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Cancer

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) men and (b) women are being treated for cancer in the Greater London area. [174496]

Mr. Hutton: Information on treatment for cancer is not available in the format requested. Information on the number of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of neoplasms for the five London strategic health authorities for 2002–03 is shown in the table.
Primary Diagnosis (ICD-10 C00-D48)—Neoplasms: Count of finished admission episodes for London Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) of treatment NHS hospitals, England 2002–03

SHA of treatmentFemaleMaleNot knownNot specifiedTotal
Q04North West London HA22,17918,842641,027
Q05North Central London HA18,97517,048136,024
Q06North East London HA18,51917,88336,402
Q07South East London HA13,36912,714426,087
Q08South West London HA22,05719,705241,764
London SHAs95,09986,19294181,304




Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider.
Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
Diagnosis (Primary Diagnosis)
The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (7 prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
Ungrossed Data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.





 
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Patient Statistics (Wandsworth)

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients there were per general practitioner within the London borough of Wandsworth at the most recent recorded date. [174494]

Mr. Hutton: The information requested is collected by primary care trust (PCT) rather than London borough. Information for Wandsworth PCT is shown in the table.
Patients of unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs) 1 for Wandsworth PCT

Wandsworth PCT
UPEs174
Patients of UPEs302,798
Average list size1,740


(36) UPEs include general medical service unrestricted principals, personal medical services contracted general practitioners and personal medical service salaried GPs. Data as at 30 September 2003.
Source:
Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.



PFI Schemes

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the aggregate annual revenue payments from 2004–05 onwards are in respect of NHS private finance initiative schemes which have reached financial close. [173841]

Mr. Hutton: The annual aggregate revenue payments for all national health service private finance initiative (PFI) schemes with a capital value of £10 million or over which have reached financial close are in the table.
Payment (£ million)
2004–05389.2
2005–06477.7
2006–07567.9
2007–08599.0
2008–09641.3
2009–10641.5
2010–11641.1
2011–12642.2
2012–13642.5
2013–14642.8
2014–15643.6
2015–16643.5
2016–17642.1
2017–18641.0
2018–19640.4
2019–20640.7
2020–21640.8
2021–22640.4
2022–23639.8
2023–24637.1
2024–25634.2
2025–26631.9
2026–27613.5
2027–28613.9
2028–29613.4
2029–30609.3









 
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These figures are submitted bi-annually to Her Majesty's Treasury. Table C19 of the Budget report contains an aggregate figure for the revenue payments from all Government Departments and they appear in Treasury Ministers' autumn report to Parliament.

Statistics are not collected centrally for schemes with a value less than £10 million.

Prescription Charges

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost to his Department of freezing prescription charges at their current price over the next five years. [173184]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The level of the prescription charge is considered annually and no forecast is made of future charge levels. It is therefore not possible to estimate the cost of freezing the current charge.

Prostate Cancer

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many men are being treated for prostate cancer in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley. [173762]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The information is not available in the format requested.

In 2002–03, there were 1,263 finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of prostate cancer for Lancashire area, of which 189 were for the area covered by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust.

1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HRS) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).

Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health.

Psychiatrists

David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) by what percentage the number of NHS psychiatrists has changed since 1997; [175036]

(2) how many consultant psychiatrists are employed   by the NHS in (a) Leicestershire and (b) England. [175037]

Mr. Hutton: The number of staff within the psychiatry group in England increased by 21.8 per cent. between September 1997 and September 2003. The number of consultants within the psychiatry group in England increased by 35.1 per cent. between September 1997 and December 2003.

The table shows the number of consultants within the psychiatry group, broken down by psychiatry specialties, in England and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority as at December 2003.
 
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Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS):
Consultants within the psychiatry group in England and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority by organisation: as at 30 December 2003 Numbers (headcount)

Of which
Psychiatry groupChild and adolescent psychiatryForensic psychiatryGeneral psychiatryLearning disabilitiesOld age psychiatryPsychotherapy
England3,3055262161,804206442111
Of which
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHAQ258413(37)407195
Of which
Leicestershire & Rutland Healthcare NHS TrustRT5588(37)295142
Northampton General Hospital NHS TrustRNS33(37)(37)(37)(37)(37)
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS TrustRP1232(37)11253


(37) Zero
Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census




David Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are planned to increase the recruitment and retention of psychiatrists in the NHS. [175038]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Government's agenda to improve the recruitment and retention of psychiatrists is being taken forward by the National Institute for Mental Health in England national workforce programme.

The Department and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have issued a joint action plan providing recommendations to increase the recruitment and overall numbers and the retention of consultant psychiatrists in January. The recommended actions cover the whole career pathway from initial recruitment of medical graduates into psychiatry through to the timing of retirement and improving international recruitment.

The national workforce programme is currently producing an analysis of demand and supply of staff to influence the commissioning of funding for education and training by the workforce development confederations by way of the national workforce numbers advisory board.

The programme is also exploring proposals to create more flexibility between specialist registrar and senior house officer posts with a view to reducing potential difficulties in filling them.


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