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Missed Appointments

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people failed to attend appointments in (a) Chorley Hospital and (b) Preston Hospital in 2003–04. [216828]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The information is not available in the format requested. However, information in relation to the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust, which includes Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital and the Royal Preston Hospital, is shown in the table.
 
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Consultant out-patient attendances—Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (RXN), 2003–04 Number

	First attendances		Subsequent attendances		Total attendances		Did not attend rate (percentage):
2003–04	Seen	Did not attend	Seen	Did not attend	Seen	Did not attend	First attendances	Total attendances
Quarter
1	20,505	2,244	55,770	7,405	76,275	9,649	9.9	11.2
2	21,216	2,563	55,980	8,152	77,196	10,715	10.8	12.2
3	22,179	2,806	55,159	8,019	77,338	10,825	11.2	12.3
4	23,302	2,586	58,199	8,027	81,501	10,613	10.0	11.5
Total	87,202	10,199	225,108	31,603	312,310	41,802	10.5	11.8

Source:
QMOP Department of Health quarterly return.

MRI Scans

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 7 February 2005, Official Report, columns 1336–7W, on MRI scans, what concerns were raised in the representations he has received; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of Alliance Medical recruiting radiographers from other private providers who then recruit staff from the NHS. [217201]

Mr. Hutton: The representations raised issues about the procurement process, the cost of the contract and issues relating to the level of service, which Alliance Medical Limited is contracted to provide. The recruitment of radiographers from private providers is a matter for Alliance Medical Limited.

Nevirapine

Mr. Colman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of (a) recent research into the effects of the drug Nevirapine and (b) the consequences of that research for mother-to-baby transmission of HIV/AIDS. [215965]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The nevirapine product marketed as Viramune by Boehringer Ingelheim has a European authorisation, the terms of which are under frequent revision as new research information comes to light and in response to post-marketing safety update reports from the company. New research data and reports are reviewed by the European Expert Committee on Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) to see if the warnings and recommended uses of the product need to be changed. The United Kingdom feeds into that process, taking advice from the committee on the safety of medicines as necessary.
 
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The British HIV Association (BHIVA) has reviewed its guidelines on the management of HIV infection in pregnant women and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission, taking account of the recent research on nevirapine. BHIVA will be consulting on the revised guidelines shortly before they are published.

NHS Staff

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) graduate primary care workers, (b) gateway workers, (c) support time and recovery workers, (d) community development workers and (e) carer support workers are currently employed in the NHS. [216151]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The requested information is not yet available. Progress on the number of graduate primary care workers, gateway workers, support, time and recovery workers, community development workers and carer support workers employed in the national health service will be available when the Durham adult mental health service mapping is finalised in spring 2005.

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) hospital, (b) public health medicine and (c) community health service staff were employed in the main NHS staff groups in the Newcastle Primary Care Trust area in (i) 1996, (ii) 2001 and (iii)2004. [216491]

Miss Melanie Johnson: The information is not available in the format requested. Data for Northumberland Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority, broken down by organisation, are shown in the table.
Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Service (HCHS): medical and dental staff within Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority by organisation—as at 30 September each year Number (headcount)

		All medical and dental staff
		1996	2001	2003
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear		2,231	2,622	2,861
of which:
Cheviot and Wansbeck National Health Service Trust	RLK	121	0	0
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA	QDG	4	6	0
Gateshead Health NHS Trust	RR7	0	213	241
Gateshead Healthcare NHS Trust	RM7	31	0	0
Gateshead Hospitals NHS Trust	RE2	152	0	0
Gateshead Primary Care Trust (PCT)	5KF	0	0	13
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA	QDJ	9	21	0
Newcastle City Health NHS Trust	RNM	228	0	0
Newcastle PCT	5D7	0	28	31
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust	RTD	0	1,136	1,190
Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health Services NHS Trust	RNP	0	150	189
North Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust	RLC	151	0	0
North Tyneside PCT	5D8	0	0	13
Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust	RM6	20	17	23
Northumberland Care Trust	TAC	0	0	30
Northumberland Community Health NHS Trust	RLM	35	0	0
Northumberland HA	QDM	9	4	0
Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust	RE8	34	0	0
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear StHA	Q09	0	0	20
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust	RTF	0	380	408
South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Health NHS Trust	RW9	0	0	57
South Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust	RE9	94	248	221
South Tyneside PCT	5KG	0	0	10
Sunderland City Hospitals NHS Trust	RLN	340	366	406
Sunderland HA	QDN	7	10	0
Sunderland Teaching PCT	5KL	0	0	9
The Freeman Group of Hospitals	RAB	360	0	0
The Royal Victoria Infirmary and associated Hospitals NHS Trust	RCK	609	0	0
Wearside Priority Health Care NHS Trust	RLH	27	43	0

Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.





 
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Night Care

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) Derbyshire, (b) Leicestershire and (c) the East Riding of Yorkshire receive full or part-time night care at home funded by the local authority. [216481]

Dr. Ladyman [holding answer 21 February 2005]: Information on the number of people receiving full or part-time night care at home is not centrally available.

The following table shows the number of contact hours of home care occurring out of hours or overnight in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and East Riding during a survey week in September 2003. Some of these hours will be delivered by council employees while others will be delivered by the private and voluntary sector.
Number and rate of contact hours of home care provided out of hours or overnight in September 2003⁽⁷⁾ Rounded numbers and rates

Councils with social services responsibilities	Out of hours(8)	Overnight,(9) live-in(10) and 24 hour services(11)	Total
Number of contact hours
Derbyshire	6,500	11,100	17,600
Leicestershire	6,400	400	6,800
East Riding	500	500	1,000
Contact hours per 10,000 households
Derbyshire	211	358	569
Leicestershire	263	16	279
East Riding	35	38	73

⁽⁷⁾Survey week in September 2003.
⁽⁸⁾Out of hours: services which are provided outside of the normal working day, but not including night sitting services, live-in or 24hours services.
⁽⁹⁾Overnight services: night sitting services carried out on a regular or ad-hoc basis.
⁽¹⁰⁾Live-in services: Where the carer lives, either permanently or temporarily, in the home of the client, working for the local authority directly or under contract. It excludes informal carer arrangements with relatives or friends.
⁽¹¹⁾24 hours services: round the clock care provided by several workers on a shift basis.
Source:
HH1, Table 1




 
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