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Tyrone Hospital
Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the reason was for the closure of the Intensive Care Unit at Tyrone County hospital; and if he will make a statement. [224171]
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Angela Smith: The decision to close temporarily the critical care unit at Tyrone County hospital during the weekend of 12 and 13 March was taken as a result of staff shortages. The unit was reopened for patients requiring high dependency care on Monday 14 March.
Sperrin Lakeland Trust is currently undertaking a risk assessment that will include consideration of arrangements for the longer-term provision of critical care services.
Victims' Organisations
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding he has provided for victims' organisations in each year since 1998. [210026]
Angela Smith: I refer the hon. Lady to the answer of 18 January 2005, Official Report, column 891W.
Waste Licensing
David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on what date waste licensing powers will be transferred from local authorities to the Environment and Heritage Service. [221615]
Angela Smith: The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 came into force on 19 December 2003. The introduction of the regulations transferred responsibility for waste regulation from the district councils to the Department of the Environment (specifically the Environment and Heritage Service). The Waste and Contaminated Land (1997) Commencement No.7 Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 came into operation on 27 November 2003. This Order repealed the waste licensing powers of the district councils.
Women's Centres
Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the role of women's centres in Northern Ireland. [223353]
Mr. Spellar: The range of services provided by women's organisations is extensive and impacts primarily on disadvantaged communities. These services can be broadly broken down into three areas:
iii. Education and training—often supported directly by child care provision, and aimed at building skills and confidence among women who have been out of education and/or the labour market for a significant time.
Short-term funding of £1.1 million has been made available to a number of women's organisations that are facing financial difficulties to enable them to continue to provide key services over the next six months period. This will allow them to continue to provide valuable services on which many people in their communities depend while alternative longer-term funding from a variety of Government Departments and agencies is considered.
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HEALTH
Abortion
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions were carried out in the UK in 2003–04; and how many of those were carried out between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy. [222982]
Miss Melanie Johnson: In 2003, there were 181,582 abortions performed in England and Wales, on residents of England and Wales, of which 1,229 (0.7 per cent.) were carried out between 22 and 24 weeks gestation.
Addictions (York)
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what health services are provided for people addicted to (a) illegal drugs, (b) alcohol and (c) tobacco in York; and how much was spent on each of these services in (i)1996–97 and (ii) 2004–05. [224633]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
The information requested is not collected centrally.
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Agenda for Change
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how Agenda for Change affects interpreters working in the health service; and if he will make a statement. [224475]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 4 April 2005]: Interpretation services in the national health service are provided in a variety of ways, for example, through the independent/voluntary sector, or through NHS Directs national contract with an interpreting service provider.
Some NHS organisations do however employ their own interpreters, and in these cases, they will have the same access to Agenda for Change terms and conditions as other directly employed staff.
Alcohol-related Emergencies
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many alcohol-related emergency cases there were in hospitals in the Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority in each of the last four years. [224543]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is shown in the table.
Notes:
1.Count of finished admission episodes (alcohol related(19)), method of admission—emergency.
2.SNA of treatment (in 2002–03 and 2003–04)—Northumberland, Tyne and Wear.
3.HA of treatment (in 2000–01 and 2001–02)—Gateshead and South Tyneside, Newcastle and North Tyneside, Northumberland, Sunderland. NHS hospitals in England 2003–04.
4.The Newcastle North Tyneside and Northumbria Mental Health NHS Trust was formed on 1 April 2001 following the merger of the Newcastle City Health NHS Trust and the Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust.
5.The South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Health NHS Trust was formed on 1 April 2002 following the closure of Priority Healthcare Wearside NHS Trust.
6.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.
7.The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the hospital episode statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
8.As well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 13 (six prior to 2002–03) secondary diagnosis fields in HES that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care.
9.(20)ICD-10 codes=alcohol related" as advised by NHS Information Authority clinical coding service. Counts include any of the records where the following listed codes are recorded in the primary or secondary field:
Primary diagnosis:
F10 —Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol.
T51—Toxic effect of alcohol.
R78.0 Finding of alcohol in blood.
Secondary diagnosis:
F10—Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol.
T51—Toxic effect of alcohol.
X45—Alcohol poisoning and exposure to alcohol.
X65—Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol.
Y90—Evidence of alcohol involvement determined by alcohol level.
Y91—Evidence of alcohol involvement determined by level of intoxication.
R78.0 Finding of alcohol in blood.
10.Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Source:
HES, Department of Health.
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Arthritis
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate for the most recent year available the (a) value of national production lost and (b) number of working days lost as a result of (i) inflammatory arthritis, (ii) psoriatic arthritis and (iii) moderate to severe osteoarthritis of hands, knees and hips. [223185]
Dr. Ladyman: This information is not centrally available.
Mr. Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of sufferers from (a) psoriatic arthritis and (b) osteoarthritis who are of working age. [224527]
Dr. Ladyman: We have no estimates for the number of sufferers of psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis who are of working age.
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