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Locum Doctors

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the procedures for locum doctor registration. [10892]

Mr. Byrne: A doctor performing locum work is required to register with the General Medical Council in the same way as any other doctor.

Malnourishment

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of people (i) admitted to and (ii) discharged from hospital who were malnourished ineach of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by age; and if she will make a statement. [10160]

Caroline Flint: Information on numbers admitted is shown in tables 1 to 3.
1: Finished in-year admission episodes to national health service hospitals in England where the patient' s main diagnosis was malnutrition, 1999–2000 to 2003–04

Age1999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–04
0–4101891613
5–1465343
15–445535474658
45–646550506961
65–743037403633
75–844236464448
85 and over2528382632
Not known——41—
Total233209237242248

2: Total finished in-year admission episodes to NHS hospitals in England, 1999–2000 to 2003–04

Age1999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–04
0–41,139,8501,112,9991,110,2691,086,3831,122,920
5–14505,771501,346503,144502,133497,229
15–443,654,8123,651,2283,546,4423,593,4713,730,027
45–642,406,3692,446,9662,402,6452,480,2402,573,578
65–741,503,4231,522,8961,498,5191,543,5851,616,827
75–841,321,3411,348,8341,355,8581,432,3901,529,096
85 and over548,747563,670570,183595,137616,383
Not known35,83758,58753,73134,37729,744
Total11,116,15011,206,52611,040,79111,267,71611,715,804









 
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3: Malnutrition cases per 100,000 finished in-year admission episodes, NHS hospitals in England, 1999–2000 to 2003–04

Age1999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–04
0–40.91.60.81.51.2
5–141.21.00.60.80.6
15–441.51.01.31.31.6
45–642.72.02.12.82.4
65–742.02.42.72.32.0
75–843.22.73.43.13.1
85 and over4.65.06.74.45.2
Not known——7.42.9—
Total2.11.92.12.12.1

Information on numbers discharged is shown in tables 4 to 6.
4: In-year discharge episodes from NHS hospitals in England where the patient's main diagnosis was malnutrition, 1999–2000 to 2003–04

Age1999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–04
0–4111891613
5–1465353
15–445537494658
45–647055507360
65–743243444234
75–844646545146
85 and over2838442834
Not known——42—
Total248242257263248

5: Total in-year discharge episodes from NHS hospitals in England, 1999–2000 to 2003–04

Age1999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–04
0–41,148,8901,118,5401,118,8851,093,9961,130,883
5–14510,745505,787507,561504,697499,947
15–443,696,7503,698,6653,591,4733,633,1923,771,729
45–642,441,2352,484,6102,439,4022,513,4292,609,408
65–741,532,0631,554,2911,528,9041,570,3431,645,021
75–841,358,0481,388,9711,396,8991,468,6661,566,713
85 and over570,416588,409595,936617,733638,690
Not known31,98259,11654,59534,95329,922
Total11,290,12911,398,38911,233,65511,437,00911,892,313

6: Malnutrition cases per 100,000 in-year discharge episodes, NHS hospitals in England, 1999–2000 to 2003–04

Age1999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–04
0–41.01.60.81.51.1
5–141.21.00.61.00.6
15–441.51.01.41.31.5
45–642.92.22.02.92.3
65–742.12.82.92.72.1
75–843.43.33.93.52.9
85 and over4.96.57.44.55.3
Not known——7.35.7—
Total2.22.12.32.32.1




Source:
Hospital episode statistics, health and social care information centre.




Mental Health Services (Teenagers)

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on mental health services for teenagers. [11388]

Mr. Byrne: The Department is currently investing about £300 million to improve and expand child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). In September 2004, the Department, in conjunction with the Department for Education and Skills, sets out its vision for improving CAMHS in the children's national service framework (NSF). Although the NSF covers the whole range of CAMHS patients from young children
 
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to, typically, 17-year-olds, there are some recommendations which are particularly relevant to teenage users of mental health services. These include: consultation with young people about the design of patient-centred services, providing a choice of appropriate locations for young people to visit for their treatment, and ensuring a smooth and flexible transition from CAMHS to adult mental health services, taking into account the wishes of the patient.

In line with the commitments set out in the NHS plan (2000), early intervention in psychosis services have now been created across England to provide assessment and care for young individuals experiencing a first onset of
 
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psychosis. The development of early intervention services is being supported by a major programme of research to evaluate their implementation and benefits for service users.

MRSA

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of MRSA there were in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area in each of the last five years for which statistics are available. [10304]

Jane Kennedy [holding answer 12 July 2005]: The Department introduced mandatory reporting of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemias (blood stream infections) for national health service acute trusts from 1 April 2001. The number of MRSA reports for the three years which figures are available is shown in the table.
Number of reports
April 2001 to March 200244
April 2002 to March 200333
April 2003 to March 200443
April 2004 to March 200541

NHS Financial Performance

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the (a) Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge Strategic Health Authority, (b) Suffolk West Primary Care Trustand (c) West Suffolk Hospitals Trust first reported financial problems in West Suffolk to her Department. [9338]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority and the West Suffolk Hospitals National Health Service Trust have recently reported a financial deficit in 2003–04. The Suffolk West Primary Care Trust reported a financial deficit in 2002–03.

Sir George Young: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the (a) NHS trusts and (b) primary care trusts to whom she has recently written about their financial performance. [9690]

Mr. Byrne [holding answer 5 July 2005]: The following list shows all the national health service organisations that have recently received a letter regarding financial management from me or the NHS chief executive.

Organisation:


 
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