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Alcohol-related Illnesses

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes for alcohol-related illnesses there have been in England for (a) patients aged under 18 years and (b) patients 18 years and over, broken down by health authority in each year between 1987 and 1997. [42331]

Caroline Flint: The data are not available for years earlier than 1996–97, data for 1996–97 are shown in the table.
Counts of finished consultant episodes where there was a primary diagnosis code for selected alcohol⁽⁴⁰⁾ related diseases

Strategic health authority of residence	Aged under 18	Aged 18 and over	Age not known	Total
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA	109	929	44	1,082
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA	142	620	2	764
Essex HA	70	749	—	819
North West London HA	56	1,217	11	1,284
North Central London HA	65	881	6	952
North East London HA	57	989	1	1,047
South East London HA	70	1,023	2	1,095
South West London HA	105	876	2	983
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA	227	1,661	7	1,895
County Durham and Tees Valley HA	257	1,084	2	1,343
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA	144	992	2	1,138
West Yorkshire HA	229	1,584	2	1,815
Cumbria and Lancashire HA	254	2,474	—	2,728
Greater Manchester HA	271	3,093	1	3,365
Cheshire and Merseyside HA	363	3,672	6	4,041
Thames Valley HA	69	1,020	—	1,089
Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA	104	1,271	—	1,375
Kent and Medway HA	117	862	—	979
Surrey and Sussex HA	160	1,699	5	1,864
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA	149	1,459	—	1,608
South West Peninsula HA	127	1,079	—	1,206
Dorset and Somerset HA	78	997	1	1,076
South Yorkshire HA	153	887	—	1,040
Trent HA	198	2,172	—	2,370
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA	97	779	—	876
Shropshire and Staffordshire HA	158	1,119	—	1,277
Birmingham and The Black Country HA	172	2,352	3	2,527
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire HA	171	1,537	2	1,710
Scotland	2	22	—	24
England—not otherwise specified	3	363	5	371
Wales	17	101	—	118
Foreign	6	43	1	50
Unknown	49	658	607	1,314
Northern Ireland	—	18	—	18
Total	4,249	40,282	712	45,243

⁽⁴⁰⁾ Alcohol related diseases defined as following International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) codes recorded in primary diagnosis:
F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
K70: Alcoholic liver disease
T51: Toxic effect of alcohol
Source:
NHS Hospitals, England 1996–97





 
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Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions to hospital via accident and emergency departments who had an alcohol-related diagnosis were (a) aged 18 years and over and (b) aged under 18 years, broken down by health authority area in each year between 1987 and 1997. [42332]

Caroline Flint: The data are not available for years earlier than 1996–97. Data for 1996–97 are shown in the table.
Counts of finished admission episodes where there was a primary diagnosis code for selected alcohol⁽⁴¹⁾ related diseases and admission methods⁽⁴²⁾, 1996–97

Strategic health authority of residence	Aged under 18	Aged 18 and over	Age not known	Total
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA	102	352	14	468
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA	135	350	1	486
Essex HA	65	438	—	503
North West London HA	54	751	10	815
North Central London HA	65	595	5	665
North East London HA	56	693	1	750
South East London HA	67	643	2	712
South West London HA	99	469	—	568
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA	217	737	6	960
County Durham and Tees Valley HA	238	446	2	686
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA	141	506	2	649
West Yorkshire HA	222	796	2	1,020
Cumbria and Lancashire HA	220	1,278	—	1,498
Greater Manchester HA	259	1,232	1	1,492
Cheshire and Merseyside HA	352	1,654	6	2,012
Thames Valley HA	59	484	—	543
Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA	91	584	—	675
Kent and Medway HA	95	365	—	460
Surrey and Sussex HA	145	791	3	939
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA	111	471	—	582
South West Peninsula HA	109	407	—	516
Dorset and Somerset HA	67	507	1	575
South Yorkshire HA	150	424	—	574
Trent HA	186	778	—	964
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA	89	243	—	332
Shropshire and Staffordshire HA	137	405	—	542
Birmingham and The Black Country HA	162	932	3	1,097
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire HA	158	837	1	996
Scotland	2	17	—	19
England—not otherwise specified	3	234	5	242
Wales	15	35	—	50
Foreign	6	28	1	35
Unknown	43	376	545	964
Northern Ireland	—	5	—	5
Total	3,920	18,863	611	23,394

⁽⁴¹⁾ Alcohol related diseases defined as following International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10) codes recorded in primary diagnosis:
F10: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
K70: Alcoholic liver disease
T51: Toxic effect of alcohol
⁽⁴²⁾ Selected Methods of Admission:
Emergency (via accident and emergency (A&E) services including the casualty department of the provider)
Emergency (other means, including patients who arrive via A&E department of another healthcare provider)
Source:
NHS Hospitals, England 1996–97

Audible Fire Alarms

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the premises occupied by her Department is fitted with audible fire alarms. [42879]

Jane Kennedy: The Department's five main office premises are all fitted with audible fire alarms.
 
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Brain Tumours (Treatment)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence appraisal consultation document on the use of carmustine implants and temozolomide for treatment of newly diagnosed and high grade glioma; [42479]
 
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(2) what assessment she has made of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence preliminary recommendation that (a) temozolomide and (b) carmustine implants should not be used for the treatment of newly diagnosed high grade glioma; [42480]

(3) if she will make a statement on the clinical effectiveness of the use of (a) carmustine implants and (b) temozolomide for the treatment of newly diagnosed high grade glioma. [42484]

Jane Kennedy: The Department will respond by 1 February 2006 to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) appraisal consultation document on carmustine implants and temozolomide for the treatment of newly diagnosed high grade glioma. Consultation responses will be published on NICE'S website at www.nice.org.uk in due course. NICE expects to publish its final guidance in August 2006.

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken by her Department to speed up the licensing by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of new treatments for brain tumour patients. [42491]

Jane Kennedy: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence does not license drugs.

Medicinal products for human use containing a new active substance and for which the therapeutic indication is the treatment of cancer, are assessed through the centralised procedure which is administered by the European Medicines Agency.

Children's Hospices

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding has been allocated to children's hospices serving Staffordshire in each year since 1997. [37828]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not collected centrally.
 
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Children's hospices are funded from a number of sources, including primary care trusts (PCTs), based on their assessment of children's needs and their priorities locally. This is a matter for local decision. There are no limits to the amount of funding which PCTs may provide.

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