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Ostomy Products
Sir Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to restrict the supply of ostomy products and related care services. [38404]
Mr. Byrne:
We have no plans to restrict the supply of ostomy products and related care services.
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Ostomy, Incontinence and Wound Care
Sir Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the suppliers to the NHS of (a) ostomy, (b) incontinence and (c) wound care products. [34053]
Jane Kennedy: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will reply to questions (a) 26127 and (b) 26193 tabled on 3 November by the hon. Member for Broxbourne. [31837]
Jane Kennedy: I refer the hon. Member to the repliesI gave on 24 November 2005, Official Report, column 2269W, and on 12 December 2005, Official Report, columns 1799–1800W.
Patient Forums
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance her Department issues to patient and public involvement forums on working with local authority overview and scrutiny committees. [37119]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 14 December 2005]: In June 2005, the Centre for Public Scrutiny published Health overview and scrutiny committees and patient and public involvement forums: working together—a practical guide" in response to a request from the Department.
A copy of this guide has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patient forum members participated in the MORI poll on patient and public involvement in health commissioned by her Department and active between 10 and 24 October. [36235]
Ms Rosie Winterton
[holding answer 12 December 2005]: 307 patients' forum members participated in the Market and Opinion Research International poll on patient and public involvement in health. This was 35 per cent. of the total response.
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Primary Care Trusts
Mr. Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Government have to change the role and structure of primary care trusts. [28600]
Mr. Byrne: As set out in Commissioning a Patient Led NHS", primary care trusts (PCTs) will be required to strengthen their commissioning function. They will need to ensure access and choice to a range of high quality health services and to ensure that the Government's commitments to health, reducing health inequalities and health services are delivered for local people. They will also be required to manage contracts on behalf of their practices and public, engage with local people and other local service providers to ensure patients' views are properly heard, and to be responsible for emergency planning.
The policy, in relation to service-provision, is that this will be a matter for PCTs to determine locally. Any move away from direct provision of services will be a decision for the local national health service within the framework set out in the forthcoming White Paper and after local consultation, including staff.
Mr. Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of setting up primary care trusts in (a) England and (b) Durham under the Health Act 1999. [29438]
Mr. Byrne: The Department does not hold information on the costs of setting up primary care trusts under the Health Act 1999.
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list each primary care trust with a budget deficit, in order of the size of deficit, indicating in each case the (a) unweighted budget allocation per person to the trust and (b) primary parliamentary constituency served by the trust. [32358]
Mr. Byrne: The table lists primary care trusts (PCTs) with deficits in 2004–05 in descending order of deficit size, showing their 2004–05 deficit, their 2004–05 allocation per unweighted head of population and the parliamentary constituency where the majority of their population is resident. PCT allocations increased by £4.6 billion in 2005–06 to 9.3 percent. extra for the two years, 2006–07 and 2007–08, PCTs have been allocated a further £11.5 billion, a further 19.5 percent. increase.
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Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which Essex primary care trusts will have their final funding for the current financial year reduced against initial allocation; and where reallocated funding will be spent. [35810]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following Essex primary care trusts will have their 2005–06 initial allocations reduced by the amounts indicated:
| £ million | |
|---|---|
| Witham, Braintree and Halstead Care Trust | 3.148 |
| Maldon and South Chelmsford Primary Care Trust (PCT) | 1.492 |
| Thurrock PCT | 0.227 |
| Chelmsford PCT | 7.137 |
The reductions are necessary to recover overspends which occurred in these organisations in the 2004–05 financial year. This funding will be returned to those national health service organisations delivering under spends in 2004–05.
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