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Public Bodies
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times a year the Board of the National Patient Safety Agency is scheduled to meet; and when it last met. [175346]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The board of the National Patient Safety Agency is scheduled to meet in public every two months. The last meeting took place on 12 May 2004.
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 30 April 2004, Official Report, column 1354W, if he will list those bodies which are still in existence. [174534]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following departmental task forces, ad hoc advisory groups and reviews are still in existence:
Adoption and permanence task force is now sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills.
Cancer task force.
Children's task force.
Coronary heart disease task force.
Mental health task force.
National health service modernisation board.
The scientific committee on tobacco and health/advisory committee on the misuse of drugs working group on cannabis and tobacco smoking.
National users panel of the community equipment services external reference group.
Interagency working group to develop a memorandum of understanding between the Department, the Police and the Health and Safety Executive.
NHS information technology task force.
Patient environment steering group.
Practice learning task force.
Work force task force.
Advisory committee for topic selection.
Advisory group for genetics research.
"Agenda for Change" central negotiating group.
Children's national service framework strategy group.
Expert group on mental health in prisons.
Implementation board for modernising NHS hospital medicines manufacturing.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how often the British Pharmacopoeia Commission is scheduled to convene; and on what date it last met. [175339]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The British Pharmacopoeia Commission is scheduled to meet four times per year. The date of its last meeting was 15 March 2004.
Public Service Agreements
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of his Department's public service agreement targets for (a) 2000 and (b) 2002 have been superseded. [175311]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
It is too early to say what the 2004 public service agreement targets will be. The next set of targets are due to be announced by the Government in the summer.
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Stroke
Andy King: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people suffered a stroke in the last year in (a) Rugby and Kenilworth and (b) England. [174961]
Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is shown in the table.
| Primary diagnosis code | Description | North Warwickshire PCT | Rugby PCT | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 20 | 14 | |
| 161 | Intracerebral haemorrhage | 20 | 17 | |
| 162 | Other nontraumatic intracranial haemorrhage | 23 | * | |
| 163 | Cerebral infarction | 63 | 71 | |
| 164 | Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction | 159 | 34 | |
| 165 | Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction | * | 8 | |
| 166 | Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries, not resulting in cerebral infarction | * | — | |
| 167 | Other cerebrovascular diseases | 16 | * | |
| 168 | Cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere | — | — | |
| 169 | Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease | — | — | |
| 160–169 | Cerebrovascular Diseases | 317 | 156 | 1 |
Notes:
Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care 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 Episodes Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 at PCT level have been suppressed and replaced with * (an asterisk).
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health
DEFENCE
Chagos Islands
Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) Royal Military Police and (b) members of the Adjutant-General's Corps (Military Provost Staff) have been deployed on (i) Diego Garcia and (ii) other Chagos Islands since October 2001. [175481]
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Mr. Hoon: There is one established Royal Military Police post within the Chagos Archipelagos on Diego Garcia. No members of the Adjutant General's Corps (Military Provost Staff) are deployed there.
Defence Medical Services
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the strength of the Defence Medical Services was in (a) 1997, (b) 2000 and (c) 2003, broken down by (i) service, (ii) rank, (iii) specialisation and (iv) establishment. [169995]
Mr. Caplin: The strength of the Defence Medical Services by Service and specialism for each of the three years is broken down as follows. Figures for the Royal Navy and the RAF were provided by the respective Medical Director's General, and the information for the Army was provided by DASA (Army).
| October | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | 1997 | 2000 | 2003 |
| Medical Officers | 247 | 205 | 230 |
| Nurses: | — | — | — |
| Officer | 48 | 67 | 87 |
| Other Ranks | 196 | 197 | 301 |
| Medical Support Officers | 51 | 53 | 48 |
| Medical Technicians (including ODPs): | |||
| Officers | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Other Ranks | 96 | 97 | 80 |
| Medical | 607 | 678 | 594 |
| Assistants/Combat Medical Technicians (other ranks) | — | — | — |
| Dental Officers | 67 | 55 | 68 |
| Dental Support Services: | |||
| Officers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Ranks | 104 | 102 | 114 |
| Total | 1416 | 1455 | 1530 |
| October | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | 1997 | 2000 | 2003 |
| Other Officers (including Medical Officers and Medical Support Officers) (See note) | 600 | 600 | 730 |
| Nurses: | |||
| Officer | 250 | 280 | 290 |
| Other Ranks | 420 | 440 | 600 |
| Medical Technicians (including ODPs) | 280 | 260 | 260 |
| Combat Medical Technicians (other ranks) | 1430 | 1460 | 1630 |
| Dental Officers | 150 | 150 | 160 |
| Dental Support Services (Officers and other ranks) | 210 | 230 | 260 |
| Total | 3340 | 3420 | 3930 |
Notes:
1. Figures shown are broken down between officers and other ranks.
2. Historical data on the location of personnel is not held centrally, and would be available only at disproportionate cost.
3. The Army manpower data is rounded to the nearest 10. Available figures for 1997 are not broken down between Medical Officers and Medical Support Officers.
4. All figures include both trained and untrained personnel.
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