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Departmental Land (Tamworth)
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) land and (b) property her Department owns in Tamworth constituency. [26169]
Jane Kennedy: The Department does not own any operational property in Tamworth. The Secretary of State for Health owns a strip of land at the former St. Editha's hospital site.
Departmental Spending
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects her Department's spending as a share of national income to equal or exceed the European average; and if she will place in the Library the calculations that form the basis of her answer. [27344]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 11 November 2005]: The latest available data for average European Union health spending as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) is 8.8 per cent. in 2003–04. The total United Kingdom health spending as a percentage of GDP is forecast to exceed this figure in 2006–07.
Diabetes
Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will consider the findings of the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee prior to issuing guidance in relation to the long-acting insulin analogue Lantus. [28723]
Jane Kennedy:
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published a technology appraisal, Guidance on the use of long-acting insulin analogues for the treatment of diabetes—insulin glargine" in December 2002. NICE are due to begin reviewing the guidance shortly, and will take account of all available evidence, including international evidence.
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Drug Addicts (West Lancashire)
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many addicts were prescribed diamorphine in West Lancashire in each of the last five years. [27834]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not held centrally. However, information on the number of prescriptions issued for diamorphine since 2001 is shown in the table.
| Number of prescriptions | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 338 |
| 2002 | 318 |
| 2003 | 195 |
| 2004 | 263 |
Notes:
1.It is not known how many of theses prescriptions were for addicts nor how many patients these items correspond to.
2.Records for prescriptions for addicts issued under the Misuse of Drugs Act on Form FP10 (MDA) indicate that only one has been issued in West Lancashire Primary Care Trust, in 2004.
Emergency Services
Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average ambulance response time in attending 999 calls in (a) East Anglia and (b) England has been in each year since 1997. [25072]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not centrally collected in the required format.
The data that the Department collects on ambulance response times for the East Anglian Ambulance Service and for all ambulance services in England is shown in the table. It is only possible to provide this data from the point at which each ambulance trust introduced call prioritisation.
Further relevant information can be found in tables 5a, 5b, 6 and 7 of the statistical bulletin, Ambulance services, England: 2004–05", which is available in the Library and on Department's website at:
n/a = Data not available, as call prioritisation technology not introduced.
Eye Health Services
Mr. Baron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been treated with the use of
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photodynamic therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration in the last 12 months; and whether photodynamic therapy is uniformly available throughout England. [28213]
Ms Rosie Winterton: [holding answer 14 November 2005]: In 2003–04, there were 3,262 finished admission episodes in the National Health Service in England where the primary diagnosis was degeneration of macular and posterior pole and an eye operation was carried out. We do not hold information on the use of photodynamic therapy in these treatments. All primary care trusts have put arrangements in place to fund treatment for patients who have either the wholly classic form of age-related macular degeneration or the predominantly classic form.
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the year.
The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (7 prior to 2002–3) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
Diagnosis codes used for wet age-related macular degeneration (Degeneration of macula and posterior pole, ICD-10 code H353) and eye operations (OPCS-4= C01-C86).
Foreign Travel Vaccinations
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vaccinations for diseases associated with foreign travel have been provided free of charge on the NHS in each year since 1997–98; and at what cost in each year. [28698]
Caroline Flint: The information requested is not held centrally.
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners per head of population there have been in West Lancashire in each of the last five years. [27660]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is shown in the table.
n/a = Data not applicable.
(24)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.
(25)Population data for 2004 PCTs will not be available until November 2005.
Note:
Data as at 1 October 1999 and 30 September 2000–04
Sources:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services Statistics
2001 ONS Population Census
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