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Dentistry
Mr. Best: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) adults and (b) children in (i) Leeds, (ii) Leeds, North-West and (iii) Otley are waiting to be registered with a NHS dentist. [183320]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information is not collected in the format requested. However, the tables show the numbers and percentages of adults and children in Leeds registered with a national health service dentist against the population numbers for each Leeds Primary Care Trust (PCT).
| Primary Care Trust | Number registered at 31 May 2004 | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds West | 44,879 | 83,180 | 54.0 |
| Leeds North East | 39,701 | 86,101 | 46.1 |
| East Leeds | 61,884 | 121,553 | 50.9 |
| South Leeds | 55,407 | 110,207 | 50.3 |
| Leeds North West | 59,439 | 153,301 | 38.8 |
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| Primary Care Trust | Number registered at 31 May 2004 | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds West | 14,803 | 25,711 | 57.6 |
| Leeds North East | 14,780 | 25,423 | 58.1 |
| East Leeds | 21,979 | 41,204 | 53.3 |
| South Leeds | 21,021 | 35,628 | 59.0 |
| Leeds North West | 24,021 | 32,092 | 74.9 |
| Primary Care Trust | Adult | Child | Adult and child |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds West | 54.0 | 57.6 | 54.8 |
| Leeds North East | 46.1 | 58.1 | 48.9 |
| East Leeds | 50.9 | 53.3 | 51.5 |
| South Leeds | 50.3 | 59.0 | 52.4 |
| Leeds North West | 38.8 | 74.9 | 45.0 |
Source:
Department of Health
Elder Abuse
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring has taken place of use of the helpline run by Action on Elder Abuse; and how many calls have been received in each year since its inception. [182636]
Dr. Ladyman: Action on Elder Abuse is an independent charity. Its published reports, "Hearing the Despair" and "Listening is Not Enough", contain details of calls made to its helpline. A third report, "Hidden Voices, Hidden Rights, Hidden People", will be published this summer and will contain an analysis of calls to the helpline.
Falls and Osteoporosis
Mr. Best: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role strategic health authorities play in monitoring the integration of falls and osteoporosis services. [183332]
Dr. Ladyman: Strategic health authorities are the key link between the Department and the national health service. They ensure that national priorities, such as the development of falls services, are integrated into plans for the local health service. Their role is to ensure coherency and developing strategies for the local health service, ensure high quality performance of the local health service and its organisations, working towards improved performance, and to building capacity in the local health service.
Radioactivity (Public Health)
Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what countermeasures his Department recommends to protect public health in the event of (a) an incident similar to the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986 and (b) a terrorist attack on a nuclear installation which entailed the release of radioactive species to the environment. [183974]
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Miss Melanie Johnson: For many years, Government have required that nuclear installations have in place plans to deal with a release of radioactive material from those sites. These plans must be sufficiently flexible to account for much larger releases than might be expected from ordinary running conditions. Each plan is site specific and details are available from the operators of each installation.
In 2002, the Department reviewed stocks of strategic materials that might be required by the national health service in the event of a terrorist attack on a major nuclear installation. For security reasons, details are not disclosed.
Schizophrenia
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) received regarding the links between cannabis and schizophrenia; and if he will place a copy of these studies in the Library. [184869]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The Department commissioned and received the following research projects as part of the drug misuse policy research initiative, which funded £2.4 million research between 2000 and 2003.
Long term heavy cannabis use: patterns and problems. Mr. Niall Coggans, Strathclyde Institute for Biomedical Sciences.
A national epidemiological study of dually diagnosed substance misuse and psychiatric disorders between 1993–98, using the General Practice Research Database. Dr. Martin Frischer, Keele University.
Co-morbidity in the National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys. Dr. Michael Farrell, Dr. Colin Taylor, Institute of Psychiatry.
Co-morbidity of substance misuse and mental health problems: a study of the prevalence and patterns of co-morbidity and the need for services among treatment populations. Mr. Tim Weaver, Imperial College School of Medicine.
Dual Diagnosis in a Primary Care Group (PCG), (100,000 population locality): a step-by-step epidemiological needs assessment and design of a training and service response model. Dr. Geraldine Strathdee, Oxleas National Health Service Trust. In addition, the Department has recently commissioned, jointly with the Medical Research Council, a multi-site, randomised controlled trial: "Evaluating a psychological intervention for clients with schizophrenia and co-morbid substance abuse". Copies will be placed in the Library.
The Department also monitors research in this area and has a range of expert advisers to inform policy.
Solvent Abuse
Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died of solvent abuse in each of the last 10 years. [184587]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
Statistics, collected by St. George's Hospital Medical School on behalf of the Department on the number of deaths by volatile substance abuse in the United Kingdom for the last available 10 years, are set out in the following table.
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| Number | |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 85 |
| 1993 | 79 |
| 1994 | 67 |
| 1995 | 77 |
| 1996 | 78 |
| 1997 | 78 |
| 1998 | 80 |
| 1999 | 75 |
| 2000 | 65 |
| 2001 | 63 |
Source:
St. George's Hospital Medical School: "16th Annual Report on Trends in Death Associated with Abuse of Volatile Substance 1971–2001—Key findings for 2001".
St. Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust
Mr. Watts: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed by the St. Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust in each year from 1997 to 2004. [184616]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Watts: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were carried out by the St. Helens and Knowsley Hospital Trust in each year from 1997 to 2004. [184618]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information is shown in the table.
| Finished episodes | |
|---|---|
| 1997–98 | 37,275 |
| 1998–99 | 42,676 |
| 1999–2000 | 41,764 |
| 2000–01 | 42,336 |
| 2001–02 | 43,585 |
| 2002–03 | 40,087 |
Notes:
Grossing—Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing/invalid clinical data, except for 2001–02 and 2002–03, which are not yet adjusted for shortfalls.
These figures represent a count of all mentions of an operation in any of the 12 (4 prior to 2002–03) operation fields in the HES data set. Therefore, if an operation is mentioned in more than one operation field during an episode, all operations are counted.
An FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider.
Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health
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