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Dentistry
Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated by his Department for the development of dentistry services provided by the national health service in England in the last 12 months. [195928]
Ms Rosie Winterton:
In July, we announced that, over the period to 2010, an extra £368 million has been allocated to recruiting 1,000 more dentists, funding an extra 170 training places for undergraduates in dental schools and increasing the overall expenditure on
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primary care national health services by 19 per cent. from £1.33 billion in 2003–04 to £1.58 billion in 2005–06. In addition, for the current year, we have allocated a total of £59 million; comprising £35 million for grants to dentists to improve facilities to increase access to NHS dentistry, £15 million to primary care trusts (PCTs) for local access initiatives and £9 million for use by the NHS support team to target assistance to the 16 PCTs with some of the most pressing access problems.
Diagnostic Testing
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many bed days related to diagnostic testing there were in the last year for which figures are available. [198241]
Mr. Hutton: Data on the number of bed days relating to diagnostic testing is not collected centrally.
Dorset Hospitals
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which departments in Dorset hospitals are unable to provide hospital staff to lift wheelchair-bound patients. [197996]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not collected centrally. However, Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority advises that there are no departments in acute national health service trusts in Dorset that do not have staff available to lift an individual who uses a wheelchair.
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what facilities are available in accident and emergency departments in Dorset hospitals to lift wheelchair-bound patients. [197997]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Requested information is not centrally collected. However, Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority advises that all accident and emergency departments in Dorset have access to a full range of manual handling equipment to assist the moving and lifting of individual patients who use a wheelchair.
E111 Forms
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of British citizens in possession of E111 forms issued (a) before and (b) after August; and if he will make a statement. [195073]
Mr. Hutton:
About 1.5 million new E111s have been issued since August 2004. Precise numbers of old E111s still held by the public are not known but annual issue rates have been between three and four million in each of the last five years.
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Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens who required medical treatment while on holiday in the EU in each year from 1997, broken down by those (a) in possession and (b) not in possession of an E111 form; and if he will make a statement. [195074]
Mr. Hutton: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Esher and Walton (Mr. Taylor) on 1 September 2004, Official Report, columns 926–27W. United Kingdom residents not in possession of Form E111 when treatment abroad is needed may apply for one from abroad. Numbers of such applications are shown in the table.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 5,447 |
| 2000–01 | 5,302 |
| 2001–02 | 5,675 |
| 2002–03 | 6,932 |
| 2003–04 | 7,137 |
Electronic Patient Records
Mr. Tynan: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether IT contracts for the provision of electronic patient records in England and Wales will ensure integration with systems to be adopted in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) the EU under the e-Health initiative. [197569]
Mr. Hutton: The National Health Service Care Records Service (NHS CRS) is the core component of the National Programme for IT in England (NPfIT). Through the United Kingdom Information Management and Technology Forum, and the NHS information standards board, NPfIT officials work closely with officials in the Scottish Executive, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Office to ensure common standards and interoperability of clinical information systems.
The NHS CRS is being designed and developed in accordance with international and European Union-wide standards which have been adopted by the UK e-Government interoperability framework. NPfIT also works with European and international standards bodies to ensure interoperability subject to strict security and confidentiality safeguards. However, it is not currently envisaged that non-UK health providers will have direct access to the NHS CRS.
Emergency Readmissions
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many emergency re-admissions to NHS hospitals there were in each quarter since January 2003. [198481]
Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is shown in the following table.
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Epsom Hospital
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been admitted to accident and emergency at Epsom Hospital in each of the past 12 months. [197806]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Figures are not available at individual hospital level.
Figures are collected quarterly and figures for accident and emergency attendances at Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals National Health Service Trust are shown in the table.
| Quarter | First attendances | Follow-up attendances | Total attendances | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | 3 | 30,716 | 2,036 | 32,752 |
| 2003–04 | 4 | 29,778 | 2,255 | 32,033 |
| 2004–05 | 1 | 33,164 | 1,164 | 34,328 |
| 2004–05 | 2 | 32,408 | 1,369 | 33,777 |
Fair Trade
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether it is his policy to ensure that hospitality within his Department is sourced from fair trade producers wherever possible within the boundaries set by the public procurement rules. [197061]
Ms Rosie Winterton: I can confirm that it is the Department's policy to pursue through our catering company the use of Fairtrade goods wherever possible.
Foot Operations
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations he has received on the standardisation of the monitoring of foot operations carried out by orthopaedic surgeons and podiatric surgeons; [198615]
(2) what plans he has to standardise the monitoring of foot operations carried out by orthopaedic surgeons and podiatric surgeons. [198616]
Dr. Ladyman: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Miss Melanie Johnson) on 20 October 2004, Official Report, column 790W.
General Practitioner Contracts
Dr. Murrison:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether health checks, as proposed in the forthcoming Health White Paper, will be (a) enhanced and
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(b) additional services under the new general practitioner contract; and what payments he plans for the service. [197510]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The Government published "Choosing health, making healthy choices easier", its White Paper on public health, today. National health service patients already have the right to request a health check-up from their general practitioner if they have not been seen by their GP in the previous three years. People aged 75 or over can request a check-up if they have not been seen by their GP in the previous year.
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