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Community Health Councils

Mr. Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the annual running costs for community health councils were in each year from 1997 onwards. [187759]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the table.

	Community health council running costs (£ million)
1997–98	22.561
1998–99	22.561
1999–2000	23
2000–01	23
2001–02	23
2002–03	23
2003–04	15

Eating Disorders

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will estimate the prevalence of eating disorders among (a) women and (b) men in England; [187867]

(2) how many (a) children, (b) adolescents and (c) adults suffered from eating disorders in each year since 1997, broken down by gender. [187873]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Information about the prevalence of eating disorders in adults is not collected centrally.

"The mental health of children and adolescents in Great Britain", a survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics in 1999, found that the prevalence of eating disorders among all children aged five to 15 was 0.1 per cent., and the rate for girls aged five to 15 was 0.2 per cent.

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the maximum travelling distance is for patients with eating disorders to specialist health care services. [187872]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Information is not collected centrally about the travelling distances that may be involved when patients are referred for treatment for specialist treatment.

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision there is for specialist treatment for eating disorders in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority; and if he will make a statement. [187874]

Ms Rosie Winterton: This information is not centrally available.
 
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People with eating disorders can access mental health services in and through primary care. Details of services available locally can be obtained from strategic health authorities.

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting time for (i) outpatient and (ii) inpatient treatment for eating disorders has been in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [187875]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is not available in the requested format.

Foundation Trusts Regulator

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total expenditure was on the rebranding of the Independent Regulator for Foundation Trusts as Monitor. [187856]

Mr. Hutton: I understand from the chairman of Monitor that the total costs of the design work for the development and implementation of the Monitor brand was £24,465, excluding VAT.

The total costs includes £8,200 on re-branding and enhancing the website and £3,000 on the application of the new design to letterhead business cards and presentation material. Monitor timed the introduction of its new name to coincide with its relocation to new offices thereby minimising the additional expenditure required.

General Practitioners

Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there were in the London Borough of Havering in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004; and what the figures are for all other London boroughs. [187730]

Mr. Hutton: The number of general practitioners broken down by boroughs is not collected centrally. However, the tables show the number of GPs broken down by strategic health authority and primary care trust.
General medical practitioners (excluding retainers, registrars and locums) for London by strategic health authority (SHA) Numbers (headcount)

		1997	March 2004
London SHA		4,324	4,676
North West London	Q04	1,164	1157
North Central London	Q05	744	795
North East London	Q06	849	926
South East London	Q07	833	974
South West London	Q08	734	824

Note:
All practitioners (excluding retainers, registrars and locums) include general medical service (QMS) unrestricted principals, personal medical service (PMS) contracted GPs, PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, salaried doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS other and flexible career scheme GPs and GP returners. Data as at 1 October 1997 and 31 March 2004.
Source:
Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.





 
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General medical practitioners (excluding retainers, registrars and locums) for London by strategic health authority (SHA) and primary care trust (PCT) Numbers (headcount)

London, as at 31 March 2004		General medical practitioners(excluding retainers, registrars and locums) (1)
London		4,676
Q05	North Central London	795
5A9	Barnet PCT	234
5K7	Camden PCT	139
5C1	Enfield PCT	151
5C9	Haringey PCT	143
5K8	Islington PCT	128
Q06	North East London	926
5C2	Barking and Dagenham PCT	80
5C3	City and Hackney PCT	156
5A4	Havering PCT	124
5C5	Newham PCT	171
5NA	Redbridge PCT	121
5C4	Tower Hamlets PCT	135
5NC	Waltham Forest PCT	139
Q04	North West London	1,157
5K5	Brent PCT	194
5HX	Ealing PCT	193
5H1	Hammersmith and Fulham PCT	96
5K6	Harrow PCT	140
5AT	Hillingdon PCT	140
5HY	Hounslow PCT	129
5LA	Kensington and Chelsea PCT	113
5LC	Westminster PCT	152
Q07	South East London	974
5AX	Bexley Ct	120
5A7	Bromley PCT	193
5A8	Greenwich PCT	131
5LD	Lambeth PCT	203
5LF	Lewisham PCT	164
5LE	Southwark PCT	163
Q08	South West London	824
5K9	Croydon PCT	197
5A5	Kingston PCT	103
5M6	Richmond and Twickenham PCT114
5M7	Sutton and Merton PCT	211
5LG	Wandsworth PCT	199

⁽¹⁾ All practitioners (excluding retainers, registrars and locums) include general medical service (QMS) unrestricted principals, personal medical service (PMS) contracted GPs, PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, salaried doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS other and flexible career scheme GPs and GP returners.
Source:
Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.

Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture

Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he proposes to make a draft order on the Regulation of herbal medicine and acupuncture: Proposals for statutory regulation for consultation; and when he proposes to lay the draft order before Parliament; [187484]

(2) how many responses he has received to the Regulation of herbal medicine and acupuncture: Proposals for statutory regulation; and how many were (a) in favour of and (b) against his Department's proposals for collaborative regulation; [187485]
 
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(3) if he will publish the results of the consultation on the Regulation of herbal medicine and acupuncture: Proposals for statutory regulation. [187486]

Mr. Hutton: On 2 March, I published proposals for the statutory regulation of herbal medicine and acupuncture practitioners. The consultation period closed on 7 June. An analysis of the responses to the consultation will be published in the autumn. I plan to publish draft legislation for further consultation in 2005.

In all, about 700 responses have been received, of which 255 expressed a view about the proposals for collaborative regulation. Of these responses, 93 agreed with the proposals in the consultative document and 162 disagreed. In addition I received over 200 letters as part of a write-in campaign specifically expressing concern about the proposals for collaborative regulation.

Hospital-acquired Infections

Mr. Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to set a target for reducing MRSA infections. [188516]

Mr. Hutton: Yes. We published details of this target on 21 July 2004.

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