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NHS Pensions
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many directors of strategic health authorities and primary care trusts in England are 50 years or over and entitled to take early pensions from the NHS. [48178]
Mr. Byrne:
The information requested is not available centrally.
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NHS Professionals
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff have been placed by NHS Professionals since its inception. [48078]
Mr. Byrne: Information on the number of staff placed by NHS Professionals is not collected centrally.
NHS Walk-in Centres
Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS walk-in centres she plans to be fully operational in England by April 2010. [49522]
Mr. Byrne: Decisions on the development of local health care services including the number of national health service walk-in centres are determined by primary care trusts (PCTs).
NHS walk-in centres are part of a range of services available to PCTs that can help improve access to primary care services and extend patient choice. The recently published White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: A New Direction for Community Services" promotes the development of NHS walk-in centres as a means for patients to have access to high quality primary healthcare services.
NICE
Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence assesses qualitative research in its appraisal of technologies and treatments; [50202]
(2) whether the membership of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence appraisal committee responsible for the appraisal of drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease includes dementia specialists. [51092]
Jane Kennedy: I understand that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) does assess both qualitative and quantitative research in its appraisal of technologies.
The independent appraisal committee at NICE is a standing committee made up of health professionals working in the national health service and people who are familiar with the issues affecting patients and carers. Although the appraisal committee seeks the views of organisations representing health professionals, patients, carers, manufacturers and Government, its advice is independent of any vested interests. I understand that, to inform the appraisal committee's decision making on drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease, three patient advocate nominees and four clinical experts on dementia were invited to give their expert personal views to the appraisal committee.
The current NICE appraisal consultation document on Alzheimer's disease treatments, lists, in appendix A, the membership of the appraisal committee. A copy is available from the NICE'S website at: www.nice.org.uk.
Mr. Hands:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence spent on employing health appraisal economists to assess the cost of treatments being assessed in each of the last three financial years; [50738]
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(2) what the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence budget is in 2006 for employing health appraisal economists to assess the cost of treatments being assessed. [50739]
Jane Kennedy: This information is not held by the Department.
Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will list National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence appraisals that have taken full account of quality of life issues; [51625]
(2) whether the current National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence appraisal on Alzheimer's disease drugs has considered the impact of quality of life of carers. [51629]
Jane Kennedy: All of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) appraisals takes into account quality of life issues. To date, NICE has published 95 technology appraisals. A full list of appraisals and the appraisal consultation document on drugs for Alzheimer's disease is available on the NICE'S website at: www.nice.org.uk.
NSPCC
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) projects and (b) services run by the NSPCC have received funding from her Department in each of the last three years; how much funding was received in each case and for what duration. [33106]
Mr. Byrne: The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has a pivotal role in child protection, welfare and safeguarding children. The lead responsibilities for these essential elements of Government policy are with the Department for Education and Skills, which have provided some funding to the NSPCC in the last three years. The Department has not provided funding to the NSPCC in that period, but works closely with the Department for Education and Skills, NSPCC and a wide range of other voluntary organisations, on issues such as increasing awareness of child abuse among people who work with children.
Nursing
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses work in NHS hospitals in the East Riding of Yorkshire; and how many of them are employed via an agency. [49099]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is shown in the table for trusts within the North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire strategic health authority (SHA) area.
Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census 2004
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Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses work in NHS hospitals in the Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth primary care trust; and how many of them were employed via agencies in the last period for which figures are available. [51421]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested is shown in the table.
Sources:
Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census.
Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services Statistics
Nye Bevan Awards
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health why no Nye Bevan Awards have been made since 2000. [47750]
Mr. Byrne: The Nye Bevan health awards were implemented in 1999 and ran for two years. From 2001 the Nye Bevan awards, along with Social Care Awards and NHS Equity awards were amalgamated into the Health and Social Care Awards. The objective in doing this was to combine health and social care into one awards scheme to front line staff.
Obesity (Doncaster, North)
Edward Miliband: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children in the Doncaster North constituency were estimated to be obese in the latest period for which figures are available. [50594]
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Mr. Byrne: The data are not available in the format requested. The main source of data on the prevalence of obesity is the Health Survey for England (HSE). The sample size of the health survey does not allow figures to be produced to the level of parliamentary constituencies. For children, aged two to 10, national and Government office region (GOR) figures are presented using the national body mass index percentile classification.
The available information is shown in tables 1 and 2, using the estimated obesity prevalence results of the HSE for 2001, 2002 and 2003. The national level data presented are the most recent available, and shows obesity prevalence among children. GOR data provided are the most recent available and use combined information from the 2001 and 2002 surveys.
| Children aged 2–10 with valid BMI | |
|---|---|
| Obese (percentage) | 13.7 |
| Bases (weighted) | 1,774 |
| Bases (unweighted) | 1,733 |
Note:
Prevalence based on the United Kingdom National BMI percentile classification.
Source:
Obesity among children under 11, 2005". Department of Health and the Health and Social Care Information Centre
| Children aged 2–10 with valid BMI | |
|---|---|
| Obese (percentage) | 11.4 |
| Bases (weighted) | 750 |
| Bases (unweighted) | 634 |
Note:
Prevalence based on the UK National BMI percentile classification.
Source:
Obesity among children under 11, 2005". Department of Health and the Health and Social Care Information Centre
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