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HEALTH
Abortion
Mr. Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions were performed between 18 and 32 weeks of gestation in the Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland strategic health authority in 2004–05, broken down by week of gestation. [36416]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The available information is shown in the table.
(21) Data published by calendar year. Data for 2005 will be available in summer 2006.
Note:
Totals for gestations over 23 weeks are less than 10 and for confidentially reasons are not available for release.
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Mr. Binley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions have been performed in the Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland strategic
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health authority in each year since 1975 on girls between the ages of 10 and 17, broken down by age; and how many were performed to save the life of the patient. [36417]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The available information is shown in the table.
(22) Prior to 2002, information was published by health authority and not directly comparable with SHAs.
Notes:
1. The total number of terminations to girls under 18 resident in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA that were performed to save the life of the pregnant woman was less than 10, between zero to nine, and for confidentiality reasons are not available for release.
2. Individual ages for 14 and under are less than 10 and for confidentiality reasons are not available for release.
Mr. Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) live births and (b) abortions there were in (i) Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland strategic health authority, (ii) Northampton primary care trust, (iii) Daventry and South Northamptonshire primary care trust and (iv) Northamptonshire Heartlands primary care trust in each year since 1976. [36419]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The available information is shown in the table.
(23) Prior to 2002 information was published by health authority and not directly comparable with SHAs or PCTs.
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Mr. Binley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many women in the Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland strategic health authority had more than one abortion in the last five years, broken down by the number of abortions; [36422]
(2) how many abortions were performed in (a) Northampton primary care trust, (b) Daventry and South Northamptonshire primary care trust and (c) Northamptonshire Heartland primary care trust in the last five years, broken down by the number of previous abortions performed on the woman concerned. [36741]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The available information is shown in the tables.
| Number of previous abortions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Daventry and South Northamptonshire PCT | 0 | 1 | 2 and more |
| 2004 | 194 | 54 | 12 |
| 2003 | 184 | 59 | 14 |
| 2002 | 169 | 41 | 13 |
| Number of previous abortions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire Heartland PCT | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 and more |
| 2004 | 599 | 178 | 26 | 15 |
| 2003 | 636 | 189 | 20 | 13 |
| 2002 | 631 | 169 | 30 | 17 |
| Number of previous abortions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 and more |
| 2004 | 3,484 | 1,087 | 202 | 44 | 14 |
| 2003 | 3,321 | 1,068 | 189 | 45 | 18 |
| 2002 | 3,294 | 937 | 184 | 38 | 20 |
(24) Number of abortions throughout the whole of the women's reproductive life.
(25) Prior to 2002, information was published by health authority and not directly comparable with SHAs or PCTs.
Note:
For confidentiality reasons, groups shown are where the totals are 10 or more.
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Academic Medicine
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many posts in academic medicine there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by specialty; and what forecasts have been made for such posts for each of the next three years. [35160]
Mr. Byrne: The council of heads of medical schools and the council of deans of dental schools collect this information which can be found at www.chms.ac.uk. The Department does not collect data centrally on clinical academics.
Agency Staff
Mr. Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which she has responsibility in (a) total and (b) each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (c) London in 2004–05. [35940]
Jane Kennedy: The total number of staff employed by executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the Department as at 31 March 2005 is recorded in table 2 of public bodies 2005, a copy of which is available in the Library and is also available on the civil service website at:
www.civilservice.gov.uk/the_future_of_the_civil_servi ce/agencies_and_public__bodies/news/index.asp.
However, public bodies does not give the regional breakdowns sought and this data is not held by the Department. They could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The number of staff employed in the Department's executive agencies as at 1 April 2004, including a regional analysis, is available in civil service statistics 2004, published in February 2005. A copy is available in the Library and is also available on the civil service website at:
www.civilservice.gov.uk/management_of_the_civil_ser vice/statistics/contents_for_civil_service_statistics_2004__ report/index.asp.
Alcohol Misuse
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on developing multi-agency action on alcohol misuse through the community safety partnerships. [39429]
Caroline Flint: The Department and Home Office Ministers have regular discussions on a range of issues including the role of community safety partnerships.
Multi-agency action is an important building block of the alcohol harm reduction strategy. Community safety partnerships, which include the police, local authorities, and primary care trusts, are taking forward local initiatives to manage the night time economy and the impact that alcohol misuse can have in the community.
The recently launched, Alcohol Misuse Interventions—Guidance on developing a local programme of improvement" places a great emphasis on working in partnership. Annex G specifically mentions the role of the crime and disorder reduction partnerships and encourages
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health organisations to work within them to plan for and deliver improved local alcohol treatment services and other interventions.
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on providing education and training for (a) public and (b) voluntary sector staff who work with vulnerable groups on screening for alcohol problems, with particular reference to people in the criminal justice system. [39438]
Caroline Flint: The Department and Home Office Ministers have regular discussions on a range of issues involving alcohol misuse.
The Department plans to commission a programme of trailblazer pilots for alcohol screening and brief interventions. Although the contract has still to be finalised, we have selected a consortium led by St. George's Medical School (University of London) and Newcastle University to operate theses pilots and extract the learning from them to apply to a larger roll-out programme planned for the future.
These trailblazer pilots will operate in three settings; primary care, accident and emergency and criminal justice settings. These pilots will involve training people within the criminal justice system to deliver alcohol screening and brief interventions In some of these settings voluntary sector agencies may be contracted to provide these interventions and they will be appropriately trained to do so. The purpose of the pilots is to determine which methods of training, which screening tools and which brief interventions are most effective in each of the settings.
As the findings from these pilots emerge, we will make the learning available to the wider health and social care network, including the voluntary sector, as well as the criminal justice system to encourage them to implement the alcohol screening and brief interventions into their practice.
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to develop local campaigns to promote sensible drinking. [39439]
Caroline Flint: Local communications are being considered as part of a national campaign to address binge drinking. The national campaign will develop new materials for use at local level. Currently, some local national health service organisations are already considering or delivering local campaigns to promote sensible drinking.
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