital trusts in Leicestershire—those trusts were Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital NHS Trust, and Glenfield Hospital NHS Trust.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health
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