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Engagements
Dr. Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the (a) individuals other than Government officials and (b) organisations with which she has held meetings since 7 May; and on what date each meeting took place. [9217]
Jane Kennedy: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, and the Department's Ministers meet many individuals and organisations and attend many functions relating to Government business and as part of the process of policy development.
Finished Consultant Episodes
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes for ICD10 primary diagnosis G47.3 there were in each year since 2002–03; and if she will make a statement. [10177]
Mr. Byrne:
The information requested is shown in the following table.
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Notes:
1. A FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
2. 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.
3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data is ungrossed).
Source:
HES, Health and Social Care Information Centre
Food Safety Management Regulations
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking to enable environmental health officers at local level to enforce EU Regulation 852/2004 on food safety management systems, with particular reference to the requirement that all food producers other than primary producers must demonstrate that they have implemented a risk-based food safety management system. [12196]
Caroline Flint [holding answer 14 July 2005]: I refer the hon. Member to the published Food Standards Agency (FSA) board paper FSA 050302 of March 2005. This paper sets out the approach being adopted by the FSA to work with local authorities in assisting businesses to achieve compliance with food safety management requirements. Copies of the paper have been placed in the Library.
Free Fruit
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much fruit was (a) supplied and (b) wasted in the Free Fruit for Schools scheme in each year for which figures are available. [13732]
Caroline Flint: We do not hold information centrally about the amount of fruit supplied by the school fruit scheme. We also do not hold centrally information on the amount of fruit and vegetables that is wasted. However, we do try to ensure the fruit supplied is consistent with the eligible numbers of pupils in the school and that uneaten fruit is distributed to other children in the school.
General Practitioners
Mr. Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there were in (a) South East Cambridgeshire constituency and (b) England per head of population in each year since 1997. [14581]
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Mr. Byrne:
The information requested is not available on a South East Cambridgeshire constituency basis. Information in respect of England and Norfolk Suffolk
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and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) from 1997–2004 and the Cambridgeshire primary care trusts (PCTs) from 2001 to 2004 is shown in the table.
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n/a—denotes data not available.
(15) General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes contracted GPs, GMS others and PMS others. Prior to September 2004 this group included GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs, PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, salaried doctors (para. 52 SFA), PMS other, flexible career scheme GPs and GP returners.
Note:
Data as at 1 October 1997–99, 30 September 2000–04 and 31 December 2004.
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.
2001 ONS Population Census.
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of practising NHS general practitioners to population was in (a) Wellingborough constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England in the last year for which figures are available. [14758]
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Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not available on a Wellingborough constituency basis. Information in respect of England and Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland strategic health authority (SHA) and the Northampton primary care trusts (PCTs) as at December 2004 is shown in the table.
Notes:
(16) General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes contracted GPs, general medical service (CMS) others and personal medical service (PMS) others.
(17) Population data as at 2003.
Sources:
1. National Health Service Health and Social Care Information Centre CMS and PMS statistics.
2. 2001 ONS population census.
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list those primary care trusts which have expressed an interest in taking part in the programme announced on 29 March to expand family doctor services in areas of limited general practitioner availability. [3361]
Mr. Byrne: Strategic health authorities (SHAs) were asked by the Department to communicate with primary care trusts (PCTs) and gauge any interest in being involved in the primary care plurality pathfinder programme, which was announced in a press release on 29 March 2005. The PCTs which expressed an interest in discussing the programme further are listed as follows:
Primary care plurality pathfinder programme—PCTs which expressed an interest in discussing the programme
South Yorkshire SHA—joint submission from Rotherham PCT, North Sheffield PCT, South East Sheffield PCT, Sheffield West PCT, Sheffield
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