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Mr. Etherington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the availability of routine NHS dental treatment to remove the physical manifestations of dental fluorosis. [172111]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Dental fluorosis is characterised by a flecking or more rarely a mottling of the teeth, which may leave some people concerned about the appearance of their teeth, although they are endowed with the extra resistance to decay offered by exposure to fluoride.
The report, A Systematic Review of Water Fluoridation, published by the University of York in October 2000 estimated that only 12.5 per cent, of cases of dental fluorosis were the cause of aesthetic concern. Often the effects can be ameliorated by dental polishing or alternatively National Health Service patients can, if clinically appropriate, have veneers fitted to the front of the affected teeth.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of general practitioners (a) work part-time, (b) will retire in three years' time and (c) have indicated that they are prepared to work out of hours under the new general practitioner contract. [171507]
Dr. Ladyman: Of the 33,564 all general practitioners employed in the National Health Service as at September 2003 8,687 or 25.9 per cent, were part-time.
We do not collect information on the number of GPs who will retire in three years' time. Neither do we centrally collect any information on the workings of local out of hours services. Strategic health authorities have responsibility for the performance management of their primary care trusts in their delivery of out of hours services.
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Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many rapid access chest pain clinics there are in South Ribble. [171270]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust has rapid access chest pain clinics at both the Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital. Both clinics are meeting the national service framework two week target for patients to be seen from date of referral by a General Practitioner.
Mr. Borrow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many residents in South Ribble aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests; [171272]
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(2) how many senior citizens in South Ribble have access to free eye tests. [171279]
Miss Melanie Johnson: I refer my hon. Friend to the response I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Workington (Tony Cunningham) today.
Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been to NHS waiting list times in the last seven years for residents of South Ribble. [171275]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Information most closely associated with place of residency is not collected on a constituency level, but at a health services commissioner level.
Data are shown as follows for the South Lancashire Health Authority for the period 1997 to 2002 and the Chorley and South Ribble and West Lancashire Primary Care Trusts for 2003.
Name of Commissioner | Total | 02 | 35 | 68 | 911 | 1214 | 1517 | 18+ | |
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199697 | South Lancashire HA | 10,092 | 4,565 | 2,587 | 1,696 | 1,069 | 160 | 12 | 3 |
199798 | South Lancashire HA | 10,414 | 4,566 | 2,391 | 1,580 | 1,128 | 563 | 186 | 0 |
199899 | South Lancashire HA | 9,179 | 4,259 | 2,285 | 1,354 | 839 | 356 | 86 | 0 |
19992000 | South Lancashire HA | 8,604 | 4,251 | 2,042 | 1,260 | 715 | 270 | 66 | 0 |
200001 | South Lancashire HA | 8,283 | 4,401 | 1,979 | 1,041 | 559 | 208 | 95 | 0 |
200102 | South Lancashire HA | 8,047 | 4,317 | 1,997 | 1,090 | 544 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
March 2003 | Chorley and South Ribble PCT | 4,761 | 3,108 | 1,108 | 510 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
March 2003 | West Lancashire PCT | 3,042 | 1,390 | 844 | 564 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
September 2003 | Chorley and South Ribble PCT | 4,922 | 3,278 | 1,178 | 447 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
September 2003 | West Lancashire PCT | 2,813 | 1,681 | 788 | 306 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Name | 1325 | 26+ | |
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199798 | South Lancashire HA | 2,200 | 6,291 |
199899 | South Lancashire HA | 2,790 | 1,373 |
19992000 | South Lancashire HA | 2,135 | 5,07 |
200001 | South Lancashire HA | 1,823 | 374 |
200102 | South Lancashire HA | 1,676 | 1 |
Name | 1317 | 1721 | 2126 | 26+ | |
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March 2003 | Chorley and South Ribble PCT | 363 | 108 | 0 | 0 |
March 2003 | West Lancashire PCT | 196 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
December 2003 | Chorley and South Ribble PCT | 615 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
December 2003 | West Lancashire PCT | 250 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents in South Ribble awaiting heart surgery have had the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months. [171268]
Miss Melanie Johnson: This information requested is not collected centrally.
Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents in West Lancashire aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests. [171547]
Miss Melanie Johnson: I refer my hon. Friend to the response I gave to my hon. Friend, the Member for Workington (Mr. Cunningham) today.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many senior citizens in Workington constituency have access to free eye tests; [170704]
(2) how many residents in Workington constituency aged over 60 years have benefited from the abolition of charges for eye tests. [170705]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Data for the number of sight tests by constituency or by the number of senior citizens is not collected centrally.
The total number of sight tests paid for by Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority in the year 200203 for those aged 60 and over was 189,100.
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The total number of eligible for a free eye test for those aged 60 and over was 429,300. Sight tests cannot be equated to the number of patients.
Source:
Department of Health statistics.
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Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in Workington constituency in each of the last seven years. [170707]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the table.
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
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Q13 | Cumbria and Lancashire SHA total | 3,352 | 3,486 | 3,595 | 3,706 | 3,758 | 3,893 | 4,279 |
5D6 | West Cumbria PCT | (15) | (15) | (15) | (15) | 128 | 128 | 130 |
RE7 | West Cumbria Health Care NHS Trust | 187 | 209 | 224 | 243 | (15) | (15) | (15) |
RLG | Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust | 200 | 206 | 230 | 230 | (15) | (15) | (15) |
RNL | North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | (15) | (15) | (15) | (15) | 351 | 331 | 366 |
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of suspected cancer patients in Workington constituency saw an NHS consultant within two weeks in each of the last seven years. [170709]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Information from 200001, the earliest available, is shown in the table.
Seen within two weeks | ||||
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Quarter | NHS trust | Percentage | Number | |
200001 | 4 | West Cumbria Health Care NHS Trust | 89.6 | 190 |
200001 | 4 | Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust | 79.6 | 227 |
200102 | 1 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 89.8 | 467 |
200102 | 2 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 85.3 | 492 |
200102 | 3 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 84.9 | 594 |
200102 | 4 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 78.7 | 511 |
200203 | 1 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 83.1 | 674 |
200203 | 2 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 85.6 | 734 |
200203 | 3 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 87.1 | 757 |
200203 | 4 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 81.2 | 722 |
200304 | 1 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 82.4 | 831 |
200304 | 2 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 96.9 | 946 |
200304 | 3 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 99.8 | 991 |
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents in Workington constituency awaiting heart surgery have had the option of choosing an alternative hospital for quicker treatment in the last 12 months. [170711]
Miss Melanie Johnson: This information is not collected centrally.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the levels of elective admissions to the NHS in Workington constituency in the past five years. [170712]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the table.
PCT of responsibility | 199899 | 19992000 | 200001 | 200102 | 200203 |
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5D6 West Cumbria PCT | 16,395 | 16,163 | 16,579 | 16,577 | 16,613 |
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on heart disease and cancer care in Workington constituency in each of the last five years. [170716]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is not collected centrally. Allocation of funding for particular treatments are matters for local primary care trusts.
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been spent on health in Workington constituency in each of the last seven years. [170718]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information is not available in the format requested. Expenditure per weighted head of the population in the Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area, which includes the constituency of Workington, has increased from £600.03 in 199798 to £1,173.57 in 200203 (the latest year available). This does not represent the total expenditure per head as an element of health expenditure cannot be identified by SHA area.
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