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Honours
Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much time his Department spent dealing with honours in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by civil service grade. [173040]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Department, during the last financial year, had four full time staff (36 hours per week) working on honours. The grades are:
One administrative officer (IP1 upper),
Two executive officers (IP2 upper),
One senior executive officer (IP3 upper).
Data is not kept on time spent by other members of staff in the Department who occasionally deal with honours.
Midland Health Consultancy Network
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the Department will place in the Library a copy of the report by the Midland Health Consultancy Network, compiled at the time of the Griffiths Review into the research framework in north Staffordshire. [174739]
Dr. Ladyman:
The Midland Health Consultancy Network Ltd. (MHCN), acting under contract to the former West Midlands Regional Office of the NHS Executive, provided secretariat support to the panel conducting the review of the research framework in North Staffordshire Hospital National Health Service Trust. MHCN did not produce a separate report.
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The full report can be found on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/01/45/42/04014542.pdf .
Midwives/Nurses
Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were employed by the national health service in (a) the county of Essex in each year from 1990 to 1997 and (b) the county of Essex and the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock in each year from 1998 to 2003. [173639]
Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is shown in the tables. The figures have not been provided for 1990–94 as they are incomparable with later years because of the way data was collected.
| 1995 | 1996 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total specified health authorities | 8,152 | 7,879 | |
| QAX | North Essex HA | 4,872 | 4,625 |
| QAY | South Essex HA | 3,280 | 3,254 |
(28) UPEs include QMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs and PMS salaried GPs.
(29) Practice nurse data is estimated at 1 October.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q03 | Essex SHA total | 8,453 | 8,017 | 8,192 | 8,332 | 8,867 | 9,490 | 9,368 |
| Of which | ||||||||
| Total specified organisations | 2,302 | 2,141 | 2,317 | 1,885 | 2,184 | 2,622 | 2,652 | |
| 4KH89 | Southend PCG | — | — | 60 | 80 | — | — | — |
| 4RQ27 | Thurrock PCG | — | — | 54 | 58 | — | — | — |
| 5AK | Southend on Sea PCT | — | — | — | — | 292 | 298 | 293 |
| 5GQ | Thurrock PCT | — | — | — | — | 167 | 184 | 191 |
| RAJ | Southend Health Care NHS Trust | 835 | 837 | 871 | 1,020 | 949 | 1,078 | 1,079 |
| RDD | Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust | 890 | 749 | 758 | 727 | 776 | 1,062 | 1,089 |
| RDK | Southend Community Care Services NHS Trust | 577 | 555 | 574 | — | — | — | — |
Mobile Dental Surgeries
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mobile dental surgeries operate in England, broken down by trust area. [172031]
Ms Rosie Winterton: National health service mobile dental clinics are used in mostly rural areas to improve access to dental services. The mobile clinics operate under the community dental service (CDS) and the personal dental service (PDS).
Information is not collected centrally on CDS mobile dental services. Currently, there are two PDS pilots that operate solely from mobile units and a further 13 which use mobile units as an outreach service. Details of these are shown in the table.
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Nursing and Residential Homes
Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to each local authority in England of nursing and residential home placements was in the latest period for which figures are available. [173937]
Dr. Ladyman: Information on the average gross weekly expenditure per person on supporting adults in residential and nursing care by each council responsible for social services in England for 2002–03, the latest financial year for which data are available, has been placed in the Library.
Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals were placed in nursing and residential homes by each local authority in England in each of the last six years. [173938]
Dr. Ladyman: The number of individuals placed in care homes by each council in England is not available centrally.
Information on the number of admissions to care homes, for adults aged 18 and over, financially supported by councils with social services responsibilities, for the years 1997–98 to 2002–03 has been placed in the Library.
Data on admissions to care homes of adults whose fees are paid fully by income support, private means or any combination of these are not collected centrally.
Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals are in nursing and residential placements in each local authority in England. [173939]
Dr. Ladyman: Information on the number of people in care homes is not centrally available.
Information on the number of residential care home places in England by council with social services responsibilities (CSSR) and nursing home places by health authority for people aged 18 and over as at 31 March 2001 has been placed in the Library.
Figures for later years have been collected by the National Care Standards Commission but comparable details broken down by CSSR and health authority are not available.
Organ Donation
Dr. Naysmith:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of how a mandatory choice scheme for organ donation (a) would operate in the UK and (b) would be enforced; [171653]
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(2) what assessment his Department has made of the impact on organ donation rates of a mandatory choice scheme, under which people would be obliged to register their intention whether or not to donate. [171654]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The Government's policy on organ donation and transplantation is set out in "Saving Lives, Valuing Donors—A Transplant Framework of England", which was published in July 2003. This draws on the evidence of those factors that are effective in increasing organ donation. There is no evidence to suggest that a mandatory choice system would affect organ donation rates.
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