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Departmental Union Representation

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trade union learning representatives there are in her Department. [3316]

Jane Kennedy: There are currently no trade union learning representatives in the Department. However, the Department is very positive about this initiative and the trade union side plan to pursue this issue again in the near future.

General Practitioners

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Healthwhat the ratio between the number of general practitioners to population was for each NHS region in the last year for which figures are available. [7063]

Mr. Byrne: The number of general practitioners (GPs), excluding GP retainers and GP registrars, per 100,000 population in each Government office region as at December 2004 is shown in the table.
General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars)⁽¹¹⁾ by strategic health authority per 100,000 population, as at 31 December 2004—England Number (headcount)

		All practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars)(11)	Population(12)(5507950013)	All practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars)(11) per 100,000 population
	England	31,798	49,855,700	64
	North East
Q10	County Durham and Tees Valley	751	1,146,900	65
Q09	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	927	1,392,400	67
	North West
Q15	Cheshire and Merseyside	1,540	2,354,500	65
Q13	Cumbria and Lancashire	1,177	1,919,000	61
Q14	Greater Manchester	1,526	2,531,000	60
	Yorkshire and the Humber
Q11	North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	1,037	1,640,800	63
Q23	South Yorkshire	827	1,272,600	65
Q12	West Yorkshire	1,397	2,095,900	67
	East Midlands
Q25	Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	894	1,581,500	57
Q24	Trent	1,628	2,670,800	61
	West Midlands
Q27	Birmingham and The Black Country	1,401	2,273,400	62
Q26	Shropshire and Staffordshire	879	1,496,000	59
Q28	West Midlands South	974	1,550,500	63
	East of England
Q02	Bedford and Hertfordshire	1,001	1,614,700	62
Q03	Essex	932	1,629,600	57
Q01	Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	1,475	2,218,600	66
	London
Q05	North Central London	811	1,220,200	66
Q06	North East London	921	1,530,800	60
Q04	North West London	1,176	1,814,700	65
Q07	South East London	1,007	1,511,800	67
Q08	South West London	846	1,310,400	65
	South East
Q17	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	1,135	1,797,100	63
Q18	Kent and Medway	912	1,599,900	57
Q19	Surrey and Sussex	1,644	2,570,800	64
Q16	Thames Valley	1,329	2,112,500	63
	South West
Q20	Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	1,619	2,191,200	74
Q22	Somerset and Dorset	886	1,206,900	73
Q21	South West Peninsula	1,146	1,601,200	72

⁽¹¹⁾General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes contracted GPs , QMS Others and PMS Others.
⁽¹²⁾Population data as at 2003.
⁽¹³⁾Population data is rounded to the nearest 100 for presentational purposes.
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.





 
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Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners in practice were aged (a) over 65 and (b) over 70 years in each NHS region in the last year for which figures are available. [7064]

 
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Mr. Byrne: The number of general practitioners (GPs), excluding GP retainers and GP registrars, aged between 65 and 69 and 70 and over in each Government office region as at December 2004 is shown in the table.
All general medical practitioners, excluding GP retainers and GP registrars, in England, of which aged 65–69 and 70 and over, as at 31 December 2004 Number (headcount)

		All practitioners (excluding GP retainers and GP registrars)	of which: 65–69	70 and over
		31,798	641	139
	North East
Q09	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	927	12	2
Q10	County Durham and Tees Valley	751	7	4
	North West
Q13	Cumbria and Lancashire	1,177	21	3
Q14	Greater Manchester	1,526	37	9
Q15	Cheshire and Merseyside	1,540	24	2
	Yorkshire and the Humber
Q11	North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	1,037	18	3
Q12	West Yorkshire	1,397	34	6
Q23	South Yorkshire	827	18	9
	East Midlands
Q24	Trent	1,628	24	4
Q25	Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	894	7	0
	West Midlands
Q26	Shropshire and Staffordshire	879	11	2
Q27	Birmingham and the Black Country	1,401	69	10
Q28	West Midlands South	974	8	8
	East of England
Q01	Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	1,475	11	1
Q02	Bedford and Hertfordshire	1,001	20	3
Q03	Essex	932	29	8
	London
Q04	North West London	1,176	51	10
Q05	North Central London	811	43	8
Q06	North East London	921	56	21
Q07	South East London	1,007	43	9
Q08	South West London	846	25	10
	South East
Q16	Thames Valley	1,329	15	2
Q17	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	1,135	4	0
Q18	Kent and Medway	912	25	2
Q19	Surrey and Sussex	1,644	17	1
	South West
Q20	Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	1,619	6	1
Q21	South West Peninsula	1,146	5	0
Q22	Somerset and Dorset	886	1	1

Note:
General medical practitioners, excluding retainers and registrars, includes contracted GPs, GMS others and PMS others.
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services Statistics





 
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Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) formal and (b) self-construct general practitioner trainee places have been offered (i) in total and (ii) in each deanery in England in each year since 1997. [7455]

Mr. Byrne: Decisions about how many general practitioner trainee places are to be offered each year are made locally by postgraduate deaneries, in consultation with their strategic health authorities. This information is not held centrally.

Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been made available for self construct general practitioner registrar training in (a) the Eastern Deanery, (b) Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and (c) England in 2005–06; how much was made available in 2004–05; and if she will make a statement. [6195]

Mr. Byrne [holding answer 21 June 2005]: Funding for trainee general practitioners is part of the overall national health service training budgets allocated to strategic health authorities. The amounts that postgraduate deaneries actually receive is determined locally in the light of local priorities and national work force targets. This information is not held centrally.
 
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HIV/AIDS

Tony Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what categories of people (a) are and (b) are not entitled to free testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS on the NHS; [4216]

(2) to what categories of people it is planned to give access to free testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS; and whether those not resident in the UK will be given such access. [3744]

Jane Kennedy [holding answers 13 and 15 June 2005]: Anyone who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom is eligible to receive national health service hospital treatment free of charge (subject to any statutory charges that may apply, such as prescription charges).

The national health service (charges to overseas visitors) regulations 1989, as amended, specify that anyone who is not ordinarily resident in the UK must be treated as an overseas visitor, and is liable to pay for any NHS hospital treatment received unless they meet one of the exemption criteria in the regulations. One such exemption covers the initial diagnostic testing for HIV/AIDS and any associated counselling, so that these are free to all irrespective of residency status. Subsequent treatment, however, should the test prove positive, is not free to all and an overseas visitor who is not otherwise
 
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exempt under one of the other criteria is expected to pay for any HIV/AIDS treatment they receive. This has been the case since these regulations first came into force.

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