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Ophthalmic Medical Practitioners/Opticians
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many registered national health service ophthalmic medical practitioners there are in each London borough. [16215]
Jane Kennedy: This information is not available in the format requested.
However, the table shows the number of ophthalmic opticians holding national health service contracts in primary care trusts (PCTs) in Greater London, at the end of year 2003. Ophthalmic opticians may hold contracts in more than one PCT; therefore the data shown in the table is not comparable.
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Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many ophthalmic opticians there were in each London health authority in each year since 1997. [15839]
Jane Kennedy: This information is not available in the format requested.
Out-of-hours Care (Essex)
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost was to the Castle Point and Rochford Primary Care Trust of providing out-of-hours care to patients in each of the last five years. [15611]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Castle Point and Rochford Primary Care Trust (PCT) was established on 1 April 2002. Therefore, data can be provided only for two years. Data for 2004–05 are not yet available.
The total cost of providing out-of-hours care to patients was £189,000 in 2002–03 and £247,000 in 2003–04 1 .
We expect PCTs to fund out-of-hours services through their general funding allocations. In 2005–06, Castle Point and Rochford PCT received £157 million. In 2006–07, it will receive £188 million.
Castle Point and Rochford PCT financial returns, 2002–03 and 2003–04.
Overseas Nurses
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to monitor the number of overseas nurses employed by the NHS in England. [14179]
Mr. Byrne:
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's data on international registrations of nurses provides information on the level of international recruitment in the United Kingdom. Figures for 2004–05 show a fall of 19 per cent. in the number of international registrations from the previous year. The Department has no plans to collect other data on the number of overseas nurses employed in England.
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Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial deficit was for the Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust for the last financial year. [15091]
Mr. Byrne: This is a matter for the chair of the Peterborough and Stamford National Health Service Foundation Trust. I have written to the chair, Dr. Clive Morton, informing him of the hon. Member's inquiry.
Physiotherapists
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many registered national health service physiotherapists there are in each London borough. [16332]
Jane Kennedy: The Department does not collect figures for the number of national health service physiotherapists by London borough. However, the table shows the latest figures available for the number of physiotherapists in the London government office region (GOR) by strategic health authority (SHA) area as at 30 September 2004.
Source:
Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census 2004
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many junior physiotherapy posts were (a) established and (b) staffed in the NHS in Essex in the last 12 months. [15615]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the NHS trusts which have vacancy freezes affecting physiotherapy posts, broken down by strategic health authority. [14176]
Mr. Byrne: The Department does not collect this information.
Pregnancy Termination
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of (a) doctors and (b) nurses suffering (i) stress and (ii)other mental health problems as a result of their taking part in termination of pregnancy operations in each year since 1975; and what estimate she has made of the related cost to the national health service. [15629]
Caroline Flint:
The Government do not hold information centrally on the reasons for sickness absence by doctors and nurses.
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Section 4 of the Abortion Act 1967, as amended, states that, except where treatment is necessary to save the life of, or prevent grave permanent injury to the pregnant woman, no person shall be under any duty, whether by contract or by any statutory or other legal requirement, to participate in any treatment authorised by this Act to which he has a conscientious objection".
Pressure Sores
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether targets for pressure sore reduction were met in the last financial year. [15203]
Mr. Byrne: There are no targets for the reduction of pressure sores. Reducing the incidence of pressure sores in hospitals is tackled locally through clinical governance; a programme of continuous improvement in clinical care. The toolkit, Essence of Care—patient focused benchmarks for clinical governance", includes a chapter specific to pressure ulcers.
This is underpinned by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines that also focus on screening and assessment, informing patients and their carers, the development and implementation of an individualised plan for prevention and treatment to be agreed and delivered by a multidisciplinary team working with patients and their carers.
Private Treatment
Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients have paid privately forsome portion of their diagnosis or treatment since 2000. [15876]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not centrally available.
Recycling
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of copying paper used by her Department in (a) 2003–04 and (b) 2004–05 was from recycled sources; and how much post-consumer waste this paper contained; [15459]
(2) what measures she has put in place to ensure that her Department meets the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all copying paper brought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content; [15461]
(3) by what date her Department expects to implement in full the targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that (a) all copying paper brought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content and (b) all paper for printed publications brought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste; [15464]
(4) if she will list her Department's main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports, in each case stating (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the recycled (and post-consumer recycled) content of each paper. [15465]
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Jane Kennedy: The Department's contracted supplier for all copier paper, bulk stationery and envelopes is Office Depot. The vast majority of white paper purchased is Niceday 3500, which is 80 grams per square metre, 100 per cent. recycled using 80 per cent. post consumer waste.
Bulk paper copying is carried out on Xerox 'x3' brand paper. This is 100 per cent. post consumer waste recycled. This exceeds the target set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of a minimum of 75 per cent. post consumer waste.
In 2003–04, 85 per cent. of the copying paper used in the Department was from recycled sources. In 2004–05, this proportion had increased to 96.5 per cent.
For parliamentary work, carried out by Central Office of Information (COI), for example, Command Papers, Acts and other departmental papers, the minimum recycled fibre content required is 75 per cent. for coated and 100 per cent. for uncoated papers, virgin fibre pulp being elemental chlorine free or preferably totally chlorine free. Mill broke is not included in the recycled fibre content. Applying the National Association of Paper Merchants definition for recycled content, the recycled fibre can include converters waste, printers waste and post consumer waste from homes and offices.
For all other printed publications, the selection of paper stock is based on the most cost-effective quotation that represents value for money use of public funds. As such, the actual brand of recycled and environmentally friendly paper and its specifications rests with the COI and the Department is unable to make a detailed statement on the information requested.
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