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Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of women in South Ribble with suspected breast cancer saw a specialist within two weeks in each of the last five years. [171668]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
The information requested is not collected on a constituency basis. The information shown in the table relates to the national health service organisations serving the South Ribble area.
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Seen within 2 weeks | |||
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NHS Trust | Percentage | Number | |
19992000 | Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust | 94.5 | 52 |
200001 | Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust | 100.0 | 169 |
200102 | Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust | 100.0 | 240 |
200203 | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 100.0 | 238 |
200304 | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 100.0 | 279 |
Tony Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of women in Workington constituency with suspected breast cancer saw a specialist within two weeks in each of the last five years. [170717]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is not collected on a constituency basis. The information shown in the table relates to the national health service organisations serving the Preston area.
Seen within 2 weeks | |||
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Percentage | Number | ||
19992000 | Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust | 92.9 | 236 |
200001 | West Cumbria Health Care NHS Trust | | |
200001 | Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust | 83.3 | 244 |
200102 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 94.7 | 570 |
200203 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 89.0 | 699 |
200304 | North Cumbria Acute NHS Trust | 95.0 | 755 |
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) occupational therapists, (b) physiotherapists and (c) speech and language therapists were employed in the NHS in each (i) NHS region and (ii) strategic health authority in each of the last two years. [172705]
Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table.
Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Department is taking to encourage the production and sale of healthier foods. [160697]
Miss Melanie Johnson
[holding answer 11 March 2004]: We are working closely with the food industry
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and other stakeholders to encourage the production and sale of healthier foods. Our 5 A DAY programme is promoting the sale of fruit and vegetables.
We are currently consulting stakeholders and the public as part of the Choosing Health? consultation through the consultation document, "Choosing Health? Choosing a Better Diet". This will enable a wide range
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of stakeholders to contribute to the debate on healthier food. The Government will draw up a White Paper in the light of consultation.
Mr. Alan Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact of healthy living centres. [170417]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Healthy living centres (HLCs) have a key role to play in reducing inequalities and supporting the work of other statutory and voluntary organisations locally.
The New Opportunities Fund has commissioned the Bridge Consortium to carry out a four-year evaluation of the programme which will focus on health impact monitoring and issues of sustainability, partnership and social exclusion.
The Department has commissioned its own evaluation of the HLC programme through the Tavistock Institute against key health priorities, such as cancer and coronary heart disease prevention. The institute will be encouraged to publish its findings and the Health Development Agency will incorporate the findings into evidence and practice reviews.
Interim findings from the New Opportunities Fund's evaluation are already available on the New Opportunities Fund website at www.nof.org.uk.
David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans there are to introduce deaf and disability awareness training for front-line NHS staff. [170967]
Mr. Hutton: NHSU, the organisation set up by the Department to establish a university for the national health service, is leading the development and delivery of disability equality and awareness training tools and resources as part of a wider disability learning and development strategy. An initial prototype learning programme, aimed at providing staff with a broad overview of disability awareness, will be ready for consultation in the autumn.
There are no plans for centrally funded training programmes that deal specifically with deaf awareness.
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