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Dentistry
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of adults in the Cumbria and Lancashire Health Authority were registered with an NHS dentist in each of the last seven years. [165511]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The table shows registration numbers and registration rates for Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) for September in each year from 1997. These are for the general dental service (GDS).
September each year | Adult registrations (thousands) | Adult registration rate (percentage of population) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997(21) | 760.4 | 52.0 |
| 1998 | 675.0 | 46.1 |
| 1999 | 684.4 | 46.8 |
| 2000 | 688.5 | 47.0 |
| 2001 | 674.6 | 45.9 |
| 2002 | 669.9 | 45.3 |
| 2003 | 662.3 | 45.2 |
(20) Cumbria and Lancashire SHA area comprised five HAs before October 1992: South Lancashire, Morecambe Bay, East Lancashire, North West Lancashire and North Cumbria
(21) 1997 figures are not comparable with figures for later years. The registration period was reduced for new registrations to 15 months from September 1996 which affected registration numbers between September 1997 and September 1998.
Note:
Registration numbers cover people who have attended a general dental service dentist within the past 15 months. The figures exclude patients receiving GDS treatment on an occasional basis as well as occasional attenders, who have not attended within the past 15 months. The registrations figures exclude some national health service services as well as private dental services which many people may choose to have.
Source:
Dental Practice Board
Diabetes Centre
Ms. Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding is made available to the Diabetes Centre at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire; and what changes are planned to this allocation in coming years. [166719]
Dr. Ladyman: This information is not held centrally.
Doctors
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors there were per head of population in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997. [166652]
Mr. Hutton: The standard ratio used by the Department is per 100,000 population.
The data requested has been placed in the Library.
Drinking Water Standards
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to require bottled water to meet drinking water standards applicable to tap water. [165686]
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Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 19 April 2004]: Spring water and bottled drinking water already have to comply with the standards for tap water. Natural mineral water, which must come from a natural source and cannot be treated, may contain higher levels of minerals than those permitted in tap water. However, limits are in place for potentially toxic substances and microbiological parameters. The limits for natural mineral water, as with drinking water, spring water and bottled drinking water, are set on health grounds.
Health Services (Wirral, South)
Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on (a) heart disease and (b) cancer care in Wirral, South in each of the last five years. [166617]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is not collected centrally. Allocations of funding for particular treatments are matters for the local primary care trust.
Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on NHS waiting times for heart surgery in Wirral, South. [166619]
Miss Melanie Johnson: In March 1997 there were 138 people waiting nine months and 40 people waiting over 12 months for heart surgery at the cardiothoracic centre, Liverpool National Health Service Trust. The latest available figures show that in February 2004 there were no people waiting nine months and over for surgery.
Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many residents in Wirral, South aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests; [166620]
(2) how many citizens in Wirral, South had access to free eye tests in 2003–04. [166621]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Data for the number of sight tests by constituency or by the number of senior citizens are not collected centrally.
In 2002–03, the total number of national health service sight tests paid for patients aged 60 and over in Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority (SHA) was 201,180. The total number eligible for a free sight test for those aged 60 and over was 507,080. The total number of NHS sight tests paid for by Cheshire and Merseyside SHA in the year 2002–03 was 453,250.
Sight tests cannot be equated to the numbers of patients.
Heart Choice Pilots
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which (a) NHS and (b) independent sector providers have treated patients under the Heart Choice pilots. [166649]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the lists.
Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
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University College London Hospitals NHS Trust
Barts and the London NHS Trust
Guy's & St Thomas1 Hospital NHS Trust
King's College Hospital NHS Trust
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust
South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Central Manchester & Manchester Children's University Hospitals
Cardiothoracic Centre Liverpool NHS Trust
The Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust
University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
HCA, (Harley St Clinic, London Bridge Hospital/ Wellington Hospital)
King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, Sussex
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of patients who have participated in the Heart Choice pilot have chosen an alternative provider; and what proportion of patients have been treated in the independent sector. [166650]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Of those clinically eligible, the proportion of patients who have participated in the heart choice pilot that have chosen an alternative provider is 50 per cent. We do not hold figures on the breakdown of heart choice between the national health service and independent sector.
This data is based on voluntary returns from NHS trusts during the pilot phase.
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Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients have participated in the Heart Choice pilots. [166651]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The total number of patients that were eligible to participate in the heart choice pilots was 9,090. Of these 6,328 were deemed to be clinically eligible. The number of patients who made a choice was 6,010 and of these, 3,034 opted for treatment elsewhere.
This data is based on voluntary returns from national health service trusts during the pilot phase.
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